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May 4

Â鶹ÊÓƵ students at 2023 May 4 Commemoration

An all-day conference, presented by the May 4 Education Committee for K-12 educators, students, and Â鶹ÊÓƵ faculty and staff, will help participants demonstrate knowledge about the critical history of student activism and organizing at Â鶹ÊÓƵ, emphasizing the significance of May 4.

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Spring flowers

Blooming flowers and budding trees herald the annual green up on campus in spring semester.

The First Amendment of the US Constitution guarantees free speech.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s School of Peace and Conflict Studies and School of Communication Studies has organized a panel discussion to talk about free speech and protest on campus to educate students about their rights and responsibilities.

Chris Post, Ph.D., professor of geography at Â鶹ÊÓƵ at Stark, will serve as the 2024 speaker for the Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series, a part of the university's annual May 4 Commemoration events.

The lecture series created in 2022 to honor the legacy of Â鶹ÊÓƵ Professor Emeritus of Sociology Jerry M. Lewis, Ph.D., will feature Professor of Geography Chris Post, Ph.D., presenting â€œDeveloping and Interpreting the Wounded Student Markers at Â鶹ÊÓƵ†as this year’s selected speaker. The Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series and Luncheon will be held on May 3.

Kent community members gather at annual May 4 commemoration

On May 3-4, 2024, Â鶹ÊÓƵ will hold its 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.  

Art from Graphic Content exhibition

Alison Caplan, director of the May 4 Visitors Center, provides an up close look at some of the items in the center's "Graphic Content: The Comics of May 4" exhibition.  She also share stories about the art and the artists that created it.  

Â鶹ÊÓƵ celebrates its new partnership with Dewey International University in Cambodia.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Provost and Senior Vice President Melody Tankersley, Ph.D., and Vice President for Global Education Marcello Fantoni joined officials from Dewey International University in Battambang, Cambodia, to celebrate a new partnership expected to bring Cambodian students to Â鶹ÊÓƵ.

Julian Grimes, president of Black United Students, tours the May 4 Visitors Center.

Julian Grimes, president of Black United Students, one of Â鶹ÊÓƵ's oldest student organizations, is working to maintain the legacy of the organization credited for starting the formal observance of February as Black History Month.