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Show u N I I T y M~NDA¥,-JULY 6, 1998 Dean named in new college CC harles L. ~leltcn, professor, actor and director, has Evening concerts continue 77,e renowned Chris Proctor, who sports m, eclectic style and is a fonner national champion fingerpicking guitarist, is Sunday's guest in the Summer Evening Concert Series at SUV. The native Utalm plays in the Randall 17zeatre at 7 p.m. PAGE7. been appointed acting dean of the newly formed College of Performing and Visual Arts at Southern Utah University. A native of California, Metten· earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles (UClA) and a doctorate at the University of Iowa. His professional focus has been in theatre arts and film where he has served and continues to serve with distinction. "Dr. Metten is no stranger to SUU," said President Steven D. Bennion. "In 1966 he was a guest director of Julius Caesar at the Utah Shakespearean Festival. Last fall he h:td a lead role in Woman in Black perfonned by the SUU department of theatre arts and dance. His wealth of experience with theatre, film , musicals and other dimensions of the arts have been the passion of his life throughout his professional career. The breadth of his experience as a teacher, director, actor, and administr:ltor provides a remarkable vision of the excitement of the arts." Metten taught at Santa Barbara High School in California for a few yea.rs and then following his graduate work he taught at the University of Nevada-Reno. He served for the major portion of his extensive professional career at Brigham Young University. Besides his service as a full professor there, he served as chainnan of the department of speech and dramatic arts and the department of theatre and cinematic ans, along with other administrative assignments. 111<:: list of plays he bas directed is impressive in both its length and variety. A sample includes: 17ze Festival welcomes oldf r iend 17ie Utah Shakespearean Festival this y ear welcomes back an old friend, Douglas H. Baker, who, from 1984 to 1990, directed the Festival Greenshow and Royal Feaste before heading to Las Vegas to star as Merlin in tile Excalibur Hotel's production of King Arthur's Tournamen t. He's still thrilling audiences there in t wo shows 11ightly for five nights a week, but this seaso~z. the former SUV theatre and dance faculty member is also back 011 campus running the Greenshow and the Royal Feaste, and a11dlences he,:e are finding that Baker's formula is 011e that makes it all work. PAGE 5. Foreigner, 11 Tale of Two Cities, n,e Unsinkable Molly Braum, Life \Vitlz Father, The King and I, Bye Bye Birdie, Watch on the Rhine, T11e Miser, Charlie's Monument, A Man/or -;111 Seasons, A Midsummer Night 's Dream, Madame Butterjly,Journey to Gologtha, (771e new) Hill Cmnoiah Pageant, Aida, and Macbeth. Dean Metten has performed an impressive array of acting roles on stage and in film including: Vladimir in Waiting/or Godot, Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, Lear in King Lear, Captain Queeg in 77ze Caine Mutiny Court Martial and Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. His awards in teaching, creative arts, acting and directing arc extensive. In 1995 he received the Kennedy Center Medallion for service to the Kennedy Center/ ACff, Region vur. He is the recipient of the College of Fine Arts Creative Arts award, most outstand.ing teaching award, and other awards at 13YU and from comm unit)' and professional t:.ai~~~1~~ groups. '·South<.:rn Utah is ind<.:ed fonunat<.: to have the taknt , experience and wisdom of Charles Metten," said Frain Pearson, interim provost at SUU. ·'He will bring both vision and enthusiasm to launching this new colJege that will add a remarkable: dimension to the university and the community."' Dean Metten began his sewice here last week. The organizational entities included in the new College of the Perfonning and Visual Arts are the art, music, theatre arts and cL1nce departments and the Utah Shakespearean Festival. SUU will resume the search for a pem1ancnt dean later this year. Second summer • session begin~ here next u;eek Registration for second session summer school classes Is 110w under way. Students plmming to attend second session beginning July 13 are encouraged to resister 011 or before }11ne 13; however, second session registration w ill take place up to and i1zcluding July J 4. Registration for second session classes will be each working day from 8 a.m.-4 p .m. in the Shan.van Smith Building. Tuition and fees must be paid at the time of registration. PAGE 3. |