May 4
May 4 Historian Reflects on Singer David Crosby's Ties to Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State
Professor Emeritus Laura Davis, co-creator of the May 4 Walking Tour and May 4 Visitors Center, and a witness to the 1970 Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State shootings, shares personal reflections on singer David Crosby's ties to Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State.
David Crosby Passes Away at 81
Singer-songwriter David Crosby, who performed the iconic "Ohio" with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young following the events at Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State of May 4, 1970, passed away at the age of 81.
Honors Student Receives Distinguished May 4th Honors Memorial Scholarship
Honors College student Daniel Zalamea is a first-year Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ student studying chemistry. He is the recipient of the May 4th Honors Memorial Scholarship, awarded to one member of each entering honors freshman class. Having only been a Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State student for a matter of months, D…
Hollywood Plans New May 4-Inspired Movie
reports that a new movie inspired by the shootings at Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ on May 4, 1970, is in the works and will be released next year.
Honors College May 4 Scholarship Recipient
Annika Dudik, a third year Honors College student from Geneva, Ohio, continues to excel and grow throughout her time and experiences at Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State. And if it were not for the May 4 Scholarship Award she received as an incoming freshman in the Honors College, her story may have turned out quite diffe…
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Maintaining the Living Memorial of Daffodil Hill
Daffodil Hill became a part of the May 4 Memorial that brought both sides together, but groundskeepers struggle to keep it thriving now.
Jerry M. Lewis Lecture Series Debuts With Talk on May 4 Memorializing Process; Service of Faculty Marshals Also Remembered, Honored
The inaugural Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series and Luncheon took place May 2 at the Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Student Center Ballroom with Tammy Clewell, Ph.D., professor in Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ’s Department of English, as the featured speaker.
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Remembers the Events of May 4, 1970
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ has scheduled a variety of programs, events and exhibits for this year’s remembrance of May 4, 1970, to honor the four students who were killed, the nine students who were wounded and the countless others whose lives were forever changed when the Ohio National Guard fired on Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State students during an anti-war protest.
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State’s May 4 Events to Include In-Person Dedication of Wounded Student Markers
This year’s return of in-person events to commemorate the Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State shootings will include the dedication of bronze markers placed on the spots where nine students were wounded on May 4, 1970. Markers designating the locations of each of the four students killed were installed in 1999. Since that time, a small group had been working to have similar markers placed for the wounded students.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian to Headline Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Presidential Speaker Series and Deliver May 4 Keynote
Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham, whose knowledge of politics, history, religion and current affairs makes him one of America’s most prominent public intellectuals, will appear the evening of May 4 for Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ’s Presidential Speaker Series. Meacham will bring his unique perspective and provide historical context to the issues and events impacting our daily lives when he speaks about civil discourse at the Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Student Center Ballroom.
