July 13, 2009

Events this week

Monday, July 13

-- Public hearing on proposed tuition and fees at Purdue campuses for academic 2009-10 and 2010-11. This is part of a special meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees. 9 a.m. Room 326, STEW. Videoconference connections at other Purdue campuses. Opportunity for public comment or submission of written comment; information about arrangements, and also about the proposal, at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/090702CordovaFees.html.

Tuesday, July 14

-- Garden open house. Purdue Village Garden Committee. 5:30-8 p.m. Purdue Village Community Center (on Nimitz Drive). Awards, tours, conversation. Rain date is July 16. More on event series at http://pvilfamily.blogspot.com.

-- Purdue Summer Band Concert. Purdue Bands. Light classics, jazz, English and Irish folk tunes. Directors: Jay Gephart and Ishbah Cox, Purdue Bands. 7:30-8:30 p.m. Slayter Center. Picnics welcome; bringing lawn chairs or blankets suggested.

Wednesday, July 15

-- Summer Concert Series. Purdue Memorial Union. 5:30 p.m.: meals for purchase. 6:30-8 p.m.: free music. Outside the Union (rain location is the North Ballroom). Meals: choose one of four grilled items plus two sides and a drink for $5; or select from a la carte options and the Pappy’s ice cream cart. Music: Woodstove Flapjacks String Band (Americana); more at www.woodstoveflapjacks.com. Series continues July 22, 29; more on series at www.union.purdue.edu.

Thursday, July 16

-- Second anniversary of presidency of France A. Córdova at Purdue. More information to come Wednesday and/or Thursday.

-- Farmers market on campus. Physical Facilities. Fresh fruits and vegetables, baked goods, other items from area growers and merchants. 3-6:30 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 13. Lot on southeast corner of intersection of Sheetz and Woods streets, just west of Dauch Alumni Center. More on this and other local farmers markets at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/090505_FarmersMarket.html.

-- Big Ten Network program note from Penn State. "Expert Opinion: The Selling of College Sports" is second of three-part series "Expert Opinion with Graham Spanier," PSU president. 7-8 p.m. The third installment, "The College Student as Athlete," will air at 7-8 p.m. July 23 with guests including Morgan Burke, Purdue athletics director. For more on the series, go to http://live.psu.edu/story/40487.

Saturday, July 18

-- Tippecanoe County Butterfly Encounter. Department of Entomology and Eli Lilly and Co.'s Tippecanoe Laboratories. 9 a.m.-around 4 p.m. Lilly Tippecanoe Laboratories Wildlife Habitat Area in Lafayette. Free but RSVP for picnic requested by Tuesday. More on event, logistics, rain date, etc., at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/hp/ShepsonButterfly.html.

Sunday, July 19

-- Purdue Day on the Big Ten Network, offering 24 hours of Boilermaker programming from 6 a.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday. Includes both athletics and Purdue-produced campus programming. Schedule at www.bigtennetwork.com/schedule/Big-Ten-Network-Purdue-programming.asp.

WHO'S ON CAMPUS THIS WEEK?

A listing of some conferences and camps of notable size, public interest or visibility, or participation of children, youth or others outside Purdue. For more about camps, see www.conf.purdue.edu/attend/ or www.purduesports.com.

Through Friday: INSPIRE Summer Academy. Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning. School of Engineering Education. For teachers.

Through Friday: Pre-Freshman and Cooperative Education (PREFACE). Minority Engineering Program. Grade 9 or 10 completed.

Through Friday: Seminar for Top Engineering Prospects (STEP). Second session. School of Engineering Education. Grade 11 completed.

Through Saturday: GERI Summer Residential Camp – Comet II for grades 5-6 (completed), Star II for grades 7-8 (completed) and Pulsar II for grades 9-12 (completed). Gifted Education Resource Institute; Dept. of Educational Studies, College of Education.

Through July 24: Multiethnic Introduction to Engineering (MITE). Minority Engineering Program. Grade 11 completed.

Through Aug. 7: ABC (Academic Boot Camp). Incoming first-year students. Programs by the colleges of Engineering, Science and Technology with the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation.

Monday-Thursday: Technology Advances Girl Scouts I (TAGS I). College of Technology. Middle school girls.

Monday-Friday: Surprising Possibilities Imagined and Realized through Information Technology (SPIRIT). College of Technology. High school students.

Monday-Friday: EXCITE! Excel, Create and Inspire the Teaching Experience. College of Education Diversity Initiatives Office. For students entering grades 11-12 to explore teaching as a career.

Monday-Friday: Purdue Athletes Life Success Program (PALS). Week 5 of 5. Department of Health and Kinesiology. Ages 10-16.

Tuesday-Thursday: Volleyball Elite Camp. Ages 14-18.

Wednesday-Friday: Soccer Youth Game Camp.

Friday-Sunday: Volleyball Team Camp.

Sunday (July 19) through July 23: TECh (Technology Experiences Cheerleading). College of Technology. Girls grades 7-12.

Sunday through July 24: Seminar for Top Engineering Prospects (STEP). Session 3. School of Engineering Education. Grade 11 completed.

Sunday through July 24: Exciting Discoveries for Girls in Engineering (EDGE). Session I. Women in Engineering Program. Girls, grade 9 or 10 completed.

ONGOING EVENTS

Note: Purdue University Galleries will be closed during July. The exhibition "Shrouds, Masks, and the Floating World: Selections from the Permanent Collection" will reopen Aug. 3 and continue through Dec. 6. It is in the Robert L. Ringel Gallery in Purdue Memorial Union. For Aug. 3-21, the gallery will observe summer hours of 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday and by appointment. Beginning Aug. 24, it will resume normal hours of 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus Thursday until 8 p.m.; and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. On Aug. 31, "Living Stone: The Casts Project" will open on the same normal hours in the Stewart Center Gallery. More about Galleries is at www.purdue.edu/galleries.

Monday-Friday

-- Exhibition: “Portrait of a Founder: John Purdue and Purdue University.” Libraries Archives and Special Collections. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center, fourth floor, STEW. Through Thursday (July 16). More at www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol.

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.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday during the summer. The Pao Hall box office is closed during the summer.

More about box offices and venues is at www.housing.purdue.edu/HTML/HallOfMusic/Welcome.html.