November 3, 2009
Today's events
Here is a list of events happening Tuesday, Nov. 3, at the West Lafayette campus.
Tuesday, Nov. 3
-- College Teaching Workshop Series 1: Basics of Teaching. "'Why Didn't I Get an A?' Using Subjective Tests and Assigning Grades." For faculty, staff and grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. 9-10:30 a.m. Weekly workshop 9 of 10 through Nov. 10. Registration required: www.cie.purdue.edu. Questions: 49-66422 or CIE@purdue.edu.
-- Chemical Engineering Graduate Seminar Series. Paula Hammond, MIT. "Self-Assembly Approaches toward Directed Drug Delivery: From Patchy Micelles to MAD Nanolayers." 3 p.m. reception, Atrium, Forney Hall. 3:30-4:30 p.m. lecture, Room G140, Forney Hall.
-- Native American Heritage Month kickoff. Native American Educational and Cultural Center. 4-6 p.m. Room 314, STEW. Event to feature drums and a cultural presentation by elders and artists. Other events Nov. 11 and 17. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/091029AhasteenBryantMonth.doc.html#at.
-- Mexican/Mexican-American Cultural Night. Housing and Food Services occasional series Cultural Journeys through Food, Music, and Crafts. 5-7 p.m. Hillenbrand Dining Court. Also opportunities to interact with volunteers. Dinner: meal plan or $9.97 per adult at the door. Questions: 49-40922 or wcruz@purdue.edu, or go to www.housing.purdue.edu/HTML/HRMultiCultural.htm.
-- History Department lecture. "The Balkans from the Beginnings to the End." Andrew Wachtel, graduate school dean, Northwestern Univ. 7 p.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building.
-- Men's basketball vs. California of Pennsylvania (exhibition). 7 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: $11.
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. This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are lentil soup (soup) and salmon roulade (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.
-- Exhibition: Student works inspired by poetry of Donald Hall, former U.S. poet laureate (see also poetry reading under Thursday above). Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, Pao Hall. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Through Nov. 13.
-- Exhibition: Works by local students and the others in the community, inspired by poetry of Donald Hall, former U.S. poet laureate (see also poetry reading under Thursday above). Room 118, PMU (adjacent to Great Hall). Thursday and Friday only. Reception 4-6 p.m. Thursday.
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.