Purdue News Service

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
      -- Feb. 28. 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. "Exciting Science @ Purdue" in the Lilly Hall of Life Sciences, Room 1105. Presented by the College of Science. The program is aimed at high school freshmen and sophomores, and it includes hands-on lab demonstrations, information from mentors in the Women in Science Programs, and a lunch presentation by Stephanie Gardner, a visiting assistant professor of biological sciences, addressing why it is important for young students today to explore careers in science. The program is sponsored by the Women in Science programs. The cost is $10. For information, contact Toyinda Wilson-Long, assistant director of the Science Diversity Office, at (765) 496-6095 or lhs@purdue.edu.
      ** -- March 1. 5 p.m. Stewart Center, Loeb Playhouse. Miss Purdue Scholarship Pageant. Eight students will participate in the pageant, which is an official preliminary to the Miss Indiana and Miss America pageants. As part of the evening, State Rep. Sheila Klinker, Miss Purdue 1959, will be honored and plans to perform a duet with Miss Purdue 2008 Kelly Bouwman. Miss Indiana 2008 Megan Meadors also will perform. Tickets are $10 and will be for sale at the door.
      ** -- March 7. 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Pfendler Hall, Deans Auditorium. Six Purdue teams are finalists for regional Idea-to-Product Competition for Environmental and Social Entrepreneurship. Students will make a 10-minute presentation on their product, which is designed to fill an environmental or community need. Prizes totaling $10,000 will be awarded to the best concepts. The public is welcome to watch the presentations. For information, contact Nancy Clement, nic@purdue.edu, (765) 494-9884, or Anuj Mhaskar, amhaskar@purdue.edu, or go to https://www.purdue.edu/innovate/src/i2p.php
      -- March 28. 10:30 a.m. Purdue Armory. The 27th national Rube Goldberg Machine Contest, sponsored by Phi Chapter of Theta Tau fraternity, will have college teams from the nation competing to find ingenious ways to replace an incandescent light bulb with a more energy-efficient, light-emitting design. The event is free and open to the public.

ENTERTAINMENT
      ** -- Feb. 27-28 and March 4-7. Nancy T. Hansen Theatre, Yue-Kong Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts. "Dracula," presented by Purdue Theatre. Performances will be offered at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27-28 and March 4-7, and at 3 p.m. March 7-8. Tickets for the performances are $17 for the general public, $10 for students and $13 for seniors age 62 and older. Tickets are available at the Pao Hall, Elliott Hall and Stewart Center box offices or at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW.
      -- Feb. 28. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Gary Allan and Darius Rucker. Presented by Purdue Convocations and the Student Concert Committee. Tickets are $35 for the general public and $30 for Purdue and Ivy Tech students and those under age 19; prices include a facilities fee. Tickets are on sale at the Elliott Hall of Music and Stewart Center box offices, or (765) 494-3933, and through Ticketmaster at (765) 743-5151 and https://www.ticketmaster.com.
      -- March 6. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. The Irish Tenors with the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra. Presented by Purdue Convocations. Tickets are $20 to $38 for adults and $15 to $25 for those 18 years and younger, Purdue students and Ivy Tech Lafayette students. Tickets are available at the Elliott Hall and Stewart Center box offices at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. Tickets also are available through Ticketmaster outlets. Discounted tickets for groups of 10 or more can be ordered at (765) 496-1977.
      ** -- March 8. 2:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. "ImPERCYnations" featuring the Purdue Symphonic Band and Purdue Concert Band. Presented by Purdue Bands. Concert will feature pieces by Percy Grainger, Frank Ticheli, Clifton Williams and Francis McBeth.
           ** -- March 27. 7 p.m. The Black Cultural Center, Multipurpose Room 1. The Black Cultural Center's New Directional Players will perform its spring semester production.
      -- March 29. 7 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Michael W. Smith and Steven Curtis Chapman. Presented by Purdue Convocations. Premium tickets are $55 and regular tickets are $35 for adults and $30 students and children under 18. Bargain tickets also are available for $20. All prices include a facilities fee. Tickets are available at the Elliott Hall of Music and Stewart Center box offices at (765) 494-3933. Tickets also are available through Ticketmaster at (765) 743-5151 and https://www.ticketmaster.com. For information, call (765) 496-1977.

EXHIBITS
      ** -- Through Feb. 27. Patti and Rusty Rueff West Gallery, Yue-Kong Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts. Photography exhibition by Andrea Dailey, a master's of fine arts student. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
      -- March 2-13. Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, Yue-Kong Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts. Undergraduate Exhibition. A reception for the exhibit will be from 5-6:30 p.m. March 5. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
      -- March 23 to April 24. Black Cultural Center. "Rock, Rhythm & Soul: The Black Roots of Popular Music" will be displayed. The exhibit was produced by the Indiana University Archives of African-American Music and consists of topical banners on various themes and genres of African-American music, including soul, funk, gospel, rhythm and blues, and hip-hop.

LECTURES
      ** -- March 4. 3:30 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union, East Faculty Lounge. Arden L. Bement Jr., head of the National Science Foundation, will be the speaker for the inaugural Moshe M. Barash Distinguished Lectureship for Manufacturing Engineering, which is named for the late Purdue professor emeritus. His talk is titled "In the Barash Tradition: Imagining the Shape of Things to Come." After the lecture, a reception will be held in the Purdue Memorial Union Lafayette Room.
      -- March 5. 3-4:30 p.m. Black Cultural Center, Multipurpose Room 1. Harriet A. Jacobs Series in the Humanities and the Arts. Nancy J. Peterson, associate professor of English and American Studies, will present "Toni Morrison: Théodore Géricault, and Incendiary Art." Sponsored by the African American Studies and Research Center.
      -- March 6. 10:30 a.m. Heine Pharmacy Building, Room 164. William X. Malloy, clinical director and pharmacy practice residency director at Community Health Network in Indianapolis. "How is Your Puzzle Looking?" Part of the 2009 Dean's Executive Forum, a speaker series in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
      ** -- March 6. 1:30-2:45 p.m. Rawls Hall, Room 2070. James Robinson, the Jane Weldon Myers Curator of Asian Art at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, will present "Challenges for a Curator: Acquiring and Analyzing Asian Art." Reception will follow talk. Sponsored by the Confucius Institute at Purdue University, the Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts, and the College of Liberal Arts Interdisciplinary Studies.
      ** -- March 27. 10:30 a.m. Heine Pharmacy Building, Room 164. Marcel Sassola, founder and chief executive officer of Intravenous Therapy Services Inc. "Specialty Pharmacy, Both Infusion and Injectables." Part of the 2009 Dean's Executive Forum, a speaker series in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

STUDENTS
      -- March 1. FAFSA deadline. In order to receive priority consideration for federal, state and university-controlled financial aid, all current and newly admitted Purdue students must file their Free Application for Federal Student Aid by this date. It can be filed online at https://www.fafsa.ed.gov. For information, contact Purdue's Division of Financial Aid at (765) 494-0998 or visit https://www.purdue.edu/DFA
      -- March 6-7. The Soul of Cleveland Tour will examine Cleveland's African-American history and heritage and include a trip to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Sponsored by Purdue's Black Cultural Center. For information, call (765) 494-3091.

CONFERENCES
-- March 7. 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Stewart Center and Purdue Memorial Union. 10th annual Women in Leadership Conference- "HerStory: Exposing Her Path … Sharing Her Journey." Christine Hassler, life coach, author and motivational speaker, to be keynote speaker. Registration is $20 and includes breakfast, lunch and conference materials. For information, call (765) 494-7221. To register, visit https://www.conf.purdue.edu/Leadership

OTHER
      -- March 4. 9-11:30 a.m. Heavilon Hall, Room B-11. Free hearing, speech and language screenings at the M.D. Steer Audiology and Speech-Language clinics. The screenings are free and open to adults over the age of 18. Appointments are recommended and can be made in advance by calling (765) 494-4229. Walk-ins will be based on availability.


Compiled by Christy Jones, (765) 494-1089, christyjones@purdue.edu