May 4
Commemorative landscapes and how they help produce a sense of empathy and place and foster a connection to help us learn from our past was a theme explored Friday, May 3, by Â鶹ÊÓƵ Professor Chris Post, Ph.D., speaker for the annual Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series and Luncheon.
Tonight, the annual candlelight walk and vigil continues a 53-year tradition as part of this week's May 4 Commemoration.
A refreshed May 4 National Historic Landmark Site Tour will premiere during the 2024 May 4 commemoration this weekend. The outdoor tour signs, which debuted in 2010 during the 40th commemoration, allow Â鶹ÊÓƵ visitors to trace the steps of history of the events of May 4, 1970, through text, video, image, and narration.
Writer and author Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Enquirer, provides historical context and Â鶹ÊÓƵ President Todd Diacon shares the experience of following values to navigate today’s divided culture, using lessons learned from May 4 1970.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ will hold its 54th annual commemoration honoring the memory of May 4, 1970, a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard fired on Â鶹ÊÓƵ students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four students, wounding nine others and sparking a turning point in American history.
The School of Peace and Conflict Studies originated at Â鶹ÊÓƵ as a response to May 4. Today it’s central in Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s global presence. We travel to Rwanda, where Â鶹ÊÓƵ convened a global peace education conference and, through the Kigali Summer Institute, immerses students in peace-building centered on reconciliation, in a place that experienced the unimaginable 1994 genocide.
Listen to episode two of May 4: Legacy, which continues with the story of Â鶹ÊÓƵ fraternity brothers drive to the nation’s capital in the hours after the shootings and make their way to an Oval Office meeting with President Richard Nixon. We also move into the 21st century with Associate Dean and retired Lt. Col. Mo McFarland on the May 4 legacy.
What’s past is prologue. Let the history of May 4, 1970, be heard this week.
In her first year as the director of the May 4 Visitor Center, Alison Caplan has enjoyed uniquely wonderful and "magical" experiences in how Â鶹ÊÓƵ's history creates connections and inspiration.
The idea was simple: Physically connect people with the locations of the May 4, 1970, Â鶹ÊÓƵ shootings so they might better connect with each other.