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April 30, 1999

This calendar lists selected Purdue events 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

EVENTS

  • Saturday, May 8. 4 p.m. Technology Statewide Commencement for Anderson and Muncie. Warner Auditorium, Anderson University.

  • Sunday, May 9. 3 p.m. Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis commencement. RCA Dome.

  • Sunday, May 9. 7 p.m. Technology Statewide Commencement for Columbus. Holiday Inn.

  • Monday, May 10. 7 p.m. Technology Statewide Commencement for New Albany. Indiana University Southeast Amphitheater.

  • Tuesday, May 11. 1:30 p.m. Technology Statewide Commencement for Kokomo. Kelley Center, Indiana University Kokomo.

  • Tuesday, May 11. 7 p.m. Technology Statewide Commencement for South Bend and Elkhart. Century Center.

  • Tuesday, May 11. 7:30 p.m. Purdue North Central Commencement. Valparaiso University Chapel.

  • Wednesday, May 12. 7 p.m. Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Commencement. Fort Wayne Memorial Coliseum.

  • Wednesday-Thursday, May 12-13. Frontiers in Carbohydrate Research. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sponsored by the Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research and the Department of Food Science. Registration of $525 is due by May 1. For information about the program, contact James BeMiller, (765) 494-6171, bemiller@purdue.edu. For registration information, contact Cynthia Sargent, (765) 496-3978 or (800) 359-2986, casargent@cea.purdue.edu.

  • Thursday, May 13. 7 p.m. Technology Statewide Commencement for Versailles. South Ripley Elementary School.

    ** Friday, May 14. ROTC Tri-Commissioning Ceremony for the 25 graduates of Purdue's Army, Navy and Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps programs. 11 a.m. South Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union. Speaker will be Maj. Gen. Richard E. Brown III, a highly decorated combat pilot and current director of joint matters for the Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operation.

  • Friday, May 14. 6 p.m. Technology Statewide Commencement for Richmond. Richmond High School.

  • Saturday-Sunday, May 15-16. Spring Commencement at West Lafayette. 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. each day. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets necessary for admission. Four tickets are issued free to each candidate for a degree.
    -- 9:30 a.m. Saturday ceremony is for Schools of Agriculture and Liberal Arts.
    -- 2:30 p.m. Saturday ceremony is for Schools of Management and Technology.
    -- 9:30 a.m. Sunday ceremony is for Schools of Engineering and Veterinary Medicine.
    -- 2:30 p.m. Sunday ceremony is for Schools of Consumer and Family Sciences; Education; Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Sciences; and Science.

  • Wednesday, May 19. 1 p.m. Purdue North Central satellite commencement. Westville Correctional Center.

  • Saturday, May 22. Purdue Employment Expo, "Working to Be Your Employer of Choice." 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Job-seekers can complete an employment application, take clerical testing, apply for specific jobs and talk to hiring supervisors.

  • Sunday, May 23. 1:30 p.m. Purdue Calumet commencement. North Lawshe Lawn, Hammond.

  • Sunday-Friday, May 23-28. 10th International Soil Conservation Organization Conference: "Sustaining the Global Farm, Local Action for Land Stewardship." Registration is $250. For registration, contact Nona Schaler, (765) 494-2756 or (800) 359-2986, Extension 92N, njschaler@cea.purdue.edu. For program information, contact Mark Nearing, (765) 494-8673, isco99@ecn.purdue.edu. A schedule is available on their web page.

    ENTERTAINMENT

  • Saturday, May 15. Glee Club End of Season Concert. 8:30 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. The Black Voices of Inspiration from the Black Cultural Center joins Purdue Musical Organizations' Glee Club in this preview of the "Voices of America" show the two groups will take on a tour of Australia, New Zealand and Fiji starting May 18. Tickets costs $10 for the public and $8 for students from PMO at (765) 494-3941 or (800) 893-3041 and at Purdue box offices, (765) 494-3933.

    LECTURES

  • Tuesday, May 4. Professional Development Schools seminar. 4 p.m. Radisson Inn (State Road 26 and Interstate 65). Topic: "An Update on Indiana's Redesign of the Preparation and Licensure of Education Professionals." Speaker: Marilyn Scannell, executive director of the Indiana Professional Standards Board. Free and open to the public, but reservations are requested by April 30 at (765) 494-3406 or by e-mail to Marilyn Fleeter at mfleeter@soe.purdue.edu.

    MEETINGS

    ** Friday, May 21. Board of Trustees. 10 a.m. Room 304 (Anniversary Drawing Room), Purdue Memorial Union.

    OTHER

  • Saturday, May 8. Spring semester ends.

    ** Monday, May 31. Memorial Day official holiday. Classes not in session, university offices closed.

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

    Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu

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