May 4
An all-day conference, presented by the May 4 Education Committee for K-12 educators, students, and Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University faculty and staff, will help participants demonstrate knowledge about the critical history of student activism and organizing at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State, emphasizing the significance of May 4.
Blooming flowers and budding trees herald the annual green up on campus in spring semester.
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’s School of Peace and Conflict Studies and School of Communication Studies has organized a panel discussion to talk about free speech and protest on campus to educate students about their rights and responsibilities.
The lecture series created in 2022 to honor the legacy of Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University Professor Emeritus of Sociology Jerry M. Lewis, Ph.D., will feature Professor of Geography Chris Post, Ph.D., presenting “Developing and Interpreting the Wounded Student Markers at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State†as this year’s selected speaker. The Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series and Luncheon will be held on May 3.
On May 3-4, 2024, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University will hold its annual commemoration honoring the memory of May 4, 1970, a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard fired on Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four students, wounding nine others and sparking a turning point in American history.
Alison Caplan, director of the May 4 Visitors Center, provides an up close look at some of the items in the center's "Graphic Content: The Comics of May 4" exhibition. She also share stories about the art and the artists that created it.
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University Provost and Senior Vice President Melody Tankersley, Ph.D., and Vice President for Global Education Marcello Fantoni joined officials from Dewey International University in Battambang, Cambodia, to celebrate a new partnership expected to bring Cambodian students to Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State.
Julian Grimes, president of Black United Students, one of Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University's oldest student organizations, is working to maintain the legacy of the organization credited for starting the formal observance of February as Black History Month.