October 13, 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. 13

-- October break. No classes. Offices remain open.

-- Midwest Oncology Nursing Symposium (Monday and Tuesday). Theme: "Enhancing Knowledge, Improving Care." School of Nursing. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday; 8 a.m.-2:15 p.m. Tuesday. Ballrooms, PMU. More at www.nursing.purdue.edu/events.php.

-- Company Fund Raising Boot Camp (Monday and Tuesday). Speakers, coaching. Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship and Purdue Research Foundation. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Morgan Center. Keynote: "Founding and Growing a Company" by Michael Birck, founder and chairman of Tellabs Inc. and Purdue trustee. Noon Monday. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008b/080929GoonewardeneBootcamp.html. To register, go to /www.purdue.edu/dp/bdm/bootcamp/.

-- Print and Poster Exchange: Day 1. Visual Arts Committee. Day 1 includes: a) donor session, 10 a.m.-noon; b) first trading session, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Room 1154, Pao Hall. Borrowing is open to staff and faculty for hanging pictures in Purdue offices, conference rooms and reception areas. More at www.purdue.edu/VAC; under "Campus Art," see Lending Collection.

Tuesday, Oct. 14

-- Last day of October break. No classes. Offices remain open.

-- Print and Poster Exchange: Day 2. Visual Arts Committee. Day 2 includes: a) second trading session, 10:30 a.m.-noon; b) new loan session, 12:30-2 p.m. Room 1154, Pao Hall. Borrowing is open to staff and faculty for hanging pictures in Purdue offices, conference rooms and reception areas. More at www.purdue.edu/VAC; under "Campus Art," see Lending Collection.

-- APSAC Richard A. Hadley Presentation. Ken Johnson, chaplain of Indianapolis Colts. "Becoming Your Own Best Champion." Administrative and Professional Staff Advisory Committee. 10:30-11:30 a.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW.

-- TIAA-CREF open session on new retirement fund choices. 3-4 p.m. Room 310, STEW. More at www.tiaa-cref.org/purdue.

-- Open Access Day. Nationwide observance to promote open access to research publications; sponsors at Purdue include Purdue University Libraries and Purdue University Press. Open to all faculty, staff and students. 6:45 p.m. Gathering and refreshments. 7 p.m.: Live video stream of Nobel laureate Richard Roberts, speaking to more than 50 teleconference sites; includes Q&A. 8-8:15 p.m.: Local presentation and Q&A about open access initiatives and implications on campus, including e-Pubs and OA journals at Purdue University Press. Room G959 (iLab), Hicks Undergraduate Library. More at www.lib.purdue.edu/info/oaday/.

Wednesday, Oct. 15

-- Cybersecurity training presentation. "PDAs: Pretty Darn Accessible" without security. PDAs are facing threats like those that affect desktop computers. ITaP's Networks and Security Unit; session 2 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.

-- Italian-American heritage celebration. 5-7 p.m. Hillenbrand Hall Atrium Dining Court. Food, music and craftmaking. Dinner: $9.03 for adults and $4.54 for children.

-- Congo Square Drumming Series. Purdue’s CircAfriq Drummers in New Orleans tradition. Black Cultural Center. 6-7 p.m. Multipurpose Room 1, BCC. Also  Nov. 19.

-- African Studies/Women's Studies: Making Feminist Connections through Film. Presentation of African film "Mortu Nega (Those Whom Death Refused)." Ellen Gruenbaum, anthropology. Sponsored by Women's Studies program. An Experience Liberal Arts event. 6:30 p.m. Room 317, University Hall.

Thursday, Oct. 16

-- AAO workshop: "ADA Overview." Affirmative Action Office event for National Disability Employment Awareness Month. This workshop will discuss the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): what the law means, its history, and what is in store in the future. 1:30-3:30 a.m. Room 320, 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. 

-- Symposium: Frontiers in Biological Membranes. Center for Basic and Applied Membrane Sciences. Begins 5 p.m. Thursday; ends 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Deans Auditorium, Pfendler Hall. Registration online closes Monday, Oct. 13; go to www.purdue.edu/research/pubams/activities.shtml.

-- Callout for "Tippecanus Rex" project. Purdue University Galleries and Tippecanoe Arts Federation. Project to feature artworks related to "invented natural history in the region" for presentation April 1 through May 10; a Galleries exhibition will coincide with local presentation. Callout at 6 p.m. Tippecanoe Arts Federation, 638 North St., Lafayette. For more information, contact Craig Martin, director of Purdue Galleries, at 49-67899 or cdmartin@purdue.edu.

-- Poetry reading. Dana Roeser, English, author of "In the Truth Room." Department of English and the Creative Writing Program. An Experience Liberal Arts event. 7:30 p.m. Bookstall, Hicks Undergraduate Library.

-- Brasil Guitar Duo. Convocations, Classics. 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall. Tickets: $12. More at www.convocations.org.

Friday, Oct. 17

-- Fulbright opportunities information session. Representatives from Australian-American Fulbright Commission and Embassy of Australia present information about research and scholarship opportunities. 1:30 p.m. Room 118, PMU.

-- Mackey Madness. Celebration of start of basketball practices, plus Big Ten volleyball (women's) vs. Wisconsin. Mackey Arena. 5 p.m.: Doors open. 5-5:45 p.m.: Autographs by men's and women's basketball teams. 6 p.m.: Volleyball. After match: Introduction of basketball teams, drills, activities.

-- Music of Billy May & Nelson Riddle. Purdue Bands' Lab Jazz Band and American Music Repertory Ensemble. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW.

Friday-Saturday (17-18)

-- Two lectures and community walk by Dr. Zorba Paster, Univ. of Wisconsin and host of National Public Radio show "On Your Health." Experience Liberal Arts month events. 1) "The Four Pillars of Perfect Health: How to Live Your Personal Best." 1:30 p.m. Friday. East Faculty Lounge, PMU. 2) "How to Live a Long, Sweet Life." 7 p.m. Friday. Duncan Hall, 619 Ferry St., Lafayette. For Duncan Hall, reservations required. Either lecture qualifies for a Healthy Purdue red apple. 3) Community walk. 10 a.m. Saturday. Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds.

-- Flicks at Fowler monthly film series. "Hancock." Purdue Student Union Board. 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW. Admission: public, $4; Purdue student ID, $2. Films subject to change. 49-48976.

Saturday, Oct. 18

-- 5K Fun Run/Walk in Memory of Yeunkyung Woo. Department of Biological Sciences. 11 a.m. Start/finish at Yeunkyung Woo Memorial Garden behind Lilly Hall. Registration payments and donations benefit the Yeunkyung Woo Achieve Excellence Fund to help graduate students travel to conferences and seminars. Entry: adults, $10; students and children, $5. Information and form at www.bio.purdue.edu/news/entry_form_08.pdf. Other information at www.biology.purdue.edu/news/5krun.htm.

-- Swimming and diving (M&W). Indiana Intercollegiates. Noon. Boilermaker Aquatic Center.

-- Midwest Study Group of the North American Kant Society. Department of Philosophy, North American Kant Society and Religious Studies Program. Noon Saturday to 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Keynote: Allen W. Wood, Stanford and Indiana universities. Room 214A, STEW. More at http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~kain/2008_MSG.html.

-- Volleyball (women's) vs. Northwestern. 7 p.m. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: adult, $9-$8; student, $6-$5.

-- Omar Sosa Afreecanos Quartet. Convocations, 8 p.m. Jazz Set. Loeb Playhouse. Tickets: $25-$19. More at www.convocations.org.

Sunday, Oct. 19

-- Creepy Classics. Purdue Symphony Orchestra’s family Halloween pops concert. Purdue Bands. 2:30 p.m. Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. Costumes encouraged.

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.

Monday-Friday

-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are black bean (soup) and chicken burritos (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.