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If you are interested in participating in a study group for the NKBA certification exams, please contact Stacy McCarthy at stacy@vinewooddesign.com for future study group information.
NKBA Course Schedule
Looking for a course to sharpen your skills or learn new concepts. The NKBA provides a wide variety of courses that will satisfy your quench for learning. Access the NKBA's recorded webinars or locate an in-person course being held in an area near you.
Christine Dorf
Memorial Scholarship Award
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American River College Joins the NKBA Endorsed College Program
Over 39 colleges/universities participate in NKBA’s Endorsed Program. The Endorsed College Program was established to offer quality training at accredited institutions to prospective kitchen/bath design professionals. There are three colleges in Northern California that offer the endorsed program, American River College in Sacramento, Canada College in Redwood City and West Valley College in Saratoga. Enroll in an NKBA Endorsed College and join the NKBA as a Student member and you can take advantage of many members-only benefits.
For more information about dues and benefits of Student Membership, contact our Vice President of Academic Relations:
Susan Broderick, CKD, CBD, CID, UDCR
Broderick Design Associates
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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We are pleased to announce that the 2011
recipient of the
Christine Dorf Memorial Scholarship
is
Danielle Dowden.
Congratulations
Danielle!
The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) has been the heart of the kitchen and bath industry for more than 45 years. The NKBA's mission is to enhance member success and excellence, promote professionalism and ethical business practices and provide leadership and direction for the industry.
