Reporter's Calendar

SPECIAL REPORTER'S CALENDAR October 4, 2004 Purdue to make 20 announcements in 9 days Oct. 14-22 As part of a 10-day Homecoming celebration this month – Oct. 14-22 – Purdue University will be the site of more than 20 events involving more than $42 million in gifts, groundbreakings, building dedications and more. We hope you will find them newsworthy. To facilitate your coverage, we have outlined each event below. We plan to send you copies of the news releases well in advance, beginning with one this Wednesday (Oct. 6), and most of the rest on Monday, Oct. 11. The subject line of each email will start with the words "PU HOME" so you can differentiate these releases from others. In all but one case, you are welcome to do interviews in advance of the event, but we ask that you honor the embargo for each. The exception is noted below. In many cases, the embargo will be for the morning of the event, giving you the opportunity to get out in front of the news. However, in a few cases, we have embargoed the releases until after the event. The embargoes will be clearly stated on the releases and also are listed below. Most releases will offer photos and audio, available online. In most instances, additional photos, audio and video will be available after the event as well. Special note to TV journalists: To facilitate coverage, we will mail a compilation of video b-roll for each event on Wednesday (Oct. 6). The tape will be clearly marked so you will know what b-roll is applicable to what day. The embargoed news releases will be e-mailed to you as soon as they are ready. Journalists are welcome to cover all the events, including those closed to the general public. Thursday, Oct. 14 9 a.m.– The School of Technology will celebrate its 40th anniversary. Event location: Purdue Bell Tower. Release will be embargoed for Sunday, Oct. 10. 11:30 a.m. – The Department of Aviation Technology will announce a gift to launch the fund drive for a new building and renovation of the historic aviation technology building. Event location: Purdue Airport, Hangar 2, which is attached to the terminal. Embargo: 12:01 a.m. Oct. 14, the morning of the event. 6:30 p.m. – News veterans Ben Bradlee and Bob Woodward will be featured in the Krannert Leadership Speaker Series. Event location: Purdue Memorial Union Ballrooms. (Tickets required) A news release was issued earlier and can be found at: Newspaper veterans Woodward, Bradlee to headline Krannert event 7:30 p.m. – Football coach Joe Tiller and team members will participate in the Homecoming pep rally. Event location: Slayter Center. A news release was issued earlier and can be found at: Purdue packs spirit into Homecoming events Oct. 13-16 Friday, Oct. 15 10:30 a.m. – The School of Agriculture will announce a gift to support a professorship. Event location: Pfendler Hall auditorium. Embargo: 12:01 a.m. Oct. 15, the morning of the event. Noon – School of Liberal Arts will celebrate the completion of fund raising for Phase II of the new $41 million Visual and Performing Arts Building, name the facility, announce gifts and honor a major donor. Tours, which will follow, will offer some good visual opportunities. Event location: Visual and Performing Arts Building's dance studio, Room 1179. Embargo: Noon Oct. 15, after the event. 3 p.m. – The university and its graduates will dedicate the new Dauch Alumni Center. At Grant and Wood streets, the $16 million, two-story, red brick facility is the first building at Purdue dedicated to its 350,000 living alumni. Once inside the doors, visitors enter into the Spurgeon Hall of Spirit, which showcases Purdue alumni achievements and the university's history and aspirations. There are good visual opportunities of displays that can be had before the event. Event location: Parking lot south of new building. Embargo: 12:01 a.m. Oct. 15, the morning of the event. 6:30 p.m. – The Homecoming parade, with the theme "Purdue Around the World," will start at Stadium Avenue and Russell Street and end at Slayter Hill. Purdue basketball coach Gene Keady will be the grand marshal. Fireworks will follow. A related news release can be found at: Purdue packs spirit into Homecoming events Oct. 13-16 Saturday, Oct. 16 10 a.m. – Purdue will officially give a name to its College of Engineering's new $47.7 million Millennium Building and celebrate the completion of fund raising for the facility. Some of the gifts that helped fund the project will be announced. The building will be the new home of the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, School of Materials Engineering and Department of Engineering Education. Event location: Corner of Stadium and Northwestern avenues. Embargo: 10:30 a.m. Oct. 16, right after the event. 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. – Homecoming activities will be centered on the Purdue Mall. More than 50 schools, departments and organizations will offer interactive displays, highlights of research and programs, activities, and food. Live performances will be featured on the stage between the Engineering Administration Building and the Purdue Bell Tower. Several gift announcements will be made after 2:15 p.m. on the stage, and the new Computer and Science Building will be named in recognition of a major gift. A Homecoming news release can be found at: Purdue packs spirit into Homecoming events Oct. 13-16 The news release related to the Computer Science Building will be embargoed for 12:01 a.m. Oct. 16, the morning of the event. Monday, Oct. 18 4 p.m. – The university will break ground for the $10 million e-Enterprise Center, part of Discovery Park. Event location: Tent off Intramural Drive south of State Street and the Center for Entrepreneurship. News release embargoed for 12:01 a.m. Oct. 18, before event. 6:30 p.m. – Purdue will announce gifts for a $10 million addition to Discovery Park: the Discovery Learning Center, a research facility that will establish the university as a leader in discovering new ways to learn. Event location: Westwood, home of President and Mrs. Martin C. Jischke. Prior reservation is required to attend the dinner event. News release embargoed for 5 p.m. Oct. 18, just before the event. Tuesday, Oct. 19 10 a.m. – The university's dining court south of Ross-Ade will be named and dedicated. Event location: Tent out side the building at Stadium Avenue and Russell Street. Release will be embargoed for 12:01 a.m. Oct. 19, the morning of the event. Wednesday, Oct. 20 11 a.m. – The School of Veterinary Medicine will break ground and announce gifts for its new $1.4 million radiation therapy facility, the first in the state for pets and other small animals. The school also is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its Department of Comparative Oncology. Event location: Adjacent to the entrance to the Small Animal Hospital on the east side of Lynn Hall, which is on the south side of Harrison street, two blocks west of Grant Street. Embargo: 12:01 a.m. Oct. 20, the morning of the event. Thursday, Oct. 21 1 p.m. – Purdue will dedicate its new $7 million Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship in Discovery Park. Event location: In a tent by the building, southwest of State Street and Intramural Drive. Embargo:12:01 a.m. Oct. 21, the morning of the event. Friday, Oct. 22 10 a.m.– Purdue will dedicate the $19.5 million addition to Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering. Event location: Auditorium inside the building, north side of Purdue Mall. Embargo:12:01 a.m. Oct. 22, the morning of the event. Noon– The College of Engineering alumni will gather for Engineering Dean's Club Luncheon and a presentation by Dean Linda Katehi, who will discuss the college's past, present and future. Numerous gifts will be announced. The dean is expected to make her comments at about 12:30 p.m. Event location: Tent at Purdue Memorial Mall. (Ticket required.) Embargo: 12:01 a.m. Oct. 22, the morning of the event. 4 p.m. – The university will celebrate the renovation of the area south of the Purdue Memorial Union. Thanks to a class gift, the university was able to take up the 85-foot by 45-foot reflecting pool that had stood on that spot for more than 45 years, replacing it with grass, walkways and flowers. Event location: In front of main doors on south side of Union, just west of Grant Street. Embargo: 12:01 a.m. Oct. 22, the morning of the event. 6 p.m. – President's Council Annual Dinner. Numerous gifts will be announced, as well as the total raised to date for the $1.3 billion Campaign for Purdue. Event location: Purdue Memorial Union Ballrooms. (Journalists who would like to attend should contact the Purdue News Service to make arrangements.) There will be two news releases for this event, each with a different embargo. A release announcing numerous professorships will be embargoed for 12:01 a.m. Oct. 22, before the event. A news release on a major gift and significant campaign news, however, will be embargoed for 6 p.m. that evening. Writer: Jeanne V. Norberg: (765) 494-2084, (765) 449-4986 (home), jnorberg@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu   Related Web sites: Purdue University Purdue News Service   To the News Service home page