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| * Purdue Presidential Inauguration |
| * President France A. Cordóva |
March 13, 2008
Reserved tickets available for President Córdova's inauguration
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - |
The inauguration of President France A. Córdova is free and open to the public, but a ticket with an assigned seat is required. Tickets can be picked up at campus box office locations in Stewart Center and Elliott Hall or be reserved by calling (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-7469.
Córdova became Purdue's 11th president on July 16.
The inauguration culminates a weeklong campus celebration that includes a Global University Convocation moderated by Purdue alumnus Brian Lamb, C-SPAN's president and chief executive officer, from 2:30-4:30 p.m. April 10 in Stewart Center's Loeb Playhouse.
A faculty discussion on interdisciplinary topics is scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon April 11. More information on that event will be forthcoming.
The Global University Convocation and faculty panel discussion events are open to the public. No admission tickets are required.
Before arriving at Purdue, Córdova had served as chancellor of University of California, Riverside, since 2002.
She previously was vice chancellor for research and a professor of physics at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Córdova also was the first woman and youngest person to hold the title as NASA chief scientist, working on projects such as the Hubble Space Telescope.
The convocation, part of the Discovery Lecture Series, is funded, in part, by the Lilly Endowment, Inc."" to all news releases that mention the Convocation.
Writer: Phillip Fiorini, (765) 496-3133, pfiorini@purdue.edu
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