Purdue Calendar of Events

EDITORS: This calendar lists events on Purdue's West Lafayette campus or involving people or programs off campus during the next four weeks. Events are free and open to the public, except where noted, and all are open to news media coverage. New or updated listings have two asterisks (**).

All events in this calendar, plus many others, are listed in Purdue's on-line calendar at http://www.purdue.edu/calendar/

EVENTS

** Friday, April 4. Seventh Annual Indiana Collegiate Job Fair. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Indiana Convention Center and RCA Dome, Indianapolis. Open to all Purdue seniors and alumni. Sponsored by Purdue and Indiana universities. Registration: $10 in advance, $20 the day of the event. Send check payable to ICJF and a resume to: ICJF Candidate Registration, IUPUI Career Center, 801 W. Michigan St., BS-2010, Indianapolis, IN, 46202-5153. Registrations must be postmarked by March 24. For more information, contact the Purdue placement service at (765) 494-3981 or visit the ICJF Web Site at http://www.iupui.edu/it/jobfair/home.html

** Saturday, April 5. American Society of Civil Engineers Concrete Canoe Race. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Indiana Beach, Monticello. Part of the ASCE Great Lakes Regional Conference. Students from 17 colleges in Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin will have sprint and distance races with the canoes they have designed and built from concrete.

** Saturday, April 5. National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest. 11:30 a.m. Elliott Hall of Music. A Purdue team and teams from colleges and universities across the country are challenged to build a contraption that uses at least 20 steps to load a CD into a CD player or computer and play it or run a program. Each machine must run, be reset and run again in nine minutes. Machines also will be judged and awarded points based on the creative use of materials and use of related themes.

** Sunday, April 6. American Society of Civil Engineers Steel Bridge Competition. 7:15 a.m.-3 p.m. North and South Ballrooms, Purdue Memorial Union. Part of the ASCE Great Lakes Regional Conference. Students from 17 colleges in Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin will present bridge structures they have built to be judged on their appearance, weight, speed/ease of assembly, and deflection under load.

ENTERTAINMENT

** Monday, March 17. Women's History Month Film Festival presents "Frida Kahlo: Portrait of a Woman." 7 p.m. Room 239, Stanley Coulter Hall. Sponsored by the Women's Studies program, Women's Resource Office, School of Liberal Arts Dean's Office, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, and Council on the Status of Women at Purdue.

** Friday, March 21. Women's History Month Film Festival presents two films: "Tuesday Morning Ride" and "Mother of the River." 7 p.m. Room 239, Stanley Coulter Hall. Sponsored by the Women's Studies program, Women's Resource Office, School of Liberal Arts Dean's Office, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, and Council on the Status of Women at Purdue.

• Friday, March 21. Jazz Band Concert featuring the Lab and Concert Jazz Bands plus the Purdue Jazz Band. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse.

• Friday, March 21. Zorba, the Broadway Musical. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Purdue Convocations, Lively Arts event. Tickets: $26, $20 and $15 for the public; $16 and $11 for Purdue students, at campus box offices, (765) 494-3933.

  ** Monday, March 24. Women's History Month Film Festival presents "Daughters of the Dust." 7 p.m. Room 239, Stanley Coulter Hall. Sponsored by the Women's Studies program, Women's Resource Office, School of Liberal Arts Dean's Office, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, and Council on the Status of Women at Purdue.

  ** Wednesday, March 26. Purdue Varsity Glee Club All-Campus Serenade. 8 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union Ballrooms. (Date changed from March 20.)

• Wednesday, March 26. Brentano String Quartet. 8 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Purdue Convocations, Discovery Artist event. Tickets: $7 for all seats, at campus box offices, (765) 494-3933.

• Thursday, March 27. Poet Danny Bellinger. Part of Black Cultural Center's 1996-97 Cultural Arts Series. 8 p.m. Room 202, Stewart Center. Reception follows in Room 102, Stewart Center.

  ** Friday, March 28. Women's History Month Film Festival presents two films: "Hidden Faces" and "Prose, Power, and Politics: Conversations with Muslim Women Leaders." 5 p.m. Room 239, Stanley Coulter Hall. Sponsored by the Women's Studies program, Women's Resource Office, School of Liberal Arts Dean's Office, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, and Council on the Status of Women at Purdue.

• Friday, March 28. The Detroit Jazz All-Stars. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Purdue Convocations, Jazz Set event. Tickets: $19 for the public; $12.50 for Purdue students, at campus box offices, (765) 494-3933.

• Friday, March 28. Black Coffee House No. 53. Haraka Writers Poetry Fest '97. Part of Black Cultural Center's 1996-97 Cultural Arts Series. 8 p.m. Matthews Hall Auditorium. Reception follows at the Black Cultural Center.

  ** Monday, March 31. Women's History Month Film Festival presents "Forbidden Love." 7 p.m. Room 239, Stanley Coulter Hall. Sponsored by the Women's Studies program, Women's Resource Office, School of Liberal Arts Dean's Office, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, and Council on the Status of Women at Purdue.

  ** Tuesday, April 1, and Wednesday, April 2. Sesame Street Live, a Broadway-style stage extravaganza, presents ."Let's Play School." Elliott Hall of Music. 7 p.m. April 1; 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. April 2. Tickets, at $12, available at campus box offices and Ticketmaster. Charge by telephone at (765) 494-3933.

  ** Thursday, April 3. Purdue Bands Recital Hour. Noon. Room 30, Elliott Hall of Music.

  ** Sunday, April 4. Cinema Now film series -- "Secrets and Lies." 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Sponsored by Purdue Convocations. Tickets are $4 for adults and $3 for students at campus box offices, (765) 494-3933.

  ** Friday, April 4. Academy of Ancient Music with soprano Emma Kirkby. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Purdue Convocations, Loeb Music Collection event. Tickets: $19 for the public; $10.50 for Purdue students, at campus box offices, (765) 494-3933.

  ** Sunday, April 6. Windworks II Concert featuring the University Concert Band, Collegiate Band and Varsity Band. 2:30 p.m. North Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union.

  ** Sunday, April 6. Spring concert by the Black Voices of Inspiration. Part of Black Cultural Center's 1996-97 Cultural Arts Series. 3 p.m. Fowler Hall. Tickets: $3 for students, $5 for public. Reception follows in Room 102, Stewart Center.

• Wednesday, March 19. Conversations About Teaching. 3:30 p.m. East and West Faculty Lounges, Memorial Union. Robert L. Ringel, Purdue executive vice president for academic affairs.

• Friday, March 21. Personal Perspective on Succeeding in Business. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. Karen L. Hendricks, president and chief executive officer, Baldwin Piano and Organ Co., Loveland, Ohio. Krannert Executive Forum.

  ** Thursday, March 27. Invertebrate Diversity in Soils. 3:30 p.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. Diana W. Freckman, professor and director of the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory and associate dean, College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University. Monsanto Lecture Series. A reception will follow at 4:30 p.m. in the Krannert Drawing Room.

• Friday, March 28. Keynote speech for Women's History Month with Ileana Rodriguez, associate professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Ohio State University. 10:30 a.m. Room 210, Stewart Center. Rodriguez's research focuses on feminist studies, Latin American culture, Caribbean and Central American narratives and post-colonial theory. Sponsored by Women's Studies.

• Friday, March 28. Characteristics of Leadership. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. Randall J. Lewis, chief financial officer, GE Capital Consumer Financial Services, Mason, Ohio. Krannert Executive Forum.

  ** Wednesday, April 2. Cultural History Workshop -- Faculty Work-in-Progress Series. 7:30 p.m., location to be announced. Michael Morrison, assistant professor of history, will present his paper for discussion. It is entitled "A Destiny No Longer Manifest: Memory, the Revolutionary Heritage, and American Reaction to European Revolutions, 1848-1852." For location of the meeting and for a copy of the paper, inquire at the Department of History after March 24.

  ** Friday, April 4. It's Not Banking Anymore. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. Peter E. Geier, vice chairman, Huntington Bancshares Inc., president and chief operating officer, the Huntington National Bank, Columbus, Ohio. Krannert Executive Forum.

• Thursday and Friday, March 13 and 14. "High-Involvement/High-Commitment Teamwork." Videoseminar. 1 p.m. Room 268, Potter Engineering Center. Presenter Mike Sheahan, associate director of executive education, Krannert Graduate School of Management. Seminar also will be broadcast over the Indiana Higher Education Telecommunications System. A $175 registration fee per person is due by Feb. 27. For more information or to register, contact Marsha Nance, (765) 494-7018, e-mail, nance@ecn.purdue.edu

  ** Tuesday-Thursday, March 25-27. Purdue Road School. Stewart Center. More than 1,200 people -- from street commissioners to mayors to highway engineers -- will learn about what's new and talk about what could be for Indiana's roads and highways. Sessions run 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday, and 9-11 a.m. Thursday. All sessions are free and open to the public, but attendees are asked to register in Stewart Center beginning at 8 a.m. March 25.

• Saturday, March 29. Midwest Leadership Conference. 8:30 a.m. Stewart Center. The conference is for academics, consultants, human resource professionals and managers. Registration is $50 and includes coffee breaks, lunch, parking and a welcoming reception on Friday, March 28. Sponsored by the Department of Organizational Leadership. For information about the program, contact Gary Wagenheim at (765) 494-5613, e-mail, gjwagenheim@tech.purdue.edu. For information about registration, contact Susan Umberger at (765) 494-7217, e-mail, stumberger@cea.purdue.edu

  ** Friday-Sunday, April 4-6. American Society of Civil Engineers Great Lakes Regional Conference. This conference brings together 17 schools from the Great Lakes region of Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana to exchange ideas, share experiences, and compete in a concrete canoe and steel bridge competition. For more information about the conference, contact Scott Ivany, publicity director of Purdue ASCE chapter, (765) 742-4794; e-mail, ivany@ecn.purdue.edu

• Monday, March 24. University Senate. 2:30 p.m. Room 302, Stewart Center.

• Through March 22. "Kente: Cloth of the Asante Kings," by Harriet Schiffer. Union Gallery, basement of the Purdue Memorial Union. Co-sponsored by Purdue Galleries and Black Cultural Center. 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 12:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday.

• Through March 23. "Art- In Fashion," creations by wearables artists Ellen Hauptli and Candy Kling. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday-Friday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Stewart Center Gallery, West Lobby, Stewart Center.

• March 18-21. "Stephanie Sandifer: Paintings," an exhibit in partial fulfillment of the Master of Fine Arts degree. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Beelke Memorial Gallery, Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2.

• March 25-28." Melissa Gill: Paintings," an exhibit in partial fulfillment of the Master of Fine Arts degree. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Beelke Memorial Gallery, Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2.

• April 1-4. "Melissa Schulenberg: Paintings," an exhibit in partial fulfillment of the Master of Fine Arts degree. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Beelke Memorial Gallery, Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2.

  ** April 1-May 4. "Three Realists," an exhibit featuring Milwaukee artist David Lenz, Bohemian artist Jaromir Kosar, and Kansas artist Mark Flickinger. Exhibit is dedicated to Nobel Laureate Professor Herbert C. Brown in honor of his 85th birthday. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Union Gallery, Main Floor, Purdue Memorial Union. Reception 4:30-6 p.m. Friday, April 4, in the gallery. Special gallery hours: Saturday, April 5, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

  ** April 1-May 4. "Bruce Beasly: Sculpture," the West Coast artist creates cubical bronze sculptures conceptualized on his computer. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday-Friday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Stewart Center Gallery, West Lobby, Stewart Center. Reception 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, in the gallery.

• Wednesday, March 19. Baseball vs. Valparaiso. 3 p.m. Lambert Field. Tickets: $3 adults, $2 students.

  Thursday, March 20. Softball vs. N.E. Illinois. 2 p.m. Varsity Softball Complex. Tickets: $3 adults, $2 students.

• Friday, March 21. Baseball vs. Michigan. 3 p.m. Lambert Field. Tickets: $3 adults, $2 students.

• Saturday, March 22. Women's basketball NCAA Tournament Mideast Regional. Mackey Arena.

• Saturday, March 22. Softball -- Boilermaker Invitational. 9 a.m. Varsity Softball Complex. Tickets: $3 adults, $2 students.

• Saturday, March 22. Baseball vs. Michigan (doubleheader). 1 p.m. Lambert Field. Tickets: $3 adults, $2 students.

• Saturday, March 22. Men's tennis vs. Michigan State. 1 p.m. Varsity Courts (behind Recreational Center).

• Sunday, March 23. Softball -- Boilermaker Invitational. 8:30 a.m. Varsity Softball Complex. Tickets: $3 adults, $2 students.

• Sunday, March 23. Men's tennis vs. Michigan. 1 p.m. Varsity Courts (behind Recreational Center).

• Sunday, March 23. Baseball vs. Michigan. 1 p.m. Lambert Field. Tickets: $3 adults, $2 students.

• Monday, March 24. Women's basketball NCAA Tournament Mideast Regional. Mackey Arena.

• Tuesday, March 25. Softball vs. Miami (Ohio) (doubleheader). 2 p.m. Varsity Softball Complex. Tickets: $3 adults, $2 students.

• Wednesday, March 26. Baseball vs. St. Joseph. 3 p.m. Lambert Field. Tickets: $3 adults, $2 students.

• Saturday, March 29. Men's outdoor track -- Purdue Open. 11 a.m. Rankin Track and Field. Tickets: $3 adults, $2 students.

• Saturday, March 29. Women's tennis vs. Notre Dame. 1 p.m. Varsity Courts (behind Recreational Center).

• Saturday, March 29. Softball vs. Iowa (doubleheader). 1 p.m. Varsity Softball Complex. Tickets: $3 adults, $2 students.

• Sunday, March 30. Softball vs. Iowa. 1 p.m. Varsity Softball Complex. Tickets: $3 adults, $2 students.

  ** Thursday, April 3. Softball vs. Notre Dame (doubleheader). 2 p.m. Varsity Softball Complex. Tickets: $3 adults, $2 students.

  ** Saturday, April 5. Men's outdoor track -- Big 4 Classic. 9:30 a.m. Rankin Track and Field. Tickets: $3 adults, $2 students.

  ** Saturday, April 5. Women's tennis vs. Northwestern. 1 p.m. Varsity Courts (behind Recreational Center).

  ** Sunday, April 6. Men's tennis vs. Penn State. Noon. Varsity Courts (behind Recreational Center).

  ** Sunday, April 6. Women's tennis vs. Wisconsin. 11 a.m. Varsity Courts (behind Recreational Center).

** Through April 3. International Dinner Series presented by food service management students in Purdue's Department of Restaurant, Hotel, Institutional and Tourism Management. 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. John Purdue Room, Stone Hall. Call (765) 494-6845 for reservations or information. Coming up: March 11-13, Spring Break; March 18, Mexican; March 19, Norwegian; March 20, Irish; March 25, Cajun; March 26, Spring Fest; March 27, French; April 1, Sicilian; April 2, Oriental; April 3, New England.

• Monday, March 17. Classes resume from spring break. 7:30 a.m.

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