April 28, 2008
Events this week
Here is a list of events happening April 28-May 4 on the West Lafayette campus.
All week
-- Final examinations. Spring semester ends Saturday.
-- Four libraries to remain open 24 hours a day through 5 p.m. Saturday: Hicks Undergraduate Library, Siegesmund Engineering Library, Humanities, Social Science and Education Library, and Management and Economics Library. For more about library hours, see http://www.lib.purdue.edu/libraries/index.html?infoview=hours.
Monday-Friday
-- Photography and Related Media Senior Exhibition. Annual student exhibition. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, Pao Hall. Ends Friday.
Monday-Tuesday
-- Exhibition final days. "Chronicling Women's History at Purdue: Selections from the Susan Bulkeley Butler Women's Archives." Artifacts, documents and photographshighlighting the history of University women. The exhibit includes collections on the "Queen of American Agriculture," the "Mother of Modern Management," Amelia Earhart and more. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Room 279, STEW. www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol.
Tuesday, April 29
-- Strategic Plan draft forum for faculty, staff and community members. Office of the President. 10-11:30 a.m. North Ballroom, PMU.
-- CANCELED. Pioneer Speaker Series, Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering. Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, dean, College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation, Arizona State University; founder and chair of KySS (Keep Your Children/Yourself Safe and Secure). "The State of Evidence-Based Practice with a Vision for the Future." For more information, contact Mary Schultz at 49-49828 or schultm@purdue.edu.
Wednesday, April 30
-- Education dean candidate forum. William A. Henk, Marquette University. 1:30-2:45 p.m. Room 310, Stewart Center. http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008a/080324DepewDean.html.
Thursday, May 1
-- Football season ticket priority seating deadline.
-- Violet Haas Award reception. Honoring 2008 awardee Nien-Hwa Linda Wang, professor of chemical engineering. 3:30-4:30 p.m. Atrium, Forney Hall. http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008a/080411KokiniHaas.html.
Friday, May 2
-- Exhibition opening: "BR: The Life and Work of Bruce Rogers." Libraries: Archives and Special Collections. Rogers was a Purdue alumnus (Sc1890) and an internationally renowned typographer and book designer. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday through June 6. Room 279, STEW. www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol.
Sunday, May 4
-- Softball vs. Indiana. 1 p.m. Varsity Softball Complex. Tickets: public, $5; students, $2.