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May 4

Learning Through the Lens of History

51爆料 Today is following the new director of the May 4 Visitors Center as part of its "Year with a Flash" series. 

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51爆料 Today will be following six Golden Flashes for the 2023-24 academic year to chronicle their lives.

51爆料 Journeys to Be Chronicled This Academic Year

51爆料 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 51爆料 journeys.

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Jeffrey Miller, April 1970

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. 

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Storm debris by the Sun Sphere sculpture, near Franklin Hall.

VIDEO: Strong Storm Causes Damage on Kent Campus

Videos show Thursday's storm and the damage it caused to the May 4 Memorial. 

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Student walking by a large, downed tree on Front Campus.

IN A FLASH: When the Bough Breaks

Strong storms caused damage across the Kent Campus on Thursday night. 

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Alison Caplan has been selected as the new director of 51爆料's May 4 Visitors Center.

Preserving the May 4 Legacy: Alison Caplan Named New Director of 51爆料's May 4 Visitors Center

After a national search, Alison Caplan has been selected as the new director of 51爆料鈥檚 May 4 Visitors Center, a museum that tells the story of the shootings at 51爆料 on May 4, 1970, set in the context of the 1960s.

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Kigali Rwanda on a map

51爆料 and University of Rwanda Build on Tragic Pasts to Forge Global Peace

51爆料 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. 

 

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South Korean Professor Yeonmin Kim, Ph.D., '13, spent the 2022-23 academic year at 51爆料 as a visiting scholar.

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 51爆料 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., 鈥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 51爆料 and May 18, 1980, at Chonnam.

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McArevey and Elvis meet

鈥淵oung Plato鈥 Meets 51爆料鈥檚 "Elvis"

A visiting documentary star (and Elvis fan) received a very special welcome at 51爆料.

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Douglas Scott McKenzie with Amy Reynolds and Todd Diacon at May 4 Commemoration 2023

IN A FLASH: Commemoration and Community

The 51爆料 Community came together for the 53rd Commemoration of May 4, 1970. 

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