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Humans of OBU: Faculty Couples

Scott: “I had it all planned out, I was gonna take Judy to a bluff area to kind of a rock overlooking this really beautiful place and on the way there we had to walk through some brush and she got really afraid there was…

Humans of OBU: Faculty Couples

Tracey: “In my office in Berry Bible, I hear a lot of hallway conversations. One day I heard a student saying to another, ‘OH MY GOSH HURRY! You know if we’re not 10 minutes early, then we’re 5 minutes late!’ I knew without even checking…

Humans of OBU: Faculty Couples

“I had graduated a year early so I was in Kentucky at seminary and she was still in Kansas. Over Christmas Break I drove pretty much all night to get back to our college town. I was supposed to be there the next day because…

Humans of OBU: Faculty Couples

Bryan: “So we had a mutual friend from New Mexico where Leigh Anne is from. Her name is Carolyn who was my age (I’m two years older than Leigh Anne). So when Leigh Anne came to campus, Carolyn said, ‘I have this guy you need…

Humans of OBU: Faculty Couples

Mark: “So she’s the youngest and only girl in her family. Pretty protective dad, which is pretty understandable. So we went down to her house to tell her family. It was kind of a ‘just telling them’ instead of ‘asking for permission’ kind of deal,…

Humans of OBU: Faculty Couples

Lori: “Our first date was him PA-ing a football game for the high school. Then we watched ‘Pulp Fiction’ and it’s a miracle I ever went out with him again. I hate the movie. It’s a horrible movie.” Kevin: “It’s a great movie. Tarantino is…

Humans of OBU: Faculty Couples

Jon: “We met in graduate school at Arizona State University. I was new on campus working on a master’s degree and I had seen Dr. G in the hallways. [One day] I was in the music library doing some ‘work’ while she was over at…

Humans of OBU: Faculty Couples

René: “It’s been kind of neat to work together creatively and professionally, being able to bounce ideas off of each other. Having a read on each other is good sometimes because you can say things and know the person and how they’ll react. At the…