TAI DUONG
NEWS REPORTER

Interior decorating will be taught at Orangeville campus starting in the fall of 2010, said Joe Andrews, Orangeville campus director.

The program, which is  four semesters over two years at North campus,  will be concentrated into a year-long effort at Orangeville, Andrews said.

“What that means is that you have virtually no real down time,” he said.
Andrews said the accelerated program is an offer many students want.
“It does not in any way lessen the amount of work, nor does it lessen the quality of the program,” he said.

Andrews said the program should bring in 25 to 30 students to Orangeville campus, raising its population to about 360 students.

Andrews said the decision to offer interior decorating at Orangeville campus was based on a survey conducted in spring 2009, which asked 140 Orangeville-area Grade 11 students which programs they would be interested in taking.

Andrews said in the fall of 2011 and 2012 there will be more programs which will eventually bring the population of the school to 600, which will spur construction for the new Orangeville campus building.

Most of the professors for the program have yet to be decided, said Susan Krausz, associate dean of applied technology.

“We’re in the beginning stages of figuring that out,” she said.
One of the biggest challenges to put the program together for the fall is finding the right professors, said Krausz.

“It will be up and running for the fall and you know we have to ensure that we get the right faculty, that’s going to be the issue.  And we will get them, so it will start and it will start on time,” said Krausz.