Mark and LoriSparks at Holly Park Our StoryMark and I lived in the same building at Holly Park apartments.The Proposal and MarriageMark proposed the week that I graduated in May, 2000. We've been married for eleven years and have two sons, ages eight and five. Staying Connected to Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State TodayWe currently live in Rootstown, Ohio and have enjoyed taking the family to KSU sporting events. The Homecoming parade is the kids' favorite! ...
Jerry and MarilynnThe ThunderboltOur StoryWe met in the autumn of 1965 at a FIJI gathering. It was love at first sight, or "the thunderbolt" as it’s known. Although, I am still amazed I fell for a young man from a very small town.The Proposal and MarriageJerry and I drove to Erie to get my father's "permission" to marry. Of course, my father informed Jerry how lucky he was to be the chosen one. Jerry proposed at the Reservoir near Ñý¼§Ö±²¥. We were married in Erie, PA, on March 23, 1968, during a severe winter blizzard. We are celebrating our 45th wedding anniversary this year. &...
Gary and KrisLaying a Foundation for Love at Taylor HallOur Story We met in architecture school, in the studio of Taylor Hall in 1983. An architecture student from Gary's class, who was an RA from my residence hall, introduced us. We only dated a few times and that summer I got an internship. I told my roommate how I felt that I had missed a great chance at a wonderful connection, since I knew Gary graduated but didn't know where he was working. Turns out, my first summer job was at the architecture firm where Gary started his job after graduation! We started dating; we’d take our l...
Harry and LizThe Letter and a Greek TragedyOur StoryOne 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 accepte...
Glenn and SusanHigh School Sweethearts, to KSU and BeyondOur StoryWe both attended high school together. I arrived at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ 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 MarriageThe proposal came five years after leaving Ñý¼§Ö±²¥. There is just something about those Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State women!Staying Connected to Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State TodayWe hold season tickets for basketball and football. We a...
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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ 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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ 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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ It!Our StoryWe were both journalism majors and met while working at the Daily Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ 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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ S...
Bob and JanetA Long and Winding Path of Love Leads Back to Ñý¼§Ö±²¥Our 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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State CourtshipOur StoryDavid and I went to high school together in Lorain, Ohio. We had decided to go to Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University 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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ 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...