Purdue Events Calendar
Purdue Events Calendar
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April 14, 2000 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 • Saturday, April 22. Grand Prix qualifications. 11 a.m. Kart track near Ross-Ade Stadium. • Monday-Tuesday, April 24-25. Grand Prix qualifications. 5:30 p.m. Kart track near Ross-Ade Stadium. • Friday, April 28. Ford Grand Prix Day. 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Memorial Mall. • Friday-Sunday, April 28-30. Gala Week. The Purdue Alumni Association has planned reunions, entertainment and activities for alumni who return for the university's annual Gala Week celebration. A complete schedule is online, or contact the association at (765) 494-5175 or paa@paa.purdue.edu. • Saturday, April 29. Paul Spotts Emrick Reunion Luncheon and Bust Dedication. Luncheon. 11:30 a.m. Anniversary Drawing Room, Purdue Memorial Union. Dedication of Emrick Bust, 1 p.m., Bands Plaza rear of Elliott Hall of Music. • Saturday, April 29. Grand Prix go-kart race. 3 p.m. Grand Prix Track north of Ross-Ade Stadium. Track opens at 10 a.m. First qualifying sprint starts at 11:30 a.m. Fifty-mile feature race starts about 3 p.m. Tickets cost $5 in advance and $6 at the gate. Grand Prix Foundation members are selling advance tickets in Room G2, Stewart Center. There will be no Grand Prix carnival of amusement rides and midway attractions this year. Revenues that would have come from the carnival will be replaced by a portion of the concession sales from the football team's Gold and Black scrimmage at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in Ross-Ade Stadium. ** • Saturday, May 6. Anderson-Muncie Statewide Technology Commencement. 3 p.m. Warner Auditorium, Anderson University. ** • Monday, May 8. New Albany Statewide Technology Commencement. 7 p.m. IU Southeast Amphitheatre. ** • Tuesday, May 9. Kokomo Statewide Technology Commencement. 1:30 p.m. Kelly Center, IU-Kokomo. ** • Tuesday, May 9. South Bend-Elkhart Statewide Technology Commencement. 7 p.m. Joyce Center, University of Notre Dame. ** • Tuesday, May 9. Purdue North Central Commencement. 7:30 p.m. Valparaiso University Chapel. ** • Wednesday, May 10. Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Commencement. 7 p.m. Fort Wayne Memorial Coliseum. ** • Thursday, May 11. Southeastern Indiana Statewide Technology Commencement. 7 p.m. South Ripley Elementary School. ** • Friday, May 12. Richmond Statewide Technology Commencement. 6 p.m. Richmond High School. ** • Friday-Sunday, May 12-14. Spring Commencement. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets, issued free to all candidates for degrees, are necessary for admission. The schedule: ** • Sunday, May 14. Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Commencement. 3 p.m. RCA Dome. ** • Sunday, May 14. Columbus Statewide Technology Commencement. 7 p.m. Columbus Holiday Inn. ENTERTAINMENT • Through Sunday, April 22. Purdue Theatre presents "Arcadia" by Tom Stoppard. 8 p.m. Experimental Theatre, Stewart Center. (No performance Monday, April 17.) Schedule includes a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, April 16, in addition to the show at 8 p.m. that day. Tickets: $11 for the public, $7 for students and senior citizens, at Loeb Box Office, (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. • Monday, April 17. Purdue Bands Twilight Concert Series – Collegiate Band Concert. 7:30 p.m. Slayter Center of Performing Arts. Free. • Monday, April 17. Reading by award-winning novelist Jane Hamilton, author of "The Book of Ruth" and "Map of the World." 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Sponsored by the Department of English. • Tuesday, April 18. Informal open discussion with award-winning novelist Jane Hamilton. Noon. Undergraduate Library Bookstall. • Tuesday, April 18. The Smashing Pumpkins concert. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Presented by the Purdue Student Concert Committee in cooperation with JAM Productions. Tickets are $25 at Ticketmaster outlets. • Tuesday, April 18. Purdue Bands Twilight Concert Series – Varsity Band Concert. 7:30 p.m. Slayter Center of Performing Arts. Free. • Wednesday, April 19. Purdue Bands Twilight Concert Series – 1812 Concert. 7:30 p.m. Slayter Center of Performing Arts. Free. • Thursday, April 27. Purdue Bands' Applied Music Recital. 7 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Free. • Friday, April 28. Purdue Bands Twilight Concert Series – Jazz on the Hill featuring Purdue Jazz Bands and a choral jazz component from Purdue Musical Organizations. 5 p.m. Slayter Center of Performing Arts. Free. • Sunday, April 30. Purdue Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Band free concert. 2:30 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. Purdue Bands' Concerto Competition winner Abraham Huang performs Mendelssohn's "Violin Concerto in E Minor" with the Purdue Symphony Orchestra. LECTURES ** • Tuesday, April 18. Mari Hulman George Lecture in Experimental Medicine. 3:30 p.m. Room G210, Lynn Hall. Speaker: Dr. Raphael C. Lee, professor of biology, specialist on reconstructive surgery and director of the University of Chicago Burn Unit. Topic: "Molecular Medicine Approaches to Cell Membrane Injury." ** • Tuesday, April 18. Department of Sociology and Anthropology Colloquium Series. 7 p.m. Room B-12, Materials and Electrical Engineering Building. Speaker: Elizabeth Brumfiel, the John S. Ludington Trustees Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at Albion College. Topic: "Gender and the State in Teotihuacan." • Wednesday, April 19. Jewish Studies Noon Lecture and Discussion Series. 12:30 p.m. Hillel Foundation, 912 West State St. Topic: "A Reminiscence of My Polish Heritage: Part II." Speaker: Robert L. Ringel, Purdue executive vice president for academic affairs. • Friday, April 21. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium. Topic: "Competition – What They Don't Teach You in Business School." Speaker: John P. O'Grady, senior vice president, administration, Rayonier Inc., Stamford, Conn. • Monday, May 1. Diversity Dialogues. Noon-1 p.m. 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: a younger and an older African-American. EXHIBITS • April 17-27. Undergraduate Exhibition, a juried competition open to any student who has taken an art or design course during the 1999-2000 academic year. Beelke Gallery (Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2). Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Gallery reception and awards presentations, 5-6 p.m. Monday, April 17. • Through April 30. Sixty Square Inches national small-print competition. Stewart Center Gallery. Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday-Friday; 1-4 p.m. Sunday. • Through May 5. Treasures From the Tombs: Egyptian Antiquities From the Charles Pankow Collection. Union Gallery of the Memorial Union (just inside Grant Street entrance). Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. • Through May 14. Barbara Moll: Quilt Artist from Muncie, Ind. Krannert Drawing Room. Gallery hours: 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday. MEETINGS • Monday, April 24. University Senate. 2:30 p.m. Room 302, Stewart Center. OTHER • Through April 27. 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:April 18-20: Tuesday, French; Wednesday, Spanish; Thursday, Italian. April 25-27: Tuesday, Gourmet; Wednesday, Gourmet; Thursday, Gourmet. • Saturday, May 6. Spring semester ends. Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; jwillis1@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
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