Sandra Ellis, Professor, Interior Design, recently passed the National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ) Examination and earned the prestigious NCIDQ Certificate. Passage of the examination and earning the NCIDQ credential signifies that Sandra has met the standards for education, experience and examination for interior designers in North America. The NCIDQ Examination is a rigorous, three-part examination requiring examinees to demonstrate competence in a wide variety of aspects that affect the safety of the interior environment. The examination covers programming, schematic design, design development, contract documents, contract administration and professional practice, among many other related topics such as codes, sustainability and universal design.

“NCIDQ has long been the standard to identify those interior designers who are uniquely qualified to protect the public’s health, safety and welfare,” explains Deborah Steinmetz, 2009 NCIDQ President. “The NCIDQ Certificate is the mark of a professional, and this credential is what every user of a space should look for when choosing or working with an interior designer.”

We the faculty of Interior Design at St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology would like to congratulate Sandra Ellis for earning her NCIDQ Certificate. This is an accomplishment that she should be extremely proud of. This important, industry-recognized credential underscores our College commitment to ensure that our students have access to the most qualified interior design education as possible.

NCIDQ is an organization of regulatory boards and provincial associations in the United States and Canada whose core purpose is to protect the health, life safety and welfare of the public by establishing standards of competence in the practice of interior design. More information about the organization may be found at www.ncidq.org