NKBA recognizes top design students, schools

The National Kitchen & Bath Association recently recognized kitchen and bath design students with the 2012 NKBA Outstanding Student Awards, as well as presented three NKBA-accredited colleges with the 2011 Excellence in Education Awards.

Three NKBA-accredited colleges were awarded the Excellence in Education Award by demonstrating the highest standards of kitchen and bath instruction. Each program submitted two student kitchen design projects, which were judged using the NKBA Planning Guidelines and NKBA Graphic and Presentation Standards.

The winning schools and their kitchen and bath design program coordinators are: Dawn Viola from Arapahoe Community in Littleton, Colo.; Ann Raccon from Brevard Community College in Melbourne, Fla.; and Wendy Harris from BYU-Idaho in Rexburg, Idaho. Additionally, NKBA recognized the top kitchen and bath design students at NKBA-accredited colleges across North America by rewarding top students with a $100 scholarship.

The top design students are: Ellen Peterson, Alexandria Technical & Community College; Elizabeth Long, Arapahoe Community College; Jennifer Murray-Huffman, Baker College of Clinton Township; Gayle McCaughin, Brevard Community College; Kimberly Fetzer, Brigham Young University-Idaho; Kirsten Malone, Canada College; Katherine (Kate) Roos, Century College; Elizabeth A Mottashed, College of DuPage; Sara Gerdes, Harper College; Courtney Federspiel, Lakeland College; Jamey Cunningham, MSU-Gallatin College; Eric Poulsen, San Diego Mesa College; Roberta Vincent, Sullivan College of Technology & Design; Emily E Moore, University of Nebraska & Kearney; Jessica Brown, University of Southern Mississippi; Brittany Usiak, Virginia Tech; and Shalin Tucker, Weber State University.