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The May 4 Visitor Center is located inside of Taylor Hall.

May 4 Visitors Center director search nears completion

Francesca Malinky, Reporter April 26, 2023

The May 4 Visitors Center has been without a director for three years. The university has completed the interview process for hiring a new director for the center. Mindy Farmer was director, but she...

Graphic by Kelly Travillian

New app for May 4 to be released

Lydia Taylor April 22, 2015

The director of the May 4 Visitors Center gave a presentation on the “Future of May 4,” announcing the upcoming release of a new application, Thursday April 16 in Taylor Hall.The new application “May...

Mindy Farmer, director of the May 4 Visitors Center, speaks to participants in a workshop about overcoming trauma through creative writing. The event was held at the Wick Poetry Center on April 6, 2015.

Wick Poetry Center, May 4 Visitors Center find clarity through poetry

Payton Moore April 6, 2015

With May 4’s 45th anniversary of the May 4th 1970's shooting less than a month away, the May 4 Visitors Center and Wick Poetry Center joined to discuss what trauma really is and how to nurture it and...

Kent State alumni Susan Avery of Denver, CO, tours the May 4 Visitor's Center Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Avery graduated in '82 and said that she wanted to visit the center to pay her respects.

Almost 45 years later, Kent State struggles to redefine its image

Hannah Armenta September 17, 2014

In response to #WeAreKentState, students and alumni all over the world showed their Kent state pride Wednesday by banding together, clad in blue and gold.Kent State alumna Ashleigh Klinger created the...

The director of the May 4 Visitors Center

New Visitor Center director’s goal: teach about May 4

Bruce Walton August 25, 2014

Mindy Farmer, the new director of the May 4 Visitors Center, started work July 1. Farmer is the former education specialist of the federal Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum and will begin as...

Co-creator of May 4 Visitors Center dies

DKS Staff May 2, 2014

Carole Barbato, a Kent State professor emeritus who was active in the creation of the May 4 Visitors Center on campus, died Wednesday at 64, the Record-Courier reported.Barbato was a junior on May 4, 1970,...

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