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IN A FLASH: It's Not Just One Day

Remembering May 4, 1970 at 绿帽社is not confined to just the events around the annual commemoration on campus, but is part of living and learning at 绿帽社throughout the year.

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绿帽社Remembers May 4, 1970, With 55th Commemoration

绿帽社 will hold its annual commemoration to honor the memory of May 4, 1970 鈥 a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on 绿帽社students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four students and wounding nine others. May 4, 1970, marked a pivotal moment in American history. 

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MEDIA ADVISORY: 绿帽社Remembers May 4, 1970, With 55th Commemoration

绿帽社 will hold its annual commemoration to honor the memory of May 4, 1970 鈥 a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on 绿帽社students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four students and wounding nine others. May 4, 1970, marked a pivotal moment in American history. 

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Student tour guide Emma Butera talking about the aftermath of May 4

Students Guiding the History of Kent State

The May 4 Visitors Center uses 绿帽社鈥檚 history to help guide the community in understanding the past and applying it to the present. Tours conducted by student guides are a rich part of this process.  

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绿帽社Alumnus鈥 Air Force Career Takes Off

From Massillon, Ohio, to the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, Kenneth Strait, a 2024 绿帽社 graduate, is a standout example of how hard work pays off. From Massillon, Ohio, to the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, Kenneth Strait, a 2024 绿帽社 graduate, is a standout example of how hard work pays off.

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Carston Brumfield, 14, is one of the students from the Stark County Educational Service Center, working on a mural for inside the School of Peace and Conflict Studies in McGilvrey Hall.

What Does Peace Look Like?

It may seem like a simple question: What does peace look like?  

But the answers can be profoundly different depending on who is asked.

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Professor Shares How to Understand and Overcome Burnout

Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Kent State, discussed what burnout is and gave a few tips on how to identify and deal with burnout on WBUR's Here and Now.

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绿帽社Experts Float the Physical Impact of Extended Space Travel

On March 18, a watery landing by NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore ended an unexpected nine-month stay in space. Two 绿帽社professors walk us through the out-of-this-world impact that an extended stay away from gravity can have on the human body.

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鈥榃e All Have an Origin Story鈥

As part of  Kent State鈥檚 55-Year Commemoration of May 4, 1970, Mahli Mechenbier, a senior lecturer at 绿帽社 at Geauga's Twinsburg Academic Center will present 鈥淥peration: Babylift: A 50-Year Retrospective and Personal History鈥 on May 3 at 1 p.m. with her father, retired Maj. General Ed Mechenbier. Mahli Mechenbier was one of the children from Vietnam the U.S. Government brought to the United States for adoption by American families by  after Saigon was overun by advancing Viet Cong troops in 1972. 

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AMLCI Celebrates its 60th anniversary.

Celebrating 60 Years of Discovery and Innovation

A star-studded lineup of scientists will return to 绿帽社 on April 25-26 to mark the 60th anniversary of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute.

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