Purdue Today

December 2, 2009

Today's events

Here is a list of events happening Wednesday, Dec. 2, at the West Lafayette campus.

Wednesday, Dec. 2

-- 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 who identify as secular or non-theist. Room 313, STEW. Program schedule and information at www.purdue.edu/odos/aboutodos/odosdiversitydayinthelifeseriesschedule.php.

-- Legal Issues Webinar. "Employer Defenses Under the ADA." Office of Institutional Equity. 2-3:30 p.m. Room 1057, Young Hall. Online registration for this workshop is at www.purdue.edu/ethics/oie/events.shtml; select event title and date. For more information, for registration assistance or to request a reasonable accommodation: OIE at 49-47253 (voice), 49-61343 (tty), or equity@purdue.edu.

-- Student auditions for "Boiler Bytes" host and segment reporters. Program appears on Big Ten Network; segments also appear on Purdue's Web and YouTube sites. If selected, compensation is $50 plus experience. 4-7 p.m. Room B22, STEW. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/091106_BoilerBytesAuditions.html.

 

ONGOING EVENTS 

All week

--Exhibition: "Hard Rain: The Late Works of Mary Hambleton." Purdue University Galleries. Paintings chronicling artist's journey of living with cancer; exhibition in collaboration with Purdue Oncological Sciences Center's annual "Cancer, Culture and Community" events. Stewart Center Gallery. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus until 8 p.m. Thursday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Through Dec. 6. 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

-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. Information on this week's featured specials in the John Purdue Room (soup and entrée) was not available; call or check the link below. 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.