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

• Friday, July 4. Stars and Stripes Concert. 6 p.m. Slayter Center of 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 public is encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets and picnics for the evening.

  ** Tuesday, July 15. Summer Concert Band Concert. 7 p.m. Slayter Center of Performing Arts.

  ** Wednesday, July 23. Summer Jazz Band Concert. 7 p.m. Slayter Center of Performing Arts.

• Monday-Thursday, 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. Contact: Sueann Smith, (765) 494-7225; e-mail slsmith@cea.purdue.edu

• Through 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.

• 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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