Anika (Stuckenschneider) met Jacob (Wang) Careaga during the spring of 1996 when he came over to her Kappa Delta sorority house with a friend to borrow a file for their transportation class. Anika and Jacob earned bachelor’s degrees in civil engineering in 1998. The pair married in January 1999. “Invite the swim team to your…
Erica (Walker) and Ryan Long met during her move-in day her freshman year in August 1998 when he delivered cookies from the Baptist Student Union and invited everyone to attend their events. “He lived on Kelly A and I lived on Kelly C,” she says. “I was already planning to join the BSU so it…
Shahd (Alassadi) and Danny Ryan first met during the 100th Best Ever St. Pat’s in 2008, but it wasn’t until the next year’s Greek Games that they started hanging out. “Our first date was to the amazing El-Rodeo,” Shahd says. Danny moved to Memphis in May 2010 and Shahd followed suit in May 2012. That…
Sandy (Junge) and Brian Klein met in 1990 during lunch in the TJ Hall cafeteria. “Sandy needed a typewriter to fill out a summer job application,” he says. “I offered mine. We talked while she typed, and that launched our friendship.” Both Brian and Sandy earned bachelor’s degrees in mechanical engineering in 1994. The pair…
Mary (Hilton) and Mike McEvilly met in August 1978 at a Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity party. As students, the two enjoyed volunteering at the concession stand at Miner football games for the Intercollegiate Knights, and attending Kappa Delta and Tau Kappa Epsilon functions. “We still have many friends as a result of our experience at…
After a basketball game in February 1973, John Gibson and a friend went to a party at TJ Hall where they didn’t know too many people. John grabbed a drink from a cooler, intending to settle into a corner of the room, but a few minutes later, he dropped the beverage, shattering the container. After…
Katie (Thompson), a member of Zeta Tau Alpha, and Dan Aiken, a member of Sigma Pi, were living next door to each other for two years before they ever met. “He was dating someone from another school, and I was at his house because I was interested in one of his fraternity brothers,” she says.…
Jacquelyn (Stroble) and Robert Nagel met in 2005 during their first semester as graduate students. “We both took the same class and became study partners,” she says. Jacquelyn earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 2005 and a master’s degree in manufacturing engineering in 2007. Robert earned a master’s degree in mechanical engineering in…
Chloe Howenstein-Heskin and Shayne Heskin met during the spring semester of their freshman year in 2011. The two were part of a group project for an entry-level civil engineering class taught by Heath Pickerell, a faculty sponsor who was very involved with the Solar House Team. “We met as a group many times to work…
Rosalie (Larson) and Stan Hadley met one Friday in September 1977 in TJ Hall. Rosalie’s roommate was a lab partner with a friend of Stan’s, so they were eating lunch together in the hall’s cafeteria. Later that day, Stan, a junior, had already decided he’d like to ask Rosalie, a freshman, out when he caught…