September 29, 2009
Today's events
Here is a list of events happening Tuesday, Sept. 29, at the West Lafayette campus.
Tuesday, Sept. 29
-- College Teaching Workshop Series 1: Basics of Teaching. "Using Student Feedback Effectively." For faculty, staff and grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. 9-10:30 a.m. Weekly workshop 5 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. Antony Beris, Univ. of Delaware. "Polymer-modified Turbulence: Large and Small Scale Analysis." 3 p.m. reception, Atrium, Forney Hall. 3:30-4:30 p.m. lecture, Room G140, Forney Hall.
-- Aloha Cultural Night. Housing and Food Services occasional series Cultural Journeys through Food, Music, and Crafts. 5-7 p.m. Wiley Dining Court. Also opportunities to interact with volunteers. Dinner: meal plan or $9.97 per adult at the door. Questions: 49-40922 or wcruz@purdue.edu, or go to www.housing.purdue.edu/HTML/HRMultiCultural.htm.
-- "Will Power: Actor/Rapper/Playwright/Educator." Black Cultural Center. Lecture and performance that will fuse original music, rhymed language and choreography. 7 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW.
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 broccoli cheddar (soup) and penna alla vodka (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.