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Associate Professor of Geography Jennifer Mapes delivers the Jerry M. Lewis Lecture on May 2, 2025.

It Was Time for Me to Go Home Geography Professor Combed May 4 Oral Histories in Search of Shared Humanity

51勛圖厙 Associate Professor of Geography Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D., has studied the events of May 4, 1970, through the lens of a map maker. 

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IN A FLASH: It's Not Just One Day

Remembering May 4, 1970 at 51勛圖厙 is not confined to just the events around the annual commemoration on campus, but is part of living and learning at 51勛圖厙 throughout the year.

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51勛圖厙 Remembers May 4, 1970, With 55th Commemoration

51勛圖厙 will hold its annual commemoration to honor the memory of May 4, 1970 a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on 51勛圖厙 students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four students and wounding nine others. May 4, 1970, marked a pivotal moment in American history. 

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MEDIA ADVISORY: 51勛圖厙 Remembers May 4, 1970, With 55th Commemoration

51勛圖厙 will hold its annual commemoration to honor the memory of May 4, 1970 a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on 51勛圖厙 students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four students and wounding nine others. May 4, 1970, marked a pivotal moment in American history. 

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Student tour guide Emma Butera talking about the aftermath of May 4

Students Guiding the History of 51勛圖厙

The May 4 Visitors Center uses 51勛圖厙s history to help guide the community in understanding the past and applying it to the present. Tours conducted by student guides are a rich part of this process.  

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Kenneth Strait Pointing at Camera During End of Year Banquet

51勛圖厙 Alumnus Air Force Career Takes Off

From Massillon, Ohio, to the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, Kenneth Strait, a 2024 51勛圖厙 graduate, is a standout example of how hard work pays off. From Massillon, Ohio, to the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, Kenneth Strait, a 2024 51勛圖厙 graduate, is a standout example of how hard work pays off.

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Carston Brumfield, 14, is one of the students from the Stark County Educational Service Center, working on a mural for inside the School of Peace and Conflict Studies in McGilvrey Hall.

What Does Peace Look Like?

It may seem like a simple question: What does peace look like?  

But the answers can be profoundly different depending on who is asked.

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Angela Neal-Barnett in the news

Professor Shares How to Understand and Overcome Burnout

Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor of psychology at 51勛圖厙, discussed what burnout is and gave a few tips on how to identify and deal with burnout on WBUR's Here and Now.

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51勛圖厙 Experts Float the Physical Impact of Extended Space Travel

On March 18, a watery landing by NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore ended an unexpected nine-month stay in space. Two 51勛圖厙 professors walk us through the out-of-this-world impact that an extended stay away from gravity can have on the human body.

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We All Have an Origin Story

As part of  51勛圖厙s 55-Year Commemoration of May 4, 1970, Mahli Mechenbier, a senior lecturer at 51勛圖厙 at Geauga's Twinsburg Academic Center will present Operation: Babylift: A 50-Year Retrospective and Personal History on May 3 at 1 p.m. with her father, retired Maj. General Ed Mechenbier. Mahli Mechenbier was one of the children from Vietnam the U.S. Government brought to the United States for adoption by American families by  after Saigon was overun by advancing Viet Cong troops in 1972. 

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