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Show THE THUNDERBIRD Additions planned for student services BY i SUSC THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1989 PAGE 7 ' RACHEL TALBOT In the next eight years, SUSCs campus additions may include not only a new library, family student housing, a renovated Science Center, Theatre and Academic Service Center, but also a mall. The proposal would be part of the Student Centers second phase. Several options for the addition are being considered, and ground breaking is expected within five years. Tony Pellegrini, SUSCs director of student activities, and. ASSUSC President Darin Bird are compiling a wish list for the desired addition' to the Student Center. Half of the projected space may be open to the private sector to provide students with an mall. It would be nice to have a few other options for eating places, said Bird. This concept of a mall situation has worked very, very well in other parts of the country, said Pellegrini. Competition between businesses and food service has not popular fast-foo- d proved to be a problem. Concerns that campus food service would lose business have been quelled by increased, not decreased revenue, he said. Other possibilites for the commercial space include a sporting goods shop, a travel agency, a laundromat and a hair salon. Further Phase Two considerations include an rink, a d fitness center, a ballroom and a 200- - to 400-setheatre. We can be a multipurpose service center here, said Pellegrini. Bond payments for Phase One of the Student Center come from students pockets. Each quarter, SUSC students pay $25 for the Student Center facility. Even with the addition, this amount would not change, said Pellegrini. A second source for the quarterly bond payment comes from Bookstore and Food Service revenue. Income from leasing commercial space for prospective mall merchants would increase revenue for Phase Two of the Student Center. Cedar City merchants would be given first pick of available space, said Pellegrini. Student centers are considered by the state as buildings because they are oriented, said Bird. Because of that, private funding is required. Although Pellegrini hopes to procure educational and general funds for the proposed student service wing, state funding remains for either phase. Pellegrini disagrees with the states assumption, feeling that student centers are just as important as other campus facilites. Colleges provide a social education as well, he said. Students need a place to come to sit and talk. You need a time and place to do that, he said. However, he concedes, the state may be right to have microscopes, for example, higher on its list of funding priorities. Construction of Phase Two will not begin until SUSCs student enrollment increases to provide the financial base requisite for bonding. Before we can look at rebonding, we need 3,500 students, said Pellegrini. The Planning Guide, to be completed June 1989, could be taken to an architect 1989. Were enthusiastically moving forward, he said. Phase Two of the Student Center will project west toward the Centrum and will be the same width, said Bird. The Trades and Industries Building will be torn down to make way for Phase Two of the center. 60,000-square-fo- ot on-camp- on-camp- us ice-skati- glass-enclose- at non-essenti- al non-academ- ic non-existe- nt non-essenti- al fulltime- -equivalent fall-quarte- r, School of Education gears for accreditation evaluation After d drrivdl report SUSC tedcher education duditors completing The first step in a self-stud- y , phased accreditation process which will evaluate the teacher education programs at SUSC will culminate Feb. Every five years we go through a process of accreditation of our programs, said James M. Miller, 14-1- 5. dean of SUSCs School of Education. For the last 18 y months we have been working on a report how the institutions meets basic standards addressing established for the preparation of elementary and secondary school teachers. We really dont expect any surprises to emerge from e the visit of the accreditation team, Miller said. We know our program better than anyone, and we know what the state standards are in the areas where self-stud- on-sit- s progrdm prepdres for the Februdry we train teachers. Miller noted, however, that the valuable to the School of Education be team report can by showing administrators whether people with different perspectives see the programs strengths and weaknesses the same as those who are intimately involved day to day. Our previous report was very complimentary, Miller added. We have address those less favorable conditions pointed out in (the previous) report. Some of our problem areas may still exist to an extent, but we have seriously attempted to improve where we werent as strong. On Feb. 14 and 15, a accreditation team academic a of disciplines will be on representing variety er of outside campus to further analyze SUSCs programs, Miller y said. The team will use SUSCs report as a understand how it the to and college starting point accomplishes the training of elementary and secondary teachers. How SUSC meets specific standards established by the Utah State Board of Education in 21 academic y areas is the focus of the and will be the key question addressed by the visiting accreditation team. Team members will make a total institutional review with a specific goal of how institutional policies, budgets, administrative structure, and those sorts of things impace the teacher education program, Miller self-stud- self-stud- said. |
