Early on in my career at Kent State University, I wondered out loud, not as the leader of the university, but with my historian’s hat on, when “people,” that is, members of the general public, would no longer know anything about the shootings on our campus in May 1970. I said this to a retired Kent State professor who witnessed the shootings, and her response was rightfully indignant: how dare I suggest the event and its lessons would ever fade from memory.More recently, a public official in Ohio asked me, “When are people up there going to get over that event?” And by that the person meant, w...
Written by Samantha Reid, junior Fashion Merchandising major Numbers and equations have never excited me. Who would have thought that fashion merchandising would be full of them? Thankfully, a confessed math hater has been saved by Microsoft Excel. The business of fashion requires the analysis of several different factors that go into predicting future sales, styles, and performance. These are all based on mathematical calculations and past sales analysis summarized in Excel. Delving deep into spread sheets to create, organize, and filter through a large data set has become a...
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A refreshed May 4 National Historic Landmark Site Tour will premiere during the 2024 May 4 commemoration this weekend. The outdoor tour signs, which debuted in 2010 during the 40th commemoration, allow Kent State visitors to trace the steps of history of the events of May 4, 1970, through text, video, image, and narration. Written by May 4 Visitors Center founders Laura Davis and Carole Barbato and initially designed by David Middleton, the tour signage includes historic photographs that connect visitors to the activities that took place on the site before, during, and after the protests...
Join us for another episode of "What's the Big Idea?" where President Todd Diacon talks to Kent State University researchers. Today, he speaks with Johanna Solomon, Ph.D., assistant professor in the School of Peace and Conflict Studies, about how conflicts affect campuses and communities and the importance of dialogue. Watch the full video here:.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%...
Practical ideas and noble ideals drove the bipartisan embrace of higher education during the years preceding 1970. And then, to what extent did Kent State trigger the steady decline of easy access to university educations and the idea that college isn’t, and shouldn’t be, for everyone? Writer and author Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Enquirer, provides historical context and Kent State President Todd Diacon shares the experience of following values to navigate today’s divided culture, using lessons learned from May 4 1970. How the Kent State Massacre Raised Your TuitionK...
Kent State Today followed a group of Golden Flashes for the 2023-24 academic year chronicling their efforts and successes during the fall and spring semesters. The group included students, faculty and administrators who are in different places on their Kent State journeys.It was Fall Semester 2023 and sophomore Ivory Kendrick talked about his plans for leadership roles on the Kent Campus. Kendrick said he wanted to be a senator in University Student Government (USG). He was involved in student government in high school and since his freshman year at Kent State University he has held vario...