August 10, 2009
Events this week
Here is a list of events happening Aug. 10-16 at the West Lafayette campus.
Monday, Aug. 10
-- Back-to-school program by College of Technology at Lafayette. For prospective students. 2:30-7 p.m. Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc.'s training center on Indiana 38. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/090804SummersCOTBack.html.
Thursday, Aug. 13
-- Purdue campus programming on BTN. Big Ten Network. 10:30 a.m.: "Boiler Bytes Edition 1." 4:30 p.m.: "Boiler Bytes Edition 2" (debut). 4:30 a.m.: "Purdue Profiles: Orville Redenbacher." Summary of Big Ten athletics and Purdue-produced campus programming on BTN is at www.bigtennetwork.com/schedule/Big-Ten-Network-Purdue-programming.asp.
-- Farmers market on campus. Physical Facilities. Fresh fruits and vegetables, baked goods, other items from area growers and merchants. 3-6:30 p.m. Lot on southeast corner of intersection of Sheetz and Woods streets, just west of Dauch Alumni Center. This is the final weekly on-campus market for this summer. More on this and other local farmers markets at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/090505_FarmersMarket.html.
Saturday, Aug. 15
-- Boiler Gold Rush. New student orientation (optional but a large majority participate). Coordinated by Student Access, Transition and Success Programs. Theme: "Out with the Old, In with Purdue." Students/families begin arriving Aug. 15. Ends Friday, Aug. 21. More at http://www.purdue.edu/sats/bgr.
-- Purdue Day at Lafayette Farmers Market. Big Bass Drum on display, 10-11 a.m. Purdue Pete available for photographs and autographs, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Demonstration by featured twirlers (Golden Girl, Girl in Black, Silver Twins), 11 a.m.-noon. Also book signing by Angie Klink, local author of Purdue-themed stories, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Market is open 7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. More about area farmers markets at www.lafayettefarmersmarket.com/specialevents.html.
ONGOING EVENTS
Monday-Friday
-- Exhibition: "Purdue's Place in Space: From the Midwest to the Moon." Libraries Archives and Special Collections. Includes items from Neil Armstrong, Eugene Cernan and other Purdue astronaut alumni in celebration of 40 years since the first moon landing. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center, fourth floor, STEW. Through Oct. 30. More at www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol. For a group tour, call 49-42839.
-- Exhibition: "Shrouds, Masks, and the Floating World: Selections from the Permanent Collection." Purdue University Galleries. Through Dec. 6 in the Robert L. Ringel Gallery, PMU. Through Aug. 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.
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.