- Hello, my name is Kiera Williams, I'm from Florence, Mississippi, and I'm a 2015 graduate of Mississippi State University School of Architecture. My passion for design started at a young age. I took a CAD class in high school and fell in love. Now, through Mississippi State University, I have the opportunity to fulfill my dreams to become an architect. I currently work at the Renaissance Group Incorporated in Lakeland, Tennessee. I love my job, and thanks to the School of Architecture staff and faculty, I am prepared for my job every single day. I know that architecture has to have a fire behind it. I understand and respect that architecture has a past, present and future, and I'm able to work with different people in interior design, engineering and electrical departments that help us understand and get to a good place of establishing the future of architecture. And I'm just really excited about what I'm doing, and I wish you all the best of luck in your future endeavors, and I hope that you decide to choose Mississippi State because it was a great opportunity for me. Hill State.