February 16, 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, Feb. 16
 
-- Last day to register for entrepreneurial event at Purdue Research Park. Event is Thursday (Feb. 19); see entry there.

-- Jason Mraz in concert. Student Concert Committee in association with Purdue Convocations. 7:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets: $35. More at www.convocations.org.
 
Tuesday, Feb. 17
 
-- Indiana Innovation Alliance Day at the Statehouse. Purdue and Indiana universities are encouraging faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends to attend and support IIA in this biennial budget year. Exhibits starting at 8:30 a.m. Registration at noon; program at 1 p.m.; personal visits with legislators 2-3:30 p.m. More including online RSVP and maps is at www.indianainnovationalliance.org/rsvp.html.

 -- College Teaching Workshop Series 1: Basics of Teaching. "Using Feedback and Assessment to Improve Your Teaching." For faculty, staff and grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. 9-10:30 a.m. Weekly workshop 5 of 10 through March 31 except March 17. Registration required: www.cie.purdue.edu. Questions: 49-66422 or CIE@purdue.edu.

-- Chemical Engineering Graduate Seminar Series. Jane P. Chang, Univ. of California. "Synthesis and Integration of Multifunctional Oxide Materials." 3 p.m. reception, Atrium, Forney Hall. 3:30-4:30 p.m. lecture, Room G140, Forney Hall.

-- Black Cultural Center lecture. Manning Marable, educator, author and journalist in African-American ethnic studies and politics. "Living Black History: How Reimaging the African-American Past Can Remake America's Racial Future." 7 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW.

-- Men's basketball vs. Michigan State. 7 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: $24. Sold out.

Wednesday, Feb. 18

-- "A, B, C's of Service-Learning." Center for Instructional Excellence. Service learning's definition, objectives, outcomes and models. Presented by the 2008 Community of Service-Learning Faculty Fellows: Judy T. Chen, pharmacy; Judith A. Myers-Walls, child development and family studies; Linda Prokopy, forestry and natural resources; Dawn Marsh, history; Marifran Mattson, communication. 9-10:30 a.m. Room 314, STEW. To register: www.cie.purdue.edu/workshop/register/index.cfm.

-- College Teaching Workshop Series 2: Expanding Your Teaching Toolkit. "Engaging Your Students in a Classroom Full of Laptops, iPods, and Cell Phones." Rosalee Clawson, political science. For faculty, staff and grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. 1:30-3 p.m. Workshop 4 of 5 in series through Feb. 26. Registration required: www.cie.purdue.edu. Questions: 49-66422 or CIE@purdue.edu.

-- OIE/HR workshops. Choose any or all of three workshops in Staff Recruitment and Selection Series by Office of Institutional Equity and Human Resource Services Employment. To register online, go to http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/090128_AAOsessions.html and click on the appropriate workshop title by date. For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact OIE at 49-47253 (voice), 49-61343 (tty), or equity@purdue.edu.

"Conducting Quality Interviews." Workshop's focus is on role of supervisors and the tools and practices that will help them. 1:30-2:20 p.m. Room 318, STEW.

"A Guide to Reference Checking." Workshop's focus is on the who, what, when, how, and why of reference checking. 2:30-3:20 p.m. Room 318, STEW.

"Diversity in Employment." Workshop's focus is conversation with ten suggestions for recruiting and retaining. 3:30-4:20 p.m. Room 318, STEW.

-- Religious Studies talk. Ann Astell, Univ. of Notre Dame. "Seeking Sanctuary: Virginia Woolf's 'A Room of One's Own' and Edith Stein's Carmel." Religious Studies program and the Aquinas Educational Foundation. 4:30 p.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090126BayAstell.html.

-- Art History Gala. Art history area, Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts. Celebration of the program, events, new Web site and more. 5:30-7 p.m. Room 1197, Pao Hall (first floor). More at www.cla.purdue.edu/vpa /arthistory.

-- Weekly Spanish conversation table. Latino Cultural Center. For those who know basic Spanish but want to practice their conversational skills in a friendly atmosphere. 6-7 p.m. LCC. 49-42530.

Thursday, Feb. 19

-- Exhibition brown bag lecture for "Sad Girl/Clever Boy." Katherine Cunningham. Noon. Rueff Galleries, Pao Hall. Exhibition details below under Ongoing events, Monday-Friday.

-- Biomedical research in a health policy context. Graduate School. Two events with Samuel A. Richmond, Cleveland State Univ. 1) Ethics and Science: informal seminar/discussion. Noon-1 p.m. Room 129, Burton Morgan Center. For signup and article proposed for discussion, go to www.purdue.edu/bioethics and click "Schedule." 2) Bioethics Seminar Series: public lecture. "Who Owns Truth?" 5:30-7 p.m. Room 2001, Jischke Hall of Biomedical Engineering.

-- Philip Bagwell Memorial Lecture. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Steven Hillenius, executive vice president of nonprofit Semiconductor Research Corp. Topic: Future challenges in the semiconductor industry. 3 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090203LundstromBagwell.html.

-- Physics Department General Colloquium. Sascha Hilgenfeldt, Univ. of Chicago. "Bubbles, Foams, Cells: Interfacial Geometry and Mechanics." 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.

-- Books and Coffee. Tara Star Johnson, assistant professor of English and curriculum and instruction, on J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." 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.

-- Entrepreneurial Opportunities at Purdue Research Park. Speakers including Martin C. Jischke, president emeritus; networking opportunities. Organized by Purdue's Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation program. 6 p.m. First-floor conference room, Purdue Technology Center, 3000 Kent Ave. Limited space; reservations by Feb. 16 to Sascha Harrell at 49-43805 or smharrel@purdue.edu or online at www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/certificate/events.

-- National Engineers Week address. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., attorney specializing in environmental causes, author and radio host. "Our Environmental Destiny." College of Engineering. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Book signing to follow. Tickets: free but required, no limit on number; go to a campus box office or call 49-43933. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090128Norah.RFKtickets.html.

Friday, Feb. 20

-- Last day to submit nominations for Violet Haas Award. Council on the Status of Women at Purdue. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/090116_HaasNomination.html.

-- Discovery Lecture Series. Mark Pinto, senior vice president and CTO, Applied Materials Inc., Santa Clara, Calif. "Renewable Solar Energy: Has the Sun Finally Risen on Photovoltaics?" Discovery Park, Energy Center, College of Engineering. 1:30-3 p.m. Room 1142, Lawson Computer Science Building. Reception following. Information: Valerie Lawless at dpengage@purdue.edu or 49-43662.

-- Phd Comics writer-artist Jorge Cham. "The Power of Procrastination." Purdue Graduate Student Government. 6 p.m. Room 224, Class of 1950 Lecture Hall. (Pizza and soft drinks available at 5:45 p.m.) Book signing to follow. More at http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~pgsg/events/2009/01/11/phd-comics-talk-20090220/. Or contact Ravi Sinha at (765) 337-6274 or sinhar@purdue.edu.

-- Center for International Business Education and Research symposium. "Hot and Cool Reactions to Foreign Culture: Implications for Nationalism and Creativity." Professor Chi Yue Chiu, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 1:30-3 p.m. Room 2070, Rawls Hall. No registration required. Information: Greg Cutchin at 49-44467 or cutchin@purdue.edu.

-- Poetry reading. "Imagining Mending Mother Earth: An Environmental Poetry Event." Project Respect event. Women's Resource Office. Poets from the campus community. 7 p.m. Black Cultural Center.

-- Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel, "A Salute to American Composers." Convocations, Classics. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse. Tickets: $26-$16. More at www.convocations.org.

-- Windworks. Purdue Bands: University, Varsity and Collegiate bands. Works by Philip Sparke, Steve Reinke and others. 8 p.m. Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette.

Saturday, Feb. 21

-- Track and field. Boilermaker Invitational. All day. Lambert Fieldhouse. Tickets: public, $5; student, $2.

-- Science Olympiad regional competition. Middle and high school students. College of Science and Science Olympiad Club. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Most events open to public. Award ceremony 4:15 p.m.

-- Rube Goldberg Machine Contest regional competition. Theta Tau fraternity. This year's task: Replace an incandescent light bulb with a more energy-efficient, light-emitting design, using 20 or more steps. 9:30 a.m.: Doors open. 10:30 a.m.: Collegiate competition. Around 12:30 p.m.: High school competition. Purdue Armory. (Winning teams advance to national competitions March 28 at Purdue.) More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090130RubeRegional.html.

-- Men's basketball vs. Indiana. 2 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: $24. Sold out.

-- Wrestling vs. Michigan. 7 p.m. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: public, $5; student, $2.

Sunday, Feb. 22

-- Men's tennis vs. Penn State. Noon. Schwartz Tennis Center.

ONGOING EVENTS

Occasional, Feb. 20-March 6

-- Project Respect. Annual series. Events are listed normally by date and identified as part of Project Respect. For an overview of the schedule and all sponsors, go to www.purdue.edu/projectrespect.

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.

-- Rueff Galleries: West Gallery. "Sad Girl/Clever Boy." A collaborative performance-based project that seeks to explore two popular trends among emerging contemporary artists, mainly post-feminist representation and prolonged or glorified adolescence, in female and male artists respectively. Brown Bag Lecture by Katherine Cunningham at noon Thursday (Feb. 19) in the gallery. Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Pao Hall. 49-62958. Through Feb. 20.

-- Rueff Galleries: East Gallery. "Gardens and Machines: The Suburban Life." Works by five students who examined nature and technology in the American suburbs. Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Pao Hall. 49-62958. Through Feb. 26.

-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are broccoli cheddar (soup) and penna alla vodka (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.