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May 4 University Updates
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![Kent State University students stand vigil where one of four slain Kent State students was shot on May 4, 1970.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/02.10.20%20Photo%20of%20Kent%20State%20students%20standing%20vigil%20during%20May%204%20Commemoration_0.jpg?VersionId=Mdsy3aFgymCIoPIIw0bY3RUtezFY5Rhp)
After months of planning, Kent State University’s May 4 50th Commemoration Advisory Committee has released details of programs scheduled for the 50th Commemoration of the May 4, 1970, shootings at Kent State. The commemoration represents a significant milestone in the history…
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![With the 50th May 4 Commemoration approaching, this year’s Common Reading Experience for all first-year Kent State University students created an opportunity to incorporate the books “This We Know” and “Thirteen Seconds: Confrontation at Kent State."](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/12.16.19%20Photo%20of%20May%204%20books%20for%202019%20Common%20Reading%20Experience_0.jpg)
Ten Kent State University students were awarded $1,000 each for their creative use of videos, podcasts and Adobe Spark® pages to reflect on the events of May 4, 1970, as part of the university’s Design Innovation Common Reading Challenge.
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![Digitized Taylor Hall](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Unknown-1_0.jpg?VersionId=TovOoitfzpehG0dlxzNZUH06TUvXcZyF)
Artifacts of May 4, 1970 – a survivor’s jacket, a gas mask and gun shell casing – tell a story that’s not often accessible to the general public. Assistant Professor Abe Avnisan and students in his digital sciences capstone course will bring these artifacts’ stories to…
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![The “Armed With Our Voices” exhibit provides a powerful form of cross-generational connection that engages users in the events of May 4, 1970, and the importance of peace, conflict resolution and student activism today.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/11.18.19%20Photo%201%20of%20May%204%20Listening%20Wall_0.jpg?VersionId=B9gx8KfRWEParTmTHmuzGsycS7tMU_yT)
Kent State University’s Wick Poetry Center is set to debut its “Armed With Our Voices” exhibit this week in Austin, Texas, as part of the National Council for the Social Studies annual conference. The exhibit provides a powerful form of cross-generational connection that engages…
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![Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu will speak at Kent State University at 7 p.m. Nov. 19 as part of the university’s May 4 Speaker Series.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/10.18.19%20Photo%20of%20Mitch%20Landrieu_0.jpg?VersionId=NorXUohGDjMoacHti6UU._dpMzlKHCk3)
Mitch Landrieu, the New Orleans mayor who oversaw the removal of the city’s prominent Confederate monuments and helped his city to recover and reemerge from a series of natural disasters, will speak at Kent State as part of the university’s May 4 Speaker Series.
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![About 30 teachers attended the Voices for Change Educator's Summit on the topic of May 4, 1970.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/EduSummit_0.jpg?VersionId=4tEQiQ8A3g4lgSiqWRv1eI7sxAlQyAak)
Organizers of the recent Voices for Change Educator’s Summit at Kent State University say the curriculum developed at the event can be used by teachers worldwide, so that the lessons of May 4, 1970, will continue to be shared. The summit, held in August, was one about 100 events…
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![“Our Brother Jeff,” a new exhibition at Kent State University’s May 4 Visitors Center, honors the life of Jeffrey Miller, one of the four Kent State students shot and killed by the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 1970.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/10.18.19%20Photo%202%20of%20Jeffrey%20Miller%20exhibition%20at%20Kent%20State%27s%20May%204%20Visitors%20Center_0.jpg?VersionId=MNxkQRyXa8kmhjAtu3q_nyIcaFUqpB1r)
Guests of Kent State University’s May 4 Visitors Center can learn more about Jeffrey Miller, one of the four students shot and killed by the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 1970, by visiting “Our Brother Jeff,” a new exhibition at the visitors center that honors Miller’s life…
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![Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu will speak at Kent State University at 7 p.m. Nov. 19 as part of the university’s May 4 Speaker Series.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/10.18.19%20Photo%20of%20Mitch%20Landrieu_0.jpg?VersionId=NorXUohGDjMoacHti6UU._dpMzlKHCk3)
Mitch Landrieu, the New Orleans mayor who oversaw the removal of the city’s prominent Confederate monuments and helped his city to recover and reemerge from a series of natural disasters, will speak at Kent State as part of the university’s May 4 Speaker Series.
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![Kent State University is offering a community course at the May 4 Visitors Center that deals with the historical, cultural, social and political contexts of events before, during and after the May 4, 1970, shootings.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/may%204_1.jpg?VersionId=7LRXiH7abXHTQGGxOaOxcO91hjpCr4kM)
Kent State University is offering a community course that deals with the historical, cultural, social and political contexts of events before, during and after the May 4, 1970, shootings. The free course, Making Meaning of May 4: The Kent State Shootings in American History,…
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![Kent State University alumna Pat Gless reflects on May 4, 1970, near what was then the ambulance bay of the old Ravenna hospital.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/09.27.19%20Photo%202%20of%20Pat%20Gless.jpg?VersionId=uCELUp2nmVq._N.zBDJHuCV_YvVJJ9j.)
In the spring of 1970, two-time Kent State University alumna and registered nurse Pat Gless was a junior in Kent State’s inaugural nursing program. While in class on Monday, May 4, a professor rushed into her classroom and warned students who could leave campus to do so. …