Harry and Liz The Letter and a Greek Tragedy Our Story One night in early November, 1965, I decided to join my Clark Hall roommates in the student activities area of Eastway. There they were talking to three girls, one of whom impressed me. Fortune had it that a couple of days later one of my roommates and I encountered her and another girl outside Olson Hall. I casually mentioned that I never received any mail. Within a day or two, I received a letter from her in my mailbox. I thought that she was either nuts or wanted to be friends. So I went down to Allen Hall and asked her out and she ac...
Glenn and Susan High School Sweethearts, to KSU and Beyond Our Story We both attended high school together. I arrived at Kent in 1979, and Susan came the next year. We both enjoyed college life together and with friends; we never really separated. After college and the start of our careers, we decided on a KSU merger. The last twenty-four years have been the best years of my life. The Proposal and Marriage The proposal came five years after leaving Kent. There is just something about those Kent State women! Staying Connected to Kent State Today We hold season tickets for basketball and foo...
Dave and Courtney A Fated Homecoming Celebration Our Story Although 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 ou...
Christina and Jeffrey Extra, Extra! Newsroom Courtship, Read All ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø It! Our Story We were both journalism majors and met while working at the Daily Kent Stater 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 K...
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 ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø 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...