January 12, 2009

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, Jan. 12

-- Spring semester begins.

-- Opening of Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center. Purdue University Libraries. Fourth floor, STEW. This is the operational opening. A ceremonial grand opening is being planned for Gala Week in April. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008b/080926MorrisArchives.html.

-- First day of ticket sales for Medieval Dinner Theatre. Purdue Student Union Board. Promotional statement: "Come dressed in Medieval attire and enjoy a comedy while eating Medieval food with your hands!" Tickets on sale through Feb. 6 in Room 268, PMU: public, $35; students with Purdue ID, $25. The dinner theatre will be on Feb. 13 and 14 in the North Ballroom, PMU; doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the show will start at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 13

 -- Chemical Engineering Graduate Seminar Series. Richard McClurg, SSCI, an Aptuit company. "What is the Role of Chemical Engineers in Pharmaceutical Development?" 3 p.m. reception, Atrium, Forney Hall. 3:30-4:30 p.m. lecture, Room G140, Forney Hall.

-- College financial aid presentation. Purdue Division of Financial Aid and the Ivy Tech Community College Lafayette financial aid office. Overview and the FAFSA process. For high school students and their parents. 6:30 p.m. Ivy Tech Community College Auditorium, 3101 S. Creasy Lane, Lafayette. Questions: David Reseigh, 49-45056 or dlreseigh@purdue.edu.

Jan. 14-18

-- Purdue Jazz Festival. Purdue Bands. Includes concerts, competitions and clinics. Both free and paying events at various sites in the area. See www.purdue.edu/bands/jazzfest.

Thursday, Jan. 15

-- Last day to register to volunteer for Day of Service in community on Monday (Jan. 19; Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday); check-in and continental breakfast will be at 9 a.m. at Shreve Hall, work helping area nonprofit organizations at 10 a.m., lunch at Shreve at 12:30 p.m. To register: call Boiler Volunteer Network at 496-2450. More about entire celebration at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090108RollockMLK.html.

-- Pioneer Speaker Series. Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering. Beverly Malone, chief executive officer of the National League for Nursing. "The Educator, the Educated and Nursing Education." 4 p.m. North Ballroom, PMU.

-- Physics Department General Colloquium. Ephraim Fischbach, physics. "Evidence for a Correlation Between Nuclear Decay Rates and Solar Activity." 4 p.m. Room 203, Physics Building.
 
-- Purdue campus programming on BTN. Big Ten Network. 5:30 p.m. "Purdue Panorama."

-- Artist's talk. Purdue University Galleries. "Kristy Deetz: 'Earth Texts.'" 6 p.m. Stewart Center Gallery. Reception following. See exhibition information under "Ongoing Events" below.

-- Women's basketball vs. Penn State. 7 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: public, $12; student, $5.

Friday, Jan. 16

-- Limited ticket sales open for Jason Mraz in concert. Tickets, at $35, go on sale to Purdue and Ivy Tech Lafayette students, and Purdue faculty, staff, and retirees with a current identification card. 10 a.m. Elliott Hall of Music and Stewart Center box offices; phone 49-43933. [General public sales through Ticketmaster begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday at (765) 743-5151 or online at www.ticketmaster.com, or at campus box offices beginning Monday (Jan. 19); phone 49-43933.] Concert is Feb. 16, presented by the Student Concert Committee in association with Purdue Convocations. More at www.convocations.org.

  -- Last day to register for Green Building Faculty Workshop. Energy Center. Event will be 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, in Room 234, Potter Engineering Center. Register at http://greenbuildingworkshop.eventbrite.com.

-- Women's tennis vs. Miami (Ohio). 4 p.m. Schwartz Tennis Center.

-- Mingus Big Band, "50th Anniversary Performances: 'Ah Um' and 'Blues & Roots.'" Convocations, Jazz Set. Also a featured event of Purdue Jazz Festival. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse. Tickets: $30-$22. More at www.convocations.org.

Sunday, Jan. 18

-- Men's basketball vs. Iowa. Noon. Mackey Arena. Tickets: $24.

-- Men's tennis vs. DePaul. Noon. Schwartz Tennis Center.

Monday, Jan. 19

-- University holiday. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Offices closed. ----- NOTE: Operator Services Office (telephone) closed from 6 p.m. Saturday (Jan. 17) to 7 a.m. Tuesday (Jan. 20). In emergency, call 911 or Purdue police at 49-48221. Questions: 49-43050.

-- Purdue campus programming on BTN. Big Ten Network. 5:30 a.m. "Purdue Panorama."

-- Day of Service in conjunction with Martin Luther King Jr. Day. See entry under Jan. 15.

-- University celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Office of the Vice President for Ethics and Compliance, others. Keynote speaker: Steve Curwood,  executive producer and host of national radio program "Living on Earth." Event also features presentation of Purdue's Dreamer Award and music by the Black Voices of Inspiration from the Black Cultural Center. 7 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090108RollockMLK.html or www.purdue.edu/mlk2009.

ONGOING EVENTS

All week

-- Purdue University Galleries. "Kristy Deetz: 'Earth Texts.'" Wood relief sculptures based on words and characteristics associated with books. 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 Feb. 22. ----- Artist's talk at 6 p.m. Jan. 15 (Th) in the Stewart Center Gallery; reception following.

Monday-Wednesday

-- Boiler Care-and-Share collection of non-food items. Through Jan. 14 leading to Purdue's celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Office of the Vice President for Ethics and Compliance, others. More about collection and other events in celebration at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008b/081201RollockBoiler.html. Lists of collection points and recommended items to donate at www.purdue.edu/mlk2009.

Monday-Friday

-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. Reopening for the spring semester on Tuesday, Jan. 20. For that week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room will be butternut squash (soup) and cod baked in sour cream (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. More at www.purduesports.com.

For Purdue Convocations and Purdue Theatre events and some others as announced, 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.

More about box offices and venues is at www.housing.purdue.edu/HTML/HallOfMusic/Welcome.html.