Purdue Events Calendar
Purdue Events Calendar
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December 3, 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 • Wednesday, Dec. 8. Holidays Around the World. 1:30-4 p.m. East Main Lounge, Purdue Memorial Union. Sponsored by Purdue Student Union Board. • Sunday, Dec. 19. Fall Commencement. 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets, issued free to all candidates receiving a degree, are necessary for admission. Morning ceremony is for Schools of Agriculture, Education, Liberal Arts, Management, Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Sciences, and Science. Afternoon ceremony is for Schools of Consumer and Family Sciences, Engineering, Technology, and Veterinary Medicine. ENTERTAINMENT • Monday-Friday, Dec. 6-10. Sounds of the Season. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Musical performances in the Great Hall of the Purdue Memorial Union. Sponsored by Purdue Student Union Board. • Tuesday, Dec. 7. Takacs Quartet. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Tickets are $18 for the public, $13 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. Part of the Department of Convocations' Loeb Music Collection. • Wednesday, Dec. 8. Jewish Studies Fall Film Series: "Crossing Delancey." 7:30 p.m. Room B222, Liberal Arts and Education Building. • Friday, Dec. 10. Black Cultural Center's Cultural Arts Series presents "Skin Deep." 7 p.m. The film chronicles the journey of a diverse and divided group of college students as they awkwardly confront each other's racial prejudices. Black Cultural Center, 1100 Third St. • Friday, Dec. 10. Cinema Now: "Life is Beautiful." 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Tickets: $4 for faculty and staff, $3 for Purdue students. • Friday, Dec. 10. American Music Review and Purdue Jazz Band free concert. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. • Friday-Sunday, Dec. 10-12. 66th Annual PMO Christmas Show. Elliott Hall of Music. Shows at 8 p.m. Friday; noon, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday; and 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $23, $18 and $12 for adults; $18, $14 and $12 for students. Order by phone from PMO at (765) 494-3941 or (800) 893-3041 or from campus box offices, (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. LECTURES • Wednesday, Dec. 8. Monsanto Colloquium: Remediation Engineering and Science. 4:30 p.m. Room 1252, Civil Engineering Building. Speaker: Dan M. Berkovitz, deputy assistant secretary, U.S. Department of Energy. Topic: "The Environmental Legacy of the Cold War: The Challenge of Cleaning up the Department of Energy's Nuclear Weapons Complex." EXHIBITS • Through Dec. 12. More German Art. Krannert Drawing Room, main floor, Krannert Building. Works from Purdue's permanent art collection represent current trends in contemporary German art. Gallery hours: 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday. • Through Dec. 12. Frederic Remington posthumous castings. Stewart Center Gallery (West Lobby). A collection of 17 bronze sculptures cast from original Remington molds after his death. Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday-Friday; 1-4 p.m. Sunday. • Dec. 6-17. Exhibit of works by seniors in photography. Beelke Gallery (Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2). Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. SEMINARS • Monday, Dec. 13. Diversity Dialogues. Noon, Room B2, Stone Hall. The series, co-sponsored by the Purdue Bahai Club and the Purdue Diversity Resource Office, features guided discussions between two people with a specific thing in common and a specific difference. Today: New Yorkers who are Jewish and Christian. MEETINGS ** • Saturday, Dec. 18. Board of Trustees. Time to be announced. Room 304 (Anniversary Drawing Room), Purdue Memorial Union. OTHER • Tuesday-Thursday, Dec. 7-9. 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. John Purdue Room, Stone Hall. Call (765) 494-6845 for reservations or information. • Saturday, Dec. 18. Fall semester ends. Spring semester begins Jan. 10. ** • Thursday, Dec. 23, and Friday, Dec. 24. Christmas holidays. University offices closed. ** • Thursday, Dec. 30, and Friday, Dec. 31. New Year's holidays. University offices closed.
Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; jwillis1@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
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