August 31, 2009
Events this week
Here is a list of events happening Aug. 31-Sept. 7 at the West Lafayette campus.
Monday, Aug. 31
-- Last day to register for 2nd Annual Retreat of the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute. Event is Sept. 24. To register, go online to www.indianactsi.org/workshops/ictsiretreat09/apply.
-- ITaP technology training session for instructors: "Signals: Stoplights for Student Success." 9:30-10:30 a.m. online. More about Signals at www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/signals. To register, go to www.itap.purdue.edu/training/calendar
-- Police Department public information session regarding departmental accreditation. Employees and community members welcome. 6 p.m. Conference room, police headquarters (Terry Memorial House). Comment by telephone also accepted at 1-3 p.m. at 49-66961. For comment guidelines and other details, see http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/090826PoliceMeeting.html
Tuesday, Sept. 1
-- College Teaching Workshop Series 1: Basics of Teaching. "Student-Teacher Relationships: Building Rapport with Your Students." For faculty, staff and grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. 9-10:30 a.m. Weekly workshop 1 of 10 through Nov. 10 except Oct. 13. Registration required: www.cie.purdue.edu. Questions: 49-66422 or CIE@purdue.edu.
-- Travel Fair for faculty and staff. Central Travel Office with staff from Transportation Service. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Rooms 302 and 306, STEW. More including link to shuttle service schedule at www.purdue.edu/business/bpnews/News_Releases/Travel/General_Info/travelOfficeHostsTravelFair.html.
-- ITaP technology walk-in help session on "Signals: Stoplights for Student Success" for instructors. 1:30-2:30 p.m. Room 283, Stanley Coulter Hall. More about Signals at www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/signals. To register, go to www.itap.purdue.edu/training/calendar
-- ITaP technology training session for new instructors: "Technology Tools for Teaching and Learning: What's Available at Purdue." 3-4 p.m. Room 311, STEW. To register, go to www.itap.purdue.edu/training/calendar
-- Chemical Engineering Graduate Seminar Series. Arvind Varma, chemical engineering. "Organizational Session." 3 p.m. reception, Atrium, Forney Hall. 3:30-4:30 p.m. lecture, Room G140, Forney Hall.
-- Faculty callout for study abroad. Office of Programs for Study Abroad. Session focus on summer 2010; representative of Centers for Academic Programs Abroad to be present. 4-4:45 p.m. Room 2077, Rawls Hall.
-- Purdue Salsa Club callout. Open to all students, faculty, staff, and the community. 6 p.m. Room 306, STEW. Free lesson, performance, and description of activities. No experience or partner needed. More at www.purdue.edu/salsa or from Andrew Gibson at gibsonas@purdue.edu
-- Purdue Musical Organizations’ Callout for All Campus & Community Chorale, University Choir, Heart & Soul and Purdue Bells. 7 p.m. Room 342, Elliott Hall of Music. All Campus & Community Chorale is open to non-students.
Wednesday, Sept. 2
-- ITaP technology training session for instructors: "SafeAssign: Plagiarism Detection." 2:30-3:30 p.m. online. Content: Creating SafeAssign assignments, viewing student submissions in Blackboard, plagiarism detection and response. To register, go to www.itap.purdue.edu/training/calendar
Thursday, Sept. 3
-- ITaP technology training session for faculty and staff: "Adobe Presenter: Creating Enhanced PowerPoint Presentations." 9-11 a.m. Room 135, Engineering Administration Building. More about Adobe Presenter, at www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/ gomeet/index.cfm. To register, go to www.itap.purdue.edu/training/calendar
-- Physics Department General Colloquium. Philip Kim, Columbia Univ. "Graphitic Carbon: From Analogy of Relativistic Quantum Mechanics to Carbon Based Electronics." 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
-- Soccer (women's). Boilermaker Challenge Cup. Ball State vs. Valparaiso. 5:30 p.m. Varsity Soccer Complex. Tickets: adult, $5; student, $2; groups of 15 or more, $1 each (on game day, tickets are sold only at site). Other games in challenge cup: Purdue vs. Valparaiso at 5:30 p.m. Saturday; Purdue vs. Ball State at 5:30 p.m. Monday.
Friday, Sept. 4
-- ITaP technology training session for faculty and staff: "Microsoft Outlook and Exchange Brown-bag Session." 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Room 310, STEW. Interactive demonstration for tips and tricks for managing e-mail. To register, go to www.itap.purdue.edu/training/calendar
-- Cross Country (men's and women's). Great American Legends. 6 p.m. Varsity Cross Country Course (near McCormick Road south of Schwartz Tennis Center).
Saturday, Sept. 5
-- Game Day Concerts. Purdue Bands. "All-American" Marching Band "Thrill on the Hill" at Slayter Center at 10 a.m. (two hours before Purdue vs. Toledo kickoff at noon). Post-game: Marching Band marches from stadium to Purdue Mall for concert.
-- Football vs. Toledo. Noon. Ross-Ade Stadium. Tickets: public, $40; high school age and younger, $23; regular employees may use CSSAC coupon from Aug. 27 Inside Purdue to buy public tickets ($40) for $25. Ticket special for age 14 and younger for this game: free ticket with full-price adult ticket ($40) as part of NCAA program "Take a Kid to the Game"; for this special, orders must be placed at the Athletic Ticket Office or by phone at 49-43194 or (800) 49-SPORT [497-7678].
-- Soccer (women's). Boilermaker Challenge Cup. Purdue vs. Valparaiso. 5:30 p.m. Varsity Soccer Complex. Tickets: adult, $5; student, $2; groups of 15 or more, $1 each (on game day, tickets are sold only at site); admission free with ticket from football game earlier in the day. Other game in challenge cup: Purdue vs. Ball State at 5:30 p.m. Monday.
Monday, Sept. 7
-- Labor Day. University holiday. Offices closed. - - - Operator Services Office (telephone) closed from 7 p.m. Friday (Sept. 4) to 7 a.m. Tuesday (Sept. 8). In emergency, call 911 or Purdue police at 49-48221. Questions: 49-43050.
-- Soccer (women's). Boilermaker Challenge Cup. Purdue vs. Ball State. 5:30 p.m. Varsity Soccer Complex. Tickets: adult, $5; student, $2; groups of 15 or more, $1 each (on game day, tickets are sold only at site).
ONGOING EVENTS
All week
-- Exhibition: "Living Stone: The Casts Project." Purdue University Galleries. Setting in keeping with studio practice, using prints by Jim Dine, plaster casts, and artworks from classes and visitors. Through Oct. 11 in Stewart Center Gallery. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus until 8 p.m. Thursday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. More about Galleries is at www.purdue.edu/galleries
-- Exhibition: Rotating Selections from the Permanent Collection. Purdue University Galleries. Current: "Shrouds, Masks, and the Floating World." Robert L. Ringel Gallery, PMU. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus Thursday until 8 p.m.; and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. More about Galleries is at www.purdue.edu/galleries
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.
-- Art Print Sale. Purdue Student Union Board. Continues 9 a.m.-6 p.m. daily through Thursday. Room 118, PMU.
-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. The John Purdue Room is now open for the semester. Lunch specials will be listed here once the schedule is available. 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 two hours before ticketed events there. The Stewart Center box office is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday and two hours 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 two hours before ticketed events there.
More about box offices and venues is at www.housing.purdue.edu/HTML/HallOfMusic.