Purdue Events Calendar
Purdue Events Calendar
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August 11, 2000 EDITORS: 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 through Thursday, Aug. 12-17. Boiler Gold Rush. An optional freshman orientation program organized by the Office of Admissions during the week before fall classes begin. • Saturday, Aug. 19. 7 p.m. President's Gala at the Elliott Hall of Music. New Purdue President Martin C. Jischke will welcome new students to the West Lafayette campus following a parade through University Residences. • Thursday, Aug. 24. 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Black Cultural Center's Cultural Arts Series: BCC Boilerfest New Student Orientation. BCC parking lot. Purdue students will have the opportunity to "get connected" with the African-American community. The event helps students learn about student organizations and meet a variety of resource people. ** • Tuesday, Sept. 5. 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Jewish Studies Open House featuring the Lafayette Klezmorim band performing at 5 p.m. Anniversary Drawing Room, Purdue Memorial Union. ** • Saturday, Sept. 9. Parents' Day. Featured events are a convocation with the Purdue President at 9 a.m. in Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center, and the football game against Kent State University. ENTERTAINMENT ** • Thursday, Sept. 7. 7:30 p.m. Faustwork Mask Theatre, Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. A part of the new Family Adventures series presented by Purdue Convocations. Tickets $7 for the public, $5 for Purdue students. LECTURES • Wednesday, Aug. 23. 12:30 p.m. Jewish Studies Program Noon Lecture Series: Morris Pollard presents "A Dreyfus Affair - American Style." Room 320, Stewart Center. Pollard, a professor emeritus from the University of Notre Dame, is the father of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard. His presentation will include a review of his son's case and how it was managed. Seating is limited. ** • Friday, Sept. 1. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Executive Forum, Krannert Auditorium. D. Jerry Ehrlich: "Managing Growth." Ehrlich is president, chairman and chief executive officer of Lafayette's Wabash National Corp. ** • Wednesday, Sept. 6. 7 p.m. Black Cultural Center's Cultural Arts Series: Stephanie Stokes Oliver lectures on the "Seven Soulful Secrets for a Healthy Mind, Body and Spirit." Elliott Hall of Music. Oliver was founding editor-in-chief of "Heart and Soul" magazine and held the post of editor of "Essence" magazine for many years. Her latest literary serving, "Daily Cornbread," provides a daily dose of suggestions to uplift, empower and motivate African-American women. ** • Friday, Sept. 8. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Executive Forum, Krannert Auditorium. Vicky L. Bailey, "The State of the Industry." Bailey is president of PSI Energy. CONFERENCES • Tuesday, Aug. 15. 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Union Environments and the ADA. Room 202, Knoy Hall of Technology. Teleconference featuring Andrea Haenlin Mott, ADA Training Coordinator for the Program on Employment and Disability for the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. MEETINGS ** • Friday, Sept. 1. 10:30 a.m. Board of Trustees. Room 304 (Anniversary Drawing Room), Purdue Memorial Union. SEMINARS • Friday, Sept. 1. Noon to 1 p.m. "Entrepreneurs' Forum," sponsored by the Office of Technology Commercialization. Room 313, Stewart Center. Monthly, hour-long seminar invites faculty, staff, students and other interested individuals to network and learn more about how to start a company. Speakers are entrepreneurs, investors or consultants who work with new business ventures, primarily in the Purdue Research Park's business incubator system. Register one week prior to event by contacting Maureen Schmidt Ward at (765) 494-2610 or msward@purdue.edu. A boxed lunch will be provided. OTHER • Monday, Aug. 21. Fall semester begins. ** • Monday, Sept. 4. Labor Day. Official university holiday. Offices will be closed, and no classes will be held. Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; jwillis1@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
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