Purdue Events Calendar
Purdue Events Calendar
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December 8, 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 • Sunday, Dec. 17. Winter Commencement. Elliott Hall of Music. Division I for the schools of agriculture, engineering, technology and veterinary medicine will be at 9:30 a.m. Division II for the schools of consumer and family sciences, education, liberal arts, management, pharmacy, nursing and health sciences and science will be at 2:30 p.m. Tickets, issued free to all ceremony participants, are required for admission. ** • Wednesday, Jan. 3. 2 p.m. Interview with the President. Purdue President Martin C. Jischke's monthly radio call-in show on WBAA, AM 920. ENTERTAINMENT • Friday through Sunday. Dec. 8-10. Purdue Musical Organizations Christmas Show. Elliott Hall of Music. Shows are 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 for adults and $16 for students. EXHIBITS ** • Jan. 8-Feb. 25. Purdue Galleries exhibit: "Pre-Columbian Textiles." Robert L. Ringel Gallery, Purdue Memorial Union. Pieces from the collection; a gift of Mike D. and David C. May. ** • Jan. 8-Feb. 25. Purdue Galleries exhibit: "Virtual Hands: Collaborations by Lisa Lee Peterson and Skif Peterson." Stewart Center Gallery, Stewart Center. Associate Professor of Art & Design Lisa Peterson’s hand weavings, Skif Peterson’s digital prints, and the Petersons' cybernetic woven collaborations. ** • Jan. 8-Feb. 25. Purdue Galleries exhibit: "Hilary Eddy Paintings from the collection of Dorothy Murphy." Ralph G. Beelke Memorial Gallery, Creative Arts Building 2. Floral "hybrid" paintings of this accomplished Purdue alumnus from the collection of a West Lafayette supporter and sponsor of Eddy. MEETINGS ** • Saturday, Dec. 16. 10:30 a.m. Board of Trustees. Room 304 (Anniversary Drawing Room), Purdue Memorial Union. CONFERENCES ** • Friday, Jan. 5, 2001. Noon-1 p.m. "Entrepreneurs' Forum." hosted 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. RSVP one week prior to Courtney Hedge at 494-2610 or cahedge@purdue.edu. A boxed lunch will be provided. For information, contact: Maureen Schmidt Ward; e-mail, msward@purdue.edu; or phone, (765) 494-2610. OTHER • Monday, Dec. 11. Final exams begin. • Saturday, Dec. 16. Fall semester ends. • Monday, Dec. 25. Christmas Day. Official university holiday. University offices also closed Friday, Dec. 22 and Tuesday, Dec. 26 for official holidays. ** • Monday, Jan. 1. New Year's Day. Official university holiday. University offices closed. ** • Monday, Jan. 8. Spring semester begins. Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; jwillis1@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
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