{"id":1100,"date":"2017-07-07T19:32:19","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T19:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/visions\/?p=1100"},"modified":"2018-02-07T21:57:12","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T21:57:12","slug":"designing-her-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/visions\/designing-her-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing her dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><em><strong>by Elissa Longfellow &#8217;16<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1102\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1102\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1102\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/visions\/files\/2017\/07\/fielden_MG_7854.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #333399\"><em><strong>Megan (Foster) Fielden &#8217;10 works on an interior design project.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After wondering whether or not she could find a job that was in her field, Megan (Foster) Fielden, \u201910 housing and design, is living her dream in Knoxville.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery single day I get to create and imagine and put my skill to work. It doesn\u2019t feel like a job!\u201d said Fielden.<\/p>\n<p>Megan works for Laws Interior Design, as well as Charles Atkins, Inc., a custom homebuilder. In 2016, one of her homes was featured in the Knoxville Parade of Homes. After assisting with the designs and furnishings the year before, she got a chance to showcase her own abilities and talents during last year\u2019s parade. The Knoxville Parade of Homes features around 50 custom home designs across various price ranges. It is organized by the Home Builders Association of Knoxville.<\/p>\n<p>Megan said that her professors demonstrated so much passion, devotion and commitment to their students; they pushed them to do their very best.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile I was at Tech, Dr. Jeff Plant was my professor and advisor. He was so passionate about everything he taught. He really encouraged all his students to work hard and always had great advice,\u201d said Fielden. \u201cAnother professor I will always remember is Dr. Lizbeth Self-Mullens. She pushed us to do our very best and was tough, but also felt like a best friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She credits them with creating the family atmosphere she found at Tech that helped her stick with her career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Elissa Longfellow &#8217;16 After wondering whether or not she could find a job that was in her field, Megan (Foster) Fielden, \u201910 housing and design, is living her dream in Knoxville. \u201cEvery single day I get to create and imagine and put my skill to work. It doesn\u2019t feel like a job!\u201d said Fielden. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1100","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-15"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/visions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/visions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/visions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/visions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/visions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/visions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1125,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/visions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100\/revisions\/1125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/visions\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/visions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/visions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/visions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}