My name is Andrew Pertz, I am an aerospace engineering student with a minor in applied mathematics in the Honors College. In a lot of ways, I feel like Kent State found me. As a first-generation college student, the process of applying and finding schools was very overwhelming. I also knew that I wouldn’t be able to afford college, so I was also stressed about applying for scholarships.During my college search, I was looking for schools that offered my major of interest: aerospace engineering. Oddly enough, that leaves only a handful of schools within Ohio and bordering states. Kent State...

The idea was simple: Physically connect people with the locations of the May 4, 1970, Kent State University shootings so they might better connect with each other.From this notion, two Kent State professors began a research project that blossomed into Mapping May 4, an interactive web app that connects specific May 4 locations to sections of oral histories from May 4 witnesses and others and serves as a navigation device for those walking the May 4 site. Those using the app can also comment on stories and record and add their own stories to the project.  Now, four years since its debut, M...