CLU Love Stories
Kingsmen and Regals Coming Together
Read the Love Stories of people who met while at California Lutheran University.
The Games of Love
Casey (Anderson '08) and Mike Calkins '08
They met by introducing themselves as neighbors in Mt Clef freshman year. After getting shot down by Casey from the start, Mike accepted that they would be "just friends." Both were student-athletes participating in Spring sports (Casey in Track and Field, Mike in Baseball) and both ended up getting on-campus jobs for the Athletics Department in the off-season. Read more...
Married in the Chapel
Leslie (Snider '90) and Ken Brooks '90
Ken and I met our freshman year in Mt. Clef in 1986. We have fond memories of our years together at CLU. After graduating in 1990, we took a trip to Hawaii and became engaged. We were married in the chapel by Pastor Mark Knutson in 1991. Read more...
Inter-Neighbor Dating?
Kathy (Snyder '08) and Tim Harker '08
Tim and I met during our sophomore year at CLU and became fast friends. He lived across the hall in New West with his roommates. My roommates and I dubbed them "the neighbors" and we all went to dinner and Club Lu events together regularly. Read more...
Study Date Leads to Love
Morgan (Lorenz'02) and Shawn Burgwald '02
Shawn and I met in 1998 during our Freshman year at CLU. We were neighbors living in Peterson Hall, 230 and 231. At first, neither of us had an attraction to the other. Then one night Shawn offered to help me study for a history test I had the next day. Read more...
Career Center provides more than just an internship!
Charles '07 and Michelle Pyfrom '08
Charles and Michelle met at Cal Lutheran in 2006 when Michelle worked in the Career Center. Charles came in on the first day of school looking for an internship. After chatting in the office for about an hour they headed over to the Centrum for a quick lunch before class. After talking for about two hours straight he asked her out on a date! Read more...
Volleyball and Football Unite
Ryan '09 & Ashley (Benson '09) Cecil
Ryan Cecil and Ashley Benson met their freshmen year through Ryan's roommate. They had seen each other before while passing though the athletic training room because Ryan was a football player and Ashley was a volleyball player. But they were both shy people, so it took a while for them to start talking. But as the year went on they became friends, and even became best friends during their sophomore year. They hung out a lot. Ryan went to Ashley's volleyball games, she went to his football games, and just hung out together with their group of friends. After being friends for 2 1/2 years, they started dating during their junior year at CLU. Read more...
KitKats Give This Couple a Break
Matt '04 & Becky (Badertscher '04) Anderson
Matt and Becky met at a JIF (Jesus Is Freedom) retreat in October of 2000. They were both attached to other people and content with just becoming friends (and "IM"ing quite a lot). A couple months later they both attended a Lord of Life retreat and there around a bonfire, both wearing thick gloves, held hands interlocking-fingers style during a prayer. For Matt it was apparently natural, for Becky it was a sign! By summer time they were disconnected to the people from home and forming a tight bond. Read more...
Salad Line Brings People Together
Warren ’65 & Judy (Westberg ’64) Blomquist
It was Spring 1963 when Warren and Judy met at Cal Lutheran. Judy was working the salad line in the cafeteria and Warren had come to CLC in the Spring as a transfer student. Liking salad, Warren spent a fair amount of time in that area of the cafeteria line. The salads were “OK,” but the person behind the counter was special! Read more...
Roommate Matchmaking
Doug '04 & Lindsey (Rarick '05) Carnett
On October 13, 2002 Gwen Guderjohn ('05) invited Lindsay's roommate Aubreigh Hutchison ('05) and her to attend a birthday party at Cho Cho San's Japanese restaurant in Thousand Oaks, CA. The roommates decided to help Gwen celebrate and so did a stranger...a very handsome baseball player who had transferred to CLU as a Junior. Doug and Lindsey met over dinner then saw each other the following weekend at a CLU football party. Read more...
Finding Amor in Spanish Class
Paul '03 & Elissa (Jordan '04) Francis
Paul and Elissa met in Senor Teichmann's Spanish Class in fall of 2000 when they sat next to each other. Elissa was a freshman and Paul was a sophomore. Elissa aced the first test but Paul did not so he asked her to study with him for the next one. On Halloween Elissa's roommates all went to Santa Barbara but she stayed in my room to spend time with Paul.. Paul asked her to be his girlfriend that night. Read more...
Resident Assistants Share More Than Just a Job
Mark '03 & Corissa (Gall '05) Glesne
Mark Glesne and Corissa Gall started the 2002/2003 school year like any other year - reporting to the California Lutheran University campus early for Resident Assistant training. They had met in passing a few times the year before, but this year they would work on the same RA staff together. Mark was beginning his senior year at Cal Lu, Corissa her sophomore. Read more...
Security Service with a Smile!
Matt '03 & Casey (Jones '04) James
In the fall of 2003, every girl at CLU knew the Safety and Security officers, as they were the most handsome guys around. The girls of Kramer Court used to call for escorts to the library or the other side of campus, even when they really did not need to go. They called so often that one of the officers, Matt James, got to know one of the girls, Casey Jones, pretty well. Read more...
Hairdo Leads to an I Do
Keith & Jayme (Housh ’96) Johnson ‘95
The first time I set eyes on my wife was in Spanish class. I remember the instructor to be Professor Urioste, and Jayme sat directly in front of me. While we did not know each other, nor did we speak much during class, we did exchange knowing glances and pleasant hello's. What I do remember was her hair. Jayme had quite long, straight hair back in the mid-1990's, and since the class was at 8:00 in the morning, she didn't spend the time to blow dry it beforehand. Read more...
CLUB LU Makes Dating Cheap
Wesley '03 & Katie (Bashaw '03) Johnson
Wes and Katie were both residents of the “400 Club” (lower 4s) in Mt. Clef their freshman year. All of the residents on that floor were pretty good friends, but there wasn’t anything special between Wes and Katie at the time. Sophomore year, Katie lived in Conejo Hall with three girls Wes knew in high school and so she got to know Wes a little better through them and took notice of his athletic abilities when he played volleyball outside of New West. Read more...
A Quick Vacation Becomes a Lifelong Journey
Mike '76 & Kristen (Grude '75) Kirkpatrick
In 1973, Kris transferred into CLU (CLC) from community college in the Bay Area. One of her dorm neighbors was dating this guy (who she eventually married!) and they became friends through involvement in student government. Between that and his dating her neighbor, the two got to know each other well. Read more...
Jobs Lead to Romance
Tom ('00) & Candace (Kay '03) Meadows
Tom and Candace met while working in Newbury Park. Their mutual CLU friends that also worked with them thought they would be a good match. It was spring break of 2002 when they went on a casual date and started to get to know one another. Their friendship grew over the next year. Once Candace graduated in May of 2003 Tom and she started spending a lot more of their time together. Read more...
Sparks Ignite in Statistics
Jason Young ’05 and Lauren Mooney ‘05
Jason and Lauren met in Statistics class in the spring of 2004 where they became friends as classmates working on various group projects. In December of that year they went snowboarding at Mountain High and romantic sparks were ignited. Read more...
Gymnastics Makes This Couple Flip
For Each Other
Josh '03 & Lindsay (Elliot '05) Murray
Lindsay and Josh initially met in a gymnastics class offered at CLU in Spring of 2002. Lindsay thought it was sort of strange that Josh was in a gymnastics class, but if you know Josh, you wouldn't think anything of it. They were introduced by a mutual friend but nothing came of it at the time because they were both seeing other people at the time. The following year they spotted each other on a church snowboarding trip and Josh approached Lindsay and sparked a great conversation. Read more...
Tennis Kicked Off This Match
Carl ’76 & Susan (Hofmann ‘76) Nielsen
It was the 2nd or 3rd day of Freshman Orientation. Carl was playing tennis with his new roommate, John Lenhardt (‘76). They were evenly matched and the competitive juices were flowing. While the battle ensued, two lovely freshman girls (Susan Hofmann ’76 and Debbie Deeble’76) sat down to watch the action. While changing sides in between games, John asked, “Would you like to play some mixed doubles?” The reply was an enthusiastic “Yes! We’ll be right back with our rackets!” Read more...
A Hike to the Cross Leads to a Walk
Down an Aisle
Jared '05 & Kristen (Mathre '05) Perry
In the early Fall of 2003, Kristen Mathre and Jared I. Perry were both Resident Assistants in neighboring Residence Halls. These two colleagues began a special friendship. Long walks through Wildwood Regional Park and hot chocolate at the Cross made these two inseparable. On January 11, 2005 during a trip to visit family and friends in Washington D.C., Jared asked Kristen to be his forever in the gardens of the Smithsonian Castle. On March 4, 2006, the two were married by Kristen's grandfather, surrounded by family and friends. Read more...
LuVine Proved Correct for this Pair
Mike '01 & Gail (Strickler '99) Zurek
For those alumni who know Gail (Strickler '99) and Michael Zurek '01the question always exists, when exactly did they start dating? As Paul Harvey would say"…And now, The rest of the story". Read more...
