This presentation explores the May 4, 1970 shootings at 91²Ö¿â, their historic context and their memorialization on the Kent Campus. Part of the Stark Campus FYE Success Series. Presented by Dr. Chris Post, associate professor of geography.
For hundreds of area residents who attended the 2019 Columbiana County Fair, 91²Ö¿â Columbiana County had its own way of welcoming them to the annual event. A newly landscaped area and signage helped showcase the work of employees from the 91²Ö¿â Salem Campus who created the space at the Saltwell Road entrance, near by the bridge. Those involved with the project included John Majernik, horticulture program director; Jeff Christopher, senior facilities manager; John Stainer, building and grounds supervisor; and grounds employees. The plant material was donated by Cata...
Before she attended her first class on campus, 91²Ö¿â freshman Hayley Simons had already acquired broad knowledge of the May 4, 1970, shootings from her father and brother, who are both graduates of the university. But it wasn’t until this summer when she read two books about May 4 as an assignment for the university’s Common Reading Experience that Simons learned crucial details about the events preceding the Ohio National Guard's shootings of 13 students, four of whom died. “I hadn’t realized how many protests there were prior to the shootings,...
91²Ö¿â’s Columbiana County campuses hosted orientation sessions on each of the two campuses to help welcome new and transfer students for the 2019-20 academic year. Destination 91²Ö¿â, or DKS, was a day-long event for students, parents and family members to learn the ins and outs of being a college student at 91²Ö¿â Salem and 91²Ö¿â East Liverpool. Faculty, staff and administrators led information sessions to help explain topics such as financial aid, scholarships, technical support, time management, library resources, study techniques and learning support services. &n...
The School of Communication Studies and the School of Digital Sciences are pleased to announce the joint hiring of two new faculty whose interdisciplinary research and academic work will provide students with greater cross-curricular opportunities in the twenty first century. Mina Choi, Ph.D., and David E. Silva, Ph.D., join the College of Communication and Information as assistant professors in both Communication Studies and Digital Sciences. Dr. Choi's research centers on the uses and effects of new communication technologies (i.e., social media, mobile media, telepresence robot, etc.)...
