September 30, 2009
Today's events
Here is a list of events happening Wednesday, Sept. 30, at the West Lafayette campus.
Wednesday, Sept. 30
-- Cyberinfrastructure Day. ITaP and its Rosen Center for Advanced Computing. Designed for faculty, research scientists and graduate students. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Stewart Center. Keynote: Mark Lundstrom, electrical and computer engineering and director of the Network for Computational Nanotechnology. Registration required; more at www.itap.purdue.edu/newsroom/detail.cfm?newsId=1979.
-- Homecoming Blood Drive. Purdue Student Union Board. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. East and West Faculty Lounges, PMU.
-- OIE workshop: "The Nuts and Bolts of Faculty Search and Screen for Support Staff." Faculty Search and Screen Procedures Series by Office of Institutional Equity. Workshop's focus is on role of support staff with required procedures, document completion and approval process. 2-4 p.m. Room 311, 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.
-- Astronaut talk by alumnus Andrew Feustel. College of Science. Topics: Experiences in the space program, including Hubble Space Telescope repairs in May, and how his scientific training has influenced his NASA career. 5:30-6:15 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW. Questions: 49-41857 or scienceevents@purdue.edu.
-- Spanish Conversation Table. Latino Cultural Center weekly table. All levels welcome. 6-7 p.m. LCC. 49-42530.
-- Volleyball (women's) vs. Indiana. "Wear Black" night. 7 p.m. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: adult, $9-$8; student, $6-$5.
-- "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams. Purdue Theatre. 7:30 p.m. Nancy T. Hansen Theatre, Pao Hall. Tickets: $19-$12. Performances also at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1-3; 2:30 p.m. Oct. 3-4.
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.