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July 31, 1998

EDITORS: This Purdue 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

  • Sunday, Aug. 9. Summer commencement. 2:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets, distributed free to candidates for degrees, necessary for admission.

ENTERTAINMENT

  • ** Friday, Aug. 28. Welcome-back dance. 7-11 p.m. Purdue Armory. Phi Sigma Pi will sponsor this dance. Tickets are $3 per person.

  • ** Saturday, Aug. 29. Slayter Slammer. Noon-5:30 p.m. Slayter Hill (rain location: Purdue Armory). Triangle and Acacia fraternities and Alpha Omicron Pi and Delta Delta Delta sororities are sponsoring this free concert.

  • ** Saturday, Aug. 29. Dock dance. 8 p.m.-midnight, Shreve and Earhart docks. Sponsored by the Residence Hall Council.

SEMINARS

  • Wednesday, Aug. 5. Free Elder Care Workshop for caretakers of aging loved ones, "Coping As a Caretaker -- Legal Issues of Elder Care." Noon-1 p.m. Room 204, Stewart Center. Facilitator: Ed Stachowicz, Tippecanoe County Legal Services. 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. CONTACT: Zac Reicher, Extension turfgrass specialist, (765) 494-9737; e-mail, zreicher@dept.agry.purdue.edu

  • ** Thursday-Friday, Aug. 6-7. Fourth annual National Issues Forums Public Policy Institute. West Lafayette campus. The topics are "Our Nation's Kids: Is Something Wrong?" and "The Education Crisis: How Do We Get What We Pay for?" Participants will receive training so that they may return to their communities to lead similar deliberative discussions. Registration is $100. Co-sponsored by the Kettering Foundation and Purdue's Department of Organizational Leadership and Supervision. Contact: John Wellman, (800) 359-2968, ext. 92W; fax, (765) 494-0567; e-mail, jmw@purdue.edu

  • Wednesday, Aug. 12. Free Elder Care Workshop for caretakers of aging loved ones, "Coping As a Caretaker -- Survival Tips and Support Systems." Noon-1 p.m. Room 209, Stewart Center. Facilitator: Jan Robinson, Area IV Agency on Aging. Sponsored by Personnel Services.

LECTURES

  • ** Wednesday, Aug. 26. Jewish Studies Noon Lecture and Discussion Series. 12:30 p.m. Room 204, Stewart Center. Topic: Life With Survivor Parents. Speaker: Leo Weitzman of West Lafayette, the child of Holocaust survivors.

EXHIBITS

  • 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.

CALLOUTS

  • Monday, Aug. 24. Purdue Bands and Orchestra. 7:30-8 p.m. Room 30, Elliott Hall of Music. Information session for Purdue students who are interested in becoming members of one of Purdue's many concert bands, jazz bands or orchestra.

  • ** Wednesday, Aug. 26. Purdue Advocates for Disability Issues callout and meeting. 6-8 p.m. 112 Schleman Hall.

  • ** Wednesday, Aug. 26. Waterski Club. 6:30-9:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center.

  • ** Wednesday, Aug. 26. American Music Review -- auditions for the vocal-jazz entertainment group consisting of a jazz band and four vocalists. 7-9 p.m. Room 30, Elliott Hall.

  • ** Wednesday, Aug. 26. Sisters of the Harvest Moon. 7:30-9 p.m. FarmHouse Fraternity.

  • ** Thursday, Aug. 27. IDEAS. 5:30-7:30 p.m. 1144 Civil Engineering.

  • ** Thursday, Aug. 27. Karate Club. 7-9 p.m. 129 Electrical Engineering.

  • ** Thursday, Aug. 27. Sisters of the Harvest Moon. 7:30-9 p.m. FarmHouse Fraternity.

  • ** Monday, Aug. 31. Bujinkan Purdue Dojo. 6-8 p.m. 302 Stewart Center.

  • ** Monday, Aug. 31. Students for America. 7-9 p.m. 318 Stewart Center.

  • ** Monday, Aug. 31. Tomahawk. 7-8:30 p.m. 320 Stewart Center.

  • ** Monday, Aug. 31. Trap and Skeet Club. 7-9 p.m. G-401 Lilly Hall.

OTHER

  • Sunday-Thursday, Aug. 16-20. Boiler Gold Rush -- an orientation program for members of the incoming Boilermaker Class of 2002, providing them with the opportunity to move into their rooms early, find their way around campus, and make new friends.

  • Monday, Aug. 24. Fall semester begins.

Compiled by Frank Koontz, (765) 494-2080; e-mail, frank_koontz@purdue.edu

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