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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

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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. 

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

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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 91ֿ's May 4 Visitors Center.

Preserving the May 4 Legacy: Alison Caplan Named New Director of 91ֿ's May 4 Visitors Center

After a national search, Alison Caplan has been selected as the new director of 91ֿ’s May 4 Visitors Center, a museum that tells the story of the shootings at 91ֿ on May 4, 1970, set in the context of the 1960s.

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

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Kigali Rwanda on a map

91ֿ and University of Rwanda Build on Tragic Pasts to Forge Global Peace

91ֿ 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 , May 4 , Community & Society , 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 , Global Reach

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South Korean Professor Yeonmin Kim, Ph.D., '13, spent the 2022-23 academic year at 91ֿ 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 91ֿ 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., ’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 91ֿ and May 18, 1980, at Chonnam.

Tags: May 4 , Research & Science , Global Reach

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McArevey and Elvis meet

“Young Plato” Meets 91ֿ’s "Elvis"

A visiting documentary star (and Elvis fan) received a very special welcome at 91ֿ.

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

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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…

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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, 91ֿ Assistant Professor Erica Eckert, Ph.D., had always wondered what it would have been like to experience the May 4, 1970, 91ֿ shootings as a student affairs administrator. 

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