Purdue Events Calendar

EDITORS: This Purdue calendar will be produced every other week during the summer, unless events warrant otherwise. This calendar lists events on Purdue's West Lafayette campus or involving people or programs off campus during the next five 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/

ENTERTAINMENT

• Tuesday, June 10. Purdue Extension Homemakers Chorus Festival Concert. 7:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. The concert will highlight 44 choruses from different Indiana counties with nearly 1,000 singers performing. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the Purdue Box Office at (765) 494-3933.

• Friday, June 20. Elderhostel Workshop Concert. 2 p.m. Westminster Village, 2741 N. Salisbury St., West Lafayette. A presentation by about 50 senior citizens from around the country who are participating in the second annual Elderhostel Workshop, "No Fun Without Music -- No Music Without Fun."

** Friday, July 4. Stars and Stripes Concert. 6 p.m. Slayter Center for the Performing Arts. Tippecanoe County's July Fourth Celebration begins with the Purdue Summer Jazz Band. The Lafayette Symphony Orchestra takes the stage at 7:15 p.m. Fireworks are scheduled for approximately 9:25 p.m. The concert is free, and the public is encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets and picnics for the evening.

CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS

• Wednesday-Friday, June 11-13. Home and Family Conference. Featuring seminars and workshops on topics such as consumer issues, parenting and health-related matters. Sponsored by Purdue and the Cooperative Extension Service. Most activities take place in Stewart Center and the Purdue Memorial Union. Registration is $31 for the full conference or $21 for a single day. For more information, contact Purdue's Continuing Education Business office, (765) 494-7231.

• June 16-27. An International Training Program in New Crops: Aromatic and Medicinal Plants. This two-week seminar at Purdue is sponsored by the Center for New Crops and Plant Products, Purdue and the Program for Collaborative Research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago. Cost is $1,900, due by June 5. For program information, contact Professor James E. Simon, (765) 494-1328, e-mail jim_simon@hort.purdue.edu. For registration information, contact Tom Robertson, (765) 494-7220, e-mail tlrobertson@cea.purdue.edu

• June 23-26. Third Annual Aerospace Teachers Workshop. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily. Room 214, Stewart Center. A demonstration of aviation and space experiences for use in K-12 classrooms. Sponsored by the Indiana Space Grant Consortium. Registration is $25, and space is limited to 25 participants. Contact: Sueann Smith, (765) 494-7225; e-mail slsmith@cea.purdue.edu

EXHIBITS

• June 17-Aug. 8. "Selections from the Permanent Collection." 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.

OTHER

** Friday, July 4. Independence Day. Official university holiday.

** Sunday-Friday, July 13-18, and Sunday-Friday, July 20-25. Seminars for Top Engineering Prospects (STEP). The one-week seminars are aimed at giving students who will be high school seniors in 1997-98 a chance to learn about the educational and career opportunities in engineering. Contact Chris Murray, Department of Freshmen Engineering, (765) 494-3976.

Compiled by Frank Koontz, (765) 494-2080; e-mail, frank_koontz@purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu

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