Purdue West Lafayette Campus Events for Friday, April 11 through Sunday, April 13
April 11, 2008 by admin
Filed under Purdue News
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Here are events scheduled for this weekend, Friday, April 11 through Sunday, April 13 on the Purdue University West Lafayette campus.
Friday, April 11
– PAJAMA (Purdue Arts Jewelry and Metals Association) spring jewelry sale. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Under mural, Stewart Center.
– Faculty symposia. 10 a.m.-noon. Presidential inaugural events. Titles, moderators and locations below. For names of panelists, see www.purdue.edu/inauguration and click Schedule.
—- Faculty symposium: “Serious Games for Serious Learning: Harnessing the Digital Generation.” Commons, Lawson Computer Science Building Commons. Moderator: Rusty Rueff, CEO of SNOCAP Inc., former executive VP of human resources for Electronic Arts (EA).
—- Faculty symposium: “Building a New Planet.” Auditorium, Pfendler Hall. Moderator: Moira Gunn, founder and host of Public Radio’s “Tech Nation” and “BioTech Nation.”
—- Faculty symposium: “Tiny Technologies for Huge Impacts on Health.” Room B071, Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering. Moderator: Timothy Sands, the Basil S. Turner Professor of Engineering and director of Birck Nanotechnology Center.
– Inauguration of France A. Córdova as 11th president of Purdue University. 2-4 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets are required and are free at campus box offices in Elliott and Stewart Center; 49-43933 or (800) 914-7469. Live telecast at campuses in Purdue system: Purdue North Central, LSF 002; Purdue Calumet, GYTE 103 and 107; IPFW, Kettler Hall G22; IUPUI, TBD. www.purdue.edu/inauguration/
– Haraka Fest. Black Cultural Center. 7 p.m. BCC.
– Purdue Theatre. “Hair” by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt McDermott. Marquee Series. 7:30 p.m. April 10-12, 17-19; 3 p.m. April 13; midnight (end of day) April 12, 18. Nancy T. Hansen Theatre, Pao Hall. Tickets: public, $18; 62+ seniors, $15; students, $12. Recommended for mature audiences.