The Cauldron

Issue date: 11/30/09 Section: News

With Cleveland State being a mostly commuter campus, students tend to come to classes and leave without meeting anyone. But getting involved on campus brings a new aspect to your college experience and can result in the beginnings of a relationship with your soul mate. Most students do not think of love when they come to CSU, but while you are growing, learning, getting involved and enjoying your college experience, love could be just what sneaks up on you along with all those deadlines.



Jon and Julie



Recently, Jon and Julie celebrated Halloween as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. With Julie as peanut butter, Jon as jelly, and giant pieces of bread strapped to their backs, the couple was able to spend as much of the night hugging as they wanted. These two lovebirds have been together for two years and eight months and are now engaged to be married. Jon says that on June 3 he "proposed the idea of marriage to Julie and somehow got her to say 'Yes!'"



By getting involved in the club sport of rowing, Jon and Julie found each other. Jon reveals, "We met through the rowing team at CSU. I joined the team in fall 2005 and Julie joined the following semester. We never really talked until our team trip to Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, MA. My friend Denny Matheou talked Julie into coming to Boston just two days before we left. When I found out I thought, 'Oooohh, I wonder which car she is going down in......there is an extra seat in my car!' On our drive back, a 10 hour drive starting at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday night, we were the only ones awake. We talked almost the whole time and really connected. We started talking, and then actually started dating after we came back from spring break the following semester."



When asked what role Cleveland State plays in their relationship, Jon replies, "I can say with a high degree of certainty that were it not for CSU, we may have never met." As in all college relationships, Jon says, "When we were both attending at the same time (Julie graduated spring 2008) it was tough to see each other due to different majors and classes." Despite the difficulty of sustaining a relationship through busy schedules full of classes, homework and rowing practice, Jon and Julie made time to be together. Jon says, "We both really enjoy the downtown atmosphere. We were always seeking new things to do downtown and were rarely disappointed."



Jon exclaims, "We are the perfect example of engaged learning!"

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