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September 17, 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 online calendar.

Updated travel directions around road construction zones near campus are available on the Web.

EVENTS

  • Monday-Tuesday, Sept. 20-21. Department of Restaurant, Hotel, Institutional and Tourism Management Career Day. Events include a job fair from 12:30-3:30 p.m. Tuesday in the South Ballroom of the Memorial Union; a lecture at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Room 218 Stewart Center by the president of the National Restaurant Association; a senior reception from 5-6:30 p.m. Monday at Stone Hall; and a lecture at 2 p.m. Monday in Room 206 Stewart Center by the chairman, president and CEO of Promus Hotel Corp.

  • Wednesday, Sept. 22. Study Abroad Information Fair. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Purdue Memorial Mall. Purdue faculty and students who have been abroad through Purdue programs will be available to speak with students about international study, work and internship opportunities. The Purdue Study Abroad staff will be on hand to answer questions about the 150 programs Purdue offers to students who wish to study abroad for a year, a semester or a summer.

  • Thursday, Sept. 23. Women's Studies Open House. 4:30-6 p.m. Anniversary Drawing Room, Purdue Memorial Union. Meet the director, faculty and staff, learn about the program's activities, and meet other campus and community women's groups.

    ** Saturday, Sept. 25. Dedication of the Holleman-Niswinger Flight Simulator Center. 9 a.m. Purdue University Airport. Tours of the facility will be available after the brief ceremony.

  • Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 7-9. Conference on Romance Languages, Literatures and Film. Contact: John Wellman, Purdue Division of Conferences, jmwellman@cea.purdue.edu; (800) 359-2968 ext. 92W or (765) 494-0243; Fax: (765) 494-0567.

    ** Friday, Oct. 15. "Sweetest Day" rose sales by the Purdue Horticultural Society. 7 a.m.- 5 p.m. Stewart Center, under the mural.

    ** Friday-Sunday, Oct. 15-17. Homecoming Weekend. Events for alumni include breakfasts and brunches, receptions and open houses, lunches and tailgate parties, all revolving around the football game against Big Ten rival Michigan State. Kickoff will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. A full list of events is on the Alumni Homecoming World Wide Web site.

    ** Saturday, Oct. 16. Dedication of the new Black Cultural Center at 1100 Third St. 10 a.m. A Homecoming Weekend event.

    ENTERTAINMENT

  • Wednesday, Sept. 22. Purdue Theatre sneak preview of "The Time of Your Life." 7:30 p.m. Experimental Theatre, Stewart Center. Tickets: $4.50 at Loeb Box Office, (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW.

  • Thursday, Sept. 23-Sunday, Oct. 3. Purdue Theatre presents "The Time of Your Life" by William Saroyan. 8 p.m. Experimental Theatre, Stewart Center. (No performance Monday, Sept. 27; 2 p.m. matinee Sunday, Sept. 26, in addition to 8 p.m. show that day.) Tickets: $11 for the public, $7 for students and senior citizens, at Loeb Box Office, (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW.

  • Thursday, Sept. 23. University Choir free concert. 7 p.m. Friendship House, 1010 Cumberland Ave., West Lafayette.

    ** Thursday, Sept. 23. Jason Vieaux, guitar. 8 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Tickets are $9 at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW.

    ** Friday, Sept. 24. "Annie," the Broadway musical. 7:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets are $14, $24 and $30 for the public; $10, $16 and $18 for Purdue and K-12 students at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW.

    ** Saturday, Sept. 25. Purdue Bands pre-game concerts at Slayter Center. Concert Jazz Band at 8:40 a.m., "All-American" Marching Band at 9:40 a.m. After the 11:10 a.m. football game against Northwestern, the marching band will perform at the Purdue Mall Fountain.

  • Sunday, Sept. 26. University Choir. 11 a.m. worship service. University Church, 320 North St., West Lafayette.

  • Sunday, Sept. 26. Cinema Now: "Tango." 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Tickets: $4 for faculty and staff, $3 for Purdue students.

  • Wednesday, Sept. 29. Jewish Studies Fall Film Series: "Enemies: A Love Story." 7:30 p.m. Room B222, Liberal Arts and Education Building.

    ** Friday, Oct. 1. MOMIX. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. This contemporary dance/ illusion/ acrobatic company will present the Midwestern premiere of "In Orbit," a piece about space exploration. Tickets are $20 for the public, $15 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. Contemporary dance icon Moses Pendleton, director of MOMIX, will give a free pre-performance talk at 7 p.m. in Room 202 in Stewart Center.

  • Monday, Oct. 4. PMO Express free concert. 7 p.m. Friendship House, 1010 Cumberland Ave., West Lafayette.

  • Wednesday, Oct. 6. PMO Varsity Glee Club free concert. 7 p.m. Hamilton Heights High School, Fishers, Ind.

    ** Wednesday, Oct. 13. International Sejong Soloists with Eugenia Zukerman, flute. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Tickets are $23 for the public, $13 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW.

    ** Friday, Oct. 15. "Camelot," the Broadway musical. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets are $16, $25 and $33 for the public; $15 and $18 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW.

    ** Saturday, Oct. 16. Pre-game concert by "All-American" Marching Band. 1 p.m. Slayter Center of Performing Arts. After the homecoming football game against Michigan State (kickoff at 2:30 p.m.), the band will present a concert at the Purdue Mall Fountain.

    ** Saturday, Oct. 16. All-PMO Oktoberfest. 7 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union Ballrooms. Tickets are $25 per person. Reservations can be made at Purdue Musical Organizations, (765) 494-3941 or (800) 893-3041. A Homecoming Weekend event.

    ** Saturday, Oct. 16. John Mellencamp concert. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Blues artist Susan Tedeschi will open for Mellencamp. All tickets are $40 and go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. Tickets also available at Ticketmaster outlets. A Homecoming Weekend event presented by the Purdue Student Concert Committee.

    ** Saturday, Oct. 16. Jazz Band and American Music Review free concert. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center.

    ** Sunday, Oct. 17. Fall Concert Band and Symphonic Band free concert. 2:30 p.m. Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette.

    ** Sunday, Oct. 17. PMO Bell Choir free concert. 6:30 p.m. First Reformed Church, 1718 N. 15th St., Lafayette.

    ** Sunday, Oct. 17. Cinema Now: "Elizabeth." 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Tickets: $4 for faculty and staff, $3 for Purdue students.

    LECTURES

  • Tuesday, Sept. 21. Purdue Alumni Association Autumn Tuesdays Lecture. 7:30 a.m. MCL Cafeteria. Breakfast buffet costs $4.50; speaker begins at 8 a.m. Robert Mindrum, director of the Purdue Memorial Union for the past five years, will discuss changes taking place there.

  • Wednesday, Sept. 22. Jewish Studies Noon Lecture and Discussion Series. 12:30 p.m. Room 320, Heavilon Hall. Speaker: Purdue political science Professor Robert Melson. Topic: "Rwanda and the Holocaust: Questions and Lessons."

    ** Wednesday, Sept. 22. Conversations About Teaching. 3:30 p.m. West Faculty Lounge, Purdue Memorial Union. Speaker: James Jones, associate professor and associate head of Purdue's School of Mechanical Engineering. Topic: "A Good Old Tent Revival on Cooperative Learning."

    ** Wednesday, Sept. 22. Monsanto Colloquium: Remediation Engineering and Science. 4:30 p.m. Room 1252, Civil Engineering Building. Speaker: Carl Enfield, senior research scientist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Cincinnati. Topic: "Source Zone Remediation of a Contaminated Aquifer: Field Evaluation of Alternatives."

  • Friday, Sept. 24. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Robert J. Warren, vice president and treasurer, Diebold Inc., North Canton, Ohio. Topic: "Welcome to the Running Game."

    ** Monday, Sept. 27. Focus on Teaching Lecture Series keynote address. 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Thomas A. Angelo, associate professor and founding director of the School for New Learning's Assessment Center at DePaul University. Topic: "Teaching as if Learning Matters Most: Guidelines From Research and Best Practice." Program will also include induction of new Purdue Teaching Academy members.

    ** Wednesday, Sept. 29. Monsanto Colloquium: Remediation Engineering and Science. 4:30 p.m. Room 1252, Civil Engineering Building. Speaker: Tom Johnson, Levine-Fricke-Recon, Emeryville, Calif. Topic: "Environmental Remediation: New Technologies and Old Limitations."

  • Thursday, Sept. 30. William Boeing Memorial Lecture. 4 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Speaker: Michael M. Sears, senior vice president of the Boeing Co. and president of its military aircraft and missile systems group. Presented by the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

  • Friday, Oct. 1. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: George T. Muller, president and chief operating officer, Subaru of America Inc., Cherry Hill, N.J. Topic: "Subaru: Lessons Learned in a Turnaround."

  • Wednesday, Oct. 6. Jewish Studies Noon Lecture and Discussion Series. 12:30 p.m. Room 218B, Stewart Center. Speaker: Miriam Joyce, Purdue associate professor of history. Topic: "Jews, Israel and the Arab Gulf States in the 1960s."

    ** Wednesday, Oct. 6. Monsanto Colloquium: Remediation Engineering and Science. 4:30 p.m. Room 1252, Civil Engineering Building. Speaker: Bill Davis, Waterways Experiment Station, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Topic: "Innovative Techniques for Site Characterization."

  • Friday, Oct. 8. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: John D. Buck, executive vice president for operations, information services and human resources, Fingerhut Cos. Inc., and president of Fingerhut Business Services, Minnetonka, Minn. Topic: "The e-Tooling of Fingerhut."

    ** Tuesday, Oct. 12. Purdue Alumni Association Autumn Tuesdays Lecture. 7:30 a.m. MCL Cafeteria. Breakfast buffet costs $4.50; speaker begins at 8 a.m. Kristy Curry, new coach of the Purdue women's basketball team, will discuss the team and its prospects for the season.

    ** Wednesday, Oct. 13. Monsanto Colloquium: Remediation Engineering and Science. 4:30 p.m. Room 1252, Civil Engineering Building. Speaker: Ish Murarka, Ish Inc., Palo Alto, Calif. (formerly with the Electric Power Research Institute). Topic: "Remediation of Utility Industry Sites."

    ** Friday, Oct. 15. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Julie Wainwright , chief executive officer, Pets.com, San Francisco. Topic: "Frenetic, Manic, Chaotic (All Is Under Control, Really, It Is)."

    EXHIBITS

  • Through Oct. 1. Scottish Prints. Recent works by 19 contemporary Scottish artists. Beelke Gallery (Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2). 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Gallery reception Wednesday, Sept. 8, 5:30-7 p.m.

  • Through Oct. 17. Misch Kohn: Beyond the Tradition. Examining six decades of Kohn's pioneering work in the field of printmaking. Stewart Center Gallery (West Lobby, Stewart Center). 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday-Friday; 1-4 p.m. Sunday. A Purdue Galleries Brown Bag video presentation about Kohn's work will be shown at noon Thursday, Sept. 2, in the Beelke Gallery (Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2).

  • Through Oct. 17. Klaus Kux: Drawings and Paintings. A solo exhibition by the German artist. Krannert Gallery (Main Floor, Krannert Building). 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

    OTHER

    ** Through Oct. 14. International Dinner Series presented by food service management students in Purdue's Department of Restaurant, Hotel, Institutional and Tourism Management. 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. John Purdue Room, Stone Hall. Call (765) 494-6845 for reservations or information.

    Coming up:

    Sept. 21-23: Tuesday, Middle Eastern; Wednesday, British; Thursday, German.
    Sept. 28-30: Tuesday, Scandinavian; Wednesday, Southwestern; Thursday, French.
    Oct. 5-7: Tuesday, Sicilian; Wednesday, French; Thursday, Caribbean.
    Oct. 12-14: Tuesday, Closed; Wednesday, Spanish; Thursday, Italian.

  • Saturday, Oct. 9. October break begins. Classes resume Wednesday, Oct. 13.

    Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; jwillis1@purdue.edu

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