May 4

Kent State and University of Rwanda Build on Tragic Pasts to Forge Global Peace
Kent State University is building on the legacy of May 4, 1970, and the mission of its School of Peace and Conflict Studies, when it joins forces with the University of Rwanda in July to help advance peace education across the globe.

Making the Connection: May 4, 1970, and May 18, 1980
A literature professor from Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea, is wrapping up a year as a visiting scholar at Kent State University with hopes of creating an exchange program between the two schools based on their historic campus tragedies.
Before he leaves the Kent Campus at the end of June, Yeonmin Kim, Ph.D., ’13, hopes to have plans in place for a continued exchange of students between the two universities, to further the understanding and legacies of May 4, 1970, at Kent State and May 18, 1980, at Chonnam.

“Young Plato” Meets Kent State’s "Elvis"
A visiting documentary star (and Elvis fan) received a very special welcome at Kent State.

IN A FLASH: Commemoration and Community
The Kent State Community came together for the 53rd Commemoration of May 4, 1970.

IN A FLASH: Voices of Remembrance

Jerry Lewis Lecture Series Begins 53rd May 4 Commemoration
As someone who studied higher education administration, Kent State University Assistant Professor Erica Eckert, Ph.D., had always wondered what it would have been like to experience the May 4, 1970, Kent State shootings as a student affairs administrator.

Erica Eckert Selected to Speak at Kent State’s Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series
The lecture series created in 2022 to honor the legacy of Kent State University Professor Emeritus of Sociology Jerry M. Lewis, Ph.D., will feature Kent State Assistant Professor of Higher Education Administration Erica Eckert, Ph.D., as this year’s selected speaker.
IN A FLASH: Chill on the Hill
The colors of spring have arrived on the Kent Campus.

Connecting the Story of May 4 to Today’s Headlines
Since it first opened 10 years ago, the mission of the May 4 Visitors Center has continued to evolve.
IN A FLASH: Blue, Gold and Greening
Slowly, the Kent Campus is seeing its greenery return.