February 5, 2009

Today's events

Thursday, Feb. 5

-- College Teaching Workshop Series 2: Expanding Your Teaching Toolkit. "What Should We Be Teaching Beyond Content?" David Rollock, psychology. For faculty, staff and grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. 9-10:30 a.m. Workshop 2 of 5 in series through Feb. 26. Registration required: www.cie.purdue.edu. Questions: 49-66422 or CIE@purdue.edu.

-- AAO workshop: "The Nuts and Bolts of Faculty Search and Screen for Support Staff." Faculty Search and Screen Procedures Series by Affirmative Action Office. Workshop's focus is on role of support staff dealing with documents necessary to the process. 1:30-3 p.m. Room 318, STEW. Online registration for this workshop is at http://www.itap.purdue.edu/training/registration/?offeingid=3505. For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact AAO at 49-47253 (voice), 49-61343 (tty), or aao@purdue.edu.

-- Physics Department General Colloquium. David Archer, Univ. of Chicago. "The Long Thaw: How Humans are Changing the Next 100,000 Years of Earth's Climate." 3:30 p.m.: Refreshments in Room 242, Physics Building. 4 p.m.: Talk in Room 203, Physics Building. More at www.physics.purdue.edu/colloq.

-- Opening reception for Project Respect exhibition "To Know My Mother's Name." 4-6 p.m. Lounge, Black Cultural Center. See exhibition information below under "Ongoing Events: Monday-Friday."

-- Books and Coffee. Shaun Hughes, professor of English, on J.R.R. Tolkien's posthumously published "The Children of Húrin." Department of English and Purdue Student Union Board. 4-4:30 p.m.: Coffee, tea, baked goods. 4:30-5 p.m.: Talk. Rooms 302-206, STEW. Series weekly Feb. 5-26. Prize drawing at each event available to those present. Podcast to be available after each event at www.cla.purdue.edu/english/bookscoffee.

-- Proposal Writing Workshop for Graduate Students. Peter Dunn, associate vice president for research. 7-8:30 p.m. Room 214, STEW. Register online at www.gradschool.purdue.edu/development. Questions: Peter Dunn at 49-46840 or pedunn@purdue.edu.

-- "King Henry V" by William Shakespeare, presented by The Guthrie Theater and The Acting Company. Convocations, World Stage. 7 p.m. Loeb Playhouse. Tickets: $26-$19. More at www.convocations.org.

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." 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

-- Project Respect exhibition "To Know My Mother's Name." African American Studies and Research Center, Black Cultural Center. Portraits by Delita Martin, graduate student in visual and performing arts. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Friday through Feb. 25. Lounge, BCC. ----- Opening reception: Thursday (Feb. 5) 4-6 p.m.

-- Rueff Galleries: West Gallery. "Shameless." Jewelry and metalsmithing by recent M.F.A. graduates of East Carolina University. Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Pao Hall. 49-62958. Through Feb. 6.

-- Rueff Galleries: East Gallery. "A Living Gallery: Bodies in Time and Space." Daily live performances and installations by the members of Purdue’s Dance Division faculty; ncorporating community artists and "Lower Left," a dance performance collective. Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Pao Hall. 49-62958. Through Feb. 6.

-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are stuffed pepper (soup) and pork roulade with bleu cheese and spinach (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.

Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu