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May 4

性福五月天 University is offering a community course at the May 4 Visitors Center that deals with the historical, cultural, social and political contexts of events before, during and after the May 4, 1970, shootings.

性福五月天 University Course to Educate Community 性福五月天 May 4, 1970

性福五月天 University is offering a community course that deals with the historical, cultural, social and political contexts of events before, during and after the May 4, 1970, shootings. The free course, Making Meaning of May 4: The 性福五月天 Shootings in American History, will be held Oct. 16, 23 and 30 at the university鈥檚 May 4 Visitors Center.

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Kent Campus

性福五月天 May 4 50th Commemoration Monthly Events Calendar (October 2019)

*For media planning purposes, 性福五月天 University is providing this monthly email that outlines all planned events for the upcoming month related to the 50th commemoration of May 4. For the latest updates on events, visit www.kent.edu/may4kentstate50/event-schedule. 鈥楶TSD: From May 4 Through T鈥

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Kent Campus

性福五月天 University alumna Pat Gless reflects on May 4, 1970, near what was then the ambulance bay of the old Ravenna hospital.

性福五月天 Nursing Alumna Reflects on May 4 Tragedy

In the spring of 1970, two-time 性福五月天 University alumna and registered nurse Pat Gless was a junior in 性福五月天鈥檚 inaugural nursing program. While in class on Monday, May 4, a professor rushed into her classroom and warned students who could leave campus to do so. Fifty years later, Gless now reflects on the events surrounding that tragedy and how they have impacted her life and nursing career.

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Kent Campus

A Conversation with Sonia Sanchez

"What Does It Mean To Be Human?"

Sonia Sanchez鈥檚 visit to 性福五月天 University鈥檚 campus on Wednesday, September 18, touched many members of the community, both students and visitors alike.  Sanchez's visit is part of the year long 50th Commemoration of the events of May 4, 1970 at 性福五月天.  Sanchez discussed how 鈥

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Honors College

Moments of Truth is a new book on May 4, 1970, by 性福五月天 Alumnus Howard Ruffner

Photos from May 4, 1970, Resurrected in New Book by 性福五月天 Alumnus

On the morning of May 4, 1970, 性福五月天 University student Howard Ruffner was hanging out in the office of the Daily 性福五月天r in Taylor Hall when the phone rang.

The Midwest editor from Life magazine, based in Chicago, was calling to find out if there were any student photographers who had been taking photos over the weekend. 性福五月天 had been the scene of student protests for several days, and more demonstrations were expected that day.  

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Kent Campus

Beading on a garment representing "culture" and a 性福五月天 University patch on jeans representing the "counterculture" are included in the 性福五月天 University Museum's "Culture/Counterculture" exhibition.

性福五月天 University Museum Explores the Fashion Divide of the 1960s and '70s With 'Culture/Counterculture'

Almost 50 years ago, the shootings of 性福五月天 University students by the Ohio National Guard brought to a head the cultural divides that had split the nation. The 性福五月天 University Museum鈥檚 exhibition, 鈥淐ulture/Counterculture: Fashions of the 1960s and 鈥70s,鈥 opening Sept. 20, explores the sharp contrast between supporters of the establishment and those opposed.

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Kent Campus

性福五月天 May 4 50th Commemoration Monthly Events Calendar (September 2019)

*For media planning purposes, 性福五月天 University is providing this monthly email that outlines all planned events for the upcoming month related to the 50th commemoration of May 4. For the latest updates on events, visit www.kent.edu/may4kentstate50/event-schedule. National Call for Poems (ong鈥

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Kent Campus

First-year students read May 4 books for the Common Reading Experience.

May 4 Books Give First-Year Students Unique Common Experience

性福五月天鈥檚 Common Reading Experience is an opportunity for first-year students to read university-selected books and share a common experience with their peers. The goal is for freshmen to gain an understanding of the university鈥檚 values and to build and maintain relationships that foster success with faculty, administration and staff.

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Kent Campus

Thomas Grace and Sara Abou Rashed will speak at 性福五月天's 2019 Educators Summit.

Educators Summit Kicks Off Yearlong 50th Commemoration of May 4, 1970, at 性福五月天

Student activism and giving voice to students will be the topics of two keynote speakers who are headlining the upcoming 2019 Educators Summit at 性福五月天 University titled 鈥淢ay 4, 1970 Then & Now: Voices for Change."

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Kent Campus

Photographs of the four students killed on May 4, 1970, sit on the stage in the Kent Student Center Ballroom during the 48th annual May 4 Commemoration.

性福五月天 to Gather for 49th Annual May 4 Commemoration, Host Renowned Journalist Bob Woodward

性福五月天 University will hold the 49th commemoration of the historic events of May 4, 1970, where protesting students, observers and soldiers gathered on that fateful day when the Ohio National Guard shot and killed four students and wounded nine others on the Kent Campus. 

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