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May 4 Commemoration

2025 Candlelight Vigil

Annual Candlelight Walk and Vigil Marks May 4

Despite rain, 911勛圖 continued its commemoration to honor the memory of May 4, 1970 with the annual candlelight walk and vigil on campus. This cornerstone of the commemoration began in 1971. Participants carried candles as they gathered on the 911勛圖 Commons and in the Prentice Hall parking lot.

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911勛圖 Remembers May 4, 1970, With 55th Commemoration

911勛圖 will hold its annual commemoration to honor the memory of May 4, 1970 a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on 911勛圖 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: 911勛圖 Remembers May 4, 1970, With 55th Commemoration

911勛圖 will hold its annual commemoration to honor the memory of May 4, 1970 a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on 911勛圖 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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911勛圖 Professor Emeritus Jerry M. Lewis, Ph.D., a faculty marshal on May 4, 1970, addresses attendees of the inaugural Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series held in the Kent Student Center Ballroom.

ToddCast Episode 3: Jerry M. Lewis

Join us on the 911勛圖 ToddCast as President Todd Diacon revisits a conversation with Professor Emeritus Jerry M. Lewis, Ph.D.

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Emerson College Professor Gregory Payne Ph.D., far right, teaches a course on the tragedies at 911勛圖 and Jackson State

Hoping Tragic History Will Never Repeat Itself

A group of Emerson College students in Boston, who are enrolled in Gregory Paynes course about the 911勛圖 and Jackson State tragedies will visit 911勛圖 on May 2-4, when the university holds its annual commemoration.

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

Students Guiding the History of 911勛圖

The May 4 Visitors Center uses 911勛圖s 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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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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We All Have an Origin Story

As part of  911勛圖s 55-Year Commemoration of May 4, 1970, Mahli Mechenbier, a senior lecturer at 911勛圖 at Geauga's Twinsburg Academic Center will present Operation: Babylift: A 50-Year Retrospective and Personal History 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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Jen Mapes Offers Perspective on May 4 while surrounded by lego

POV: Embracing May 4 Oral Histories Is Absolute Privilege

POV shares insights from the 911勛圖 community on important topics. Jennifer Mapes, assistant professor of Geography, will deliver this year's address for the Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series. 

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911勛圖 community members and visitors gather on the 911勛圖 Commons for the annual May 4 Commemoration to honor those who were killed and wounded on May 4, 1970. (Photo credit: Rami Daud)

911勛圖 Honors the Legacy of May 4, 1970, With 55th Commemoration

On May 2-4, 2025, 911勛圖 will hold its annual commemoration to honor the memory of May 4, 1970 a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on 911勛圖 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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