Other events this week Engineering experiments demonstrated Tuesday, Feb. 17 Middle and high school students will have the opportunity to learn about engineering research and experiments as the university hosts its annual Engineer's Day from noon to 5 p.m. In demonstrations conducted throughout campus, university faculty will give students a glimpse of careers practiced by presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Jimmy Carter - all who were engineers. Rose Johns, 784-6925. Concert to feature Strauss, Debussy Wednesday, Feb. 18 Soprano Katherine DeBoer, the university's vocal studies director, will collabo- rate with Argenta Quartet pianist James Winn and the Chamber Music Society of Sacramento for an 8 p.m. concert in Nightingale Concert Hall in the Church Fine Arts Complex. The program will feature a blend of music from 1887 to 1921, featuring works by Ives, Chausson, Strauss, Debussy and Schoenberg.
Admission is free.
Katherine DeBoer, 784-6145. The university's Center for the Environmental Arts and Humanities will host 200 of the world's top ecological scholars for the North American Interdisciplinary Conference of Environment and Community. Conference sessions will be held in the Jot Travis Student Union, Frandsen Humanities Building and the Sheppard Gallery in the Church Fine Arts Complex. Scott Slovic for conference times and locations, 784-8015. Feb. 20 E. Scott Bair, geological sciences professor at Ohio State University, will host a seminar discussing the process of gathering geologic and hydrologic evidence for presentation before a jury.