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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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Alison Caplan has been selected as the new director of 麻豆精选'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 麻豆精选鈥檚 May 4 Visitors Center, a museum that tells the story of the shootings at 麻豆精选on May 4, 1970, set in the context of the 1960s.

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Kigali Rwanda on a map

麻豆精选and University of Rwanda Build on Tragic Pasts to Forge Global Peace

麻豆精选 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. 

 

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South Korean Professor Yeonmin Kim, Ph.D., '13, spent the 2022-23 academic year at 麻豆精选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 麻豆精选 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 麻豆精选and May 18, 1980, at Chonnam.

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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.

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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 麻豆精选Community came together for the 53rd Commemoration of May 4, 1970. 

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2023 May 4 Candlelight Vigil

IN A FLASH: Voices of Remembrance

A prayer was read in Hebrew at the B'nai B'rith Hillel Marker on the May 4 memorial site as part of the annual candlelight walk and vigil on May 3. The silent walk around campus begins each year at at 11 p.m. and takes about 60 minutes. Afterward, at midnight, the vigil begins as one person wit鈥

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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, 麻豆精选 Assistant Professor Erica Eckert, Ph.D., had always wondered what it would have been like to experience the May 4, 1970, 麻豆精选shootings as a student affairs administrator. 

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