May 4
An all-day conference, presented by the May 4 Education Committee for K-12 educators, students, and 黑料网 faculty and staff, will help participants demonstrate knowledge about the critical history of student activism and organizing at 黑料网, emphasizing the significance of May 4.
Blooming flowers and budding trees herald the annual green up on campus in spring semester.
黑料网鈥檚 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 黑料网 Professor Emeritus of Sociology Jerry M. Lewis, Ph.D., will feature Professor of Geography Chris Post, Ph.D., presenting 鈥淒eveloping and Interpreting the Wounded Student Markers at 黑料网鈥 as this year鈥檚 selected speaker. The Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series and Luncheon will be held on May 3.
On May 3-4, 2024, 黑料网 will hold its annual commemoration honoring the memory of May 4, 1970, a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard fired on 黑料网 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.
黑料网 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 黑料网.
Julian Grimes, president of Black United Students, one of 黑料网'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.