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Chris Post, Ph.D., professor of geography at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University at Stark, will serve as the 2024 speaker for the Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series, a part of the university's annual May 4 Commemoration events.

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 â€œDeveloping 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.

April 8, 2024 total eclipse of the sun.

For three short minutes on April 8, our world stood still.

Poetry writing for the total solar eclipse.

An event like the total solar eclipse observed in Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ on April 8 can help to shake up our lives from the mundane. Poetry can work in the same way, said Chris Wick, son of Walt Wick, one of the founders of Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’s Wick Poetry Center.

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AI generated images of students using robots to cheat

Artificial intelligence is a reality for many industries and individuals. We use it for fun, in business and in the classroom. The question of how to use it appropriately drove some new revisions to Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’s administrative policies.

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Eclipse totality with KSU lamp post.

Campus and community came together to share a once-in-a-lifetime event at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University. 

The Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State library stands tall in darkness while the moon blocks out the sun during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.

It was a party 218 years in the making.

The thousands of people who came to Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University on April 8 to witness the total solar eclipse did not leave disappointed by the celestial show, the likes of which had not been seen in Ñý¼§Ö±²¥, Ohio since 1806.

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Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State mascot Flash wearing eclipse viewing glasses

Where will you be viewing the total solar eclipse, Golden Flashes?  Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State has a complete schedule of eclipse-themed events and activities. 

The Undergraduate Symposium on Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors was held on April 5.

More than 300 student presenters displayed their research and creativity on Friday, April 5, at the Undergraduate Symposium on Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors.

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The Eclipse at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State 2024

The excitement has been building for more than a year, and the day is finally upon us!

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ community members gather at annual May 4 commemoration

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.