Bob and Janet A Long and Winding Path of Love Leads Back to Kent Our Story Jan Hadley and I met in a KSU physics class on Hill Top Drive in 1963. Jan sat right behind me in the class. After class Jan would walk home to her sorority house, Gamma Phi Beta, which was right across from the class on Lincoln Street. My house was on Willow Street right behind the Jan's sorority house. I would wait for Jan to come out of her sorority house and cut through the back yard to meet her on the way to our Physics class. That is how we met, got to known each other and began dating. The rest is history! ...
David and Amanda Many Memories of a Kent State Courtship Our Story David and I went to high school together in Lorain, Ohio. We had decided to go to ºÚÁÏÍø after visiting a friend of ours there. David had attended the local Lorain County Community College, and I was still in high school. We couldn't wait to go to school together. I went to Kent first as David needed extra time at LCCC to finish up there. I started my freshman year fall of 1994, and David arrived fall of 1995. I worked as an RA in Wright Hall of Tri-Towers that year. Dave moved into McDowell. We were so excited...
Doug and Nancy Small Group and Golf: An Equation for Love Our Story We both lived in the Small Group dorms. Doug’s roommate, Ned Weaver, introduced us. They were both on the Golf Team. Doug was pre-med, and I was in nursing so we studied together in the library. I graduated a year before he did and that year apart showed us we wanted to be back together! The Proposal and Marriage Doug proposed to me while he was in medical school, and I was in graduate school. Neither of us had a full time job, but our KSU preparation was soon to kick in; we both had good jobs! Also, best friend Ned Weaver ...
Alan and Kay One Rainy Day in Kent Our Story I was a physics major at KSU and a member of the TKE fraternity. Kay was an education major and a member of AXO sorority. My fraternity brothers had volunteered to chair a "Road Rally" and couldn't attend the organizing meeting. Kay was the chair of Special Activities of the Student Activities Board, so it was her meeting that I was to attend. As it turned out, it was pouring rain and while I only had a short walk, Kay had to walk from her house on the other side of town to campus. No one else showed up to the meeting, so here I was with this comp...
Mindy and Jim Barnard A Lifetime of Love Begins at Leebrick Our Story Jim and I met at Kent State in 1986 just a month before he graduated. I was in my sophomore year. We both lived in Leebrick Hall. He was an RA on the third floor, and I lived on the second floor. One night on his "rounds" we began talking. We had our first date on May 3 1986, and we have been together ever since. We will celebrate our 25 anniversary this June. We have four sons— Austin, Evan, Adam and Alex. Adam has been accepted to Kent State next fall as a business major. The Proposal and Marria...
Lindsey and Adam A Fantasy Football Romance Bridges the Border Our Story Adam played football, and I worked in the football office with my friend Erin. We originally met in Psychology class junior year when he asked Erin whose jacket she was wearing. We started talking and began hanging out. Erin and I watched his dog for him that following month. We didn't even know him well! We continued to talk and hang out. Eventually it turned into us dating! He is from Kentucky, and I'm from Ohio. Once we both graduated, I followed him back home to Lexington, KY, and we have been here ever since! Thank...
Chad and Conni Smith An Ironic Meeting Our Story Conni and I met at KSU, ironically enough, in a class called Marriage, Family, and Other Intimate Lifestyles (or something close to that). We were introduced by a mutual friend in the class. The introduction was followed by many long, slow walks back to Glen Morris apartments, where we both lived at the time. Our first date was approximately a week later, as we went to the theater to see the brand new box office release of "Aladdin." (It was her choice—I really wanted to see Malcolm X!) The Proposal and Marriage We were married in June o...
Katie and Brice A Night to Remember Our Story Brice and I were both RA's on campus. We knew each other from training sessions and different campus events. We had a lot of mutual friends as well. The summer before my senior year I found out through another KSU alumni that Brice had moved to my hometown for a job at Pitt. I contacted him about getting together. Brice had me over and cooked dinner for me, and we talked for HOURS about Kent, music, education, etc. I was done! We soon started dating, and I found it so hard to head back to school that fall. However, Brice made it a habit to come o...
Karen Andrus and Mark Tollafield A Sophomore Year Courtship Still Going Strong 34 Years Later Our Story We both lived in Small Group and met through friends in May of our sophomore year, 1979. It didn't take us long to figure out that we were meant to be together and were married in July of 1982. We will be celebrating our 31st anniversary this year and have two fabulous children. One of which happens to be a Kent graduate! Staying Connected to Kent State Today We are both members of the alumni association and often attend sporting events, especially basketball. Karen is in the doctoral pro...
Alyssa and Andrew McQuillen College Street and Pandora's Box: Breaking Precedent Our Story It was inevitable that Drew and I would eventually run into each other. We both lived on College Street. He lived in the Rugby House with nine other guys, and I lived across the street with five other girls. Even the smelly, typical college house of rugby players couldn't keep me away. We started dating March 2009 and got engaged July 2011. The Proposal and Marriage Drew proposed in our apartment (Holly Park) in July 2011. There was no significance to the day he proposed, which made it even more surpr...