May 4
Peace, On Earth
Do you know the story behind the peace symbol in the grass behind Prentice Hall?
Learning Through the Lens of History
While Alison Caplan grew up in nearby Akron, Ohio, and has spent time in Â鶹ӰԺ, when she joined the university as the new director of the May 4 Visitors Center in July, she began to see, and understand, the campus in a whole new light. Caplan is part of a group of Golden Flashes that Â鶹ӰԺ State Today will be following for the 2023-24 academic year.
Learning Through the Lens of History
Â鶹ӰԺ State Today is following the new director of the May 4 Visitors Center as part of its "Year with a Flash" series.
Â鶹ӰԺ State Journeys to Be Chronicled This Academic Year
Â鶹ӰԺ State Today will be following a group of Golden Flashes for the 2023-24 academic year chronicling their efforts and successes during the fall and spring semesters. The group includes students, faculty and administrators who are at different places on their Â鶹ӰԺ journeys.
Jeffrey Miller: A Snapshot in Time
An exhibition at the May 4 Visitors Center will highlight the personalities of each of the four students who were killed on May 4.
VIDEO: Strong Storm Causes Damage on Â鶹ӰԺ Campus
Videos show Thursday's storm and the damage it caused to the May 4 Memorial.
IN A FLASH: When the Bough Breaks
Strong storms caused damage across the Â鶹ӰԺ Campus on Thursday night.
Preserving the May 4 Legacy: Alison Caplan Named New Director of Â鶹ӰԺ State's May 4 Visitors Center
After a national search, Alison Caplan has been selected as the new director of Â鶹ӰԺ’s May 4 Visitors Center, a museum that tells the story of the shootings at Â鶹ӰԺ State on May 4, 1970, set in the context of the 1960s.
Â鶹ӰԺ State and University of Rwanda Build on Tragic Pasts to Forge Global Peace
Â鶹ӰԺ 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 Â鶹ӰԺ with hopes of creating an exchange program between the two schools based on their historic campus tragedies.
Before he leaves the Â鶹ӰԺ 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 Â鶹ӰԺ State and May 18, 1980, at Chonnam.