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May 4 Online Newsroom
 On Feb. 23, 2010, the National Register of Historic Places, the official list of the nation's historic places worthy of preservation, added the site of the May 4, 1970, shootings at Kent State University to the list. |
Today's Highlights
Today's Highlights
- Kent State Presents Spanish Film Series, March 2-3 - Posted Feb. 21, 2012
- Renowned Photographer Coming to Kent State, March 29 - Posted Feb. 21, 2012
- Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine Joining With Kent State University on Track for This Summer - Posted Feb. 20, 2012
- Kent State Preserves Historical Building Owned by First Female Faculty Member - Posted Feb. 17, 2012
- Kent State Professor’s Research to Help Improve Life for People with Parkinson’s Disease - Posted Feb. 15, 2012
- Kent State University Volunteers Lend a Hand During Tax Season - Posted Feb. 14, 2012
- Jewish Studies, Center for Entrepreneurship and Hillel Host Digital Media Producer and Indie Jewish Educator - Posted Feb. 13, 2012
May 4 News
NEH Announces $300,000 Grant to Kent State University for May 4 Visitors Center
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced a $300,000 grant to Kent State University for its future May 4 Visitors Center. The May 4 Visitors Center was one of 249 humanities projects that will receive support from the independent federal agency
Kent State Commemorates May 4, 1970
As a way for individuals to remember the events of May 4, 1970, Kent State University will host a series of events to reflect on its 41st anniversary of that historic day. The May 4 Walking Tour documentary and the May 4 film for First-Year Experience course are new to this year’s commemoration. Individuals also will have the opportunity to experience the Symposium on Democracy and the May 4 Commemoration Ceremony, where they can pay their respects and remember the events of May 4, 1970, from noon to 2 p.m.
Kent State Presents 12th Annual Symposium on Democracy
Kent State University presents the 12th Annual Symposium on Democracy. Held in commemoration of the events of May 4, 1970, the symposium takes place April 28-29 in Oscar Ritchie Hall and is sponsored by the university’s Department of History, Department of Pan-African Studies and Women’s Studies Program, with funding from the Office of the President and the College of Arts and Sciences. The Symposium on Democracy is free and open to the public.
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Kent State Team Honored with Ohio Historic Preservation Award
The Kent State University team responsible for the successful nomination of the site of the May 4, 1970, shootings to the National Register of Historic Places was recently honored with a 2010 Ohio Historic Preservation Merit Award. The awards are presently annually by the Ohio Historic Preservation Office.
