March 9, 2009

Events this week

March 9-15, 2009

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, March 9

-- Jewish Studies Evening Lecture. Jeremy Popkin, Univ. of Kentucky. "Tales of Survival: From the Haitian Insurrection to the Holocaust." Co-sponsored by the Department of History and the Jewish Studies Program. 8 p.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. 49-47965 or wengera@purdue.edu or www.cla.purdue.edu/jewish-studies/.

Tuesday, March 10

-- College Teaching Workshop Series 1: Basics of Teaching. "Using Subjective Tests and Assigning Grades." For faculty, staff and grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. 9-10:30 a.m. Weekly workshop 8 of 10 through March 31 except March 17. Registration required: www.cie.purdue.edu. Questions: 49-66422 or CIE@purdue.edu.

Wednesday, March 11

-- Disability Awareness Month workshop. "When Web Design is Critical to Learning." Office of Institutional Equity. Assistive technology and properly designed Web pages; remarks by a current Purdue student with a disability; methods and practical examples. 10:30 a.m.-noon. Room 1109, Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering. To register online, go to  www.purdue.edu/humanrel/aao/events.shtml and click on event title. For more information, for registration assistance or to request a reasonable accommodation: , OIE at 49-47253 (voice), 49-61343 (tty), or equity@purdue.edu.

-- Jewish Studies Noon Lecture Series. Jules Janick, horticulture and landscape architecture. "Jonah, the Whale, and the Gourd at Nineveh." 12:30
p.m. Room 1245, Beering Hall. 49-47965 or wengera@purdue.edu or www.cla.purdue.edu/jewish-studies/.

-- "Difficult Dialogues" series. Monthly conversation about race and issues that intersect race. Black Cultural Center and American Studies program. Topic: "Race and Queer Identity." 2 p.m. Multipurpose Room 1, BCC.

Thursday, March 12

-- Physics Department General Colloquium. Jen-Chieh Peng, Univ. of Illinois. "Search for Neutron Electric Dipole Moment." 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.

March 12-15

-- Men's Big Ten Basketball Tournament. Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis. Tickets: All-session, $275-$175 by location of seats (limit 12); single-session, $75-$30 varying by session and seat. For more on tickets and schedule, go to http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012809aae.html. ----- Purdue Alumni Association fan headquarters will be available at a local establishment in Indianapolis during Purdue's games March 13-15 in the tournament. For more on this, go to http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090204HillerFans.html.

Friday, March 13

-- Workshop: "What's Age Got to Do With It? Generational Diversity in the Workplace." Diversity Resource Office. Facilitator: Suzanne Thompson Clemenz, diversity resource specialist. Relationships, challenges and advantages in intergenerational workplaces. 10 a.m.-noon. Room 320, STEW. More including registration at www.purdue.edu/humanrel/dro/GenerationsatWork.shtml.

-- Curriculum and Instruction Research Seminar: Career and Technical Education. Mark Jaeger, manager, Thesis/Dissertation Office, Graduate School. "Thesis and Dissertation Format Preparation and Procedures." Noon-1 p.m. Room 1255, Beering Hall.

-- Men's tennis vs. Toledo. 2 p.m. Schwartz Tennis Center.

Saturday, March 14

-- Unofficial start of spring break. No classes March 16-21.

Sunday, March 15

-- Last day to register for symposium on current business opportunities and challenges in China and India. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Burton D. Morgan Center of Entrepreneurship. Registration is required. More including registration link at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090227WeiSymposium.html.

ONGOING EVENTS

All week

-- Exhibition "Urban Legends and Rural Myths." Purdue University Galleries. With invited entries for a national exhibition of contemporary art that inspires NEW myths, imagined histories and tall tales. 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. March 9-April 26. More also at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090224MartinLegends.html.

-- Exhibition "Shrouds, Masks, and the Floating World: Selections from the Permanent Collection." Purdue University Galleries. 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 salmon chowder (soup) and farfalle with wild mushrooms (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.