There are 53 colleges/universities that participate in NKBA's Endorsed Program; 39 that are fully endorsed and 14 that are in the Supported Program. The Endorsed College Program was established to offer quality training at accredited institutions to prospective kitchen/bath design professionals. NKBA Supported Programs have implemented coursework based on NKBA reference materials and are working towards obtaining a full NKBA Endorsement.
The University of Georgia is the only college within the state of Georga that offers the full accredited Endorsed Program. Gwinnett Technical College is currently sponsored and expected to receive endorsement by late Spring 2008.
For more information about dues and benefits of Student Membership, contact the Georgia Chapter VP of Accredited Programs:
Trudy McGinnis, CKD,CBD
endorsedprograms@nkbaga.org or students@nkba.org
McGinnis Group, LLC
1350 Ridgefield Drive
Roswell, GA 30075
Phone: (770) 998-9788
The goals of the NKBA Endorsed College Program are:
- To encourage and support excellence in kitchen/bathroom design by establishing standards for developing and evaluating college programs for endorsement.
- To promote quality education through the attainment of professional standards within the kitchen and bathroom industry.
- To provide assurance to the kitchen and bathroom industry, and the public, that student who graduate from NKBA endorsed programs have met educational and industry design standards.
- To provide assistance in developing and establishing new endorsed programs.
- To provide ongoing assistance to endorsed programs for improvement of their educational offerings.
- To ensure that the unique characteristics of a curriculum will be recognized and encouraged within endorsement guidelines.
- To increase professional employment opportunities for students.
- To encourage and support excellence in kitchen/bathroom design by establishing standards for developing and evaluating college programs for endorsement.
- To promote quality education through the attainment of professional standards within the kitchen and bathroom industry.
- To provide assurance to the kitchen and bathroom industry, and the public, that student who graduate from NKBA endorsed programs have met educational and industry design standards.
- To provide assistance in developing and establishing new endorsed programs.
- To provide ongoing assistance to endorsed programs for improvement of their educational offerings.
- To ensure that the unique characteristics of a curriculum will be recognized and encouraged within endorsement guidelines.
- To increase professional employment opportunities for students.
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