May 4
IN A FLASH: Blue, Gold and Greening
Slowly, the Kent Campus is seeing its greenery return.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø Remembers May 4, 1970, With 53rd Commemoration
Advancing the legacy of May 4, 1970, a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard fired on 51³Ô¹ÏÍø students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four students, wounding nine students and forever changing the lives of countless others, the university will hold its annual commemoration on May 3-4.
May 4 Historian Reflects on Singer David Crosby's Ties to 51³Ô¹ÏÍø
Professor Emeritus Laura Davis, co-creator of the May 4 Walking Tour and May 4 Visitors Center, and a witness to the 1970 51³Ô¹ÏÍø shootings, shares personal reflections on singer David Crosby's ties to 51³Ô¹ÏÍø.
David Crosby Passes Away at 81
Singer-songwriter David Crosby, who performed the iconic "Ohio" with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young following the events at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø of May 4, 1970, passed away at the age of 81.
Honors Student Receives Distinguished May 4th Honors Memorial Scholarship
Honors College student Daniel Zalamea is a first-year 51³Ô¹ÏÍø student studying chemistry. He is the recipient of the May 4th Honors Memorial Scholarship, awarded to one member of each entering honors freshman class. Having only been a 51³Ô¹ÏÍø student for a matter of months, D…
Hollywood Plans New May 4-Inspired Movie
reports that a new movie inspired by the shootings at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø on May 4, 1970, is in the works and will be released next year.
Honors College May 4 Scholarship Recipient
Annika Dudik, a third year Honors College student from Geneva, Ohio, continues to excel and grow throughout her time and experiences at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø. And if it were not for the May 4 Scholarship Award she received as an incoming freshman in the Honors College, her story may have turned out quite diffe…
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Maintaining the Living Memorial of Daffodil Hill
Daffodil Hill became a part of the May 4 Memorial that brought both sides together, but groundskeepers struggle to keep it thriving now.
Jerry M. Lewis Lecture Series Debuts With Talk on May 4 Memorializing Process; Service of Faculty Marshals Also Remembered, Honored
The inaugural Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series and Luncheon took place May 2 at the Kent Student Center Ballroom with Tammy Clewell, Ph.D., professor in 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Department of English, as the featured speaker.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø Remembers the Events of May 4, 1970
51³Ô¹ÏÍø has scheduled a variety of programs, events and exhibits for this year’s remembrance of May 4, 1970, to honor the four students who were killed, the nine students who were wounded and the countless others whose lives were forever changed when the Ohio National Guard fired on 51³Ô¹ÏÍø students during an anti-war protest.