The School of Peace and Conflict Studies originated at Kent State as a response to May 4. Today it’s central in Kent State’s global presence. We travel to Rwanda, where Kent State convened a global peace education conference and, through the Kigali Summer Institute, immerses students in peace-building centered on reconciliation, in a place that experienced the unimaginable 1994 genocide.Later, it’s off to Brazil, where peace education is within the core of an innovative program with Kent State’s partner university in Curitiba.  And then, Kent State expands its presence in Southeast Asia t...

Kent State fraternity brothers drive to the nation’s capital in the hours after the shootings and make their way to an Oval Office meeting with President Richard Nixon. They tell him not to blame Kent State students and to investigate the shootings.  Nixon suffers through the turmoil following his decision to invade Cambodia, the Kent State shootings and nationwide fallout, and then the pro-war response.  The frustrated concert pianist-president seeks solace in Rachmaninoff during the wee hours.  We move into the 21st century with Associate Dean and retired Lt. Col. Mo McFarland...