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April 17, 1998

EDITORS: This calendar lists selected 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

  • Monday-Tuesday, April 20-21. Qualifications for the April 25 Grand Prix go-kart race. 5:30-7 p.m. Kart track north of Ross-Ade Stadium.

  • Thursday-Sunday, April 23-26. Gala Week -- Cruisin' Home to Purdue. The Purdue Alumni Association has organized reunions, entertainment and other activities for returning alumni. Registration and activities information will be available at Gala Week headquarters in Room 118, Purdue Memorial Union. The Gala Week office will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 24 and 25. The phone number is (765) 494-5175.

  • Saturday, April 25. Grand Prix go-kart race. Kart track north of Ross-Ade Stadium. The final six spots on the 33-car starting grid will go to the top two finishers in each of three sprint races starting about 11 a.m. The events associated with the featured race, known as the "Greatest Spectacle in College Racing," are schedule to start about 1:15 p.m. Race-day events will require admission to the Grand Prix track. Tickets cost $5 in advance and $6 at the gate. Grand Prix Foundation members are selling advance tickets in Room 262 of the Purdue Memorial Union.

  • ** Saturday, April 25. Black Caucus of Faculty and Staff Academic and Service Awards Program to honor African-American undergraduate students for scholarship, service and leadership. 1 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center.

  • ** Friday, May 1. Violet Haas Award reception for Peggy Sullivan, director of the Span Plan program and assistant dean of students. 4 p.m. Room 116, Whistler Hall of Agricultural Research. The Council on the Status of Women presents the Haas Award to a person or department that promotes the advancement of women at Purdue.

  • Sunday, May 10. Commencement for Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. 3 p.m. RCA Dome.

  • Tuesday May 12. Commencement for Purdue North Central. 7:30 p.m. Valparaiso University Chapel.

  • ** Wednesday May 13. Commencement for Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. Fort Wayne Memorial Coliseum and Exposition Center.

  • ** Thursday, May 14. Teacher Recruitment Day for Purdue students and alumni. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union Ballrooms. Recruiters from about 70 school corporations and districts are expected. A list of participating recruiters and the job openings they are seeking to fill is on the Web at http://www.ups.purdue.edu/edplace/studentTRday.html

  • ** Friday, May 15. ROTC Tri-Service Commissioning Ceremony. 11 a.m. South Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union.

  • ** Saturday and Sunday, May 16 and 17. Spring commencement ceremonies at West Lafayette. 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. each day. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets, distributed free to each student eligible to graduate, are necessary for admission. The schedule:

    -- Saturday, May 16. 9:30 a.m. Schools of Agriculture, Education, Management, and Veterinary Medicine. 2:30 p.m. Schools of Liberal Arts, Pharmacy, Nursing, and Health Sciences.
    -- Sunday, May 17. 9:30 a.m. Schools of Consumer and Family Sciences, Science, and Technology. 2:30 p.m. Schools of Engineering.

ENTERTAINMENT

  • Tuesday, April 21. Varsity Band Twilight Concert. 7 p.m. Slayter Center.

  • Wednesday-Saturday, April 22-25. The School for Scandal, a Second Season production of Purdue Theatre. Creative Arts Building 3. Performances at 8 p.m. each day. Additional matinee at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 25. Admission is $5 and seating is limited. Tickets available at the Loeb Box Office, (765) 494-3933.

  • Wednesday-Saturday, April 22-25. The Grand Prix Carnival featuring Poor Jack's Amusements. Ross-Ade Stadium parking lot. Hours are 6-11 p.m. April 22 and 23; 5:30 p.m.-midnight April 24; and 11 a.m.-midnight April 25.

  • Wednesday, April 22. Collegiate Band Twilight Concert. 7 p.m. Slayter Center.

  • Thursday, April 23. 1812 Twilight Concert. 7 p.m. Slayter Center. The University Concert Band presents its traditional free concert, complete with fireworks.

  • Friday, April 24. Purdue's jazz bands join for a free concert under the stars. 6 p.m. Slayter Center.

  • Sunday, April 26. Purdue Symphony Orchestra Concert. 2:30 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. This free concert features the winner of the 1998 "Concerto Competition," a program designed to recognize outstanding Purdue instrumentalists.

  • Sunday, April 26. Grand Prix concert. 3-6 p.m. Slayter Hill. Purdue Student Government is sponsoring this free concert.

  • Tuesday, April 28. PMO Spring Show. 8 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union Ballrooms.

  • Friday-Saturday, May 1-2. Repertory Dance Company's spring collection of dance works by faculty and students in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts and by the Black Cultural Center's Jahari Dance Troupe. 8-10 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Tickets are $8 for the public, $6 for Purdue students, at the Loeb Box Office, (765) 494-3933.

  • Saturday, May 9. Percussion Workshop. 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Stewart Center. The free clinics are designed to give students hands-on experience in a variety of percussive styles. CONTACT: Jennifer Tucker, (765) 496-2697.

  • ** Saturday, May 16. Purdue Varsity Glee Club End of Season Concert. 8:30 p.m. Loeb Playhouse. Tickets are $8 at the Purdue Box Office in Stewart Center, (765) 494-3933.

LECTURES

  • Wednesday, April 22. The Other Promised Land: Jews in Contemporary Denmark. 12:30 p.m. Room 204, Stewart Center. Speaker: Professor Andrew Buckser, Purdue Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Jewish Studies Discussion Series.

  • Thursday, April 23. A Memory of Their Own: Second-Generation Writers of the Holocaust. 4:30 p.m. Krannert Auditorium. Speaker: Ellen S. Fine, professor emerita of French, City University of New York. Jewish Studies Lecture Series.

  • Friday, April 24. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Robert E. Gregory Jr., chairman and chief executive officer, London Fog Corp., Sykesville, Md. Topic to be announced.

  • Monday, April 27. The Internet Architecture: Universal Digital Transport for the World. 4:30 p.m. Room 175, Mathematical Sciences Building. Speaker: Abel Weinrib of Intel Corp. Part of the Distinguished Lecture in Technology series. Sponsored by Purdue and Intel Corp.

  • Monday, April 27. Louis Martin Sears Lecture Series. 7:30 p.m. South Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Thomas Friedman of the New York Times will discuss the state of the Middle East today. This is the last of four lectures in the series, which this year had the theme of "U.S.-Israeli Relations: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the U.S. Recognition of the State of Israel."

  • Thursday, April 30. Leadership in the '90s. 10 a.m. Room 314, Stewart Center. Speaker: Marilyn Haring, dean of the Purdue School of Education. Women's Resource Office Leadership Series.

CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS

  • Saturday, May 9. Purdue Employment Expo. 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Hiring supervisors from various departments will answer questions about more than 100 jobs currently available at Purdue (excluding faculty positions). Attendees can fill out employment applications and, where appropriate, undergo on-site clerical testing and screening interviews. CONTACT: Dana Werner, personnel services recruitment specialist, (765) 494-6239; e-mail: dkwerner@personnel.purdue.edu

MEETINGS

  • Monday, April 27. University Senate. 2:30 p.m. Room 302, Stewart Center.

EXHIBITS

  • Through April 30. Insects in Art: Cartoons to Nature Renderings. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Krannert Building Drawing Room. Original insect cartoons from a collection of John Davis, former head of the Department of Entomology. Also insect art and insect jewelry by local artists.

  • Through May 3. Issues and Answers: Sue Buck and Mary LaPorte. Union Gallery, Main Floor, Purdue Memorial Union. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, and 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. LaPorte's large paintings on tin explore the conflicting saintly and sexual roles assigned to women by society. Buck's large-scale drawings search for answers to such questions as "Why are we as humans the way we are? How are we the same as animals and how are we really different?"

  • Through May 3. Faculty Focus. Annual exhibition featuring work in a variety of media by members of Purdue's art and design faculty. Stewart Center Gallery, West Lobby, Stewart Center. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday; 1-4 p.m. Sunday.

  • Through May 6. Public and Private: Twelve Artists/Two Rooms. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Lafayette Savings Bank, 1020 Sagamore Parkway W. Second part of a photography display by students in the 1998 Senior Thesis Exhibition in Advanced Studies in Photography.

OTHER

  • Through April 30. 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:

    --April 21, Californian Fusion; April 22, Indiana Regional; April 23, British.
    --April 28-30: Gourmet Nights -- The Best of RHIT 492.

  • Saturday, May 9. Spring semester ends. 9 p.m. Fall semester begins Aug. 24.

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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