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Angel Cuevas is getting his college career back on track after an unfortunate event derailed it early in his college career. The 21-year-old freshman who is majoring in aeronautical engineering suffered a rugby injury during his first semester in the fall of 2017, at which time he abruptly stopped his studies to recuperate. As a way to jump-start his college career, Mr. Cuevas enrolled in Summer Advantage during the summer of 2018. The program is an educational journey based on career exploration, success coaching and academic coursework. Summer Advantage is designed to assist under...

Mike and Kathy A Meeting at Tri-Towers Leads to Love Our Story We met working together at the Tri-Towers dormitory desk. My wife was an education major, and I majored in Architecture.  The Proposal and Marriage I proposed in a car the night I returned from three months of study abroad in Italy, just before my fifth year of Architecture School. We got married July 10, 1981, and were newly graduated with no jobs. She got a teaching position in Mentor that started in September, and I found an architectural position around the same time. We built a home in Mentor and raised our two daughte...

Mark and Lori Sparks at Holly Park  Our Story Mark and I lived in the same building at Holly Park apartments. The Proposal and Marriage Mark 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 ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Today We currently live in Rootstown, Ohio and have enjoyed taking the family to KSU sporting events. The Homecoming parade is the kids' favorite! ...

Jerry and Marilynn The Thunderbolt Our Story We 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 Marriage Jerry 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 Kent. 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 Kris Laying a Foundation for Love at Taylor Hall Our 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 lunch to...

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 ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ women! Staying Connected to ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ 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...