March 16, 2009
Events this week
Here is a list of events happening March 16-22 at the West Lafayette campus.
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 16
-- Official start of spring break. No classes this week.
Tuesday, March 17
-- ADA Audio Conference. "Virtual Communication: Implications for Employers." Office of Institutional Equity. What is required; best practices. 2-3:30 p.m. Room 213, STEW. 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.
Wednesday, March 18
-- Siren tests: two statewide tests of all-hazards sirens and related communication systems. Tests between 10 and 10:30 a.m., and between 7 and 7:30 p.m. to allow most people to focus on plans at workplace and home. Tests in West Lafayette area conducted by Tippecanoe County Emergency Management Agency as part of Severe Weather Awareness Week.
Thursday, March 19
-- FIRST Boilermaker Regional Robotics Competition. Day 1 of 3. All day. Purdue Armory. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090223SomervilleFIRST.html.
-- ADA Amendments Act workshop. Office of Institutional Equity. Facts on recent employment-related changes to the law. 2:30-4:30 p.m. Room 318, STEW. 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.
Friday, March 20
-- FIRST Boilermaker Regional Robotics Competition. Day 2 of 3. All day. Purdue Armory. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090223SomervilleFIRST.html.
Saturday, March 21
-- FIRST Boilermaker Regional Robotics Competition. Day 3 of 3. All day; final rounds at 1 p.m. Purdue Armory. Afterward, award ceremony in Elliott Hall of Music. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090223SomervilleFIRST.html.
-- Softball vs. Wisconsin. 2 p.m. Varsity Softball Complex. Tickets: public, $5; students, $2.
Sunday, March 22
-- Softball vs. Wisconsin. 2 p.m. Varsity Softball Complex. Tickets: public, $5; students, $2.
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. Through 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: Closed this week for spring break; to reopen Monday, March 23. 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.