Events this week

September 8, 2009

Events this week

Here is a list of events happening Sept. 8-13 at the West Lafayette campus.

Tuesday, Sept. 8

-- College Teaching Workshop Series 1: Basics of Teaching. "Nuts and Bolts of Setting Rules For Your Course." For faculty, staff and grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. 9-10:30 a.m. Weekly workshop 2 of 10 through Nov. 10 except Oct. 13. Registration required: www.cie.purdue.edu. Questions: 49-66422 or CIE@purdue.edu.

-- Chemical Engineering Graduate Seminar Series. James Nairne, psychological sciences. "Adaptive Memory: How and Why We Remember." 3 p.m. reception, Atrium, Forney Hall. 3:30-4:30 p.m. lecture, Room G140, Forney Hall.

-- ITaP technology training session for instructors: "eInstruction/CPS: Getting Started with Clickers." 2:30-4 p.m. Room B006, Stone Hall. In-class remote-control communication device for real-time electronic quizzing and polling. To register, go to www.itap.purdue.edu/training/calendar.

Wednesday, Sept. 9

-- ITaP technology training session for instructors: "Blackboard Online Workshop: Mastering the Grade Book." 1:30-3:30 p.m. Via Adobe Connect. Online course environment for course materials, grades, communication and learning activities. To register, go to www.itap.purdue.edu/training/calendar.

-- CFS Study Abroad Fair & Forum. 4:30-7 p.m. HTM Café, Stone Hall. For more information, visit www.cfs.purdue.edu/studyabroad or call 49-48196.

-- Spanish Conversation Table. Resumption of Latino Cultural Center weekly table for fall semester. All levels welcome. 6-7 p.m. LCC. 49-42530.

Thursday, Sept. 10

-- College Teaching Workshop Series 2: Expanding Your Teaching Toolkit. "How to Get Your Students to Think! Facilitating Critical Thinking." James Nairne, psychological sciences. For faculty, staff and grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. 9-10:30 a.m. Workshop 1 of 5 in series through Oct. 22. Registration required: www.cie.purdue.edu. Questions: 49-66422 or CIE@purdue.edu.

-- "Road to Retirement" for PERF-covered employees (clerical, service, operations assistant). Designed for those age 55 and older and especially recommended for those likely to retire in the next two years. Human Resource Services. Speakers from TIAA-CREF, Social Security and Purdue University Retirees Association. 8 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Room 214, STEW. Registration is required at https://www2.itap.purdue.edu/bs/Training2.0/login_form.cfm. Questions: (765) 494-6683 or jcspence@purdue.edu.

-- Road to Retirement seminar for TIAA-CREF-covered employees (faculty, management, administrative and professional). Designed for those age 55 and older and especially recommended for those likely to retire in the next two years. Human Resource Services. 1-4:30 p.m. Room 214, STEW. Registration is required at https://www2.itap.purdue.edu/bs/Training2.0/login_form.cfm. Questions: (765) 494-6683 or jcspence@purdue.edu.

-- OIE workshop: "Search and Screen Essentials." Faculty Search and Screen Procedures Series by Office of Institutional Equity. Workshop's focus is on role of faculty members of committees undertaking search and screen work. 2-4 p.m. Room 313, STEW. Online registration for this workshop is at www.purdue.edu/ethics/oie/events.shtml; select event title and date. For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact OIE at 49-47253 (voice), 49-61343 (tty), or equity@purdue.edu.

-- Physics Department General Colloquium. Peter Schiffer, Penn State Univ. "Fun in the Sand: Some Experiments in Granular Physics." 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.

-- "Rap Sessions: Community Dialogue on Race and Hip Hop." Black Cultural Center. Town hall-style meeting. 7 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW.

Friday, Sept. 11

-- Last day to buy tickets for Krannert Leadership Speaker Series scholarship dinner. Krannert School of Management. Keynote speaker: Elaine Chao, former U.S. secretary of labor. Event is Oct. 1. Questions or reservations: Tim Newton at 49-67271 or tnewton@purdue.edu. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/090817NewtonKrannert.html or www.krannert.purdue.edu/events/LSS/.

-- Latino Heritage Month Open House. Latino Cultural Center. Includes cultural demonstration, refreshments. 4-6 p.m. LCC.

Saturday, Sept. 12

-- Outdoor Music Series concert by Philpot. Purdue Student Union Board. 3-5 p.m. Outside Wiley Hall. More about group at www.philpotmusic.com.

Sunday, Sept. 13

-- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences White Coat Ceremony. Recognize 125th class admitted into the school; a 125th-year event. Speaker: Lucinda Maine, executive vice president and CEO, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. 2 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW. More at www.pharmacy.purdue.edu/125/.

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.

Tuesday-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.

-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are New England clam chowder (soup) and chicken marsala (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 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.