Steve Jordan certainly delivered on his first big promise: to transform what was then a scrappy little commuter school named Metropolitan State College into the nation’s No. 1 urban university. Now we’ll see if he can keep another: the pledge he made to his wife, Ruthie. He vowed that come June 30 — his last day as president of Metropolitan State University of Denver — he won’t take on any new challenges for at least six months. Those who know him best predict he won’t stay retired long; they’re also confident that he’ll honor Ruthie’s wish. A gift of his-and-her golf bags bearing the MSU logo would indicate that the couple might be spending a good chunk of the aforementioned six months on the golf course. Celebrating “the Jordan legacy” was the focus of MSU’s annual Summer Soiree, a dinner chaired by Marti Awad, Jim Mulligan, Ferd Belz and Elaine Gantz Berman and held in a giant tent on the MSU campus, just steps away from the newly renamed Jordan Student Success Building. The 450 guests raised $300,000 for the Steve and Ruth Jordan Endowed Scholarship for Leadership.