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April 28, 2000

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 at https://www.purdue.edu/calendar/

Updated travel directions around road construction zones near campus are available on the Web at https://www.purdue.edu/oop/travelalert.

EVENTS

  • Saturday, May 6. Anderson-Muncie Statewide Technology Commencement. 3 p.m. Warner Auditorium, Anderson University.

  • Monday, May 8. New Albany Statewide Technology Commencement. 7 p.m. IU Southeast Amphitheatre.

  • Tuesday, May 9. Kokomo Statewide Technology Commencement. 1:30 p.m. Kelly Center, IU-Kokomo.

  • Tuesday, May 9. South Bend-Elkhart Statewide Technology Commencement. 7 p.m. Joyce Center, University of Notre Dame.

  • Tuesday, May 9. Purdue North Central Commencement. 7:30 p.m. Valparaiso University Chapel.

  • Wednesday, May 10. Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Commencement. 7 p.m. Fort Wayne Memorial Coliseum.

  • Friday, May 12. Richmond Statewide Technology Commencement. 6 p.m. Richmond High School.

  • Friday-Sunday, May 12-14. Spring Commencement. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets, issued free to all candidates for degrees, are necessary for admission. The schedule: 8 p.m. Friday: School of Education and Schools of Engineering. 9:30 a.m. Saturday: Schools of Agriculture, Consumer and Family Sciences, Science, and Veterinary Medicine. 2:30 p.m. Saturday: School of Liberal Arts and School of Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Sciences. 9:30 a.m. Sunday: School of Management and School of Technology.

  • Sunday, May 14. Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Commencement. 3 p.m. RCA Dome.

    ** Sunday, May 14. Columbus and Southeastern Indiana Statewide Technology Commencement. 7 p.m. Columbus Holiday Inn. (Southeast ceremony rescheduled from May 11.)

  • Wednesday, May 17. Purdue North Central Commencement. Noon. Westville Correctional Facility. Graduation ceremonies for students who are inmates at the correctional facility.

  • Sunday, May 21. Purdue Calumet Commencement. 1:30 p.m. Star Plaza Theatre, Merrillville.

ENTERTAINMENT

  • Saturday, May 13. PMO Varsity Glee Club End-of-Season Concert. 8:30 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Tickets are $10 for public, $8 for students, at the Loeb Box Office or by calling (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW.

  • Friday and Saturday, May 19 and 20. Staged reading of an original play, "The Creature," written by Richard Thomas, Purdue associate professor of theater. 8 p.m. Experimental Theatre, Stewart Center. Presented by Purdue Theatre, Elliott Hall of Music Productions and the Department of Computer Graphics Technology. All tickets are $5, available at the Loeb Box Office or by calling (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW.

    ** Friday-Sunday, May 25-28. "All-American" Marching Band performs at Indianapolis 500 Race festivities. The band will entertain at 6 p.m. May 26 at the Indianapolis 500 Staff Dinner; at 6 p.m. May 27 at the Indianapolis 500 Banquet and at 7 p.m. that day during the Indianapolis 500 Festival Parade; and at 5 a.m. May 28 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway before the race.

LECTURES

  • Monday, May 1. Diversity Dialogues. Noon-1 p.m. Room B2, Stone Hall. The series, co-sponsored by the Purdue Bahai Club and the Purdue Diversity Resource Office, features guided discussions between two people with a specific thing in common and a specific difference. Today: a younger and an older African-American.

    ** Wednesday, May 3. Jewish Studies Occasional Lecture. 4:30 p.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Topic: "Deep Enmity and/or Close Relations? Jewish-Christian Relations in Europe Prior to the First Crusade." Speaker: Professor Johannes Heil, University of Berlin.

CONFERENCES

  • Friday, May 12. Weight-y Issues: Obesity and Body Image -- Practical Discussions. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Room 218, Stewart Center. A one-day conference on obesity and other weight-related issues sponsored by the Department of Foods and Nutrition. Registration is $75 and includes lunch and all supporting materials. Contact John Wellman, (765) 494-0243, or (800) 359-2968, ext. 92W; e-mail jmw@purdue.edu

EXHIBITS

  • Through May 5. Treasures From the Tombs: Egyptian Antiquities From the Charles Pankow Collection. Union Gallery of the Memorial Union (just inside Grant Street entrance). Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

  • Through May 14. Barbara Moll: Quilt Artist from Muncie, Ind. Krannert Drawing Room. Gallery hours: 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday.

OTHER

  • Saturday, May 6. Spring semester ends.

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

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