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September 10, 1999

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

  • Wednesday, Sept. 15. Industrial Roundtable. 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Memorial Mall. Purdue Engineering Student Council sponsors this job fair, which attracts more than 8,000 students and almost 300 companies, making it the largest student-run career fair in the United States. Rain location is the Purdue Armory.

  • Saturday, Sept. 18. Parents Day. Activities are organized by the Student Union Board around the football game against Central Michigan at 11:15 a.m. and include pre-game tours, receptions and special presentations for parents and students by the academic schools; a barbecue after the football game; and the Boilermaker Boardwalk in the evening.

  • Monday-Tuesday, Sept. 20-21. Department of Restaurant, Hotel, Institutional and Tourism Management Career Day. Events include a job fair from 12:30-3:30 p.m. Tuesday in the South Ballroom of the Memorial Union; a lecture at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Room 218 Stewart Center by the president of the National Restaurant Association; a senior reception from 5-6:30 p.m. Monday at Stone Hall; and a lecture at 2 p.m. Monday in Room 206 Stewart Center by the chairman, president and CEO of Promus Hotel Corp.

  • Wednesday, Sept. 22. Study Abroad Information Fair. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Purdue Memorial Mall. Purdue faculty and students who have been abroad through Purdue programs will be available to speak with students about international study, work and internship opportunities. The Purdue Study Abroad staff will be on hand to answer questions about the 150 programs Purdue offers to students who wish to study abroad for a year, a semester or a summer.

  • Thursday, Sept. 23. Women's Studies Open House. 4:30-6 p.m. Anniversary Drawing Room, Purdue Memorial Union. Meet the director, faculty and staff, learn about the program's activities, and meet other campus and community women's groups.

    ** Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 7-9. Conference on Romance Languages, Literatures and Film. Contact: John Wellman, Purdue Division of Conferences, jmwellman@cea.purdue.edu; (800) 359-2968 ext. 92W or (765) 494-0243; Fax: (765) 494-0567.

    ENTERTAINMENT

  • Friday-Saturday, Sept. 17-18. Chicago City Limits. 8:30 p.m. Friday; 8 p.m. Saturday. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Purdue Student Concert Committee presents this improvisational comedy team. Tickets are $15 for the public, $12 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW.

  • Saturday, Sept. 18. Purdue Bands pre-game concerts. Lab Jazz Band at 8:40 a.m., Marching Band at 9:40 a.m., both at Slayter Center of Performing Arts. After the 11:10 a.m. football game against Central Michigan, the marching band will perform at the Purdue Mall Fountain.

  • Sunday, Sept. 19. PMO Varsity Glee Club. 10:30 a.m. worship service at Federated Church, 2400 Sycamore Lane, West Lafayette.

  • Sunday, Sept. 19. PMO Varsity Glee Club Slayter Hill Concert. 3 p.m. Slayter Center of Performing Arts. Free.

  • Wednesday, Sept. 22. Purdue Theatre sneak preview of "The Time of Your Life." 7:30 p.m. Experimental Theatre, Stewart Center. Tickets: $4.50 at Loeb Box Office, (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW.

    ** Thursday, Sept. 23-Sunday, Oct. 3. Purdue Theatre presents "The Time of Your Life" by William Saroyan. 8 p.m. Experimental Theatre, Stewart Center. (No performance Monday, Sept. 27; 2 p.m. matinee Sunday, Sept. 26, in addition to 8 p.m. show that day.) Directed by Dale Miller, professor of visual and performing arts. Tickets: $11 for the public, $7 for students and senior citizens, at Loeb Box Office, (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW.

  • Thursday, Sept. 23. University Choir concert. 7 p.m. Friendship House, 1010 Cumberland Ave., West Lafayette. Free.

  • Thursday, Sept. 23. Jason Vieaux, guitar. 8 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Tickets are $7 ($9 after Sept. 20) at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. A Department of Convocations' Discovery Concert.

  • Friday, Sept. 24. "Annie," the Broadway musical. 7:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets are $14, $22 and $28 for the public; $10, $14 and $16 for Purdue and K-12 students at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW.(Most ticket prices increase by $2 after Sept. 20.) Part of the Department of Convocations' Lively Arts Package.

  • Saturday, Sept. 25. Purdue Bands pre-game concerts. Concert Jazz Band performs 2 1/2 hours before football game against Northwestern (kickoff time yet to be announced). "All-American" Marching Band concert will begin 1 1/2 hours before kickoff. Both free concerts will be at Slayter Center of Performing Arts. After the game, the marching band will perform at the Purdue Mall Fountain.

  • Sunday, Sept. 26. University Choir. 11 a.m. worship service. University Church, 320 North St., West Lafayette. Free.

  • Sunday, Sept. 26. Cinema Now: "Tango." 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Tickets: $4 for faculty and staff, $3 for Purdue students.

    ** Wednesday, Sept. 29. Jewish Studies Fall Film Series: "Enemies: A Love Story." 7:30 p.m. Room B222, Liberal Arts and Education Building.

  • Friday, Oct. 1. MOMIX. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. This contemporary dance/ illusion/ acrobatic company will present the Midwestern premiere of "In Orbit," a piece about space exploration. Tickets are $18 for the public, $13 for Purdue students ($20 and $15 after Sept. 20), at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. A Department of Convocations' Patron's Choice Event.

  • Monday, Oct. 4. PMO Express Concert. 7 p.m. Friendship House, 1010 Cumberland Ave., West Lafayette. Free.

    ** Wednesday, Oct. 6. PMO Varsity Glee Club Concert. 7 p.m. Hamilton Heights High School, Fishers, Ind. Free.

    LECTURES

  • Thursday, Sept. 16. Philosophy Colloquium Series. Speaker: Gary Gutting of the University of Notre Dame. Topic: "Bergson and Merleau-Ponty on Experience and Science." 4:30 p.m. Room 117, University Hall.

  • Friday, Sept. 17. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Charles Ludwig, president of GIL Technologies, Collierville, Tenn. Topic: "Managing the High-Technology Company."

  • Tuesday, Sept. 21. Purdue Alumni Association Autumn Tuesdays Lecture. 7:30 a.m. MCL Cafeteria. Breakfast buffet costs $4.50; speaker begins at 8 a.m. Robert Mindrum, director of the Purdue Memorial Union for the past five years, will discuss changes taking place there.

  • Wednesday, Sept. 22. Jewish Studies Noon Lecture and Discussion Series. 12:30 p.m. Room 320, Heavilon Hall. Speaker: Purdue political science Professor Robert Melson. Topic: "Rwanda and the Holocaust: Questions and Lessons."

  • Friday, Sept. 24. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Robert J. Warren, vice president and treasurer, Diebold Inc., North Canton, Ohio. Topic: "Welcome to the Running Game."

    ** Monday, Sept. 27. Focus on Teaching Lecture Series. 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Speaker: Thomas A. Angelo, professor and founding director of The School for New Learning's Assessment Center at DePaul University. Topic: "Teaching as if Learning Matters Most: Guidelines From Research and Best Practice."

  • Thursday, Sept. 30. William Boeing Memorial Lecture. 4 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Speaker: Michael M. Sears, senior vice president of the Boeing Co. and president of its military aircraft and missile systems group. This is the first speaker in what will be an annual lecture series administered by the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

  • Friday, Oct. 1. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: George T. Muller, president and chief operating officer, Subaru of America Inc., Cherry Hill, N.J. Topic: "Subaru: Lessons Learned in a Turnaround."

    ** Wednesday, Oct. 6. Jewish Studies Noon Lecture and Discussion Series. 12:30 p.m. Room 218B, Stewart Center. Speaker: Miriam Joyce, Purdue associate professor of history. Topic: "Jews, Israel and the Arab Gulf States in the 1960s."

    ** Friday, Oct. 8. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: John D. Buck, executive vice president for operations, information services and human resources, Fingerhut Cos. Inc., and president of Fingerhut Business Services, Minnetonka, Minn. Topic: "The e-Tooling of Fingerhut."

    MEETINGS

  • Monday, Sept. 13. University Senate. 2:30 p.m. Room 302, Stewart Center. J. Timothy McGinley, chairman of the Purdue Board of Trustees, will discuss the process the board will use to identify and screen candidates for the presidency of the university. President Steven C. Beering is scheduled to retire June 30, 2000.

  • Friday, Sept. 17. Board of Trustees. 10:30 a.m. Room 304 (Anniversary Drawing Room), Purdue Memorial Union.

    EXHIBITS

  • Through Oct. 1. Scottish Prints. Recent works by 19 contemporary Scottish artists. Beelke Gallery (Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2). 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Gallery reception Wednesday, Sept. 8, 5:30-7 p.m.

  • Through Oct. 17. Misch Kohn: Beyond the Tradition. Examining six decades of Kohn's pioneering work in the field of printmaking. Stewart Center Gallery (West Lobby, Stewart Center). 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday-Friday; 1-4 p.m. Sunday. A Purdue Galleries Brown Bag video presentation about Kohn's work will be shown at noon Thursday, Sept. 2, in the Beelke Gallery (Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2).

  • Through Oct. 17. Klaus Kux: Drawings and Paintings. A solo exhibition by the German artist. Krannert Gallery (Main Floor, Krannert Building). 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

    OTHER

    ** Through Oct. 7. International Dinner Series presented by food service management students in Purdue's Department of Restaurant, Hotel, Institutional and Tourism Management. 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. John Purdue Room, Stone Hall. Call (765) 494-6845 for reservations or information.

    Coming up:

    Sept. 14-16: Tuesday, New England; Wednesday, Greek; Thursday, Cajun.
    Sept. 21-23: Tuesday, Middle Eastern; Wednesday, British; Thursday, German.
    Sept. 28-30: Tuesday, Scandinavian; Wednesday, Southwestern; Thursday, French.
    Oct. 5-7: Tuesday, Sicilian; Wednesday, French; Thursday, Caribbean.

    ** Saturday, Oct. 9. October break begins. Classes resume Wednesday, Oct. 13.

    Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; jwillis1@purdue.edu

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