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Rachel Anne Jordan, originally from Mocksville, graduated with honors from the Cameron School of Business at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington on Dec. 14.
She was on the Dean’s List each semester while at UNCW. Her major is marketing with a focus on digital and social media. She has used her skills and talent and was selected for multiple design projects during her time at UNCW.
She resides in Wilmington and works for the Cameron Art Museum and The Green House.
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Samuel Robert Jordan earned certification from the Rutgers Professional Golf Turf Management School in New Brunswick, N.J. on Dec. 13.
This program is fully immersive and requires course experience prior to acceptance as well as a 7 month internship between the two academic sessions.
Jordan worked first at Old Town Club in Winston-Salem, recognized as one of the top golf courses in the world. Following a full course rebuild at Old Town, he began the superintendent certification process at Rutgers. He was among 25 young men from all over the United States to be accepted in the program.
His paid internship was at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., a PGA course that has hosted multiple tour events.
During his internship, he was sent to Augusta, Ga. to work for the Augusta National Women’s Amateur Tournament. The highlight was being able to attend the final round on Augusta National the week before the Masters.
He also worked the US Women’s Amateur Tournament held at Southern Hills Country Club in August 2024.
He is now certified to be a golf course superintendent. Sam will continue to work in Tulsa at Southern Hills to gain experience as an assistant and ultimately hopes to return to head a North Carolina course.
Rachel and Sam are the children of Angie Jordan and the late Ken Jordan, and grandparents are Paulette and Jerry Hendrix, and Linda Jordan and the late Kenny Jordan, all of Mocksville.