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I.,Matt Hansen, director LI, - : ,. si.' , -...... , ; r;, .,. c. 4It i of multifamily at Property ,r, ,..:,:,..., ,, il - .4 .. 7 De; ,.:''' 4'., Enhancement Group ',1'.,,, i. 11: ir "71:14r: '''r:tlfr 71 ri :1 ...,,,,,.., ...,,,, i ,, velopment, said projected i .1 . i'7'. '4.k.Ora:. . , 7, 0.'...' ),41,.... P', 0 ,t, r, rentII c) ! available for .i ' ';-i pricing r 4 4,- ., sI als is between $900 and ,,,.''' $1,400 per month, and -' ,.,, , i ' t ,,. ,, ,' ' ' ' the target demographic is young professionals or , empty-nestelooking to - ' downsize. ...... Arl,,,,,' ,', "We're not opposed to Clockwise: Renderings for the City View Apartments were published on pegdev.com earlier last year. Contractors broke ground on students by any means, locathe City View Apartments and Hotel location in Decemeber, nestled in between Tabernacle St. and W. St. George Blvd. The but we understand it 8900 to is between set for these Café. apartments Pricing tion of both the hotel and apartment complex is placed near Bear Paw two has PEG fall major will 2018. as currently may not be a good fit for as Development early begin 81,400 per month depending on the floor, and leasing Place is set to be behind the everybody," Hansen said. projects in St. George: the 605 Place and the City View Apartments and Hotel. The location of the 605 Taco Bell located on W. St. George Blvd. "Sometimes we'll see students lease an apartment have studios and in a roommate situation "They're going to be ing to need places to live apartments rental rates. fills Canas at and Rates for Vintage newer; they're going to be and that might make it a better than what I'm allittle easier for them." up, they're going to want yonlands are available on apartments with 113 units and 416 beds in all, ready living in right now." The location of City places nearby." pegdev.com. 605 of PEG Development addition The new hoWith and will include "honors View Apartments and apartments Place and that of City tel is placed where tenants housing" expects to begin leasing being built so close to apartments and View students DSU's for honor will have more to do, and apartments to the public at Apartments campus, specifically will students means Hotel the are about excited students to reside. there is a charm to living City View as early as fall 2018 and fully complethave more opportunities PEG Development is downtown that living in prospects. atto close to all three buildings by are rent often "Students at 605 Place the suburbs doesn't have, ing apartments building stuto buildto new tracted the and 600 Tabernacle Hansen said. East, campus, appealing Spring of 2019. 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'1'. ; ,,, 1 1171 CC.'-rirt:- big app ' ; , . ,,'" ': l ; ,.; 1' ,, live wor tow -- -- , .1., ......, :!,:- - A ai., ; - :.,.,,. , , -- E . : ., ,u, ',', I' . .,:,;.4,-, L, ma3 ..--- we that real Blo of t ,,,,,; rs W- , -- 1 .ato- . e ',- -- a ,...,,,4, , doN stth four-bedroo- four-bathroo- DIXIE SUN NEWS Markee Heckenliable, Editor-in-Chi- ef us m us Ryann Hein len, News Editor Alexis McClain, Sports Editor Cody Eckman, Features Editor Emma van Lent, Opinion Editor Taylor Lewis, Multimedia Editor Kylea Custer, Photo Editor Valeria De La 0, Social Media Editor Hanna Pollock, Copy Editor Erin Hakoda, Ad Manager Jonathan Holland Jessica Johnson Grant Jones Kyle Lindsley Maria Modica Lizzy Range Aubrey Shipley Naomi Vazquez Student response to faculty evaluations continues to decline, professors speculate how to increase feedback BY NAOMI VAZQUEZ naomivazquez Rhiannon Bent, Adviser The Dixie Sun News is distributed each Wednesday during fall and spring semesters as a publication of Dixe State University, the communication department, and Dixie State University Student Activities. DSU administrators do not approve or censor content. The student editorial stall alone determines its news coverage. The unsigned editorial on the opinion page represents the position of Dixie Sun News as determined by its editorial board. Otherwise, the views and opinions expressed in Dixie Sun News are those of the individual writers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Dixie Sun News or any entity of the university. CORRECTIONS Corrections from Jan. 10 issue: Women's basketball lost to California Baptist on Jan. 8. Instructors at Dixie State University lose opportunities to master their craft due to low response rates for the student course evaluations. Low response rates on these evaluations may also reflect poorly on the instructors. These evaluations are seen by chairmen, deans and administration, and factor into the retention, tenure and promotion processes for DSU faculty members. "Student evaluations are incorporated into what we call their faculty electronic portfolios," said Michael Lacourse, provost and vice president of academic affairs. "I do look at student evaluations when they are in the and a faculty member is requesting to be tenured, promoted or retained." Many professors are also worried about the effectiveness of their students' feedback when it is offered. Hosok 0, assistant professor of history, said he believes most of the feedback from the course evaluations isn't relevant to the class or his teaching. "People love or hate their professors ," 0 said. "The feedback is becoming more personal, not about evaluating your own experience as a student, so if they really want to im prove this I think students should be managing it, students should distribute, students should provide, and students should judge it should be a student-ru- n process." Not all instructors have problems with the student evaluation system. Jonathan Morrell, director of Student Support Services and adjunct instructor, said his response rates have risen in the last few semesters. "The reason why?" Morrell said. "I attach it to extra credit." Morrell said this hasn't negatively affected the quality of feedback he gets because he takes time in class to explain the importance of the student evaluations and how they can help all professors. "I tell my students, 'This is your moment to anonymously critique," Morrell said. Tyson Layton, a freshman bioinformatics major from Warrenton, Virginia, said he didn't even know about the student course evaluations, but if he did, he probably wouldn't complete one, even with the offered incentive of early grade access. "At the end of the semester, I took my finals and I was done," Layton said. "I wasn't obsessed about my grades, so I probably wouldn't even check them early." Layton said the best thing he could get out of completing a course evaluation is extra credit. Jim Haendiges, associate professor of English, like many other faculty and staff members, said the evaluations have been problematic for years and he disagrees with the idea of using extra credit as incentive. "I wouldn't be supportive of any kind of grade enhancement or anything," Haendiges said. "I personally would not give anyone extra credit for filling out an eval...I see a lot of students not seeing what it really is meant to be." Lacourse said although DSU administration knows about the overall drop in response rates for the course evaluations, the exact answers to why this is happening and how it can be fixed are still un see EVALUATE page 3 - |