October 19, 2007
Purdue Events Calendar
EDITORS: This calendar lists events on Purdue's West Lafayette campus or involving people or programs off campus during the next four weeks. Events are free, except where noted, and are open to news media coverage. New or updated listings are designated by two asterisks (**).
Events in this calendar, plus many others, are listed in Purdue's online calendar at https://calendar.purdue.edu
EVENTS
** -- Oct. 21. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. KySS Across America Walk-a-Thon and Fun Run. Slayter Hill, at the corner of Stadium Avenue and Martin Jischke Drive. Students in Purdue University's School of Nursing will host the annual KySS Across America walk to raise funds for and promote awareness of the mental health issues most often faced by teens and children. KySS stands for Keep Your children/yourself Safe and Secure. Donations will support the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners Foundation and the Mental Health Association of Tippecanoe County, which co-sponsor the walk with the School of Nursing. Funds also will support mental health scholarships in the School of Nursing. Participants can register online at https://www.nursing.purdue.edu or at Slayter Hill on the day of the event.
** -- Oct. 24. 11 a.m. Celebration of the success of fundraising for an addition to the Niswonger Aviation Technology Building. Near the current aviation technology building at the Purdue Airport. The $6.6 million project will add 18,200 square feet, providing a larger, modern learning facility for future pilots, airline managers, aeronautical technologists and others pursuing careers in the aviation industry.
-- Oct. 25. 4 p.m. Celebration of completion of fundraising for a new wing to the university's Mechanical Engineering Building, the Roger B. Gatewood Mechanical Engineering Wing.
** -- Oct. 26. 12:30 p.m. Tent behind Rawls Hall. Purdue athletic director and Krannert alumnus Morgan Burke will speak before a free concert by '60s band the Buckinghams as part of Krannert's 50-year celebration.
** -- Oct. 26. 10 a.m. In front of the new Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering, located at Stadium and Northwestern avenues. Bronze sculpture of Purdue alumnus and astronaut Neil Armstrong will be unveiled. The 8-foot-tall statue depicts Armstrong as a college student and is accompanied by a trail of sculpted moonboot impressions. The donor and the artist will take part in the event.
-- Oct. 26. 8 p.m. The Seventh Annual Boilermaker Night Train parade. Third and Russell streets. Alumni are invited to march in the parade. Those marching should meet at 7 p.m. at the south end of the Purdue Armory.
-- Oct. 26. 9:30 p.m. Homecoming pep rally. Slayter Hill. Actor Dennis Haskins, known for his role as Mr. Belding on "Saved by the Bell," will emcee the rally. The Purdue "All-American" Marching Band, Spirit Team and Dance Team will perform. Fireworks are scheduled to begin immediately following the pep rally. The parade route and a list of Homecoming court members is at https://www.purdue.edu/uns/
x/2007b/071003CernyHomecoming.html. The Homecoming king and queen will be announced and crowned during the pep rally and will be introduced during halftime of the Purdue-Northwestern game on Saturday, Oct. 27.
-- Oct. 26-30. NASA "Vision for Space Exploration Experience" exhibit. Trailer near Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering, Stadium and Northwestern avenues. The exhibit will be open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 26; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 27; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 28, with priority given to youth groups that preregister; and 3-7 p.m. Oct. 29 and Oct. 30.
-- Oct. 27. 9-11 a.m. Homecoming events on Purdue Mall. The celebration on the Purdue Mall will feature more than 40 tents housing displays by colleges, schools, departments and divisions. Details are available at https://www.purdue.edu/
homecoming.
-- Oct. 27. 10 a.m. Dedication of the Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering. Stadium and Northwestern avenues . Armstrong and other Purdue astronaut alumni will be present. A link to a live Webcast of the dedication will be available on the Purdue home page at https://www.purdue.edu
** -- Oct. 28. 1 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Co-hosts of the Discovery Channel's popular television show "MythBusters" will present clips that never aired and answer questions from the audience. Tickets are $18 for the general public and $10 for students. For tickets, call (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW.
-- Oct. 29. 4 p.m. Ceremony for Bill and Sally Hanley Hall. Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship, State Street and Martin Jischke Drive near Fowler House. Hanley Hall will house the Human Development Institute. A faculty lecture at 2:30 p.m. will precede the ceremony.
-- Oct. 30. 11 a.m. Celebration of the success of fundraising for Marriott Hall to house the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management. Northwest corner of State and University streets.
-- Oct. 31. 10:30 a.m. Dedication of the Beck Agricultural Center. Purdue Agronomy Center for Research and Education on U.S. 52, located about seven miles northwest of the West Lafayette campus. The building will provide facilities for educational opportunities for all ages.
** -- Nov. 2. 4-7 p.m. Morton Community Cetner, 222 N. Chancey Ave. Purdue's Latino Cultural Center celebrates Dia de los Muertos with the community. There will be crafts, music and food to honor those who have departed. Contact LCC, (765) 494-2530.
ENTERTAINMENT
-- Oct. 19. 8 p.m. Vienna Boys Choir. Elliott Hall of Music. The Vienna Boys Choir will perform a variety of folk songs, classical masterpieces and world music. Presented by Purdue Convocations. Tickets are $15-35 for the public, $15-25 for students. For tickets, call (765) 494-3933, (800) 914-SHOW or visit https://www.convocations.org
-- Oct. 19. 8 p.m. Stewart Center's Loeb Playhouse. Purdue Bands American Music Repertory Ensemble and Lab Jazz Band. Admission is free.
-- Oct. 19-20. 7 p.m. Black Cultural Center, 1100 Third St. The four performing arts ensembles will perform the semester "Coffee House Showcase" that centers around the semester-long study of the blues. Contact BCC at (765) 494-3092.
-- Oct. 21. 2:30 p.m. Purdue Bands "Creepy Classics." Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. Purdue Symphony Orchestra's Halloween concert. Admission is free.
** -- Oct. 24. 5-8 p.m. in Stewart Center, Room 206. A three-person delegation of weaving and cultural tourism specialists from Oaxaca, Mexico, will present illustrated talks about handweaving, natural dyeing, design techniques, and Oaxacan and Zapotec culture. The event, which is sponsored by Purdue's Division of Art and Design and Purdue Galleries, is part of Experience Liberal Arts.
-- Oct. 25-28. Carole and Gordon Mallett Theatre. Purdue Theatre's "Six Degrees of Separation." The award-winning play first identified the phenomenon that everyone can be connected by a maximum of six people. 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26, 3 and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27, and 3 and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28. Tickets are $10.50 for the general public and seniors, and $8.50 for students. For tickets, call (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW.
** -- Oct. 26. 8 p.m. Stewart Center's Loeb Playhouse. Purdue Jazz Band. The Jazz Soul of George Gershwin. Admission is free.
-- Oct. 26-28. Black Cultural Center, 1100 Third St. Homecoming 2007 activities with the Purdue Black Alumni Organization include tailgating, dances and open microphone that will feature alumni members of the Haraka Writers presenting a diverse range of pieces including love poetry, social commentary, comic routines and personal confession pieces. Contact BCC at (765) 494-3092.
** -- Oct. 27. 10 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union South Ballroom. Halloween showing of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Doors will open at 10 p.m., with a costume contest beginning at 10:30 p.m. The movie will be screened at midnight, with more than 15 actors acting out the movie onstage. Tickets are $5 for the general public, $2 for students with a Purdue ID. Tickets can be purchased in the Purdue Student Union Board office, PMU 268, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or beginning at 9:30 p.m. Oct. 27.
-- Oct. 29. 8 p.m. Matthews Hall, Room 210. Film showing, "The Killer Within," co-produced by Liberal Arts alum Leonard Cox. More information at https://dsc.discovery.com/promo/killerwithin/
-- Oct. 30. 7:30-9 p.m. Stewart Center, Loeb Playhouse. "An Evening with Joyce Carol Oates." Oates is the author of more than 100 books. Sponsored by the Creative Writing Program and the Department of English.
** -- Oct. 31. 7-11:30 p.m. Union Commons in Purdue Memorial Union. Haunted Hotel sponsored by Purdue Student Union Board.
-- Nov. 1. 7:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Yamato: The Drummers of Japan. These performers transform the ancient tradition of taiko drumming into performance art. Presented by Purdue Convocations. Tickets are $15-35 for the public and $15-25 for students. For tickets, call (765) 494-3933, (800) 914-SHOW or visit https://www.convocations.org
-- Nov. 8. 7 p.m. Stewart Center, Room 214. Sterling Plumpp will present poetry based on blues and jazz rhythm. He has won numerous awards including the Richard Wright Literacy Excellence Award. Plumpp has published twelve volumes of work including "Velvet Be Bop Kente Cloth,"" Blues Narratives," and "Black Rituals." Contact BCC at (765) 494-3092.
** -- CANCELED -- Nov. 9. 8 p.m. Stewart Center's Loeb Playhouse. An Evening With Rosanne Cash. Cash, the daughter of Johnny Cash, will intertwine stories with songs, including hits from her new album "Black Cadillac." Presented by Purdue Convocations. Tickets are $35. For tickets, call (765) 494-3933, (800) 914-SHOW or visit https://www.convocations.org
EXHIBITS
-- Oct. 22 to Dec. 2. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays; and 1-5 p.m. Sundays. Stewart Center Gallery. "Dried – Cracked – Wet – Dripping – Blooming: Installations by Charles A. Gick." Gick, an associate professor of art and design in Purdue's Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts, has exhibited his interdisciplinary installations nationally and internationally. At 5:30 p.m. Oct. 25, Gick will present a lecture on his work in Stewart Center, Room 206. A reception will follow in Stewart Center Gallery.
-- Oct. 22 to Dec. 2. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays; and 1-5 p.m. Sundays. Robert L. Ringel Gallery in Purdue Memorial Union. "Does Gender Still Matter?" Exhibit examines current constructs of masculinity, femininity, androgyny, etc., from the viewpoints of seven artists. At 5:30 p.m. Nov. 1, Elizabeth Mix, contemporary art historian at Butler University who helped select the artists for the exhibit, will speak in Purdue Memorial Union, Room 118. A reception will follow the lecture in the Ringel Gallery.
LECTURES
** -- Oct. 22. 4:30 p.m. Math Building, Room 175. Donald B. Rubin, the John L. Loeb Professor of Statistics at Harvard University, will give the annual K.C.S. Pillai Memorial Lecture. Rubin, who also has served as chair of the statistics department at Harvard, will discuss principal stratification for causal inference with extended partial compliance. Refreshments will be served at 4 p.m. in the Mathematics Library Lounge, third floor. Additional information is available at https://www.stat.purdue.edu/
-- Oct. 23. 10:30 a.m. Class of 1950 Lecture Hall, Room 224. Lynne Forsman, the original owner and current management consultant for Nautical Destinations, an Annapolis, Md., yacht company offering customized group events and currently serves on the board of directors of the Green Meeting Industry Council. She will speak as part of the 2007 Darden Series, sponsored by the department of hospitality and tourism management as part of the Hospitality and Tourism Management department's Career Day. Contact Kelly Virginia Phelan, (443) 527-1725, kvphelan@purdue.edu.
** -- Oct. 25. 9:15 a.m. Krannert auditorium. Nobel prize winner and ex-Purdue professor Vernon Smith will speak at the opening lecture in celebration of Krannert School of Management's 50th anniversary.
** -- Oct. 25. 2 p.m. Krannert auditorium. Former president of the University of Chicago Hugo Sonnenshein will speak as part of the celebration of Krannert School of Management's 50th anniversary.
**-- Oct. 25. 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Lafayette Holiday Inn Select - City Centre. Garnet E. Peck Symposium in Industrial Pharmacy, "Techniques for Monitoring and Controlling Pharmaceutical Processes." For information, contact Mary Ellen Hurt, manager of operations for industrial and physical pharmacy, at (765) 494-6788 or mhurt@purdue.edu
-- Oct. 25. 6:30 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union. Former U.S. senator and Nobel Peace Prize nominee George Mitchell will give the keynote address Krannert School of Management's seventh annual Leadership Speakers Series. The lecture is part of Krannert's 50th anniversary celebration, which includes a number of guest speakers, alumni panels, musical activities and other festivities surrounding the homecoming weekend. Tickets are $100 of which $75 can be considered a charitable contribution in support of student scholarships. Contact Tim Newton, Krannert School director of external relations and communications, (765) 496-7271 or (800) 893-4108, tnewton@purdue.edu.
** -- Nov. 1-2. 4 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 1), East Faculty Lounge of the Memorial Union and 10:30 a.m. Friday (Nov. 2), Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Jack E. Dixon, vice president and chief scientific officer of Howard Hughes Medical Institute, will present this year's Varro E. Tyler Distinguished Lectureship. Dixon will present "Protein Phosphatases: Their Roles in Signal Transduction and Disease" and "Bacterial Pathogens: Hijacking Signal Transduction Pathways." A reception beginning at 3:30 p.m. will take place before the Thursday lecture.
** -- Nov. 7. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union ballrooms. Pharmacy Days career fair. The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences offers a series of events for students and employers during Pharmacy Days. More information is available at https://www.pharmacy.purdue.edu/
oss/PharmacyDays.php
** -- Nov. 8. 9:30 to11 a.m. and 3 to 5 p.m. Lawson Building, commons. Science Journalism Laureates. Purdue University will honor leading science journalists from around the world during the second annual Science Journalism Laureates Program Nov. 7-9. The laureates will participate in a public town hall meeting and will address the campus.
** -- Nov. 12. 8 p.m. Stewart Center's Loeb Playhouse. Sears Lecture Series. Former CIA director R. James Woolsey will present "Energy, Security and the Long War of the 21st Century."
** -- Nov. 16. 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Jerry S. Rawls Hall, Room 1086. Krannert Executive Forum presents Leslie Bauer, director of internal audit, The Washington Post Co. "Personal Choices: Shaping You, Your Career, Your Life."
STUDENTS
-- Ongoing. Student registration for spring semester under way. The semester will run from Jan. 7 to May 3. Students should make an appointment with their academic advisers unless the school in which they are enrolled provides them with special instructions for registration.
WORKSHOPS
-- Oct. 23. 1-3 p.m. Stewart Center, Room 307. Americans with Disabilities Act Overview. In this workshop, sponsored by the Affirmative Action Office in honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, participants learn about the Americans with Disabilities Act - what the law means, its history and what is in store in the future.
SEMINARS
** -- Oct. 25. 7 p.m. Krannert Building, Room 154. "A Community Coming Together: Developing University-Community Partnerships for Reciprocal Learning, Action and Benefit." Rosemarie Hunter, member of the faculty at the University of Utah. Presented by the American Association of University Women, Lafayette/West Lafayette branch and the Women's Resource Office. Contact Abby Hunter, (801) 529-8089.
** -- Nov. 1. 7 p.m. Stewart Center's Fowler Hall. Barry Salzberg, CEO of accounting giant Deloitte & Touche USA, will speak as part of the university's Series on Corporate Citizenship and Ethics. His talk is presented by the Krannert School of Management and the College of Education's James F. Ackerman Center for Democratic Citizenship and sponsored by the Purdue Employees Federal Credit Union and CSX Transportation. Contact Tim Newton, (765) 496-7271.
** -- Nov. 3. Black Cultural Center, 1100 Third St. "Connecting Culturally in Engineering, Math and Technology" with presentations and discussions led by scholars in the field of science and technology. Third in the series offered by the Black Cultural Center Library. For information, call (765) 494-3093.
CONFERENCES
-- Oct. 29-30. Stewart Center. Crossroads Conference on Communicative Disorders. One-day registration is $125, two-day registration is $200 and student registration is $25. Contact Nona Schaler for registration information, (765) 494-2756 or njschaler@purdue.edu. More information is available at https://www.cla.purdue.edu/
experience/events/crossroads/. Sponsored by the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences.
** -- Nov. 8. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ross-Ade Pavilion. Discovery Lecture Series event, titled "Global Business Development in Life Sciences," will include keynote lecture at 12:30 p.m. by leading life sciences venture capitalist G. Steven Burrill, chief executive of California-based Burrill and Co., and a talk on technology commercialization by Purdue President France A. Córdova. David Johnson, president of BioCrossroads, will moderate a panel discussion at 2:30 p.m. on life sciences intellectual property and the world markets. The morning session includes the Kauffman Campus Initiative workshop on equipping the next-generation of entrepreneurship leaders. Ted Ashburn, senior director of corporate development at pharmaceuticals giant Genzyme Corp., and Michael Kurek, partner at Biotechnology Business Consultants LLC, will lead the Kauffman workshop. Daylong Discovery Park event is being offered in collaboration with BioCrossroads, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and Lilly Endowment. For registration information, go to https://www.purdue.edu/dp/dls
Compiled by Christy Jones, (765) 494-1089, christyjones@purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
To the News Service home page