President Manuel A. Esteban talks with Lori McIntosh and her mother, Linda, of Red Bluff, at a reception following three hours of testing during the President's Scholars competition on February 19. One hundred sixty-three students competed for over $130,000 in scholarships. See page 2 for more on the competition. (photo KM)
 

Provost Scott McNall greets some of the over 400 students and parents that filled the bleachers in Shurmer Gym on the morning of the President's Scholars competition day. After opening remarks by Vice Provost Byron Jackson and President Esteban, parents and friends participated in tours of programs and colleges while students were taking tests.
 

Ray Barnett, Biological Sciences, talks with parents of students who plan to major in one of the natural sciences. Barnett talked about the Natural History museum, as it exists, and a new natural history museum for which financial feasibility studies will begin soon. This presentation was one of twelve, including presentations by General Studies Thematic, the Wellness program, HFA's recording studio, Anthropology's archeology lab, and the Career Center.
 

A stop on the tour for parents was a glass-blowing demonstration. President Esteban is working the glass of a fish he is crafting in the "gloryhole" at approximately 2,000 degrees F. Esteban is the son of a master glass blower and a glass artiste. Robert Herhusky, glass instructor, said, "President Esteban likes to work fast, and the pieces that he likes to make involve lots of bit work, so at least two people helping him allow him to make things pretty quickly." (photos KM)