Purdue Notebook
Purdue Notebook
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May 1, 1998
Campus activities-- Darlene Clark Hine, award-winning author and editor, will give a public presentation at 3 p.m. Friday, May 8, in Room 212, Stewart Center. Hine, the John A. Hannah Professor of History at Michigan State University, will discuss "Women and Minority Concerns About Surviving Academe." Hine, who was a teacher and administrator at Purdue from 1974 to 1986, has edited and written widely on African-American history. She and Kathleen Thompson recently wrote "A Shining Thread of Hope: The History of Black Women in America." She was editor of a 16-volume series, "Black Women in United States History: From Colonial Times to the Present." Hine also will participate in a graduation dinner for students who were part of the Historically Black Institutions Visitation Program. Her visit is sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School and the Black Cultural Center.-- The Army, Navy and Air Force ROTC programs will conduct their spring tri-commissioning ceremony at 11 a.m. Friday, May 15, in the South Ballroom of the Purdue Memorial Union. During the ceremony, 32 graduating seniors will receive their commissions as second lieutenants and ensigns. -- The Learning Center in the School of Liberal Arts will offer a speed-reading course and a study methods course during the summer session beginning in June. GS 294, Increasing Efficient Reading Rates, will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to noon. Students will implement speed-reading techniques in a variety of materials and will read several books of their choosing outside of class. The class may be taken for one or two credits. GS 295, Effective Study Methods, will meet Mondays and Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to noon. The course covers learning strategies and skills such as time management, notetaking, organization and test-taking. The class is for one credit. Each class costs $120 per credit hour for in-state students and $369 per credit for out-of-state students. For more information, contact the Learning Center at (765) 494-5569.
Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; e-mail, mike_willis@purdue.edu
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