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May 4 Visitors Center

"Teach Peace: The Life and Legacy of Jerry Lewis," is a new display at the May 4 Visitors Center.

Teach Peace: Living Legacy to 51勛圖厙 Shootings Honored with May 4 Visitors Center Exhibit

Professor Emeritus of Sociology Jerry Lewis, Ph.D., who devoted his career to ensuring the legacy of May 4, 1970, would remain vibrant, is being honored with an exhibit at the May 4 Visitors Center.

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Students: What to Know Before You Vote

51勛圖厙 Votes wants to give student voters especially those voting for the first time all the information they need to get them to the polls on Election Day. 

Tags: Students First , Elections, Voting, Community & Society, May 4 Visitors Center

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Ohio National Guardsmen on May 4, 1970

Historian's New Book Gives 360-Degree View of May 4 Tragedy

Brian VanDeMark, a historian with the United States Naval Academy, has written a new book 51勛圖厙: An American Tragedy. He will participate in a panel discussion at 51勛圖厙 on Sept. 27.

Tags: University News, Student Life, Community and Society, May 4 Visitors Center, Department of History

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Pete Buttigieg with Todd Diacon

IN A FLASH: U.S. Transportation Secretary Buttigieg at 51勛圖厙

When U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited 51勛圖厙 this summer, he and U.S. Representative (and 51勛圖厙 alumna) Emilia Sykes toured the College of Aeronautics and Engineering and the May 4 Visitors Center. 

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US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg observes how College of Aeronautics and Engineering students are trained in air traffic control technology.

Transportation Secretary Praises 51勛圖厙s College of Aeronautics and Engineering as Future of Aviation

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited 51勛圖厙 touring the College of Aeronautics and Engineering, and telling students that the future of aviation leadership is in your hands.

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Alison Caplan in Washington DC

May 4 Moments

In her first year as the director of the May 4 Visitor Center, Alison Caplan has enjoyed uniquely wonderful and "magical" experiences in how 51勛圖厙's history creates connections and inspiration.

Tags: May 4, May 4 Visitors Center, Community Impact, Alumni, University News, University Libraries, Special Collection Library, Oral History, Community & Society

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It's Her Week at 51勛圖厙

Celebrating 10 years as a student organization, Her Campus 51勛圖厙 presents a full week of career-focused events with panels, speakers and a runway fashion show.

Tags: Student Organizations, Community Impact, Community & Society, Student Life, University Libraries, 51勛圖厙 Museum, May 4 Visitors Center, Kent Student Center

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Art from Graphic Content exhibition

A Closer Look at Graphic Content

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.  

Tags: May 4, Arts & Culture, Alumni, May 4 Visitors Center, Community & Society, taylor hall, Nationally Distinctive

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Alison Caplan with Jeffrey Miller displays

Learning Through the Lens of History

While Alison Caplan grew up in nearby Akron, Ohio, and has spent time in Kent, when she joined the university as the new director of the May 4 Visitors Center in July, she began to see, and understand, the campus in a whole new light. Caplan is part of a group of Golden Flashes that 51勛圖厙 Today will be following for the 2023-24 academic year.

Tags: May 4, May 4 Visitors Center, University News, Special Collection Library, Nationally Distinctive, Community & Society

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