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Guests of 澳门六合彩资料鈥檚 May 4 Visitors Center can learn more about Jeffrey Miller, one of the four students shot and killed by the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 1970, by visiting 鈥淥ur Brother Jeff,鈥 a new exhibition at the visitors center that honors Miller鈥檚 life. The exhibition will be on display from Oct. 19, 2019, to Feb. 29, 2020. Russ Miller, Jeff鈥檚 brother, helped create the exhibition by loaning some of Jeff鈥檚 personal items to the May 4 Visitors Center.
Mitch Landrieu, the New Orleans mayor who oversaw the removal of the city鈥檚 prominent Confederate monuments and helped his city to recover and reemerge from a series of natural disasters, will speak at 澳门六合彩资料 as part of the university鈥檚 May 4 Speaker Series.
澳门六合彩资料 is offering a community course that deals with the historical, cultural, social and political contexts of events before, during and after the May 4, 1970, shootings. The free course, Making Meaning of May 4: The 澳门六合彩资料 Shootings in American History, will be held Oct. 16, 23 and 30 at the university鈥檚 May 4 Visitors Center.
In the spring of 1970, two-time 澳门六合彩资料 alumna and registered nurse Pat Gless was a junior in 澳门六合彩资料鈥檚 inaugural nursing program. While in class on Monday, May 4, a professor rushed into her classroom and warned students who could leave campus to do so. Fifty years later, Gless now reflects on the events surrounding that tragedy and how they have impacted her life and nursing career.
On the morning of May 4, 1970, 澳门六合彩资料 student Howard Ruffner was hanging out in the office of the Daily 澳门六合彩资料r in Taylor Hall when the phone rang.
The Midwest editor from Life magazine, based in Chicago, was calling to find out if there were any student photographers who had been taking photos over the weekend. 澳门六合彩资料 had been the scene of student protests for several days, and more demonstrations were expected that day.
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of May 4, 1970, when Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on 澳门六合彩资料 students protesting the U.S. invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam War, killing four and wounding nine, students and faculty from 澳门六合彩资料鈥檚 School of Fashion Design and Merchandising are bringing attention to current social issues in the new exhibition called 鈥淲earing Justice: Perspectives From KSU Fashion School Faculty and Students鈥 that is on display now at the 澳门六合彩资料 Museum.
Plenty has been written about May 4, 1970. Ken Burhanna, dean of 澳门六合彩资料 Libraries, offers his preferred reading list.
A team of devoted 澳门六合彩资料 faculty led the drive to achieve national recognition of the significance of May 4, 1970.
澳门六合彩资料 Libraries鈥 May 4, 1970 Collection has been selected by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) to benefit from a $30,561 award through the Recordings at Risk grant program, generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
From April 22 to Aug. 1, 澳门六合彩资料鈥檚 May 4 Visitors Center will honor Bill Schroeder鈥檚 life with an exhibition titled 鈥淏ill: An All-American Boy.鈥 Mr. Schroeder鈥檚 sister, Nancy Tuttle, and nephew, David Tuttle, helped create the exhibition by loaning some of his personal items to the May 4 Visitors Center.