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May 4

Alison Caplan has been selected as the new director of Kent State University's May 4 Visitors Center.

After a national search, Alison Caplan has been selected as the new director of Kent State University鈥檚 May 4 Visitors Center, a museum that tells the story of the shootings at Kent State on May 4, 1970, set in the context of the 1960s.

Kigali Rwanda on a map

Kent State University is building on the legacy of May 4, 1970, and the mission of its School of Peace and Conflict Studies, when it joins forces with the University of Rwanda in July to help advance peace education across the globe. 

 

South Korean Professor Yeonmin Kim, Ph.D., '13, spent the 2022-23 academic year at Kent State as a visiting scholar.

A literature professor from Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea, is wrapping up a year as a visiting scholar at Kent State University with hopes of creating an exchange program between the two schools based on their historic campus tragedies. 

Before he leaves the Kent Campus at the end of June, Yeonmin Kim, Ph.D., 鈥13, hopes to have plans in place for a continued exchange of students between the two universities, to further the understanding and legacies of May 4, 1970, at Kent State and May 18, 1980, at Chonnam.

McArevey and Elvis meet

A visiting documentary star (and Elvis fan) received a very special welcome at Kent State.

Douglas Scott McKenzie with Amy Reynolds and Todd Diacon at May 4 Commemoration 2023

The Kent State Community came together for the 53rd Commemoration of May 4, 1970. 

Assistant Professor Erica Eckert, Ph.D., presents the Jerry M. Lewis Lecture on May 3, 2023 in the Kent Student Center Ballroom.

As someone who studied higher education administration, Kent State University Assistant Professor Erica Eckert, Ph.D., had always wondered what it would have been like to experience the May 4, 1970, Kent State shootings as a student affairs administrator. 

Professor Emeritus Jerry M. Lewis speaks at the inaugural luncheon established to honor his legacy as a May 4, 1970, historian and advocate.

The lecture series created in 2022 to honor the legacy of Kent State University Professor Emeritus of Sociology Jerry M. Lewis, Ph.D., will feature Kent State Assistant Professor of Higher Education Administration Erica Eckert, Ph.D., as this year鈥檚 selected speaker.

Gracie Ford and Lulu on Daffodil Hill

The colors of spring have arrived on the Kent Campus. 

 

M4VC Gallery One

Since it first opened 10 years ago, the mission of the May 4 Visitors Center has continued to evolve.