Purdue News Roundup
Purdue News Roundup
The Parking and Traffic Committee, which comprises faculty, staff and students, recently recommended that the $15 fine for violations be raised to $50 the second time a violator is caught. Purdue officials concurred with the committee's recommendation, and the new fine is effective immediately.
Purdue police Lt. Carol Baunach told committee members that the current fine did not deter skateboarders, and that many violators are repeat offenders.
Skateboards have been banned on the academic areas of campus since 1993 because of the extensive damage caused to ledges, benches, stair railings and the like. Baunach told the committee that repair costs for such damage in recent years has topped $70,000.
CONTACT: Donna Kemper, manager, Parking Facilities, (765) 494-9315.
The banquet begins at 7 p.m. in the East and West Faculty Lounges, Purdue Memorial Union. The event is open to the public, and tickets may be purchased beginning March 24 in Room 324, Heavilon Hall, for $15.50; $10.50 for students.
Banks will give a reading from his work at 7:30 p.m. April 10 in the East Faculty Lounge, Memorial Union. That session is free and open to the public.
Banks, a professor of creative writing at Princeton University, is the author of 11 novels and collections of stories. He has won numerous awards, including a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, the S. Lawrence Award for Short Fiction and the Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His novel "Continental Drift" was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1986.
During the banquet, winners of Purdue's annual Literary Awards Competition will be announced. The awards are given to students who submit works in creative writing and expository prose categories. The banquet and competition are sponsored by the Department of English and School of Liberal Arts.
Contest entries will be accepted through Wednesday (3/19). For contest or ticket information, contact the English department office at (765) 494-3740.
CONTACT: Michael Quinn, literary awards chairman, (765) 494-3744.
A call-out for the Griffin Corps will be conducted at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 20, in the Stone Hall Cafeteria.
The program was developed by RHIT and the Purdue Memorial Union food service.
"We want to establish an elite group of servers from the students enrolled in the department," said Steve Chambers, PMU food service director. "The selection of the students will be a prestige and honor. They will be a highly visible, in-training team that will work at various functions for alumni and friends of the university."
Members of the Griffin Corps will enroll in RHIT 390S, Advanced Foodservice Techniques. Students will work at least 300 hours during the semester and will be paid $6.75 an hour in addition to earning academic credit. Credit earned may be used to fulfill the work/internship experience requirement for RHIT students.
CONTACT: Chambers, (765) 494-8931.
Donhauser is recognized internationally for his work in ceramics. He has written several critical reviews and one of the first substantive books on the history of American studio ceramics.
While on campus, Donhauser will demonstrate his work, present workshops and critique student work. He also is scheduled for a brown bag lecture, "The Evolution in American Ceramics and My Recent Work," at noon Thursday (3/20), in the Beelke Gallery, Creative Arts Building 2. Most events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dan Engelke, associate professor of art and design, (765) 494-3065.
Freckman's lecture, "Invertebrate Diversity in Soils," begins at 3:30 p.m. in the Krannert Auditorium. The talk is free and open to the public.
Freckman is director of the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University and associate dean of the university's College of Natural Resources.
The Monsanto Lecture Series is sponsored by Purdue's Environmental Sciences and Engineering Institute and made possible through support from the Monsanto Co., St. Louis.
CONTACT: Ron Turco, director, Environmental Sciences and Engineering Institute, (765) 494-8077.
Mike Barr of Kokomo , Aaron Rasmussen of Valparaiso , Jason Stewart of Richmond , Danilo Jocic of Crown Point , David Reiff of Elkhart and Jeremy Hartman of Carmel placed first among 18 university teams from across the country. The competition gave each team two weeks to develop the financial calculations, construction methodology and a list of environmental impact issues for a 35-acre housing development in Sarasota, Fla.
This is the fourth time a Purdue team has won the competition.
-- Student registration for the 1997 summer session and fall semester will begin March 17. Students should make an appointment with their academic advisers unless their school provides special instructions for registration. Summer session module 1 begins May 19; module 2 begins June 16; and module 3 begins July 14. Fall semester begins Aug. 25.
-- Span Plan Grant applications are available to undergraduate students age 24 and older who are returning to Purdue in the fall semester. The grant pays for one three-credit-hour class. Application deadline is April 15. Applications are available in Student Services Annex One or by calling (765) 494-1257.
-- Purdue is a co-sponsor of the seventh annual Indiana Collegiate Job Fair, scheduled Friday, April 4, in the Indiana Convention Center and RCA Dome. Students and graduates of all Indiana colleges and universities can participate in the event, which will feature recruiters from more than 100 organizations. Persons wanting to pre-register should send a resume and a check for $10 before March 24 to: ICJF Candidate Registration, IUPUI Career Center, 801 W. Michigan St. BS-2010, Indianapolis, Ind. 46202-5153. Registration the day of the event will be $20. More information is available by calling (317) 274-2554, ext. 4, or on the ICJF web site, http://www.iupui.edu/it/jobfair/icjf.html
-- Brenda Pratt Shafer will be the guest of the Purdue Students for Life March 22. Shafer, a registered nurse who worked for a pro-choice doctor, will give a presenation about "partial-birth abortion" at 1 p.m. in Room 223, Physics Building. The presentation is free and open to the public.
-- John Priolo, a glassblower in the Department of Chemistry, will demonstrate the art of glassblowing at 10:30 a.m. March 22, in Room 200 Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry. He will make different pieces of glassware as he gives some of the history and background of glassblowing.
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Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; e-mail, mike_willis@purdue.edu
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