Temple University is a special place for all of us, but for these Temple Made couples, campus is the place where they fell in love. This Valentine s Day, we asked nine Owl couples to share their love stories and what being college sweethearts means to them.

1. Car, KLN 06, and Sam Mercury, KLN 07, had a classic Temple meet-cute through Sam s roommate after Car came back from a Temple study abroad program in Spain. They were both journalism majors with some classes together; when Sam graduated, the two reconnected at a journalism gathering and have been together ever since. Sam went on to work at Temple for six years, and Car is back as an MA student in the College of Public Health.

2. Julia Sheppard, LAW 21, and Dan Craig, LAW 21, met at the Beasley School of Law in the fall of 2018. Since they often met on the steps of the Klein building before heading into class, Dan decided that the steps would be the perfect spot to propose to Julia in the summer of 2022.

3. The love story of Nahla V. Ward, CLA 17, and Kenneth T. Earle, KLN 12, began when Nahla finished class at Anderson Hall and headed towards Paley to work on a music project with Kenny. Kenny prepared to greet her at the red pretzel stand with a perfectly made hot tea and lemon, not knowing that was the exact drink she wanted after class. About a year later they began officially dating, and were engaged in December 2022.

4. Azam Husain, CST 17, FOX 20, MED 21, met his wife, Anooshe Khan, CST 18, in 2014 in the TECH Center while he was a sophomore and she was a first-year student. They have been inseparable ever since. We both loved Temple. Temple will always be special to us and we joke that we look forward to dropping our future children off at 1300 one day," Azam said.

5. Renee (Gordon) Twyman, KLN 11, and husband Zach Twyman, FOX 10, first met in high school in 2003. They reconnected at Temple in 2007, and the rest is history. The pair just welcomed their youngest son into the world and celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary in 2021. We loved everything about Temple and treasure the bonds that we made while there, they said.

6. Temple Athletics marketing coordinator for on-campus initiatives Katie Colbridge, STH 16, 19, didn t meet her husband Josh Ganzelli (an alumni of West Chester University) on campus, but their July wedding did have appearances from Hooter the Owl, West Chester University s mascot Rammy and Avalon String Band.

7. Bonnie Willgoos, KLN 90, and her spouse Robert, KLN 90, met at Temple in 1987. They married promptly after graduation. Now, the couple is celebrating their three children and over 31 years of marriage.

8. John G. Robb, DEN 54, and Marilyn Haise Robb, PHR 53, met at Temple when Kornberg and the School of Pharmacy were located in the same building at Broad and Allegheny. They recently celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary.

9. Krystal, CLA 09, and Ian Thomas, CHP 08, met at Temple through a mutual friend. They were friends while at Temple and reconnected a couple of years later in 2011. They got married in 2019, and have two kids with one more on the way. "I m so proud to say I met my soulmate at Temple University on Liacouras Walk! says Krystal.

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