November 3, 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, Nov. 3

-- All Campus & Community Chorale concert. Purdue Musical Organizations. 7 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1700 State Road 26 West (State Street west 0.25 mile past Airport Road).

Tuesday, Nov. 4

-- Election Day. Vote centers in Tippecanoe County are open 6 a.m.-6 p.m. One of the 20 centers countywide is in Room 118, PMU. For more on the county's vote centers, go to www.tippecanoe.in.gov/election_board/division.asp?fDD=14-260. When going to vote, be sure to take proper photo ID.

-- College Teaching Workshop Series 1: Basics of Teaching. "Using Subjective Tests and Assigning Grades." For faculty, staff and grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. 9-10:30 a.m. Weekly workshop 9 of 10 through Nov. 18 except Nov. 11. Registration required: www.cie.purdue.edu. Questions: 49-66422 or CIE@purdue.edu.

-- University Residences Conference Services open house. Information about meeting space, design of newest residence hall; samples from catering menu. 2-4 p.m. Lower level, Shreve Hall. To confirm attendance, 49-48431 or confres@purdue.edu.

-- Sigma Xi lecture. Jan Allebach, electrical and computer engineering. Topic: Imaging algorithms in electronic printers. 2:30 p.m. Room 206, STEW.

-- Chemical Engineering Dow Graduate Seminar Series. You-Yeon Won, Purdue Univ. "Polymer Micelle-Based siRNA Delivery for RNAi Cancer Therapy." 3 p.m. reception, Atrium, Forney Hall. 3:30-4:30 p.m. lecture, Room G140, Forney Hall.

-- "Rich Indian Racism: Indigenous Peoples Confront New Stereotypes in the Forced Federalism Era." Speaker: Author Jeff Corntassel, a member of Tsalagi, which is the Cherokee nation, and author of "Forced Federalism: Contemporary Challenges to Indigenous Nationhood." Sponsored by the Department of History and the Tecumseh Speaker Series, is in celebration of Native American Heritage Month. 3:30 p.m. Room 310, Stewart Center.

-- Ethics and Sciences Seminar. "The Use of Animals for Research: Animal Ethics Panel" with Bernard Rollin, Colorado State Univ., and Mark Bernstein, the Joyce and Edward Brewer Chair in Applied Ethics at Purdue. 5:30-7 p.m. Room 121, Burton Morgan Center.

Wednesday, Nov. 5

-- AAO/HR workshop: "The Essentials of Staff Recruitment and Selection." Staff Recruitment and Selection Series by Affirmative Action Office and Human Resource Services Employment. Workshop's focus is on role of hiring supervisors and committees in entire process of hiring staff. 10 a.m.-noon. Room 320, STEW. Online registration for this workshop is at www.itap.purdue.edu/training/login/login.cfm?location=/training/registration/index.cfm&offeringid=3038&file=0. For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact AAO at 49-47253 (voice), 49-61343 (tty), or aao@purdue.edu.

-- Panel: "Humanigration: A Border Experience." In conjunction with exhibition (see below under Ongoing Events). Latino Cultural Center. Moderator: Maricela Alvarado, LCC director. 6 p.m. West Faculty Lounge, PMU. Reception following. More at www.purdue.edu/galleries/pages/exhibitions/galleries_ex_humanigration.shtml. Docent-led gallery tours available for one hour before (5-6 p.m.) and one hours after (about 7:30-8:30 p.m.) panel in all three galleries; led by Delta Pi Rho fraternity.

-- Recycling at Purdue forum: "Sustainable Sustainability." Presentation and discussion with Martin Seaman, senior consultant at Resource Recycling Systems (RRS), Ann Arbor, Mich. Purdue Grounds, Boiler Green Initiative, Purdue Student Government. 7 p.m. Room 200, Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry.

-- Cyber Center recognition event for Sangtae Kim, the Donald W. Feddersen Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering. 3-5 p.m. East Faculty Lounge,
Purdue Memorial Union. Confirm attendance by e-mailing Cyber@purdue.edu

Nov. 5-7

-- Cancer Culture & Community colloquium. Discovery Park, Oncological Sciences Center, College of Liberal Arts, others. Theme: "Exploring the Human Expression of Cancer Through the Arts and Literature." Keynote: Margaret Edson, playwright whose Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "W;t" follows a dying cancer patient.
* Nov. 5 (W): Screening of movie version of "W;t." 7 p.m. Long Center for Performing Arts, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette.
* Nov. 6 (Th): Keynote about scenes from play. 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW. Includes acting out of scenes by Purdue Theatre performers. Book signing to follow at 9 p.m.
* Nov. 7 (F): Writing workshops with Edson. 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Room 310, STEW.
* Nov. 7 (F): "Scenes and Discussions with Margaret Edson." 3 p.m. Mallett Theatre, Pao Hall.

Thursday, Nov. 6

-- Viewing period begins for vehicles in Transportation Service fleet sale. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. both Thursday and Friday. 8-11 a.m. Saturday. Transportation Service, 1175 Harrison St. Bid deadline is 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008b/081023CoxVehicles.html.

-- Townsend Outstanding Communicator in Agriculture Debate. Teams of College of Agriculture undergraduates. Initial rounds 1-5 p.m. in Pfendler Hall. Final at 7 p.m. in Deans Auditorium, Pfendler Hall. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008b/081022FedererDebate.html.

-- Physics department general colloquium. Speaker: Gerry Bunce, Brookhaven National Laboratory. Title: The Spin Structure of the Proton. 4 p.m. Room 203, PHYS. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 p.m. in Room 242, PHYS.

-- 40th anniversary reception for Span Plan Adult Services program. Office of the Dean of Students. 5:30 p.m.; program at 6 p.m. Admissions lobby and Room 112, Schleman Hall. RSVP requested to Connie Bender at 49-41257 or csbender@purdue.edu. More about program at www.purdue.edu/odos.

Friday, Nov. 7

-- Set out old phone books for recycling. Place on loading dock or by green recycling cart; cover against poor weather. Purdue Recycling crews will do pickup on Saturday. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2008/081013_PhoneBooks.html.

-- Astronaut Mark L. Polansky. Talk in conjunction with Fall Space Day. 8 p.m. Room 104, Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry.

-- Women's fall tennis. Purdue Invitational (three days, Nov. 7-9). Schwartz Tennis Center.

Saturday, Nov. 8

-- Make A Difference Day. Boiler Volunteer Network. Meet at TBA in Krannert Drawing Room, Krannert Building. Juice and pastries provided at gathering; transportation to work sites at nonprofits in the community also provided. Questions: bvn@purdue.edu. Information and registration: www.purdue.edu/bvn.

-- Men's basketball vs. Northern State (exhibition). 7 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: $20.

Sunday, Nov. 9

-- Women's basketball vs. OGBR (exhibition). 2 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: public, $12; student, $5.

ONGOING EVENTS

All week

-- Purdue University Galleries and Latino Cultural Center. "Humanigration: The Cárdenas Latino Collection." Artworks related to theme of immigration, and thus LCC's ongoing Humanigration project, from collection of Gilberto Cárdenas, Univ. of Notre Dame. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus Thursday until 8 p.m.; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Robert L. Ringel Gallery, PMU, and Stewart Center Gallery. 49-67899 or galleries@purdue.edu or www.purdue.edu/galleries. Exhibition in these two galleries through Dec. 7. Also: Through Nov. 25 at West Gallery of the Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, Pao Hall; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Monday-Friday

-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are lentil soup(soup) and salmon roulade (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.