October 6, 2008

Events this week

Listings for exhibitions and other ongoing or weeklong events are at the bottom. Also there is information about ticket procedures for most ticketed events.

Monday, Oct. 6

-- Last day to register in Indiana to vote in Nov. 4 election. More on registering, voting requirements including ID, early voting and other election facts is at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008b/081001MalavendaVote.html and http://www.county.tippecanoe.in.us/ and http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/vote_reg.html.
 
-- National financial problems: An interdisciplinary faculty panel. Moderator: Michael Boehlje, agricultural economics. Noon-1 p.m. Deans of Agriculture Auditorium, Pfendler Hall. Other information and names of other panelists are at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2008/081002_Financial.html.

-- Humanitarian lecture. Sally Brown, founder and president of Ambassadors for Children, and a Purdue alumna. 7-8 p.m. Room G126, Lilly Hall. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008b/080925SnuggsBrown.html.

Tuesday, Oct. 7

-- College Teaching Workshop Series 1: Basics of Teaching. "Engaging Students Through Discussion." For faculty, staff and grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. 9-10:30 a.m. Weekly workshop 6 of 10 through Nov. 18 except Oct. 14 and Nov. 11. Registration required: www.cie.purdue.edu. Questions: 49-66422 or CIE@purdue.edu.

-- AAO workshop: "ADA for Supervisors." Affirmative Action Office event for National Disability Employment Awareness Month. This workshop, open to all campus supervisors, will examine what constitutes a disability, how to recognize an employee’s request for a reasonable accommodation, and what to do next. 9:30-11:30 a.m. Room 313, STEW. To reserve a space, for more information, or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact the Affirmative Action Office at 49-47253 or aao@purdue.edu. 

-- Languages Matter! International Year of Languages event. Film screening: "The Linguists." Followed by Q&A with K. David Harrison, Swarthmore College. Diversity Resource Office, others. 3-4:30 p.m. Room 202, STEW. More on series and event at www.purdue.edu/humanrel/dro/. See also entry for noon Wednesday.

-- Chemical Engineering Dow Graduate Seminar Series. Lynden Archer, Cornell Univ. "Tethered Polymers." 3 p.m. reception, Atrium, Forney Hall. 3:30-4:30 p.m. lecture, Room G140, Forney Hall.

-- "Popular Culture and WW II." Randy Roberts, history. Experience Liberal Arts month lecture. 3:30-5 p.m. Room 202, STEW.

-- Latino Heritage Month featured speaker. Ronald Takaki, retired, Univ. of California, Berkeley. "America in a Different Mirror: Re-visioning History." 7 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW.

Wednesday, Oct. 8

-- Cybersecurity training presentation. "Buckle Up! Laptop Security." Scott Ksander, chief information security officer,  on mobile security. ITaP's Networks and Security Unit; session 1 of 4 under heading of "Security on the Go: Your Ticket to Digital Self-defense," focusing on mobile devices, for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. 9-11 a.m. Fowler Hall, STEW. More on computer security and training at www.purdue.edu/securepurdue.

-- Languages Matter! International Year of Languages event. Lecture: "Global and Local Trends in Language Extinction." K. David Harrison, Swarthmore College. Diversity Resource Office, others. Noon-1 p.m. in Room 1142, Lawson Computer Science Building. More on series and event at www.purdue.edu/humanrel/dro/. See also entry for 3 p.m. Tuesday.

-- Open house: "What the Purdue Writing Lab Does for You." An Experience Liberal Arts event. Noon-1:30 p.m. Room 226, Heavilon Hall. More about lab at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/writinglab or 49-43723.

-- New department open house: "Experience Anthropology." An Experience Liberal Arts event. Noon-3 p.m. Room 219, Stone Hall. Official opening of new office. More at www.cla.purdue.edu/anthropology/ or 49-67400.

-- Historical issues lecture and discussion. Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola, Univ. of Michigan and author, on his book "The Censorship Files: Latin American Writers and Franco's Spain." Departments of history and foreign languages and literatures; an Experience Liberal Arts event. 3:30-5:30 p.m. Room 1142, Lawson Computer Science Building.

-- Presentation on Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowships. Connie Bond, program officer. Program provisions include $30,000 stipend; program aims to bring persons in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields into high school teaching in Indiana. 6-8 p.m. Room 1142, Lawson Computer Science Building. More at www.woodrow.org/Inteach.

-- Take Back the Night rally. Part of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. 7 p.m. Atrium, Materials and Electrical Engineering Building. Speakers, then march to Slayter Center.

-- "People in Motion: Immigration and the Art of Movie Making." Viewing and discussion; an Experience Liberal Arts event. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Room 1245, Beering Hall. Film viewing is "A Day Without a Mexican." More at www.cla.purdue.edu/experience/; click "Event Calendar" then the date.

Thursday, Oct. 9

-- Beginning of "down time" for most high-performance computing systems in the Rosen Center for advanced computing. 8 a.m. To continue through Monday morning, Oct. 13. More at http://www.itap.purdue.edu/newsroom/detail.cfm?newsId=1791.

-- Department of Food Science 25th anniversary symposium: "Remembering the Past and Looking to the Future." Speakers from faculty, alumni, industry. 8:30 a.m.-noon. Room 241 (auditorium), Pfendler Hall. For reservations, contact foodsci@purdue.edu.

-- President's Open Forum. Open to all faculty, staff and students. 9-10 a.m. East and West Faculty Lounges, PMU.

-- College Teaching Workshop Series 2: Expanding Your Teaching Toolkit. "The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Overcoming the Obstacles." Jane Kirkpatrick, nursing; and Mick LaLopa, hospitality and tourism management. For faculty, staff, grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. 9-10:30 a.m. Weekly workshop 4 of 5 through Oct. 9.  Registration required: www.cie.purdue.edu. Questions: 49-66422 or CIE@purdue.edu.

-- Experience Liberal Arts lecture. Heloisa Toller Gomes, professor of American studies from the State University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. "Translating W.E.B. Du Bois's Souls of Black Folk in Portuguese: An Exercise in Re-Writing." African American Studies and Research Center and the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. 3:30-5 p.m. Multipurpose Room 1, Black Cultural Center.

-- Tea with the LCC. Latino Heritage Month event. Latino Cultural Center. Traditional teas and cuisine of Asia and Latin America. Faculty and staff recognitions. 4-7 p.m. Krannert Drawing Room, Krannert Building.

Friday, Oct. 10

-- Consumers and Technology Symposium. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship. (Registration closed Oct. 6.)

Saturday, Oct. 11

-- Unofficial start of October break (no classes Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 13-14).

Sunday, Oct. 12

-- Ralph's World. Convocations, Family Adventures. 3 p.m. University Plaza Hotel Ballroom. Tickets: $17-$12. More at www.convocations.org.

ONGOING EVENTS

All week

Experience Liberal Arts month is October. Some events are listed in this calendar. To see the month's schedule, see news article at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/hp/SharpELA.html or event-by-event links at www.cla.purdue.edu/experience/events/?d=all.

-- Purdue University Galleries. "Li’l Heads, Too!" Images of heads, small portraits, various media. Visitors can make and add their own work on computer. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus Thursday until 8 p.m.; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Stewart Center Gallery. 49-67899 or galleries@purdue.edu or www.purdue.edu/galleries. Exhibition through this Sunday (Oct. 12).

-- Purdue University Galleries. "'No Danger' Airplane Show." Paper or other lightweight airplanes, 4 to 20 inches, displaying fine art printmaking. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus Thursday until 8 p.m.; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Robert L. Ringel Gallery. 49-67899 or galleries@purdue.edu or www.purdue.edu/galleries. Exhibition through this Sunday (Oct. 12).

Monday-Friday

-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are cream of mushroom (soup) and salmon cakes (entrée). 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Stone Hall. Reservations encouraged; call 49-46845. To access the full menu and learn about other dining options from the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management: www.cfs.purdue.edu/htm/about/restaurants.shtml.

TICKETS

Events are free unless noted (except that conference registrations may be omitted here). Ticket prices are for single events, not any series or discount offers. An exception to the following will be noted in the listing.

For varsity athletics tickets, call the Athletic Ticket Office, (765) 494-3194 or (800) 49-SPORT [497-7678]; or visit the office in the Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. The office is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and before ticketed events at IAF, Mackey Arena and Ross-Ade Stadium. For ticketed sports events at other Purdue venues, tickets will be on sale before the event at the venue.

For Purdue Convocations and Purdue Theatre events and some others, go to ticket offices in Elliott Hall (lower level, northeast end by Hovde Hall) or Stewart Center (west lobby), or call (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW [914-7469]. The Elliott Hall box office is open 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and before ticketed events there. The Stewart Center box office is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday and before ticketed events there.

Purdue Theatre tickets are sold also at the Pao Hall box office. It is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday and before Purdue Theatre performances there.