His choice of proposal location? The Green Library at\u00a0Modesto A. Maidique Campus.\u00a0The pair had met on the second floor years earlier, after mutual friends invited Del Mundo, then a recent transfer student, to their hangout spot in order to welcome him to FIU.<\/p>\n
Del\u00a0Mundo enlisted the help of family and friends, who lured Tamola to the library after the commencement ceremony had finished.\u00a0He\u00a0then got down on one knee and asked his best friend if she would spend the rest of her life with him.<\/p>\n
Tamola couldn\u2019t have been happier with his decision to propose in the library.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAfter the proposal, I confessed to Craig that this whole time I wanted him to propose in the library because we had so many wonderful memories there,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
With radically different majors, they didn\u2019t share any classes, and since they lived far from each other, the library \u201cbecame where we really got to know one another,\u201d adds\u00a0Del Mundo.<\/p>\n
In fact, the first picture they took together was in the library.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not just the library, but FIU as a whole that is important to them. In Tamola\u2019s eyes, FIU means growth.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not the same person as I was when I started as a freshman in undergrad, and I\u2019m proud of the changes in my life since then.\u201d<\/p>\n
FIU is also where she and Del Mundo forged lasting friendships along the way, and many of the people who witnessed the proposal were friends they met at FIU.<\/p>\n
Now the pair is looking toward the future, planning on establishing their careers and saving for their wedding. As alumni, they retain library privileges, so they might make time to check out some books as well \u2013 love stories, of course.<\/p>\n