Purdue Events Calendar

EDITORS: This calendar lists events on Purdue's West Lafayette campus or involving people or programs off campus 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 on-line calendar at https://www.purdue.edu/calendar/

EVENTS

• Monday-Tuesday, Sept. 22-23. Interfraternity Council CBS College Tour. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Memorial Mall.

• Thursday, Oct. 2. International Careers Workshop. 7 p.m. Room 202, Stewart Center.

• Saturday, Oct. 4. Omega Tau Sigma Dog Wash. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Pet owners should enter through the Small Animal Hospital at the east end of Lynn Hall. Nail trimming also will be provided. Cost: $10 per dog. All dogs must be on a leash while on hospital grounds, and owners should bring their own towels. Dogs' vaccinations must be current. Proceeds go to the Tippecanoe County Humane Society.

** Friday, Oct. 17. Frontiers in Science Symposium for High School Science Teachers. 8:15 a.m. Room 302, Stewart Center. Eleven speakers from the Purdue School of Science will be featured in three break-out sessions. Participation fee is $35, and includes continental breakfast, lunch and refreshments. Advanced registrations accepted through Oct. 10. CONTACT: Nona Schaler, Division of Conferences, (765) 494-2756 or (800) 359-2968, ext. 92N; e-mail njschaler@cea.purdue.edu

** Monday, Oct. 20. Women in Engineering Career Day. The daylong event, sponsored by Purdue's Schools of Engineering and the Society of Women Engineers, is open to any young woman in her senior year of high school and her parents. Participants will learn about career opportunities in engineering and interact with Purdue faculty, students and administrators. A similar program will be held in the spring for high school juniors. The cost is $10 per person, which includes lunch. Registration deadline is Oct. 6. CONTACT: A high-school counselor or Chris Baynes, Women in Engineering Programs, (765) 494-3889.

ENTERTAINMENT

• Thursday, Sept. 25. Robert Post, a self-described "one-man theater company." 7 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Tickets are $13 for the public, $9 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933. Part of Purdue Convocations' Patron's Choice Series.

• Sept. 25-Oct. 5. Lost in Yonkers -- Purdue Theatre. 8 p.m. Experimental Theatre, Stewart Center. (No performance Sept. 29; Oct. 5 performance is at 6 p.m.) Tickets: $10.50 for the public; $6.50 for students and senior citizens at Purdue box offices, (765) 494-3933.

• Saturday, Sept. 27. Pregame concerts with the Jazz Bands and the "All-American" Marching Band. 10 a.m. Slayter Center. (Time is subject to change, but will be 1-1/2 hours before kickoff for the Northwestern football game.)

• Sunday, Sept. 28. Salvation Army Festival of Brass. 2 p.m. Salvation Army, 1110 Union Street, Lafayette. Purdue brass ensembles join Salvation Army ensembles for a special free concert.

• Sunday, Sept. 28. Cinema Now: The Horseman on the Roof. 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. 1996 French film. Tickets: $4 for faculty and staff, $3 for Purdue students.

• Thursday, Oct. 2. Purdue Bands Recital Hour. Noon. Room 30, Elliott Hall of Music. Lunchtime concert features performances by Purdue instrumentalists. Bring your lunch or share in refreshments provided by Tau Beta Sigma.

• Saturday, Oct. 4. Recalling the Middle Passage. 1-3:30 p.m. Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, 101 S. Ninth St. An artist workshop and slide presentation with illustrator and author Tom Feelings, who wrote "The Middle Passage." Part of the Black Cultural Center Cultural Arts Series. This free event is co-sponsored by Teachers Encouraging Love for Literature.

• Sunday, Oct. 5. The Los Angeles Piano Quartet. 3 p.m. Loeb Theater, Stewart Center. Tickets for this all-Schubert concert are $16 for the public, $11 for Purdue students, available at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933.

• Saturday, Oct. 11. Salty Dogs Jazz Band 50th Anniversary Concert. 8 p.m. North Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union. The Salty Dogs were organized by a college band at Purdue in 1947. The band persisted at Purdue for 20 years with ever-changing personnel. In the late 1950s a group of Purdue Salty Dogs graduates began playing in the Chicago area. In 1962, the Chicago band added "Original" to its name. Tickets, at $10, can be ordered from Nona Schaler, Purdue Division of Conferences, 765-494-2756 or (800) 359-2968, ext. 92N; e-mail, njschaler@cea.purdue.edu

• Sunday, Oct. 12. Alan Jackson concert. 7:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Opening act will be Deana Carter. Ticket are $26.50 for all seats at campus box offices. Charge by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW.

** Thursday, Oct. 16. Hiding Out. 7 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. A drama production subtitled "What You Do in the Dark Is Going to Come to Light" featuring h.t. McNair. It is about searching for love, security, purpose, acceptance and approval, all in the wrong places. This free show is part of the Black Cultural Center Cultural Arts Series.

** Friday, Oct. 17. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets for this musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber are $28, $21 and $16 for the public ($30, $23 and $18 after Sept. 21), $16 and $12 for Purdue students ($18 and $14 after Sept. 21), available at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933. Part of Purdue Convocations' Lively Arts Package. A Homecoming Weekend event.

** Saturday, Oct. 18. Pregame (Wisconsin) concert with the "All-American" Marching Band. 11:30 a.m. Slayter Center. The concert also will feature the 1997 Alumni Marching Band. (Time is subject to change, but it will be 1-1/2 hours before the homecoming football game against Wisconsin.)

** Sunday, Oct. 19. Fall Concert Band and Symphonic Band Concert. 2:30 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. A Homecoming Weekend event.

LECTURES

** Tuesday, Sept. 23. Jack Vaughn, President of Opryland Hospitality and Attractions Group, is keynote speaker for the Department of Restaurant, Hotel, Institutional and Tourism Management's annual Career Days Fair. 9:30 a.m. Room 322, Stewart Center.

• Wednesday, Sept. 24. Jewish Women and the World. Speaker: Rabbi Baruch Comrov, The Ark, Chicago. 12:30 p.m. Stewart Center, Room 318. Jewish Studies Discussion Series.

• Wednesday, Sept. 24. Survival Strategies for Africans in America. Presentation by Anthony T. Browder, artist, author, publisher, cultural historian, lecturer and educational consultant. 7 p.m. Drawing Room, Memorial Union. Part of the Black Cultural Center Cultural Arts Series.

• Thursday, Sept. 25. Universal Leadership Qualities and Women World Leaders. Speaker: Laura Liswood, lawyer and writer. 3-4:30 p.m. Room 206, Stewart Center. Women's Resource Office Leadership Series.

• Thursday, Sept. 25. The Universities of the 21st Century: Reform and Renewal. C. Peter Magrath, president of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, delivers a keynote address in the Focus on Teaching Lecture Series. 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. As part of this program, new members of the Teaching Academy will be recognized.

• Friday, Sept. 26. Krannert Executive Forum. Speaker: Robert A. Oakley, executive vice president and chief financial officer, Nationwide Insurance Enterprise, Columbus, Ohio. Topic: The Financial Services Revolution. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building.

** Monday, Sept. 29. The Gerontological Imagination: Emergence of a Paradigm? Speaker: Ken Ferraro, professor of sociology. 3:30 p.m. Anniversary Drawing Room, Purdue Memorial Union.

• Friday, Oct. 3. Krannert Executive Forum. Speaker: Joe W. Forehand Jr., managing partner, Americas Products, Andersen Consulting, Dallas. Topic: "Competing in the Global Economy." 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building.

• Friday, Oct. 3. Purdue Women's Club Distinguished Lecture Series: Carolyn Woo, former Purdue associate executive vice president and professor of management, will discuss how women can fashion their lives, create a sense of belonging and find their place in the world. 3:30 p.m. Room 202, Stewart Center.

• Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 6-7. The Varro E. Tyler Distinguished Lecture Series. Henri R. Manasse Jr., chief executive officer and executive vice president of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, will deliver lectures at 2:30 p.m. each day. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. Tuesday topic: "Medication Misadventuring: A Professional and Public Policy Issue." Wednesday topic: "Preparing Pharmacy for the New Millennium."

• Wednesday, Oct. 8. Neither Ashkenazim nor Sepharadim: The Iranian Jewish Oral History Project. Speaker: Janet Afary, assistant professor of history and women's studies. 12:30 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union, Anniversary Drawing Room. Jewish Studies Discussion Series.

• Thursday, Oct. 9. Three Kinds of Chance in Evolutionary Biology. Speaker: Stuart Glennan of Butler University. 4:30 p.m. Room 1222, Liberal Arts and Education Building. Philosophy Colloquium Series.

• Friday, Oct. 10. Krannert Executive Forum. Speaker: Peter E. Geier, president and chief operating officer, Huntington National Bank, and vice chairman, Huntington Bancshares Inc., Columbus, Ohio. Topic: "It's Not Banking Anymore." 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building.

** Friday, Oct. 10. The Future of the Humanities in a Technology Society. Speaker: John Paul Russo, professor of English from the University of Miami. School of Liberal Arts Dean's Lecturer for the 9th annual Purdue Conference on Romance Languages, Literatures and Film. 5:45 p.m. Anniversary Drawing Room, Purdue Memorial Union.

** Saturday, Oct. 11. Two Paths in a Renaissance Grove: Shakespeare and Cervantes. Speaker: Manuel Duran, professor of Spanish from Yale University. Keynote speaker for the 9th annual Purdue Conference on Romance Languages, Literatures and Film. 5:45 p.m. Anniversary Drawing Room, Purdue Memorial Union.

** Tuesday, Oct. 14. Purdue Alumni Association Autumn Tuesdays Series. Speaker: Tony Hawkins, interim vice president for student services. 7:30 a.m. Purdue Room, MCL Cafeteria, Wabash Village, West Lafayette. Breakfast buffet costs $4.50. For reservations, call 1-800-414-1541.

** Wednesday, Oct. 15. Conversations About Teaching. Speaker: David G. Meyer, Purdue associate professor of electrical and computer engineering. 3:30 p.m. East and West Faculty Lounges, Purdue Memorial Union. Part of the Focus on Teaching Lecture Series.

** Thursday, Oct. 16. Monsanto Lecture Series. Ray Anderson, chairman and chief executive officer of Interface Inc., will present a public talk on the man-made degradation of the earth's ecosystem. The talk will focus on aspects of the crisis and his belief that a second industrial revolution is needed. 7:30 p.m. Krannert Auditorium.

** Friday, Oct. 17. Krannert Executive Forum. Speaker: Anne Schowe, vice president systems software and engineering technologies, Sun Microsystems Computer Co., Palo Alto, Calif. Topic: "A Few Really Important Things I Didn't Learn in Kindergarten." 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building.

CONFERENCES

** Thursday - Sunday, Oct. 9-11. The 9th Annual Purdue Conference on Romance Languages, Literatures and Film, Stewart Center. The conference draws scholars worldwide and all sessions are free to Purdue students and staff. Sponsored by Margaret Rowe, Dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Christiane Keck, head of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures with the support of Programs in Comparative Literature, Italian Studies, Film Studies, Jewish Studies, Medieval Studies, Women's Studies and the Department of History.

MEETINGS

** Monday, Oct. 20. University Senate. 2:30 p.m. Room 302, Stewart Center.

STUDENT CALLOUTS

• Tuesday, Sept. 23. Reamer Club. 6-8 a.m. South Tower, Purdue Memorial Union.

• Tuesday, Sept. 23. Panhellenic Association Rush Forum. 6-10 p.m. Fowler Hall.

• Tuesday, Sept. 23. Natural Law Party of Purdue. 6-7 p.m. 117 Electrical Engineering.

• Saturday, Sept. 27. Women of Vision, NACWC, Inc. 3-6 p.m. 202 Stewart Center.

• Friday, Oct. 3. Gifted Social Club. 6-10 p.m. 314 Stewart Center.

SPORTS

• Friday, Sept. 26. Men's Cross Country -- Meet of Champions. Purdue Intramural Field. 5 p.m. Free.

• Friday, Sept. 26. Volleyball vs. Indiana. 7:30 p.m. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: $4 for adults, $2 for students; call 1-800-49-SPORT or (765) 494-3194.

• Saturday, Sept. 27. Football vs. Northwestern. 11:30 a.m. Ross-Ade Stadium. P Awards Day. Television: ESPN. Tickets: $24 for the public, $12 in South End Zone, $14 for students. Call 1-800-49-SPORT or (765) 494-3194.

• Saturday, Sept. 27. Volleyball vs. Penn State. 7:30 p.m. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: $4 for adults, $2 for students; call 1-800-49-SPORT or (765) 494-3194.

• Saturday, Oct. 4. Baseball vs. St. Joseph's. Noon. Lambert Field. Tickets: $3 for public, $2 for students.

• Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 4-5. Softball -- Big Ten Umpire Evaluation Tourney. Varsity Softball Complex. All day both days. Tickets: $3 adults, $2 students.

• Wednesday, Oct. 8. Volleyball vs. Ohio State. 7:30 p.m. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: $4 for adults, $2 for students; call 1-800-49-SPORT or (765) 494-3194.

• Friday, Oct. 10. Volleyball vs. Michigan State. 7:30 p.m. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: $4 for adults, $2 for students; call 1-800-49-SPORT or (765) 494-3194.

** Friday, Oct. 17. Men's and Women's swimming - Intrasquad. Lambert Pool. 6 p.m. Free.

** Saturday, Oct. 18. Women's swimming - Alumni. Lambert Pool. 9 a.m. Free.

** Saturday, Oct. 18. Men's swimming - Alumni. Lambert Pool. 10 a.m. Free.

** Saturday, Oct. 18. Football vs. Wisconsin. 1 p.m. (Time is subject to change, depending on television schedule.) Ross-Ade Stadium. Homecoming. Tickets: $24 for the public, $12 in South End Zone, $14 for students. Call 1-800-49-SPORT or (765) 494-3194.

** Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 18-19. Men's tennis-Boilermaker Classic. Time to be announced. Varsity Courts behind the Recreational Gymnasium. Free.

OTHER

** Through Oct. 16. International Dinner Series presented by food service management students in Purdue's Department of Restaurant, Hotel, Institutional and Tourism Management. 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. John Purdue Room, Stone Hall. Call (765) 494-6845 for reservations or information. Coming up:

Sept. 23, Caribbean; Sept. 24, Cajun; Sept. 25, Greek.
Sept. 30, Sicilian; Oct. 1, French; Oct. 2, Indian.
Oct. 7, Oriental; Oct. 8, Spanish; Oct. 9, New England.
Oct. 14, Closed; Oct. 15, Scandinavian; Oct. 16, Closed.

• Saturday, Oct. 11. Octoberbreak begins.

** Wednesday, Oct. 15. Classes resume from Octoberbreak.

Compiled by Frank Koontz, (765) 494-2080; e-mail, frank_koontz@purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu

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