Over Christmas break, Bryan stopped shaving. He decided to shave off his beard after he
a) got tenure, and
b) broke the 5 minute mile.
Last week we got the good news that he got tenure at Vanderbilt. Hooray! For those not familiar with the academic profession, achieving tenure is a promotion. He is now an associate professor. It's also good for your status, your salary, job security, etc. I don't actually know all the implications, but it's a good thing.
Then today...
Hooray again! After YEARS of working, training, and trying... finally! Success! I think this is the goal he is actually more proud of.
Bryan is such a good example of determination. What a guy.
And he is now clean shaven again.
With a pause for a photo-op during the process. :)
4 comments:
Way to go! Congratulations on both of those achievements!!!
Congrats! But I like the beard, I think he should have kept it.
Wow! Those ARE great achievements! Congratulations!
Congrats to Bryan on both scores--did he have to shave it twice?
I remember when Dave got tenure. I took him out to dinner (by ourselves), told the nice man in front "my husband just got tenure and so we're celebrating." After dinner they brought him one of the those freebie desserts, and around the edge they'd written: "Congratulations on your new position!" Hmmmm. But we were happy anyway. And we are happy for you!
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