August 18, 2008
Events this week
Here is a list of events happening Aug. 18-24 at the West Lafayette campus.
Monday-Friday
-- Orientation programs of various types and sizes. Boiler Gold Rush began over the weekend and was expecting 5,400 students. As many as 1,350 new international students can participate in a variety of orientation activities including a required session Thursday. Other orientations also scheduled.
Wednesday, Aug. 20
-- Orientation for prospective hosts in International Friendship Program. Office of International Students and Scholars. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Walnut Room, West Lafayette Public Library, 208 W. Columbia St. Second of three sessions; attendance at one is required (remaining session at same hour Aug. 26). For more information, contact Marcus Hammack or Karin Crum at 49-67528 or friendship@purdue.edu, or go to www.iss.purdue.edu/Programs/IFP/.
Friday, Aug. 22
-- "Bringing the World to Your Classroom through Digital Technology." Workshop with focuses on digital video and Adobe Connect. Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Event brochure at www.krannert.purdue.edu/centers/ciber/events/WorkshopMailerOnline.pdf.
-- Robin Williams comedy event ticket sales begin. (Show is at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2.) Restricted-eligibility sales open at 10 a.m. at Elliott Hall of Music and Stewart Center box offices. Sales Friday are only for Purdue and Ivy Tech Lafayette students, and Purdue faculty, staff and retirees; current ID required. Prices: $85, $65 and $49.50. (General public tickets go on sale through Ticketmaster beginning at 10 a.m. Aug. 23 at (765) 743-5151 or online at http://www.ticketmaster.com.)
Saturday, Aug. 23
-- Purdue Day in Chicago. Information at www.purdue.edu/events/chicago/index.shtml.
Ongoing events
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.