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February 26, 1999 JOURNALISTS: Here's a story idea and some Purdue events during the next two weeks. Entrepreneurial competition offers a $20,000 prize The 12th annual Burton D. Morgan Entrepreneurial Competition, with $30,000 in prizes for students, will be from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, March 6, in the Krannert Building Auditorium. The annual business plan competition features new products and technologies created and presented by Purdue students. First-place carries a cash prize of $20,000 up from $4,000 last year. The five finalists will present their business plans and product prototypes to a panel of judges including entrepreneurs and venture capitalists from Boston, Chicago and Arizona. Prizes will be awarded at an evening banquet. In addition to the prize money, the winner will receive free office space for a year in the Purdue Research Park and will have access to professional business advice and guidance on funding sources to get the business off the ground. The competition is sponsored by the Krannert School of Management, the Schools of Engineering and the School of Science. To arrange to receive b-roll, a news release and/or a photo of the winner, contact Kate Walker, Purdue News Service, (765) 494-2073; e-mail, kate_walker@purdue.edu Events Tuesday, March 2. Author Robert Fulghum will be available to answer questions from journalists during a book signing from 12:45 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. at Little Professor Book Center, 500 Sagamore Parkway W., West Lafayette. He is the author of such best sellers as "All I Ever Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten," "Uh Oh," "Maybe (Maybe Not)," and "True Love." Purdue Convocations is bringing Fulghum to Greater Lafayette to deliver the Mitchell Inspirational Lecture at 8 p.m. the same day in Elliott Hall of Music. CONTACT: Sue Stevens, Convocations publicist, (765) 494-5045; e-mail, snstevens@convos.purdue.edu. Tuesday-Wednesday, March 2-3. Faculty demonstrate the ways in which technology enhances learning for their students at the second annual Teaching, Learning and Technology Showcase on the third floor of Stewart Center. The showcase is sponsored by the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs as part of the Focus on Teaching Lecture Series. CONTACT: George Van Scoyoc, associate executive vice president for academic affairs, (765) 494-0608, e-mail, gevanscoyoc@evpaa.purdue.edu Friday, March 5. Mark Shunk, president and chief executive officer, Cadence Network LLC, Cincinnati, talks about "Building Your Competency Capital" at the Krannert Executive Forum at 11:30 a.m. in the Krannert Building Auditorium. Reporters are asked to refrain from asking questions, videotaping or taking photographs during the lecture, but all are allowed during the student question-and-answer sessions. CONTACT: Tamyra Gibson, director of public relations, School of Management, (765) 494-4392; e-mail, gibson@mgmt.purdue.edu Friday, April 2. Board of Trustees meeting. 1:30 p.m. Room 304 (Anniversary Drawing Room), Purdue Memorial Union. (Date changed from March 26.) CONTACTS: Jeanne V. Norberg, director, Purdue News Service, (765) 494-2084; e-mail, jeanne_norberg@purdue.edu, or Joseph L. Bennett, vice president for University Relations, (765) 494-2082; e-mail, joe_bennett@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu To the Purdue News and Photos Page