October 12, 2009

Events this week

Monday, Oct. 12

-- October break. No classes, offices open. Continues Tuesday.

-- Print and Poster Exchange. Visual Arts Committee. 10 a.m.-noon: donor session. 12:30-2:30 p.m.: first trading session. Room 1154, Pao Hall. Continues Tuesday. More on categories and procedures at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/091008_VACposterexchange.html.

-- Benefits pre-enrollment information session with CIGNA. HRS Staff Benefits. Presentation of 20-30 minutes by CIGNA (Purdue's 2010 medical plan administrator) followed by Q&A. 2-4 p.m. Room 224, Class of 1950 Lecture Hall. More including list of all pre-enrollment session times at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/091002_CIGNASessions.html.

Tuesday, Oct. 13

-- October break. No classes, offices open. Second and final day.

-- ITaP Technology Open House. Designed to provide convenient means for faculty, staff and graduate students to get answers about software issues and technologies for the office or classroom. ITaP's instructional technology consultants to be on hand for two-hour periods according to technology areas of expertise. Overall event is 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Room 283,  Stanley Coulter Hall. More about two-hour periods and registration (not required but encouraged) is at www.itap.purdue.edu/newsroom/detail.cfm?newsId=1996.

-- Print and Poster Exchange. Visual Arts Committee. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: second trading session. 12:30-2 p.m.: new loan session. Room 1154, Pao Hall. Continues Tuesday. More on categories and procedures at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/091008_VACposterexchange.html.

-- OIE workshop for National Disability Employment Awareness Month: "What Role Might Your Disability Play in Your Job Search and in the Work Environment?" Office of Institutional Equity. 3-5 p.m. Room 318, STEW. To reserve a space, for more information, or to request a reasonable accommodation: OIE at 49-47253 (voice), 49-61343 (tty), or equity@purdue.edu.

Wednesday, Oct. 14

-- Print and Poster Exchange "Eek! Leftovers" session. Visual Arts Committee. 11 a.m.-noon. Room 1154, Pao Hall. More on categories and procedures at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/091008_VACposterexchange.html.

-- "Italian Scholars on Art Photography Today." Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Department of Visual and Performing Arts, and European Studies. Maria Giulia Dondero on "Picturing Transcendence" and Pierluigi Basso Fossali on "Time in Photography: The Example of Denis Roche." 4:30-6:30 p.m. Room G016, Krannert Building. An Experience Liberal Arts month event. More at www.cla.purdue.edu/experience/events/?e=20090050.

-- Women's Studies Film Festival. Theme: "Iraq and Afghanistan: Women and the War on Terror." Women's Studies Program, others. Event 2 of 4 weekly events: "Lioness" (2009, 83 minutes). 7 p.m. Room 303, University Hall. Film is about U.S. female veterans of combat. An Experience Liberal Arts month event. More at www.cla.purdue.edu/experience/events/?e=20090023.

Thursday, Oct. 15

-- Seminar by Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center. Purdue Institute for Defense Innovation. 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Room 218, STEW. Research topics and internship opportunities. Registration encouraged; go to http://dagon.admin.purdue.edu/crane/user_registration.php. Lunch provided to registrants. Questions: 49-69301.

-- Benefits pre-enrollment information session with CIGNA. HRS Staff Benefits. Presentation of 20-30 minutes by CIGNA (Purdue's 2010 medical plan administrator) followed by Q&A. 9-11 a.m. Room 1142, Lawson Computer Science Building. More including list of all pre-enrollment session times at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/091002_CIGNASessions.html.

-- Purdue campus programming on BTN. Big Ten Network. 10:30 a.m.: "Discovery with Delivery." 4:30 p.m.: " Boiler Bytes 3." Summary of Big Ten athletics and Purdue-produced campus programming on BTN is at www.bigtennetwork.com/schedule/Big-Ten-Network-Purdue-programming.asp.

-- Financial literacy information for students. Division of Financial Aid. For Indiana Money Smart Week. 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Earhart Dining Court, Ford Dining Court, west lobby of Stewart Center. More about event, online "Cash Course," and Money Smart Week at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/hp/HallMoneysmart.html.

-- Physics Department General Colloquium. K. Likharev, Stony Brook Univ. "Nanoelectronics: Prospects and Challenges." 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) vs. Michigan. 4 p.m. Varsity Soccer Complex. Tickets: adult, $5; student, $2; groups of 15 or more, $1 each (on day of match, tickets are sold only at site).

-- African American Studies lecture. "Until Death or Distance Do You Part: Marriage and Slavery in the Nineteenth Century." Tera Hunter, Princeton Univ. With American Studies and Women's Studies. 7 p.m. Room 1142, Lawson Computer Science Building. An Experience Liberal Arts month event. More at www.cla.purdue.edu/experience/events/?e=20090001.

-- Note on early Friday event: WBAA public radio at Purdue starts its fall pledge drive at 7-8 a.m. Friday with Power Hour. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/091006LutesWBAA.html.

Friday, Oct. 16

-- WBAA public radio at Purdue fall pledge drive Power Hour. 7-8 a.m. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/091006LutesWBAA.html.

-- Purdue United Way Campaign event. Used books, CDs, and DVDs will be available in exchange for a donation to the United Way. Continuing Education and Conferences. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Room 107, STEW.

-- LA Influentials weekly speaker. College of Liberal Arts. Earl Major, director of human resource practices at Humana. 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. Room 2290, Beering Hall. An Experience Liberal Arts month event. More information available at: http://www.cla.purdue.edu/alumni/gs300/. An Experience Liberal Arts month event. Information about the month is available at http://www.cla.purdue.edu/experience/

-- Department of Health and Kinesiology lecture. Rebecca Spencer, University of Massachusetts Amherst. "Neural Control of Motor Sequence Learning and Consolidation." 1:30 p.m. Room 108, Lambert Fieldhouse. An Experience Liberal Arts month event. More at www.cla.purdue.edu/experience/events/?e=20090036.

-- Conversations on Teaching. Teaching Academy. "Designing & Delivering the Complete Curriculum." Mick La Lopa, hospitality and tourism management. Curriculum revision as relates to work flow design and instructional and assessment techniques. 3:30-4:45 p.m. Room 2070, Rawls Hall. More at http://www.teachingacademy.purdue.edu/events/conversations.asp.

-- Purdue on BTN. Big Ten Network. "The Danny Hope Show." 5 p.m.

-- Volleyball (women's) vs. Wisconsin. 7 p.m. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: adult, $9-$8; student, $6-$5.

-- Jazz from the Movies. Purdue Bands & Orchestras. American Music Repertory Ensemble and Lab Jazz Band present a concert of some of the familiar and not so familiar jazz themes from the movies ranging from Henry Mancini's "Pink Panther Theme" to Duke Ellington's music from "Anatomy of a Murder." 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW.

Saturday, Oct. 17

-- Game Day Concerts. Purdue Bands & Orchestras. Marching Band “Thrill on the Hill.” 10 a.m. (two hours before kickoff). Slayter Center.

-- Football vs. Ohio State. Noon. Ross-Ade Stadium. Tickets: $70; see also multi-game offer at www.purduesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/093009aai.html.

-- Volleyball (women's) vs. Iowa. 7 p.m. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: adult, $9-$8; student, $6-$5.

Sunday, Oct. 18

-- Creepy Classics. Purdue Philharmonic Orchestra’s annual family Halloween pops concert. Purdue Bands & Orchestras. 2:30 p.m. Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. Costumes encouraged.

ONGOING EVENTS

All week

-- 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. Open only Wednesday-Friday this week due to October break; no lunch specials. 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.