Events this week

October 19, 2009

Events this week

Here is a list of events happening Oct. 19-25 at the West Lafayette campus

Monday, Oct. 19

-- Open Access Week information table. Purdue University Libraries. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. West lobby, STEW. See also display case in Stewart Center main hallway. More about Purdue's observance of International Open Access Week at www.lib.purdue.edu/info/oaday.

-- Brown bag session on fundamentals of service learning. Community of Service-Learning Faculty Fellows. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Deans Auditorium (Room 241), Pfendler Hall. Names of presenters and link to registration at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/091014_ServiceLearning.html.

-- History lecture. "Redefining 'The People' and the Concept of Democracy in Revolutionary America." Li Jianming, Peking Univ., China. 7:30 p.m. Room 1086, Rawls Hall. An Experience Liberal Arts month event.

Tuesday, Oct. 20

-- Pre-enrollment benefits 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.

-- College Teaching Workshop Series 1: Basics of Teaching. "Micro-Teaching: Practice Your Teaching" (special registration required). For faculty, staff and grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. 9-10:30 a.m. Weekly workshop 7 of 10 through Nov. 10. Registration required: send e-mail to jvelasqu@purdue.edu. Questions: 49-66422 or CIE@purdue.edu.

-- Writing Lab haiku event and open house. For National Day on Writing. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.: Write a haiku, post it on wall at Writing Lab. Noon-1:30 p.m.: open house. Room 226, Heavilon Hall. More about the Writing Lab at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/. More about the national day at www.ncte.org/dayonwriting.

-- Darden Series: Executives in the Classroom. Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management. Judy Thomas, director of convention events, Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association. 10:30 a.m. Room 114, Physics Building. Series information at www.cfs.purdue.edu/HTM/industry/Darden.shtml.

-- Jewish Studies Noon Series Lecture. Alon Kantor, foreign languages and literatures (Hebrew). "Teaching Hebrew at Purdue." Noon. Room 320, STEW. 49-47965 or wengera@purdue.edu or www.cla.purdue.edu/jewish-studies/.

-- Safety symposium: "Slips, Trips, and Falls: Best Practices and Standards." Sessions from virtual symposium, hosted at Purdue by Radiological and Environmental Management: Noon-1 p.m.: "Surefooted Safety: Training Strategies for Preventing Slips, Trips, and Falls." 2-3 p.m.: "When Slips, Trips, and Falls Aren’t Accidental." Room 1179, Physical Facilities Service Building. Free to those at Purdue. Sessions also Wednesday and Thursday. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/091016_SlipsTripsFalls.html.

-- Open Access Week panel. "Scholarship and Open Access: Purdue Perspectives." Purdue University Libraries. 1-2:30 p.m. Room 206, STEW. Names of participants and topics and more about Purdue's observance of International Open Access Week at www.lib.purdue.edu/info/oaday.

-- OIE workshop for National Disability Employment Awareness Month: "Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Audio Conference." Office of Institutional Equity. 2-3:30 p.m. Room 1057, Young Hall. 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.

-- Chemical Engineering Graduate Seminar Series. Timothy Anderson, Univ. of Florida. "Light In and Light Out: Solid-state Lighting and Thin Film Photovoltaics." 3 p.m. reception, Atrium, Forney Hall. 3:30-4:30 p.m. lecture, Room G140, Forney Hall.

-- Diwali Cultural Night. Housing and Food Services occasional series Cultural Journeys through Food, Music, and Crafts. 5-7 p.m. Earhart 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.

-- Larry Axel Memorial Lecture. Marjorie Suchocki, Claremont School of Theology. "The Promise of Incorporating the Art of Film into Theological Reflection." Religious Studies and Jewish Studies programs. 8 p.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. An Experience Liberal Arts event.

Wednesday, Oct. 21

-- Safety symposium: "Slips, Trips, and Falls: Best Practices and Standards." Sessions from virtual symposium, hosted at Purdue by Radiological and Environmental Management: 10-11 a.m.: "Slips, Trips, Falls in the Services Industry." Noon-1 p.m.: "Floor Cleaning and Maintenance: The Key to Slips and Falls Prevention.." 2-3 p.m.: "Management Controls: Operating and Maintaining Facilities to Minimize Slips, Trips, and Falls." Room 1179, Physical Facilities Service Building. Free to those at Purdue. Session also Thursday. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/091016_SlipsTripsFalls.html.

-- A Day in the Life brown bag lunch talk. Discussion of student experiences and identities. Office of the Dean of Students with others. Noon-1:30 p.m. on alternate Wednesdays. This week: students with disabilities. Room 314, STEW. Program information and schedule at www.purdue.edu/odos/dayinthelife.html.

-- Bagels-and-books discussion. Book: "Finding Darwin's God" by Kenneth Miller. Religious Studies program and the Purdue Religion and Science Group. Discussion leader: Tom Ryba, continuing lecturer in the College of Liberal Arts. 1:30-2:15 p.m. Room 1284, Beering Hall. Part of a series related to this book; more at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/091013_ReligBookDarwin.html.

-- Sociology Colloquium. "Girls Just Aren't Interested: The Social Construction of Interest in Girls' Sport." Cheryl Cooky, health and kinesiology and women's studies. 3 p.m. Room 1284, Beering Hall. An Experience Liberal Arts month event. More at www.cla.purdue.edu/experience/events/?e=20090044.

-- Environmental research lecture. Bill Streever, biologist and author of "Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places." Center for the Environment, Energy Center, and Ray W. Herrick Laboratories. 4 p.m. Room 121, Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship. Book signing to follow. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/091012BickhamCold.html.

-- Albertus Magnus Evening Lecture. Religious Studies and Aquinas Educational Foundation. "Moral Action at the Core of Personhood: The Enduring Legacy of Pope John Paul II's Moral Philosophy." Thomas Ryba, continuing lecturer in College of Liberal Arts and Notre Dame theologian-in-residence at St. Thomas Aquinas Center. 4:30-6 p.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. An Experience Liberal Arts month event. More at www.cla.purdue.edu/experience/events/?e=20090009.

-- Puppy owner orientation session for owners and prospective owners. Animal Behavior Clinic. Session covers development, communication, learning and socialization, and is prerequisite for four-week ABC Puppy School. Meet at 5:25 in reception area of Small Animal Clinic, Lynn Hall.

-- Women's Studies Film Festival. Theme: "Iraq and Afghanistan: Women and the War on Terror." Women's Studies Program, others. Event 3 of 4 weekly events: "Afghanistan Unveiled." Presented by Valentine Moghadam, women's studies and sociology. 7 p.m. Room 303, University Hall. An Experience Liberal Arts month event. More at www.cla.purdue.edu/experience/events/?e=20090023.

-- "Mamma Mia!" Convocations, Broadway. 7:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets: $48-$20. More at www.convocations.org. Also Thursday.

Thursday, Oct. 22

-- 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.

-- College Teaching Workshop Series 2: Expanding Your Teaching Toolkit. "Practical Ways for Instructors to Balance Home and Work." Rosie Clawson, political science; Chris Ladisch, Office of the Provost; Linda Mason, entomology; Jeff Trapp, earth and atmospheric sciences. For faculty, staff and grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. 9-10:30 a.m. Workshop 5 of 5 in series for this semester. Registration required: www.cie.purdue.edu. Questions: 49-66422 or CIE@purdue.edu.

-- OIE workshop for National Disability Employment Awareness Month: "Incorporating the Americans with Disabilities Act and Vocational Rehabilitation Toward Obtaining and Maintaining Employment." ADA requirements and state assistance beyond them. Office of Institutional Equity. 9:30-11:30 a.m. Room 310. 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.

-- Purdue campus programming on BTN. Big Ten Network. 10 a.m.: "Vet School Diaries: Large Animal Hospital." 10:30 a.m.: "Boiler Bytes 3." 4 p.m.: "Vet School Diaries: Small Animal Hospital." 4:30 p.m.: "John Wooden Documentary." Summary of Big Ten athletics and Purdue-produced campus programming on BTN is at www.bigtennetwork.com/schedule/Big-Ten-Network-Purdue-programming.asp.

-- Safety symposium: "Slips, Trips, and Falls: Best Practices and Standards." Sessions from virtual symposium, hosted at Purdue by Radiological and Environmental Management: 10-11 a.m.: "OSHA’s View of Slips, Trips, and Falls." Room 1179, Physical Facilities Service Building. Free to those at Purdue. Final session. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/091016_SlipsTripsFalls.html.

-- CANCELED: "Reflection and its Assessment: Generating Learning to Enhance Critical Thinking." Patti Clayton, IUPUI. Enhancing the Student Experience presentations. Teaching Academy and Center for Instructional Excellence. Two sessions: (1) 10:20-noon. (2) 1:30-3:20 p.m. Register for one or both at www.cie.purdue.edu. Questions: 49-66422 or CIE@purdue.edu.

-- Astronaut talk. James Lovell. 12:30 p.m. Room 270, Electrical Engineering Building. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/091015LovellTalk.html.

-- Open Access Week presentation. "Authors' Rights: Reminders for Purdue Faculty and Researchers." Donna Ferullo, director, University Copyright Office. Purdue University Libraries. 1-2 p.m., Room 310, STEW. More about Purdue's observance of International Open Access Week at www.lib.purdue.edu/info/oaday.

-- Gebisa Ejeta Day. Purdue to honor its winner of the 2009 World Food Prize. Lecture by Ejeta: "The Pursuit of Purpose-Driven Science." 2 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW. Reception to follow in South Ballroom, PMU. Student activities related to world hunger are planned as part of the celebration. More about Ejeta's work and all of the events is at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/091020EjetaDay.html.

-- Videotaping of Purdue's "Fast Track TV News." Audience will be included. 3:30 p.m. Room B-22, STEW. Program airs on Comcast Channel 5 and Boiler TV Channel 13. An Experience Liberal Arts month event.

-- Soccer (women's) vs. Evansville. 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).

-- Leonora Woodman Memorial Lecture. Department of English. "Downsizing Citizenship." Dana D. Nelson, Vanderbilt University. 4:30 p.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. An Experience Liberal Arts month event. More at www.cla.purdue.edu/experience/events/?e=20090040.

-- Classical Studies lecture. "The Reception of Vergil's Bucolics: Nationhood and Ethnic Inclusion in the Age of Obama." Gregson Davis, Duke Univ. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Room 239, Stanley Coulter Hall. An Experience Liberal Arts month event.

-- Fiction reading with Nahid Rachlin, author of "Persian Girls." Department of English and Creative Writing Program. 7:30 p.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. An Experience Liberal Arts month event. More at: www.cla.purdue.edu/english/CreativeWriting/readingseries.html.

-- "Mamma Mia!" Convocations, Broadway. 7:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets: $48-$20. More at www.convocations.org.

-- "Almost, Maine" by John Cariani. Purdue Theatre. 7:30 p.m. Carole and Gordon Mallett Theatre, Pao Hall. Tickets: $13-$9.50. Performances also at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23-24, 29-31; 2:30 p.m. Oct. 25, 31, Nov. 1.

Friday, Oct. 23

-- LA Influentials weekly speaker. College of Liberal Arts. Col. Roy Byrd, director of Marine Corps programs at ITT Defense, Electronic and Services Group, 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. Room 2290, Beering Hall. An Experience Liberal Arts month event. More at www.cla.purdue.edu/experience/events/?e=20090007. Information about the month is available at http://www.cla.purdue.edu/experience/.

-- Reception for art education exhibition "Envision/Revisit." 5-7 p.m. Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, Pao Hall. Exhibition details below under "Ongoing Events" for Monday-Friday.

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

-- BCC Coffee House featuring performing arts ensembles. Black Cultural Center. 7 p.m. BCC. Also Saturday.

-- "Almost, Maine" by John Cariani. Purdue Theatre. 7:30 p.m. Carole and Gordon Mallett Theatre, Pao Hall. Tickets: $13-$9.50. Performances also at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24, 29-31; 2:30 p.m. Oct. 25, 31, Nov. 1.

-- "Even Canadians Get the Blues." Purdue Jazz Band; Purdue Bands & Orchestras. Music from Canadian "jazzers" Diana Krall, Michael Buble, Rob McConnell, Maynard Ferguson and Guy Lombardo on this special night of jazz from North of the Border. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW.

Saturday, Oct. 24

-- Hands-on printmaking workshop. In conjunction with art education exhibition "Envision/Revisit." Details below under "Ongoing Events" for Monday-Friday.

-- Game Day Concerts. Purdue Bands. Marching Band "Thrill on the Hill." 10 a.m. Slayter Center.

-- Football vs. Illinois. Noon. Ross-Ade Stadium. Tickets: public, $46; student, $26.

-- BCC Coffee House featuring performing arts ensembles. Black Cultural Center. 7 p.m. BCC.

-- "Almost, Maine" by John Cariani. Purdue Theatre. 7:30 p.m. Carole and Gordon Mallett Theatre, Pao Hall. Tickets: $13-$9.50. Performances also at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29-31; 2:30 p.m. Oct. 25, 31, Nov. 1.

Sunday, Oct. 25

-- "Almost, Maine" by John Cariani. Purdue Theatre. 2:30 p.m. Carole and Gordon Mallett Theatre, Pao Hall. Tickets: $13-$9.50. Performances also at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29-31; 2:30 p.m. Oct. 31, Nov. 1.

-- Jeremy Denk, piano. Convocations, Chamber Music. 3 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW. Tickets: $26-$16. More at www.convocations.org.

-- Concert by All Campus & Community Chorale, Heart & Soul and University Choir. Purdue Musical Organizations. 3-4:15 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1700 State Road 26 West (State Street extended; 0.25 mile west of McCormick Road).

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

-- Art education exhibition: "Envision/Revisit." Works by students and alumni in art education major. Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, Pao Hall. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Through Oct. 30. In conjunction with exhibition: (1) Hands-on printmaking workshop "Two-Toned Relief Print" led by Buffy Rogers, 9 a.m.-noon Saturday (Oct. 24) in Pao Hall, requiring advance registration and a small materials fee (to register, contact Sue Uhlig, exhibition organizer, at 49-43973 or uhlig@purdue.edu); (2) Lecture by alumni artist Michal Lile on "Artmaking and Teaching: A Symbiosis," 7:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 29 in Room 1197, Pao Hall.

-- 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. Digitized images of exhibition items are now at www.lib.purdue.edu/moon/.

-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are salmon chowder (soup) and farfalle with wild mushrooms (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.