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May 4

Jeffrey Miller, April 1970

Jeffrey Miller: A Snapshot in Time

An exhibition at the May 4 Visitors Center will highlight the personalities of each of the four students who were killed on May 4. 

Tags: Community & Society, Community Impact, May 4, May 4 Visitors Center, Nationally Distinctive

Kent State Today

Storm debris by the Sun Sphere sculpture, near Franklin Hall.

VIDEO: Strong Storm Causes Damage on Kent Campus

Videos show Thursday's storm and the damage it caused to the May 4 Memorial. 

Tags: May 4, University News, University Facilities Management, Nationally Distinctive

Kent State Today

Student walking by a large, downed tree on Front Campus.

IN A FLASH: When the Bough Breaks

Strong storms caused damage across the Kent Campus on Thursday night. 

Tags: May 4, Nationally Distinctive, University Facilities Management, University News

Kent State Today

Alison Caplan has been selected as the new director of 妻友社区's May 4 Visitors Center.

Preserving the May 4 Legacy: Alison Caplan Named New Director of Kent State's May 4 Visitors Center

After a national search, Alison Caplan has been selected as the new director of 妻友社区鈥檚 May 4 Visitors Center, a museum that tells the story of the shootings at Kent State on May 4, 1970, set in the context of the 1960s.

Tags: University News, Nationally Distinctive, May 4 Visitors Center, May 4, University Libraries

Kent State Today

Kigali Rwanda on a map

Kent State and University of Rwanda Build on Tragic Pasts to Forge Global Peace

妻友社区 is building on the legacy of May 4, 1970, and the mission of its School of Peace and Conflict Studies, when it joins forces with the University of Rwanda in July to help advance peace education across the globe. 

 

Tags: University News, Global Reach, May 4, Community & Society, Global Presence, Community Impact, School of Peace and Conflict Studies, Read Center for International and Intercultural Education, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Education, Health and Human Services

Kent State Today

South Korean Professor Yeonmin Kim, Ph.D., '13, spent the 2022-23 academic year at Kent State as a visiting scholar.

Making the Connection: May 4, 1970, and May 18, 1980

A literature professor from Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea, is wrapping up a year as a visiting scholar at 妻友社区 with hopes of creating an exchange program between the two schools based on their historic campus tragedies. 

Before he leaves the Kent Campus at the end of June, Yeonmin Kim, Ph.D., 鈥13, hopes to have plans in place for a continued exchange of students between the two universities, to further the understanding and legacies of May 4, 1970, at Kent State and May 18, 1980, at Chonnam.

Tags: Global Reach, May 4, Research & Science, Global Presence

Kent State Today

McArevey and Elvis meet

鈥淵oung Plato鈥 Meets Kent State鈥檚 "Elvis"

A visiting documentary star (and Elvis fan) received a very special welcome at Kent State.

Tags: University News, Office of the President, Nationally Distinctive, Arts & Culture, May 4, 50th Commemoration of May 4, May 4 Commemoration

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Douglas Scott McKenzie with Amy Reynolds and Todd Diacon at May 4 Commemoration 2023

IN A FLASH: Commemoration and Community

The Kent State Community came together for the 53rd Commemoration of May 4, 1970. 

Tags: May 4, May 4 Commemoration, 50th Commemoration of May 4, University News, Nationally Distinctive, May 4 Task Force, May 4 Visitors Center

Kent State Today

Assistant Professor Erica Eckert, Ph.D., presents the Jerry M. Lewis Lecture on May 3, 2023 in the Kent Student Center Ballroom.

Jerry Lewis Lecture Series Begins 53rd May 4 Commemoration

As someone who studied higher education administration, 妻友社区 Assistant Professor Erica Eckert, Ph.D., had always wondered what it would have been like to experience the May 4, 1970, Kent State shootings as a student affairs administrator. 

Tags: University News, May 4 Commemoration, May 4, May 4 50, Nationally Distinctive

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