October 22, 2009
Today's events
Here is a list of events happening Thursday, Oct. 22, at the West Lafayette campus.
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.
-- Astronaut talk. James Lovell. 12:30 p.m. Room 270, Electrical Engineering Building. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/091015LovellTalk.html.
-- "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.
-- 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.
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.