July 28, 2008

Events this week

Monday-Friday

-- Exhibition: "57/1: Artists from the Premier Edition of the PMC Guild Annual." Purdue Galleries. Artworks, jewelry created by use of precious metal clay. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday-Friday, and by appointment. Robert L. Ringel Gallery, PMU. For class or group visits, contact Mary Ann Anderson at 49-67899. Ends Friday.

-- Exhibition: "From the Kitchen to the Classroom: Lillian Gilbreth and Home Economics." Libraries: Archives and Special Collections. Purdue researcher and innovator in efficiency methods. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Room 279, STEW. www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol. Through Aug. 15.

Tuesday-Saturday

-- Exhibition: "Una Herencia Mexicana" (A Mexican Heritage). Works of Mexican Modernists. Sponsors include Purdue University Galleries and Purdue Latino Cultural Center. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, 102 S. 10th St., Lafayette (south off South Street). 742-1128. Through Aug. 29.

Monday, July 28

-- Cleaning continues in south section of Northwestern Avenue Garage. Cleaning to be done 10:30 p.m. to 7 a.m. Through Tuesday. Vehicles left in the garage during cleaning will be towed at the owner's expense.

-- Open forum for candidate for vice president for physical facilities. Candidate: Tony Valenzuela, associate vice president for facilities development and operations, San Jose State University. 2-3 p.m. South Ballroom, PMU.

Wednesday, July 30

-- Open forum for candidate for vice president for physical facilities. Candidate: Randall (Chris) Christofferson, associate vice provost for facilities, Stanford University. 2:15-3:15 p.m. South Ballroom, PMU.

-- Summer Concert Series. Free music; optional ticketed dinner. Purdue Memorial Union. Dinner serving starts at 5:30 p.m.; pay at event; adults, $11; children under 10, free. Music is 6:30-8 p.m. Front lawn, PMU (rain location, North Ballroom). Menu from La Salsa is gourmet burrito; chile lime salad; gourmet Mexican rice; churros; water, iced tea, lemonade. Music is rock by the PMG (www.thepmgmusic.com). Other information at www.union.purdue.edu.

-- Cleaning begins in Marsteller Street Garage. Cleaning to be done 10:30 p.m. to 7 a.m. Through Aug. 3. Vehicles left in the garage during cleaning will be towed at the owner's expense.

Thursday, July 31

-- Open forum for candidate for vice president for physical facilities. Candidate: Robert McMains, associate vice president, facilities management, Emory University. 11 a.m.-noon. South Ballroom, PMU.

Friday, Aug. 1

-- Summer session Module 3 ends. Grades due at Office of the Registrar by 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5.

Saturday, Aug. 2

-- Commencement at West Lafayette.  9:30 a.m. Elliott Hall of Music. By ticket only.

Who's on campus this week?

A listing of some conferences and camps of notable size, public interest or visibility, or participation of children, youth or others outside Purdue.

Through Friday: Exciting Discoveries for Girls in Engineering (EDGE) residential summer camp. Grades 9-10. Women in Engineering Program.

Through Friday: Purdue Research Park Entrepreneurship Academy. Grades 11-12.

Through Friday: INSPIRE Summer Academy.  For educators of grades P-6. Department of Engineering Education.

Through Friday: Intermediate Purdue Literacy Network. Department of Curriculum and Instruction.

Through Friday: Academic Boot Camp. Preparatory courses for incoming multicultural freshmen. Colleges of Engineering, Science and Technology.

Monday-Wednesday: University Bible Fellowship Missionary Seminar. Expecting 500.

Monday-Friday: Boiler Kids Camp. Session 7. Division of Recreational Sports. Ages 5-12. Recreational Sports Center, Boilermaker Aquatic Center, playing fields. http://www.purdue.edu/bkc/.

Tuesday: SURF Research Symposium (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship). College of Engineering.