Monday, April 26, 2021

Promoted and Tenured!!!!!!

It is official... Kevin was promoted and tenured at Indiana State University!!

He's been working so hard to reach this huge professional milestone for the last 6 years and it's finally time to celebrate.


We arrived in Terre Haute. Indiana as a family of 3 back in to 2015. 

Little did we know how much our family would grow here.  

We have worked really hard on making our house a home.

The kids go to wonderful schools. 

We have found numerous ways to get plugged into our community.

We've made good friends.

We added TWO boys to our family here.

We love being just 2 hours away from nearly all of our family.

 


We are all thriving in a city that was never on our radar.

God's plan is better than our plan and our family is proof of that.







Kevin's been busy teaching, researching, publishing, mentoring students, counseling, getting licensed, advising, working with veterans, consulting, guest lecturing, volunteering, lecturing, learning and teaching both virtually and in person.  

It's been a busy 6 years.  He's worked year round to get the job done.  We're so proud of him!

We got married and he started graduate school back in 2004 with the dreams of one day becoming a professor.  We had no idea what the road to professor would look like back then.  I would have been shocked to hear the words - Arkansas, Mississippi, 3 kids, many moves and stay at home mom way back then.

God has been so good to our family.

The years haven't all been easy.  There were plenty of hardships and unexpected trials along the way.  We are happy to have worked through all of them together and come out on the other side.  In the moment, things often seemed really hard and our path forward seemed unclear.  But, now years down the road, we are seeing that this is exactly where God wants us to be.


Way to go Associate Professor Kevin Jordan!

We wish we had gotten to go to an in person ceremony, but we will make sure to celebrate on our own!

And he gave me a beautiful bouquet of flowers because, "I couldn't have done it without you!"


13 comments:

  1. Congrats to Kevin! That's so exciting!! Praise God for how he's directed and provided for you through the years, the moves and the challenges. I know Kevin is grateful for your support and encouragement through the process! <3

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  2. That is so exciting! Congratulations to Kevin and your family! It’s so much fun to see hard work pay off.😃

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  3. Congratulations to Kevin and your whole family. What an accomplishment! You are so right...we just never know where God's path will lead us. Congrats again!

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  4. Way to go Kevin, and way to go to you as well! God is so faithful, and its so neat to look back and see His hand at work. Congratulations to your family!

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  5. Congrats! That's a huge milestone! What an amazing testimony to the journey of God calling y'all there for this purpose!

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  6. Wow!! Congratulations to Kevin and to you all! What an amazing journey you have been on :-) Heartfelt congratulations for your accomplishment.

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  7. Congratulations to Kevin and your entire family! I work in HR at a university, so I know how big of a deal this is for him and you! Great news!

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  8. Congratulations! I used to work in student services for the Pharmacy School at my alma mater. Tenure is HUGE! What wonderful news for your family.

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  9. Whitney!!! This is incredible news!!! The biggest CONGRATULATIONS to Kevin and you!! I know this journey has had many twists and turns....and the both of you have been steadfast and have stayed focused on your goals while also surrending the unknowns to God. This is such a HUGE accomplishment!!

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  10. Congratulations to Kevin and your wonderful family.

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  11. Congrats! What an exciting time for y'all.

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