Christ-Like: To foster within students a global perspective of design excellence defined by compassionate, Christ-like service to others.

Knowledgeable?
To promote within the academic setting, lifelong intellectual growth through the pursuit of progressive, innovative and sustainable understanding of design, technology, information, and research.

Creative
To inspire and provide a culture of creativity and critically diverse thinking grounded in the framework of Fine Arts and traditional design principles.

Professional
To mentor and infuse Christ-like professional behavior in interior design practice and procedures, ethics and integrity, business relationships and work excellence.

Engaged
To stimulate a passion and advocacy for the interior design profession through active engagement in industry organizations, professional relationships and exposure to design diversity.