{"id":45721,"date":"2022-09-22T07:32:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T11:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=45721"},"modified":"2022-09-27T09:52:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T13:52:55","slug":"kitchen-encounters-interior-architecture-student-places-third-in-national-design-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/kitchen-encounters-interior-architecture-student-places-third-in-national-design-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitchen encounters: Interior architecture student places third in national design competition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sarah Woosley, an interior architecture and design major at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, placed third in a nationwide contest hosted by the National Kitchen & Bath Association. Photo by Jerrod Niles.<\/p><\/div>\n

Sarah Woosley was suspicious when she opened the email.<\/p>\n

Woosley, an interior architecture and design major at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, had entered a design she had created for a class project\u2014at the suggestion of her Kitchen and Bath Planning instructor, assistant professor Jessica Etheredge\u2014into a National Kitchen & Bath Association contest.<\/p>\n

The NKBA Student Design Competition called for students to plan beautiful, safe and functional spaces, incorporating creative design statements and design solutions based on client requests and the plans provided.<\/p>\n

Woosley didn\u2019t initially hear anything after entering the competition over the summer but was recently checking emails when she came across the following message: \u201cCongratulations<\/em>. I am pleased to inform you that your submission placed third in the Kitchen category in the NKBA Student Design Competition. We had hundreds of submissions, and you were in great company, as the designs were all impressive. We know how challenging it can be to design truly innovative, aesthetically pleasing designs while also meeting the needs and wants of the clients<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The email then listed a series of bullet points about her winnings, including one that started, \u201cPlease fill out the attached W-9 to receive your check<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t believe it; I was very skeptical,\u201d Woosley said. \u201cThe email told me to fill out a tax form to get the reward and I thought, \u2018Oh, this is a scam.\u2019 I decided not to get excited until I showed Professor Etheredge and she said, \u2018That is real.\u2019 She\u2019ll tell you I was shaking.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never won anything like that. In fact, I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ve really entered anything. Her telling me that I should enter the competition meant a lot. That encouragement and then to actually place in it is incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with the tremendous portfolio boost of finishing third in a national competition, Woosley\u2019s prizes include:<\/p>\n