The rehearsal was delayed for a Blazer game, but the wedding went on.
Boxer Love Stories
The perfect partners are paired at Pacific.
Did you know that more than nearly 2,400 alumni met and fell in love through Pacific University? Over the years we have compiled the Boxer love stories of these friends and classmates and we invite you to read their stories.
Did you find or nurture love at Pacific University? Please share your Boxer Love story to add to our collection. To submit your story, please email alumni@pacificu.edu. Stories are edited for spelling and grammar.
Love Story Collection
“I decided that night that she was the one girl for me."
A blind date becomes a Boxer love story
A solid friendship makes a firm foundation.
Persistence, and friendship, pay off.
As a senior, Carlisle arrived early to campus because he drove a school bus. To fill in his time between bus schedules and before classes began, Carlisle would work in the cafeteria.
"I traded my 4.0 GPA for my wife ... I’d make the same deal all over again.”
Couple connects with anonymous waves in the early morning hours.
Dale and Helen’s story of Pacific-based love is slightly different than most. Dr. Dale A.
Howard and Grace make up just one of Pacific University's nearly 950 alumni couples.