Hello All,
My name is Jordan Pennon. I am a "5th year senior" as some people like to call it. However, I like to say that I am taking a victory lap and I'm trying to soak in all of the opportunities that college has to offer and also I wanted to complete all the classes for my minor. I like to call myself a "Texahoma", because my dad lives in Texas and my mom lives here in Oklahoma. My major is International Studies, and over the summer finished my last class for my minor in Spanish. I currently work as a tour guide in Admissions and Recruitment here on campus, so you might see me giving a tour to a large group of people throughout the semester. I get the opportunity to go and study abroad in Rio de Janeiro next semester, which I am extremely excited about going overseas. Fun fact about my study abroad trip, I actually come back 2 days after I am suppose to walk across the stage, so that means that I get to walk early in December instead of May. I am a core volunteer, which is an organization through my college (College of International and Area Studies). We volunteer and help out with any events that they host. I'm on several umbrella organizations under Black Student Association, one of them being on the chair for Mr. and Mrs. Black University of Oklahoma. As far as working before I moved over to Admissions and Recruitment, I worked in Housing and Food here on campus and I was on the room and board program.
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I have a boyfriend and we have been together for 2 years. He used to run track for OU until he graduated and now he is in grad school for HR. Funny story about how we met. We met through me tutoring him in Spanish. He pretended to not understand Spanish, just so I could tutor him three times a week. He is my best friend and someone I know I can be myself around. His goofy matches my goofy.
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Some of my hobbies include going to the movies, going bowling, reading, running, eating and sleeping. I am a movie fanatic, I have to go see every movie that comes out. I feel like movies complete me. I used to run two miles everyday, until I injured my foot, and now I am on restriction from running until I have surgery on my foot. I am a lover of food. Food and I are best friends, we compliment each other very well.
