Purdue Events Calendar
Purdue Events Calendar
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August 25, 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 • 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 Purdue President Martin C. Jischke 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. • Tuesday, Sept. 19. 7 p.m. Black Cultural Center's Cultural Arts Series. Play entitled "Chocolate on the Outside." Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Four African-American co-workers who set out for a team-building workshop retreat in the snow blown Appalachian Mountains. The roads soon become impassable leaving them stranded in a dusty, ill-equipped cabin. Despite personality conflicts, the four eventually agree to pass the time by engaging in a series of games. Through these games they inadvertently confront one another and explore intraracial issues that afflict many African-Americans. LECTURES • 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." Room 206, Stewart Center. 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. • Friday, Sept. 15. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Executive Forum. Krannert Auditorium. Tom L. Hefner, "Six Years in the Life of a Public Company." Hefner is chairman and chief executive officer of Indianapolis-based Duke-Weeks Realty Corp., one of the nation's largest commercial real estate companies. ** • Friday, Sept. 22. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Executive Forum. Krannert Auditorium. Denis C. Picard, "Innovate, Don't Emulate." Picard is managing partner, Merger & Acquisition Risk Services for PricewatershouseCoopers, the international accounting, consulting, management and financial services firm. EXHIBITS • Through Oct. 7. Purdue Galleries exhibit: "Normal Editions Workshop." Robert L. Ringel Gallery, Purdue Memorial Union. Contemporary print-making selections from publishing facility at Illinois State University. • Through Oct. 7. Purdue Galleries exhibit: "Beneath the Surface." Stewart Center Gallery, Stewart Center. Large-scale paintings by West Lafayette artist and educator Fusun Gulen. • Through Oct. 1. Purdue Galleries exhibit: "Don Dailey Industrial Design." Ralph G. Beelke Memorial Gallery, Creative Arts Building 2. Industrial design and products by this influential consumer designer. MEETINGS • Friday, Sept. 1. 10:30 a.m. Board of Trustees. Room 304 (Anniversary Drawing Room), Purdue Memorial Union. SEMINARS ** • Friday, Sept. 1. 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. "Entrepreneurs' Forum," sponsored by the Office of Technology Commercialization. Room 322, Stewart Center. Speaker: Robert Machen, president and chief executive officer of Trylon Corp. 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. OTHER • Monday, Sept. 4. Labor Day. Official university holiday. Offices will be closed, and no classes will be held. ** • Through Sept. 28. International Dinner Series sponsored by the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management. John Purdue Room in Stone Hall. Purdue seniors plan, organize and serve a four-course meal with appetizer, salad, choice of three entrees and two desserts. Reservations required. Call (765) 494-6845. Cost: $10 - $15. Coming up: Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; jwillis1@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
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