PSu Magazine Winter 2002

& 0 U N D T H E P A R K B L O C K S Opera great Marilyn Horne to work with students Metropolitan Opera star Marilyn Home, perhaps the greatest mezzo– soprano of the past century, will be on campus for a week working with the PSU Opera Theater cast of Cinderella , to be per– fo rmed in Linco ln Perfo rmance Hall May 3 to 11. Hom e is the first Jeannine B. Cowles Distinguished Profes– sor in Res idence. In addit ion to working with the perfo rmers in Gloacchino Ross ini 's Cinderella , she will attend the ga la opening of the play and conduct two publi c ma ter classes. For the past 50 years Home has entertained the world . Her intema- tional success in the most difficult co loratu ra mezzo-soprano roles led to the rev ival of many of Rossini and Sciences. George Frederick Han– del's greatest operas. She ce lebrated 26 years as a leading lady of the Metropolitan Opera, and was hon– ored at the San Fran– c isco Opera fo r her 39 seasons there in Octo– ber 1999. Last year, she rece ived a Lifetime Achievement G rammy Award from the , National Academy of Record ing Ans and Home's res idency was made poss i– ble by businesswoman Jeannine B. Cowles, who gave an endowed gift of $500,000 fo r the program. Cowles has L E T T E R S Tell us what's on stage, not on the field How I wish you had devoted space in this issue (fall 2001) to a cultural calendar for those of us who are immune to the charms of "Spring Term Sport Records." On an approving note, I'm glad to see the Off the Shelf column. It's good to focus so broadly on this area of endeavor. Pamela Johnston sent by email Magazine OK, says journalism prof Let me congratulate you for the stimulating alumni magazine. I say this as someone who spent a decade 2 PSU MAGAZINE WINTER 2002 doing public relations and publica– tions for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and as someone who now teaches magazine journal– ism at Ohio University. [The maga– zine] reflects the intellectual ferment and seriousness of purpose that I knew in the late 1960s to be especially prominent at an upstart Portland State University. Joseph Bernt '71 sent by email PSU Magazine wants to hear from you. Send your comments to PSU Magazine, Portland State Univer– sity, PO Box 751, Portland OR 97207-0751; or to email address psumag@pdx.edu. We reserve the right to edit for space and clarity. a long history of supporting opera studies at PSU. She i fo unding donor of the Bel Canto Northwest Vocal Institute, a three-week summer program in which young singe rs pre– pare fo r a professional ca reer with ma ter cla ses, seminars, and perfo r– mances. The PSU Opera Theater is a pro– gram of growing national di stinction , with graduates performing around the world. In November, PSU singers captured three of the top fo ur spots in the Metropo litan Opera National Council Auditions (Oregon district). In recen t years, two PSU singers have gone on to perfo rm in the finals of the Met auditions in New York. PSU 's 2000 production of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, with student ca t and orchestra, won a first prize in the Opera Production Competition of the National Opera Assoc iation. Making it into U.S. News & World Report Portland State's eMBA program received national attention this fall when U.S. News & World Report ranked it among the nation's best dis– tance-MBA programs. The October 15 edition of the magazine surveyed more than 2,000 schools to determine the top 130 online graduate programs in several disciplines, including master of busi– ness administration (MBA). PSU's eMBA was ranked among the top 25 online graduate business programs. The program was only launched this past fall, but it builds on 10 years of experience in delivering an MBA pro– gram via distance learning-video, tele– casts, and World Wide Web. The three-year program includes four cam– pus-based residencies each year. Courses and faculty are the same as tho e offered in the School of Business Administra– tions campu -based program.