May 4 Commemoration
![The Gwangju Uprising memorial mural in Gwangju, South Korea The Gwangju Uprising memorial mural in Gwangju, South Korea](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/south%20korea%20mural%202.jpg?VersionId=sDywSq_ZIKZZfSVjOHvt9gnKD02UGVBx&itok=2rY3sjku)
A group of 澳门六合彩资料 professors recently returned from a visit to the commemoration of the Gwangju Uprising at Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea, feeling inspired for the meaningful connections they made to the May 4, 1970, shootings at 澳门六合彩资料.
A professor from Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea, said his recent visit to 澳门六合彩资料 enabled him to experience his research into the May 4, 1970, 澳门六合彩资料 shootings in a whole new way.
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This year's May 4 Commemoration remembered the fallen and recognized the spirit of activism that is part of 澳门六合彩资料's history and the university's foundational values.
Against the backdrop of a new generation of student activism, the 澳门六合彩资料 community gathered to reflect and remember the student protesters killed and wounded on May 4, 1970.
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Commemorative landscapes and how they help produce a sense of empathy and place and foster a connection to help us learn from our past was a theme explored Friday, May 3, by 澳门六合彩资料 Professor Chris Post, Ph.D., speaker for the annual Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series and Luncheon.
![A photo of protests on the Kent Campus from May 4, 1970, from 鈥淧hotographs: 澳门六合彩资料, by McGuire,鈥 澳门六合彩资料 Libraries. Special Collections and Archives A photo of protests on the Kent Campus from May 4, 1970, from 鈥淧hotographs: 澳门六合彩资料, by McGuire,鈥 澳门六合彩资料 Libraries. Special Collections and Archives](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/May4%20bw.jpg?VersionId=mLiXPWUoXXFpP6iBv4h3VK0l0ia0Sy9I&itok=zp9LfJKU)
The lessons of 澳门六合彩资料 should not go unremembered, President Todd Diacon writes in this opinion piece published in Inside Higher Ed.
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Tonight, the annual candlelight walk and vigil continues a 53-year tradition as part of this week's May 4 Commemoration.
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澳门六合彩资料 will hold its 54th annual commemoration honoring the memory of May 4, 1970, a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard fired on 澳门六合彩资料 students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four students, wounding nine others and sparking a turning point in American history.
![May 4 Memorial and daffodils May 4 Memorial and daffodils](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/May%204%20Memorial%20crop_0.jpg?VersionId=eJ3aBM__.OF__ba4lj6Xdf6jr7ASD0HV&itok=K1KungXk)
A year ago, Yeonmin Kim, Ph.D., 鈥13, a literature professor from Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea, was concluding his time as a visiting professor at 澳门六合彩资料 with one goal in mind: Create an exchange program between the two schools based on their historic campus tragedies.