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Students, witnesses and community honor 52nd anniversary of May 4 at walk and vigil

Hannah Keil and Isabella Schreck • May 4, 2022

Laura Davis, a freshman at Kent State in 1970, watched the May 4 shooting happen from a distance. Today, as she does every year, she comes back to retrace her steps and remember the lives of her peers,...

Students learn collaboration skills, May 4 history through Common Reading Experience assignment

Rachel Karas General assignment reporter • February 29, 2020

Camryn Calderwood always felt the summer reading assignments she has done were just busy work. Calderwood is a sophomore fashion merchandising major and recently came to Kent State, but the summer reading...

Summer workshop to guide educators on teaching about May 4

Abigail Mack General assignment reporter • February 25, 2020

Many events are scheduled for the coming months as the university gears up for the 50th anniversary of May 4. Among these is the “Making Meaning of May 4: The 1970 Kent State Shootings in U.S. History”...

@KSUVoices1970 social media pages bring students closer to May 4

Linden Miller EHHS and May 4 reporter • October 10, 2019

In the wake of a technological revolution, students have a chance to see what social media would’ve been like during the times of May 4, 1970. Mindy Farmer, director of the May 4 Visitors Center, created...