It's (finally) happening!

Nate and Abbie met in 2015 as students at the University of Northern Iowa. They worked at the same student organization, Threehouse, and one evening when both were working they connected over how much they had in common including a similar sense of humor, taste in music, and love for comedy. After that, they became inseparable friends, often finding excuses to be at the library or Threehouse at the same time. Nate knew he wanted to take Abbie on a date, but with semester finals coming up fast, there was no time. Instead, they studied together and ate at the dining center together. By the time they went on their first date at Newton’s Cafe in Cedar Falls, they knew how they felt about each other. They made the best of their summer together, but Abbie was set to leave in the fall on a semester of study abroad in Australia. She was sure that doing long distance with a nine-hour time difference would be too challenging for their new relationship. But Nate was confident that they had something special, and they decided to stay together despite the distance. At the end of her time there, Nate used his Thanksgiving break to travel to Australia and spend Abbie’s final weeks there together. Almost exactly five years after they were reunited in that Australia airport, Nate took Abbie to the UNI campus where they met and had since graduated, and asked her to marry him in front of the Campanile. She said yes! Their love has not only survived 8,496 miles of separation, it has thrived and grown stronger since.