::  Welcome Tim Cozzens as Creative Scholarship Coordinator

::  IDEC at IIDEX/NeoCon in Toronto

::  IDEC Welcomes New Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editor of  JID

::  IDEC at NeoCon

::  Historical Symposium: Looking into the Modern Interior

::  NCIDQ Releases Information about 2010 Exam Modifications

::  NCIDQ News for IDEC Members

::  Socio Design Foundation 2010 Challenge

IDEC is pleased to welcome Tim Cozzens as the new Creative Scholarship Coordinator. As Creative Scholarship Coordinator, Tim will be responsible for overseeing the Call for Creative Scholarship and gathering all entries.

As a reminder, the deadline for the Call for Works of Creative Scholarship is October 12, 2009.

The Entering Design Education - You Can Fill the GAP! workshop will be offered at IIDEX/NeoCon. This course urges practitioners to consider a career in education and will be taught by Eric Wiedegreen and Jill Pable. Further details will be available soon.

IDEC would like to welcome Margaret Portillo, Ph.D., University of Florida, as the new Editor-in-Chief of the JID. IDEC would also like to welcome Tiiu Poldma, Ph.D., University of Montreal, as Associate Editor. Thank you for your contributions to the JID and IDEC. The targeted transition date is August 1, 2009.

Looking into the Modern Interior: History, Theory and Discipline in Education and Practice

IDEC and the Modern Interiors Research Center (MIRC) are proud to sponsor a symposium centered on the modern interior, c. 1870 to the present. Abstracts are invited that explore the conference theme of history, theory and discipline in the modern interior. For complete details and the call for abstracts, click here.

The Historical Symposium will be held in Atlanta, GA prior to the 2010 IDEC Annual Conference.

In addition to leading a workshop on "Entering Design Education," Jill Pable, Denise Guerin and Jeff Beachum attended the Issues Forum, meetings related to IDCEC, several ASID and IIDA networking events and the IDC Cross the Border reception. Jill Pable represented IDEC at the IIDA business meeting. Lively discussions on a number of potential initiatives for the fall and spring occurred, and this discussion will continue at the IDEC Board Retreat in Indianapolis later this month.

NCIDQ is modifying its Examination in 2010, and has released information about the changes. For complete information about these modifications, read the full story.

Nearly seven years ago, NCIDQ demonstrated its commitment to having NCIDQ Certificate holders in college classrooms by allowing IDEC members who met eligibility requirements to register for the examination for free. Many of you have taken advantage of this incentive and are now part of an elite group of interior designers who hold this credential. We hope IDEC members will continue to tell students about the importance of a career path that includes formal education followed by experience, followed by the NCIDQ Examination (and state or provincial licensure, where required).

Beginning next year, NCIDQ will make some minor changes to the IDEC incentive. IDEC members have always been required to meet the same standards for eligibility and pay the same application review fee as any other exam candidate, and that will not change. IDEC members will still be required to take all three sections in the first attempt. However, effective June 1, 2010, IDEC members who wish to register at no cost must take the examination in the first administration after their application is approved. These candidates may defer their registration to a later date or cancel it, but will not be eligible for the fee waiver if they do so. If an IDEC member does not pass a section, the member must pay the registration fees in effect at the time of the retake.

If you are interested in applying to take the NCIDQ Examination, the next deadline is December 1, 2009 for all application materials and payments. We always encourage applicants to submit their information as early as possible to ensure that we have all the items needed to review their application. The Spring 2010 exam will be given April 9-10 at more than 60 locations in the United States and Canada. To learn more about the NCIDQ Examination visit us online at www.ncidq.org.

As a reminder, one way that IDEC members can equip their students with all the information they need on their path to success is by participating in NCIDQ's free Webinar, "Your Journey to Professionalism." This Webinar is also available in an on-demand basis for individual educators who wish to have it scheduled for one of their classes.

2010 Annual International Design Competition and Student Competition

Fostered: Space for the Homeless Child

Encouraging social change through design-based dialog.

Fostered includes two competitions: a standard open to all applicants and a student competition open to those enrolled at a university at the time of the submittal deadline. Entries from each competition will be evaluated and awarded separately.

Challenge: Develop an architectural design to foster healthy emotional development for homeless children.

For complete details, visit http://www.sociodesignfoundation.org/2010comp.html.