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Purdue Notebook Campus activities: -- A resource for learning about American religion is available via the American Religion Data Archive (ARDA). The Internet-based archive was developed with a Lilly Endowment grant awarded to Roger Finke, Purdue University associate professor of sociology. The data base at http://www.arda.tm includes dozens of leading studies on American religion. The ARDA is intended to be a research tool and resource for persons studying or interested in religion in America. -- The Council on the Status of Women will sponsor a welcoming reception for Alysa Rollock, interim vice president for human relations, at 3:30 p.m. Thursday (9/24) in the Krannert Drawing Room, Krannert Building. The event also will feature the installation of the Violet Haas Legacy Plaque at 3:45 p.m. -- Purdue's chapter of Pi Tau Sigma, the honor society for mechanical engineering students, will sponsor a public seminar titled "Enhancing Personal Creativity" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30 in the North Ballroom of the Purdue Memorial Union. The seminar will be conducted by Michael T. Bagley, an international expert on stimulating creativity in the corporate environment. The first 200 participants will receive Bagley's video tape on creativity. The free seminar is co-sponsored by Ingersoll-Rand Co. > Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; e-mail, mike_willis@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu To the Purdue News and Photos Page