Our Mission
The String Theory School of Design’s mission is to catalyze creative endeavors through design, technology, and entrepreneurship. Learners engage leading edge creative fields, actively study design thinking processes, and deliberately practice domain-specific techniques. Marketable skills, developed in an environment prioritizing outrageous support, enable student application of authentic creative skills to communicate innovations through multi-faceted storytelling.
EXPERIENCE
Our students gain marketable skills, developed in an environment prioritizing outrageous support, enabling students to apply authentic creative skills to communicate innovations through multi-faceted storytelling.
VISION
Our students will graduate with the confidence to engage with creative careers or further college and university programs using the skills and knowledge that employers and higher education programs seek.
COURSE CATALOG & HANDBOOK
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Leadership
Staff
Joanna Branch
Creative Catalyst
Scott Cumpstone
Media Designer
Brian Davis
Lab Management
Torin Kuehnle
Program Manager
Faculty
Walter Copeland
Science Adjunct Faculty
Colleen Costigan
Engineering Faculty
Shira Goldstein
College Librarian
Debra Harner
Design Faculty
Morgan Smyrl
Business Faculty
Dan Moorhead
ELA Adjunct Faculty
Rob Snyder
Math Adjunct Faculty
Board of Trustees
David Raezer, M.D., F.A.C.S
President
Norman Balchunas, Col, USAF (ret)
Vice-President
Joann Stio
Treasurer
Karl Wellman
Secretary
Bill Carr
Member
Applicant Status for Accreditation
String Theory School of Design is currently engaged in the process for determining its readiness for candidate for accreditation status with the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE). MSCHE is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education (USDE) to conduct accreditation and preaccreditation (candidacy status) activities for institutions of higher education, including distance education, correspondence education programs, and direct assessment programs offered at those institutions. The Commission’s geographic area of accrediting activities in throughout the United States. MSCHE accepts complaints and third-party comments for institutions engaged in the application and candidacy process. MSCHE provides an online form for the submission of complaints or third-party comments on the complaints page of its website. Please visit MSCHE’s website at www.msche.org for more information.