Although Erin Hayden and Matthew Garger were both students at S&T for an overlapping year, they didn’t meet until the Spring Career Fair in 2012. “I was recruiting entry-level automation engineers for the firm I worked at,” she says. “I had no idea I was also recruiting a husband!” Erin earned a bachelor’s degree in…

Jenna (Freese) and Aaron Wundrack met in the mining engineering department in 2013, where they were both pursuing bachelor’s degrees in mining engineering. “We would see each other walking to and from Miner Village as acquaintances but never really talked until we had classes together and mutual friends,” says Jenna, who graduated in 2015.  After…

Robert Hoffmann knew right away when Mary (Shultz) walked into a fraternity house party with a group of four friends in 1978 that he and his friend had to meet them. “We had a great weekend together so I invited her down for the next party weekend,” he says. When Mary and Robert didn’t talk…

Brandi (Andersen) and Patrick VerSteeg met during Opening Week in 2006. “My roommate and I knew Patrick’s roommate from Jackling Engineering Camp the summer before,” she says. “The four of us would hang out together. Patrick and I became great friends who fell in love. We dated through college. We got jobs in different parts…

Makayla (Appel) and Sebastian Klesing met through the Air Force ROTC program during the fall 2015 semester. “We were acquaintances and shared some mutual friends,” she says. “Fast forward to Fall 2017 and we were kind of set up by our mutual friends. Sebastian ended up asking me out on a date, and we went…

Leah (Rechner) and Matt Lenzner met during their first week on campus as freshmen in August 2001. Leah’s friend started dating Matt’s roommate, and the two became good friends. “We both lived in TJ,” she says. “We hung out in the same group of friends for more than a year before we started dating. We…

AJ (Bedwell) and Patrick Prawitz met in spring 2004 as castmates of the musical, Annie Get Your Gun. “I was playing Dolly Tate and he was a dancing cowboy with very little rhythm,” says AJ. That production would be the first of many for the two to perform on the Leach Theatre stage under the…

Courtney (Mandeville) met Josh Weber at a Greek life mixer that she attended with her roommate in April 2015.  “Going to Rolla introduced me to the love of my life and many lifelong friends we will have,” she says. Courtney earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering in 2016, and Josh earned a bachelor’s degree…

Lynnae (Kempf) and Joe Wilson met and became friends during their first week on campus as freshmen. “I was on campus early for trig review, and Joe was on campus early for football,” she says. “One of his friends was helping to build lofts in our dorm room when Joe stopped by and we were…

Megan (Jekel), a member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority, and Jonathan Pardeck, a member of Kappa Alpha fraternity, met through the Interfraternity Council when they both served as representatives in 1998. Jonathan asked Megan out a few times but she wanted to remain as friends. “He even offered to help me finish my Fortran programs,…