November 10, 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. 10

-- Service outage for University paging system only. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. This outage does not apply to the Indiana paging system pagers, which will be operational. Questions or concerns: David Burford at 49-69641.

-- Presentation by candidate for W. Wayne Booker Chair for Information Literacy. Purdue University Libraries. Faculty and staff invited. Sharon Weiner, dean of library services, Univ. of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Candidate is asked to speak on "How can the Libraries become an indispensable collaborator with disciplinary faculty in
Purdue's literacy endeavor." 10 a.m. Room 202, STEW.

-- Liberal Arts interdisciplinary programs information event. Total of 16 programs. CLA Office of Interdisciplinary Studies and Engagement. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Reservations preferred, but anyone can stop in. For reservations: Delayne Graham at 49-61848 or dkgraham@purdue.edu. More at www.cla.purdue.edu/.

-- Bid deadline for vehicles in Transportation Service fleet sale. 2 p.m. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008b/081023CoxVehicles.html.

-- Research Development Workshop. Videoconference "Nuts and Bolts" of Human Research Protection Program. Office of the Vice President for Research. Required for new principal investigators; encouraged for other researchers. 2-3:30 p.m. Room 209, STEW. Questions: Erica Berry at elberry@purdue.edu. Registration required; go to www.purdue.edu/research/vpr/events.shtml.

-- "We Are Americans: The Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the Politics of Language." Charles P. Henry, African-American studies, Univ. of California, Berkeley. African American Studies and Research Center, Black Cultural Center Library, and Diversity Resource Office/Diversikey. 7 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW.

-- Jewish Studies special event: The Larry Axel Memorial Lectureship in Religion. Michael Berenbaum, professor of Jewish studies and director of the Sigi Ziering Institute for the Study of the Holocaust and Ethics, American Jewish University. "Jewish Life Under Attack: The Role of the Synagogue in Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1938." 8 p.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. 49-47965 or wengera@purdue.edu or www.cla.purdue.edu/jewish-studies/.

Tuesday, Nov. 11

-- AAO/HR workshops. Choose any or all of three workshops in Staff Recruitment and Selection Series by Affirmative Action Office and Human Resource Services Employment. For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact AAO at 49-47253 (voice), 49-61343 (tty), or aao@purdue.edu.

* "Conducting Quality Interviews." Workshop's focus is on role of supervisors and the tools and practices that will help them. 9-9:50 a.m. Room 2-1 and 2-2, Freehafer Hall. Online registration for this single workshop is at www.itap.purdue.edu/training/login/login.cfm?location=/training/registration/index.cfm&offeringid=3140&file=0.

* "A Guide to Reference Checking." Workshop's focus is on the who, what, when, how, and why of reference checking. 10-10:50 a.m. Room 2-1 and 2-2, Freehafer Hall. Online registration for this single workshop is at www.itap.purdue.edu/training/login/login.cfm?location=/training/registration/index.cfm&offeringid=3141&file=0.

* "Diversity in Employment." Workshop's focus is conversation with ten suggestions for recruiting and retaining. 11-11:50 a.m. Room 2-1 and 2-2, Freehafer Hall. Online registration for this single workshop is at www.itap.purdue.edu/training/login/login.cfm?location=/training/registration/index.cfm&offeringid=3142&file=0.

-- Veterans Day observance. Purdue Student Union Board. Speakers: Lt. Col. Daniel W. Carpenter; Bob Mindrum, director, PMU. Music by West Lafayette High School Concert Choir. Presentation of colors; table of remembrance. 11 a.m.-noon. Great Hall, PMU; also display in Room 118. NOTE: A 21-gun salute will occur about 11:30 a.m.

-- Ethics and Science Seminar. "Ethical Considerations for the Therapeutic Use of Animals." Alan Beck, director, Center of the Human-Animal Bond at Purdue. Noon-1 p.m. Room 129, Burton Morgan. For Purdue faculty, staff and students. Registration is required at https://ias.itap.purdue.edu/rgs/wgb_workshop.disp_online_workshop.

-- Chemical Engineering Dow Graduate Seminar Series. Monika Ivantysynova, Purdue Univ. "Advanced Surface Design Based on a Fully Coupled Fluid – Structure – Thermal and Multi-body Dynamics Simulation for a New Generation of Pumps and Motors." 3 p.m. reception, Atrium, Forney Hall. 3:30-4:30 p.m. lecture, Room G140, Forney Hall.

-- Film screening and discussion. Documentary "The Price of Sugar" (2007, English and Spanish, 90 min.). Dept. of Sociology; Arican Studies program; St. Thomas Aquinas Center. A priest's struggle to gain rights for Haitian sugar cane workers in the Dominican Republic; narrated by Paul Newman. 7 p.m. Room 161, Mechanical Engineering Building. Panel discussion following.

-- Panel discussion on national drinking age. Featuring John McCardell, founder of Choose Responsibility; with John Cox, interim chief of Purdue police; Matthew Murawski, associate professor of pharmacy practice. Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Association and Purdue Student Government. 7 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW. Choose Responsibility is a nonprofit organization with the mission of stimulating informed and dispassionate public discussion about the presence of alcohol in American culture and policies to lower the drinking age; more at www.chooseresponsibility.org.

Wednesday, Nov. 12
 
-- College of Technology at Lafayette spring registration and information session. Two days (W-Th). 2-7 p.m. daily. Room 3, SIA Technical Training Center. Includes assistance on webmail, MyPurdue, Blackboard and career account; Dirk Hilt, student services coordinator. For appointment: 49-66886 or techlafayette@purdue.edu. More at www.tech.purdue.edu/lafayette/.

-- Jewish Studies Noon Series Lecture. Ashley Hebda, student, winner of the 2008 Edward Simon Barzillai Lodge No. 111 Prize in Jewish Studies. "Land of Anti-Semitism? Home of the Brave: The Transformation of Jewish America during World War II." 12:30 p.m. Room 214D, STEW. 49-47965 or wengera@purdue.edu or www.cla.purdue.edu/jewish-studies/.

-- World Film Forum. "Sugar Cane Alley" (1983, French, 103 min.). Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures. Presenter: Nadége Veldwachter, French. 5 p.m. West Lafayette Public Library, 208 W. Columbia St. More on film series at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/hp/OliveiraELAFilms.html.

-- "When the Delta Speaks" contemporary dance concert. Black Cultural Center. 7 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW.

Nov. 12-14

-- Purdue Art Jewelry and Metal Association fall jewelry sale. Features hand-crafted jewelry created by members of the club in a range of prices and materials. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Stewart Center, under the mural.

Thursday, Nov. 13

-- Varro E. Tyler Distinguished Lectureship (Pharmacy). Michael R. Cohen, president, Institute for Safe Medication Practices. School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Department of Pharmacy Practice. Two lectures: 1) Event begins with reception at 3:30 p.m. in East Faculty Lounge, PMU; lecture titled "Medication Errors: A National Perspective" at 4 p.m. 2) "Protecting Consumers from Medication Errors: Integrating Lessons Learned with Professional Practice" at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Fowler Hall, STEW.

-- Physics Department General Colloquium. Dan Elliott, Purdue. "Atomic Homodyne Detection: First Step Toward New Tests of the Standard Model and Beyond in Atomic Systems." 4 p.m. Room 203, Physics Building.

-- Purdue campus programming on BTN: "Purdue Pride 3." Big Ten Network. 4 p.m. On Boiler TV, Channel 12. More showings: 4:30 a.m. Nov. 17 (M); 10:30 a.m. Nov. 19 (W).

-- Literary Reading Series. Two events with A. Van Jordan, poet; Univ. of Texas. 1) Poetry reading. 7:30 p.m. Bookstall, Hicks Undergraduate Library. 2) Talk. 10:30 a.m. Friday. Same location.

Nov. 13-23

-- Purdue Theatre. "The Seagull" by Anton Chekhov; directed by Gordon McCall. Marquee Series. 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13-15, 19-22; 3 p.m. Nov. 23. Nancy T. Hansen Theatre, Pao Hall. Tickets: public, $17; 62+ seniors, $13; students, $10 (Nov. 13 preview, $6). More at www.purdue.edu/theatre; click on "Season Brochure" for PDF.

Friday, Nov. 14

-- Research laboratory animal workshop: "Introductory Rodent Handling Workshop." Office of the Vice President for Research. Handling, restraint, injection, safety; for persons with little or no rodent or clinical experience. 8:30-11 a.m. Room 1137, Animal Holding Facility. Questions: Carol Dowell at dowellc@purdue.edu or 49-42521. Limited size class. Register at www.purdue.edu/research/vpr/events.shtml.

-- Health Fair. Student Wellness Office and Purdue Village. A dozen health and safety organizations will provide information and services including blood pressure, hearing and body mass index screenings; demonstrations of CPR, first aid, car seat use and breast cancer detection; and presentations on fire and apartment safety. Door prizes and refreshments also will be offered. 3-5 p.m. Purdue Village Community Center, 50 Nimitz Drive.

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

-- Men's basketball vs. Detroit Mercy. 9 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: $20.

Friday-Saturday (14-15)

-- Swimming and diving (M&W). Purdue Challenge. 6 p.m. Friday; noon Saturday. Boilermaker Aquatic Center.

-- Flicks at Fowler monthly film series. "Pineapple Express." 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, Nov. 15

-- Cross country. NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships. 11 a.m. Varsity Cross Country Course (near tennis and soccer facilities).

-- Indiana Academic Spell Bowl state finals. Indiana Association of School Principals, with Purdue. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008b/081105LechtenbergSpell.html.

-- "Food, Communities and Sustainability: A Public Square Forum Initiative." Two panels plus reception. College of Liberal Arts Engagement Office. 1-5 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Church, 333 Meridian St. First panel: "Healthy Choices, Local Sources: The Role of Schools, Communities and Families" at 1-2:15 p.m. Second panel: "Food and Social Responsibility: Connecting to Local, National and Global Issues" at 2:30-3:45 p.m. Reception at 4 p.m. For names of organizers, moderators and panelists, see http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008b/081103WhaltonFood.html.

-- Wrestling. Boilermaker Challenge. Noon vs. Eastern Michigan. 2 p.m. vs. Campbellsville. 4 p.m. vs. Northern Illinois. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: public, $5; student, $2.

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

Sunday, Nov. 16

-- Native American Heritage Celebration. Purdue Student Union Board. Event will feature Native American foods and drinks, a performance by the Massassagan Drum Group, the documentary "Long Journey Home" and a discussion led by Purdue alumni and documentary participants Annette and Dee Ketchum and documentary co-producer Rita Kohn. 1-5 p.m. North Ballroom, PMU.

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

-- CRAM Fest ’08 charity concert. CRAM = Community Rhythm and Music. Lead sponsor is Gimlet Leadership Honorary at Purdue. Proceeds will go to three charities: Food Finders Food Bank, Heifer International and Overtones Foundation. Performers to include Purdue's Black Voices of Inspiration, specialty groups from Purdue Varsity Glee Club and Purduettes, The Overtones, Levi Riggs, Malachi Jaggers, and musicians representing various churches and organizations including St. Thomas Aquinas Center and Purdue Campus Christian House. 3-5 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW. Tickets: Reserved seats, $15; public general admission, $10; child and student general admission, $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.

-- Holiday photo backdrop. Visitor Information Center. Through Dec. 13. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2008/081106_VICbackdrop.html.

-- Fall Harvest Food Drive. Boiler Volunteer Network. Through Nov. 21. Drive supports Food Finders Food Bank, which provides help in 16 counties including Tippecanoe. Collect non-perishable foods, then take them to collection point (TBA). Collection times, for which volunteers will be needed (shifts in one-hour increments), are noon-7 p.m. Nov. 20, noon-7 p.m. Nov. 21, and 9-11 a.m. Nov. 22. To volunteer or learn more: 49-62450 or bvn@purdue.edu.

-- Geographic Information Systems geocaching event. Purdue University Libraries with others. Opportunity to learn about GIS and "neogeography" and win prizes including GPS receivers. Event, in form of scavenger hunt, runs Nov. 10-18. "Mash Something," a map mashup workshop, is Nov. 18. A poster session and two presentations are Nov. 19, which is GIS Day. More about all of this is at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008b/081106RyanGIS.html.

Monday-Friday

-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are Senate Bean (soup) and Irish pork (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.