This year, Kent State University will hold the 55th commemoration honoring the memory of May 4, 1970, a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard fired on Kent State students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four students, wounding nine others and sparking a turning point in American history. The commemoration in 2025 will highlight the ongoing significance of free speech, activism and education in shaping our collective history.  Kicking off the program for the annual May 4 Commemoration is a play that focuses on student activism and book bans. In partnership with the uni...

The 55-year May 4 Commemoration this year at Kent State University highlights the ongoing significance of free speech, activism and education in shaping our collective history. Presented by the May 4 Education Committee, a yearlong program continues to honor “the power of our voices.”The 2025 commemoration program begins with the powerful play, “Trial by Fire,” presented Feb. 7-9 in partnership with Kent State’s May 4 Education Committee. Set against the backdrop of censorship and the fight for intellectual freedom, the play centers on a Kent State graduate teaching at a school in Ohio who is ...

  Kent State International Admissions and the Office of Global Education welcomed a group of new, international students to Kent State for Spring Semester 2025.   The day's International Orientation activities included information sessions, games and opportunities to meet faculty and students.   Want to see one of YOUR photos in “IN A FLASH?” Submit your Kent State-related photos to InAFlash@kent.edu and you may see them in a future Kent State Today post. Photos should be framed -horizontally- and include a brief description of what’s happening in t...