September 15, 2009
Today's events
Here is a list of events happening Tuesday, Sept. 15, at the West Lafayette campus.
Tuesday, Sept. 15
-- Ticket order deadline for preferential seating at Purdue Christmas Show. Purdue Musical Organizations. Four shows on Dec. 12-13. Tickets: adult, $26; age 65 and older, $24; student age 13-college, $20; child age 12 and under, $12. More information and PDF order form at http://pmojo.com/events/christmas-show/.
-- Collaboration & Innovation conference opens (Sept. 15-17). Department of Organizational Leadership and Supervision. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/090826BeyerleinConference.html.
-- College Teaching Workshop Series 1: Basics of Teaching. "Designing a Course From Scratch." For faculty, staff and grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. 9-10:30 a.m. Weekly workshop 3 of 10 through Nov. 10 except Oct. 13. Registration required: www.cie.purdue.edu. Questions: 49-66422 or CIE@purdue.edu.
-- ADA Audio Conference. "Best Practices in Accommodating Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intellectual Disability and Other Emerging Groups Within Post Secondary Education " Office of Institutional Equity. 2-3:30 p.m. Room 1009, Young Hall. Online registration for this workshop is at www.purdue.edu/ethics/oie/events.shtml; select event title and date; more description is in following online pages. For more information, for registration assistance or to request a reasonable accommodation: OIE at 49-47253 (voice), 49-61343 (tty), or equity@purdue.edu.
-- ITaP technology training session for faculty and staff: "What's New in Microsoft Office 2007." Includes changes from Microsoft Office 2003 to Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint, but not Access. 2-4 p.m. Room 108, Krannert Center. To register, go to www.itap.purdue.edu/training/calendar.
-- Chemical Engineering Graduate Seminar Series. Darsh Wasan, Illinois Institute of Technology. "New Vistas in Dispersion Science and Engineering." 3 p.m. reception, Atrium, Forney Hall. 3:30-4:30 p.m. lecture, Room G140, Forney Hall.
-- Cultural Nights: Cultural Journeys through Food, Music, and Crafts. Theme for Sept. 15: Native American. 5-7 p.m. Windsor Dining Court. $9.97 per adult. More information: 49-40922 or wcruz@purdue.edu.
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.
-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are stuffed pepper soup (soup) and pork roulade with bleu cheese and spinach (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.