Jake Carlson ’22 and Kim Cullen ’22

Kim and I met in August 2018 in a math class on campus. It was love at first sight! When we met at Starbucks on Memory Mall, we sat and talked for what seemed like hours. It was as if we had been friends our whole lives. We spent nearly every day together. We’d study together, go shopping together, and get ice cream together across from the reflecting pond. We got Disney passes and enjoyed spending time at the parks together. In our spare time on campus, we enjoyed being outside, attending events, and living the campus life. We’d go on walks playing Pokémon GO. We’d check out new things that opened or new things being built. We walked to class together. When it was time to move out of the dorms that summer, we moved in together. We sat next to each other at graduation in 2022. It wasn’t an easy journey, but we made it through because we had each other. This past Christmas, I proposed to Kim, and she said yes. We both knew from the moment we met on campus that day that we wanted to be together long-term. We are so excited to finally be engaged and are beginning to plan our wedding.