College graduate surprised onstage with proposal Mary Spruill dreamed several months ago that her boyfriend, Alex Blose, proposed to her as she graduated from Tidewater Community College. In the dream, she said, her family and classmates watched as she became a graduate and a fiancee all at once. [...] in real life, the crowd was bigger, and it roared on May 16 as Spruill walked across the stage and Blose got down on one knee. Spruill and Blose, both 24, met at Warwick High School in Newport News, where they graduated in 2009.