October 11, 2013

In the Spotlight

Recycling initiative helping tailgaters think green

The Black & Gold & Green Tailgating Team is making green the new color of Purdue tailgating through its home game recycling initiative. University Sustainability sponsors the tailgating team, which educates tailgaters about the recycling program at Purdue while handing out recycling bags before each home game begins. The team's goal is to keep 50 percent of game-day waste diverted from landfills.

The Black & Gold & Green Tailgating Team will be out this Saturday (Oct. 12) before Purdue takes on Nebraska at noon at Ross-Ade Stadium.

Get into the spirit before the game

* Boiler Bridge Walk: Meet and greet the Boilermaker football team at the Boiler Bridge Walk, which starts at 5:40 p.m. today (Oct. 11) at the fountain on the West Lafayette side of the John T. Myers Pedestrian Bridge.

* Boilermaker Crossing: Purdue fans can meet the team, play on inflatable games, get prizes, pick up posters, enjoy live music and more at the family-friendly Boilermaker Crossing starting at 9 a.m. Saturday at Sally and Bob Weist Plaza between Mackey Arena and the Brees Academic Center. The event is free.

* 211° Session: Saturday's 211° Session pep rally will feature the Purdue "All-American" Marching Band, football head coach Darrell Hazell and the Boilermaker football players. The event starts at 9:49 a.m. in Mackey Arena.

* Sneak peek of Purdue wrestling: The Purdue wrestling team will join the Boiler Bridge Walk on Friday (see details above). On Saturday, Boilermaker fans are invited to check out the team's first practice from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in Lambert Fieldhouse.

* For more on game-week activities and spirit initiatives, visit Boilermaker Depot.

Faculty and staff news

Applicants sought for ACE Fellows Program

The Office of the Provost is encouraging faculty to apply for the 2014-15 class of the American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows Program.

Greater Lafayette Commerce seeking student nominations

Greater Lafayette Commerce is seeking nominations of students who provide extraordinary community service for the Community Activity Recognition Awards. Faculty and staff members are encouraged to nominate students and student organizations for the awards.

General news

Prof: Sandy communities rebuilding should strengthen more than just structures

Rebuilding communities after a natural disaster, such as Superstorm Sandy, is about more than just about physical infrastructure, says a Purdue disaster recovery expert.

Photo gallery: BCC research tour
focuses on Gullah culture, heritage

Students from the Black Cultural Center's performing arts ensembles watch sweetgrass basket maker Jery Bennett-Taylor demonstrate a sweetgrass sewing technique during their research tour to Savannah, Ga., and St. Helena Island, S.C., on Oct. 4-8. The trip provided the students with a cultural immersion experience to learn about preservation of the Gullah heritage through music, poetry, dance and dramatization of rituals that shape Gullah culture.

The origin of the Gullah culture is connected to the trans-Atlantic slave trade, says Renee Thomas, director of the BCC. Many enslaved Africans labored on the sea island rice plantations, lived for several centuries in relative isolation and maintained strong community life. That allowed them to preserve more of their African culture than any other group of blacks in the U.S. The exploration of Gullah culture is the focus of the BCC's Fall Cultural Arts Series. The series culminates on Dec. 6 with the Cultural Arts Festival, the students' artistic response to what they learned on the research tour.

Purdue Half Marathon registration open until race day Oct. 19

Registration for the second Purdue Boilermaker Half Marathon and 5K is open until its events begin on Oct. 19.

Purdue student fundraising center has new name

The Purdue student-run call center has changed its name to Rally Line. Rally Line employs students to make fundraising calls to alumni.

Purdue sports

2014 Big Ten tournament all-session tickets on sale Saturday

All-session tickets for the 2014 Big Ten women's and men's basketball tournaments will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Saturday (Oct. 12). Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis is the site of the women's tournament March 6-9 and the men's tournament March 13-16, featuring 22 games over eight days.

For more information on Purdue sports, go to www.purduesports.com.

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