Purdue Events Calendar

July 2, 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 ** Sunday, Aug. 9. Summer commencement. 2:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets, distributed free to candidates for degrees, necessary for admission. ENTERTAINMENT Tuesday, July 14. Free concert by the Purdue Summer Concert Band, Purdue Summer Jazz Band, and the Harrison High School Band. 6:30 p.m. Slayter Center of Performing Arts. SEMINARS ** Wednesday, Aug. 5. Free Elder Care Workshop, "Coping As a Caretaker -- Legal Issues of Elder Care." Noon-1 p.m. Room 204, Stewart Center. Facilitator: Ed Stachowicz, Tippecanoe County Legal Services. Lunch hour information and informal discussions aimed at caretakers of aging loved ones and sponsored by Purdue Personnel Services. ** Thursday, Aug. 6. Creativity Tools and Techniques for Your Success. 1-4 p.m. Room 268, Potter Engineering Center. This seminar offered by Purdue's Office of Continuing Engineering Education will focus on developing and using creativity for success in everyday life and in the workplace. It will be broadcast to sites around the state via the Indiana Higher Education Telecommunications System satellite network. The cost of attending the program at Purdue is $100 per person. The registration deadline is July 20. CONTACT: Marsha Nance, (765) 494-7018; e-mail, nance@ecn.purdue.edu ** Thursday, Aug. 6. Two seminars on taking care of soccer field turf. Cooperative Extension Service Office in Marion County, 9245 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis. A 1-4 p.m. session is for professional turf managers. A 6-9 p.m. seminar is for coaches, parents and others who manage their own fields. Cost is $20 for those who preregister and $25 for those registering on-site. Presented by the Purdue Extension Service's Turfgrass Science Program and the Midwest Regional Turf Foundation, whose members will receive a $5 discount. CONTACT: Zac Reicher, Extension turfgrass specialist, (765) 494-9737; e-mail, zreicher@dept.agry.purdue.edu EXHIBITS Through July 31. Artwork by Julie Henderson. Watson's Crick Gallery, Room 1-125 Lilly Hall of Life Sciences. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Through Aug. 2. Recent Acquisitions. Stewart Center Gallery, West Lobby, Stewart Center. 1-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday; 1-5 p.m. Friday; 1-4 p.m. Sunday. (Closed July 3-4.) ** Aug. 3-28 Artwork by John Essex. Watson's Crick Gallery, Room 1-125 Lilly Hall of Life Sciences. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. OTHER Monday, July 13. Module III 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