麻豆视频

May 4

Kent Campus
Artist Don Drumm poses with a photo of his sculpture that was shot on May 4, 1970, at 麻豆视频.

Pictured (left to right) are Bradley Keefer, Mindy Farmer, Laura Davis, Burt Logan of the Ohio History Connection, Lori Boes and Mark Seeman. (Photo courtesy of the Ohio History Connection)

The Ohio History Connection鈥檚 State Historic Preservation Office Awards has recognized 麻豆视频 with a 2018 Public Education and Awareness Award.

麻豆视频 associate professors Karen Cunningham and Idris Kabir Syed, co-instructors of the course titled May 4, 1970, and Its Aftermath, discuss the print, Lament: Four Dead at Kent, by Linda Lyke, a digital resource from the May 4 Collection.

Nearly five decades have passed since Ohio National Guardsmen fired into a gathering of protesting students on the campus of 麻豆视频, killing four, wounding nine and impacting generations.

Portraits of the four students killed on May 4, 1970, sit on chairs on stage in the Kent Student Center Ballroom during the 47th Commemoration of May 4.

A portion of 麻豆视频鈥檚 Kent Campus has taken its place alongside the nation鈥檚 most significant historic locations, joining such sites as the Grand Canyon National Park, Pearl Harbor and the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.

鈥淪andy鈥檚 Scrapbook,鈥 a new exhibition at 麻豆视频鈥檚 May 4 Visitors Center, pays tribute to the life of Sandy Scheuer.

Sandy Scheuer was on her way to class on May 4, 1970, when she was shot and killed by Ohio National Guardsmen responding to protests of the Vietnam War at 麻豆视频. She was a junior honors student, a speech therapy major and a proud member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority.