December 2, 2008
Today's events
Here is a list of events happening Tuesday, Dec. 2, at the West Lafayette campus.
Tuesday, Dec. 2
-- Presentation by internal candidate for dean of the Graduate School. Steven Wilson, professor of communication. 2-3:15 p.m. Room 313, STEW. Other candidate presentations are on Dec. 3 and Dec. 11; more at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2008/081121_GradDean.html.
-- Chemical Engineering Dow Graduate Seminar Series. Johannes Schwank, Univ. of Michigan. "On-Board Fuel Reforming for SOFC-based Auxiliary Power Units." 3 p.m. reception, Atrium, Forney Hall. 3:30-4:30 p.m. lecture, Room G140, Forney Hall.
-- Purdue Bands’ Chamber Music Recital. 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW.
-- Men's basketball vs. Duke. 9 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: Sold out. ----- NOTE: The Boilermaker Athletic Council will conduct a food drive at this game. Nonperishable items packaged in cans, boxes or plastic will be accepted, as will monetary donations. The drive will support Food Finders Food Bank, which serves the local area and a total of 16 Indiana counties.
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. Through Sunday (Dec. 7).
-- Season of Sharing. Boiler Volunteer Network. Step 1: Visit BVN in Room G4, STEW, and pick an ornament with the name of an area child or family in need (ornaments come from YWCA women's shelter, Salvation Army, Community and Family Resource Center, and American Red Cross). Step 2: Purchase gifts accordingly. Step 3: In week of Dec. 15-19, take gifts unwrapped to BVN for distribution. Questions: BVN at 49-62450 or bvn@purdue.edu.
Monday-Friday
-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are French onion (soup) and garlic and shrimp over linguini (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.