Students & alumni on Tuesday used the #ElonLove hash tag to reflect via Twitter, and made posts to Facebook, on ways Elon helped them find love.
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From an 8 a.m. chemistry class to the offices of The Pendulum, the university for years has been the place where students and alumni discover the loves of their lives. On Valentine’s Day 2012, the Office of University Communications asked via social media for stories and personal messages of affection.
Here are some of your answers…
Via Facebook:
Elizabeth Cox: Well, my husband is my sweetheart. He is a graduate of the class of 1996 and I am from the class of 2001!
Kim Wheeler Kazda: I met my hubby at Elon…I was a the class of 99 and he worked for Aramark. A match made in McEwen 🙂
Debbie Donovan Griffin: My husband, Steed and I are class of ’93 “Elon College” graduates who have been happily married since 09/10/94!!! On our first day at Elon in August of 1989, Dr. Fred Young gave us lots of statistics about our class. One was about what percentage of us would marry a person in that room ~ I never thought I wouldl fall into that category but I did and I couldn’t be happier about it :-)!! Long live Elon!!!!
Bobbie Keenan: I met my husband at Elon in Mooney Building. He’s a graduate of the class of ’90, and I’m the class of ’91. This October we will have been married 20 years.
Laura Bartholomay Childs: Thanks to Dr. Crowe’s German History class, we are celebrating our 7th Valentines day together!
Katie Brock Brown: I met my husband in one of our communications classes in the spring semester of 1992. We graduated in 1993, got married in 1996 and have 2 daughters.
Dottie Simmons Parham: I married Alan Parham in 2003 – 28 years of not seeing each other since Elon…
Alex Bazin: My boyfriend of over 2 years is a Sophomore Teaching Fellow at Elon and currently studying abroad in London! Loving from a distance on this Valentine’s Day!
Karen Davis Weeks: I remember that same speech from Dr Young…five years later, my husband (class of 2000) and myself (class of 1999) were married! Happy Valentine’s to my Elon hubby of almost 12 years 🙂
Nicole Danek Vales: I met my husband on his 18th b-day on the steps of Carolina. Never did I imagine that he was ‘the one’ when Dr. Young directed us to look to the right and to the left for our future spouses – we were friends all through school. These class of ’93 friends got married in ’98. I am blessed to be married to my best friend and fellow Elon grad, Jeff Vales.
Via Twitter:
If It wasn’t for Elon’s Study Abroad in Florence last spring, I wouldn’t have met my Valentine 🙂 Thanks Elon! #Elonlove – @zunigalaina
I met my wife while studying abroad in Perth, Australia! 7 years happily married this July. #ElonLove – @jtauring
I met my girlfriend on the other side of the world in Perth, Australia almost 5 years ago- Thanks to study abroad! #ElonLove – @ThompsonMackey
My BF and I have been together almost 4 years and have special memories everywhere at Elon with him #elonlove – @RachelSouthmayd
Being a Carolina girl, it was only right to date a Smith boy! 4 years later I still am! @mnowak21 #ElonLove – @therealJ8K5
We met @ the @Elonpendulum & I just knew. 1st date was Alamance ER. Almost 3yrs and 2500 miles later, still in luv w/ @ctjdorsey #ElonLove – @carolinamoonie
Met my best friend/fiance in 8 AM chemistry our 1st day of college in 2005! Can’t wait to tie the knot this June! #ElonLove – @c_erialc
Met my love during Elon Law’s charter class orientation and 6yrs later he’s my husband and law partner #ElonLove – @phoenixesquire
Be sure to stay connected with Elon University by following the university on Facebook and on Twitter at @elonuniversity.