Purdue Events Calendar

May 8 1998 EDITORS: This Purdue calendar will be produced every other week during May, June and July. It lists selected 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/ EVENTS 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, necessary for admission. The schedule: 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 16, Schools of Agriculture, Education, Management, and Veterinary Medicine; 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 16, Schools of Liberal Arts, Pharmacy, Nursing, and Health Sciences. 9:30 a.m. Sunday, May 17, Schools of Consumer and Family Sciences, Science, and Technology. 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 17, Schools of Engineering. Tuesday, May 19. Commencement for Purdue Calumet at Hammond. 6 p.m. North Lawshe Lawn. Wednesday, May 20. Commencement for Purdue North Central. 1 p.m. Westville Correctional Center. ** Thursday, May 21. Annual Retirement Banquet. 6 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union Ballrooms. The banquet will honor those who retired or will retire between July 1, 1997, and June 30, 1998, and who meet the definition of an official retiree. CONTACT Lisa Maurer, (765) 494-1693 ** Friday, June 12. Purdue Legends Golf Outing. 11 a.m. Elks Lodge outside West Lafayette. Basketball coach Gene Keady, former Purdue players and basketball personalities join the public for 18 holes of golf. Cost is $150. CONTACT: John Purdue Club, (765) 494-3248; fax, (765) 496-1842. Part of the Legends Weekend to honor Keady, Purdue's winningest basketball coach. ** Friday, June 12. Dinner and roast of Purdue basketball coach Gene Keady. 6:30 p.m. Ballrooms, Purdue Memorial Union. Cost is $60, and seating is limited. Master of ceremonies will be former MSU basketball coach Jud Heathcote. CONTACT: John Purdue Club, (765) 494-3248; fax, (765) 496-1842. Part of the Legends Weekend to honor Keady, who became Purdue's winningest basketball coach with his 372nd win in December. ** Saturday, June 13. Purdue Legends Basketball Game. 1:30 p.m. Mackey Arena. More than 300 former Purdue players have been invited to play. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children under 12 at the Athletic Ticket Office, (765) 494-3194 or 1-800-497-7678, or the John Purdue Club, (765) 494-3248; fax, (765) 496-1842. Part of the Legends Weekend to honor coach Gene Keady. ENTERTAINMENT 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. CONFERENCES ** Friday, May 15. Implementing Mathematics, Science, and Technology Assessment Standards into K-12 Classrooms. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stewart Center. A seminar for K-12 teachers sponsored by the Purdue School Mathematics Science Center and the Indiana Department of Education Center for School Improvement and Performance. Registration fee of $25 includes continental breakfast and lunch. CONTACT: John Fisher, Division of Conferences, (765) 494-9499; e-mail, tjrfisher@cea.purdue.edu Thursday, May 21. Aging Well: A Multidisciplinary Perspective. 8 a.m. Room 218, Stewart Center. A seminar about gerontology. Topics will include vitamins, exercise and diet. Registration fee is $75 for professionals, $35 for students. Deadline to register is May 14. CONTACTS: John Wellman, conference coordinator, (765) 494-0243, jmw@purdue.edu, or Marleen Troyer, conference chair, (765) 494-1340, troyerm@cfs.purdue.edu ** Thursday, May 28. Midwestern Work-Family Association Annual Conference: "Work-Family Challenges for the New Millennium." 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Radisson Hotel, 8787 Keystone Crossing, Indianapolis. This conference is especially targeted toward CEOs and professionals in the human resources or work/life areas. Non-members are welcome to attend. Sponsored by Eli Lilly and Co. CONTACT: Kathy Hyman, Division of Conferences, (765) 494-9878 ; e-mail, kfhyman@cea.purdue.edu ** Wednesday-Friday, June 10-12. 85th Home and Family Conference. Featured speakers are Naomi Griffith, a child welfare expert, and Betty Sinnock, founder and senior partner of the Beardstown Ladies Investment Club. Other session topics include food safety, family issues and money matters. Registration is $33 for the whole conference or $23 for a single day. CONTACT: Betty Krejci, (765) 494-8252; e-mail, krejcib@cfs.purdue.edu EXHIBITS ** Through May 29. Retrospective Exhibit by Jeffrey Klinefelter. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Watson's Crick Gallery (Room 1-125, Lily Hall). MEETINGS Friday, May 29. Board of Trustees meeting. 10 a.m. Rooms 224-228, Walb Memorial Union, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. OTHER Monday, May 18. Module I of summer classes begins. Monday, May 25. Memorial Day. Official university holiday. ** Monday, June 15. Module II of summer classes begins. Compiled by Frank Koontz, (765) 494-2080; e-mail, frank_koontz@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu To the Purdue News and Photos Page