 With a passion for teaching and service, Jennifer McCormick used her Purdue Education Degree to become a teacher, school administrator, and now the Superintendent of Public Instruction for Indiana. I am Jennifer McCormick, State Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Indiana. I'm the 44th State Superintendent, the youngest elected official in this position and potentially the last elected official in this position. It's probably going to become an appointment here in the next session. I have great memories of Purdue. I had great friends there, I had great professors, great opportunities. We had a lot of fun at Purdue. I was a member of the Purdue Foundation Student Board and had a great opportunity to host a lot of important dignitaries through the John Purdue Club. One thing about Purdue that I still admire is the diversity on campus. You know, it exposed me, a kid from Henry County, I was exposed to a lot more. It opened my eyes to the world when I went to Purdue, which was extremely important was that mold to you are as a person. Purdue was instrumental in helping me achieve a goal. It also allowed me and launched me into great successes and to that giant leap into classroom experiences and to being a teacher. I was a principal, a local superintendent, now state superintendent and have been honored in every role, but I believe a lot of that stems from Purdue. I taught sixth grade in general education. I also taught high school special education before becoming an elementary principal and then went on to become a superintendent, which is K-12. Thanks to Purdue, I have had an opportunity to serve a lot of students and a lot of educators. It was a launch for my giant leap into service as a classroom teacher, as a principal, as a local superintendent and now the office I'm holding today. So again, I'm honored to serve and feel like Purdue really was a big part of that. I hope that the footprints that I leave really stem around having opportunity for kids and for educators, and I hope that I've empowered them to achieve those opportunities and take advantage of them. That was Jennifer McCormick. Look for more stories at purdue.edu.