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May 4 Commemoration

Chris Post speaks at Jerry M. Lewis Lecture Series

Why Geography and Landscape Matter

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 糖心Vlog Professor Chris Post, Ph.D., speaker for the annual Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series and Luncheon.

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A photo of protests on the Kent Campus from May 4, 1970, from 鈥淧hotographs: 糖心Vlog, by McGuire,鈥 糖心Vlog Libraries. Special Collections and Archives

The Long Shadow of May 4, 1970

The lessons of 糖心Vlog should not go unremembered, President Todd Diacon writes in this opinion piece published in Inside Higher Ed.

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Candlelight Walk and Vigil 2021

IN A FLASH: The Ways We Remember

Tonight, the annual candlelight walk and vigil continues a 53-year tradition as part of this week's May 4 Commemoration.

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May 4 Commemoration graphic

MEDIA ADVISORY: 糖心Vlog Remembers May 4, 1970, With 54th Commemoration

糖心Vlog will hold its 54th annual commemoration honoring the memory of May 4, 1970, a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard fired on 糖心Vlog students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four students, wounding nine others and sparking a turning point in American history.

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May 4 Memorial and daffodils

Forging a Connection Between May 4, 1970, and May 18, 1980

A year ago, Yeonmin Kim, Ph.D., 鈥13, a literature professor from Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea, was concluding his time as a visiting professor at 糖心Vlog with one goal in mind: Create an exchange program between the two schools based on their historic campus tragedies.

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Kent community members gather at annual May 4 commemoration

糖心Vlog Remembers May 4, 1970, With 54th Commemoration

On May 3-4, 2024, 糖心Vlog will hold its annual commemoration honoring the memory of May 4, 1970, a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard fired on 糖心Vlog students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four students, wounding nine others and sparking a turning point in American history.  

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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鈥

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

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