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Glenn, '84, and Susan Peterson, '84
Glenn and SusanHigh School Sweethearts, to KSU and BeyondOur StoryWe both attended high school together. I arrived at ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ 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 …
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Dave, '01, and Courtney Scott Herpy, '03, '10
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 Ken…
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Christina Stavale, '10, and Jeffrey Russ, '08
Christina and JeffreyExtra, Extra! Newsroom Courtship, Read All About It!Our StoryWe were both journalism majors and met while working at the Daily ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ 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 (s…
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Bob, '65, and Janet Hadley Mather, '64
Bob and JanetA Long and Winding Path of Love Leads Back to ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´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…
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David, '00 and Amanda Hill Skinner, '98
David and AmandaMany Memories of a ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State CourtshipOur StoryDavid and I went to high school together in Lorain, Ohio. We had decided to go to ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ after visiting a friend of ours there. David had attended the local Lorain County Community College, and I was still in high school.…
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Doug, '79, and Nancy Heffernan Hanzel, '78
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 tha…
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Alan Huberty, '66, and Kay Price Huberty, '68
Alan and KayOne Rainy Day in ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´Our 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 …
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Mindy, '88. and Jim Barnard, '86
Mindy and Jim BarnardA Lifetime of Love Begins at LeebrickOur StoryJim and I met at ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ 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 ta…
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Lindset Gingery, '10, and Adam Richey II, '09
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…
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Chad, '93, and Conni Smith, '94
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 bac…
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