January 21, 2009

Today's events

-- College Teaching Workshop Series 2: Expanding Your Teaching Toolkit. "How to Teach at Purdue and Preserve Your (and Your Students') Sanity." Bob Herrick, electrical and computer engineering technology. For faculty, staff and grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. 9-10:30 a.m. Workshop 1 of 5 in series through Feb. 26. Registration required: www.cie.purdue.edu. Questions: 49-66422 or CIE@purdue.edu.

-- Purdue campus programming on BTN. Big Ten Network. 11:30 a.m. "Purdue Panorama."

-- Dedication of Purdue Research Park at Ameriplex-Indianapolis. 1 p.m. 5225 Exploration Drive, near Indianapolis International Airport midfield terminal. RSVP requested if attending. More including directions to park at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/090116_TechPark.html.

-- AAO workshop. "ADA Amendments Act." Affirmative Action Office. Event will deal with changes effective Jan. 1 that expand the law, redefine "disability" and modify employer's "reasonable accommodation" obligations. 3:30-5 p.m. Room 320, STEW. Online registration for this workshop date is at http://www.itap.purdue.edu/training/registration/index.cfm?offeringid=3503. The workshop will be repeated Feb. 3 (Tu) with a separate registration URL; for this and other AAO events, go to www.purdue.edu/humanrel/aao/events.shtml. For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact AAO at 49-47253 (voice), 49-61343 (tty), or aao@purdue.edu.

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.

-- Purdue University Galleries. "Shrouds, Masks, and the Floating World: Selections from the Permanent Collection."  Opening Tuesday (Jan. 20). This is the first exhibition in a new annual format allowing more extensively researched presentation of works contributed by donors, as well as dedicated use of a gallery for this purpose. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus Thursday until 8 p.m.; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Robert L. Ringel Gallery. 49-67899 or galleries@purdue.edu or www.purdue.edu/galleries. Exhibition through Dec. 6.

Monday-Friday

-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are 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.