Advancing the legacy of May 4, 1970, a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard fired on Kent State University students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four students, wounding nine students and forever changing the lives of countless others, the university will hold its annual commemoration on May 3-4. “The Power of Our Voices” theme will continue to inspire this year’s May 4 Commemoration events and programming that will focus on tying May 4 and the anti-war movement of 1970 to emerging movements today. The annual commemoration allows members of the Kent State community an...

Some new life is coming to the Kent State University Airport hangar thanks to $5 million in federal, state and university sources to address deferred maintenance. The Kent State Board of Trustees approved the project March 9. This project will provide new hangar doors along with structural steel repairs, envelope and roof replacement, painting and corrosion repairs, floor improvements and electrical improvements. The repairs and renovations will extend the life of this building a minimum of 20 years to meet the required grant assurances of the Federal Aviation Administration. ...