Dave and Courtney A Fated Homecoming CelebrationOur StoryAlthough we both lived in Tri-Towers at the same time (1999-2000) and shared the same group of friends during college, we didn't meet until KSU's Homecoming in 2004. I was in town visiting my family in Cleveland and decided to stop in Kent to have dinner with my brother on my way back to Columbus, where I lived at the time. After realizing it was Homecoming weekend, I decided to hang out in Kent with my college friends for the night. Similarly, Courtney's college friends convinced her to hang out for Homecoming weekend. When our fri...
Christina and JeffreyExtra, Extra! Newsroom Courtship, Read All About It!Our StoryWe were both journalism majors and met while working at the Daily ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄr during the fall 2007 semester. We saw a lot of each other around the newsroom, but got to know each other better during the next semester (spring 2008), when Jeff was sports editor, and I was a principal reporter. We quickly realized how much we had in common and started dating that March. We fondly remember the walks around campus and our "dates" that included eating off my meal plan. We really value all that we share because of Kent S...
Bob and JanetA Long and Winding Path of Love Leads Back to KentOur StoryJan 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! The ...
David and AmandaMany Memories of a ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ CourtshipOur StoryDavid and I went to high school together in Lorain, Ohio. We had decided to go to ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ 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 to s...
Doug and NancySmall Group and Golf: An Equation for LoveOur StoryWe 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 MarriageDoug 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 was our ...
Alan and KayOne Rainy Day in KentOur StoryI 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 computer ...
Mindy and Jim BarnardA Lifetime of Love Begins at LeebrickOur StoryJim and I met at ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ 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 ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ next fall as a business major. The Proposal and MarriageWhen ...
Lindsey and AdamA Fantasy Football Romance Bridges the BorderOur StoryAdam 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! Thanks to ...
Chad and Conni SmithAn Ironic MeetingOur StoryConni 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 MarriageWe were married in June of 1994, ...
Katie and BriceA Night to RememberOur StoryBrice 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 out an...