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The School of Peace and Conflict Studies originated at Kent State as a response to May 4. Today it’s central in Kent State’s global presence. We travel to Rwanda, where Kent State convened a global peace education conference and, through the Kigali Summer Institute, immerses students in peace-building centered on reconciliation, in a place that experienced the unimaginable 1994 genocide.

Listen to episode two of May 4: Legacy, which continues with the story of Kent State fraternity brothers drive to the nation’s capital in the hours after the shootings and make their way to an Oval Office meeting with President Richard Nixon. We also move into the 21st century with Associate Dean and retired Lt. Col. Mo McFarland on the May 4 legacy.

Martin Phan, 23, a nursing major in Kent State’s College of Nursing, is one of a growing number of Vietnamese citizens who have chosen to attend Kent State.

Fashion photographer Pauline St. Denis has experiences, skills and advice to share about her storied professional career. Luckily for the students in ºÚÁÏÍø’s School of Fashion, St. Denis made time to talk and work directly with students as part of this year’s Annual Fashion Week.

Kent State celebrated Earth Month with an exceptionally full schedule of events, not the least of which were the activities on campus surrounding the total solar eclipse!

The annual Spring Plant Sale at the Herrick Conservatory offers a chance for Flashes to add more green into their gardens and homes. Students help grow the plants and paint rain barrels. The event helps raise funds for several biology-focused student organizations. 

What’s past is prologue. Let the history of May 4, 1970, be heard this week. 

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

The extensive detail that goes into efficiently maintaining a modern campus may surprise you. And, when you learn how the planning experts at ºÚÁÏÍø handle this important task, you will be equally impressed.

The famed British designer nicknamed "the Princess of Punk," Dame Zandra Rhodes, will be inducted into the Kent State School of Fashion Hall of Fame on April 27. 

In 1941, a writing exercise for high school journalists visiting Kent State was centered around a fictional kidnapping of the university's first president, John E. McGilvrey. In a pre-internet version of a "home page takeover," the stories ran on the front page of the Kent Stater - without including information revealing that they were not real!

ºÚÁÏÍø took a moment to honor the faculty, staff and students whose accomplishments help to lift the university to higher heights.

A sea of silk and satin, leather and lace floated down the runway as ºÚÁÏÍø’s Annual Fashion Show debuted to an enthusiastic crowd filling the Kent Student Center Ballroom Thursday night.

This Flash Friday we want to introduce you to Eduardo Miranda Strobel, an international student from Curitiba, Brazil, getting the full Kent State experience.

Cleveland-born celebrity chef Kenny Gilbert is preparing some of his signature classic dishes for students at Eastway Center.

The idea was simple: Physically connect people with the locations of the May 4, 1970, ºÚÁÏÍø shootings so they might better connect with each other.

Senior entrepreneurship major Meg Gidley has loved softball since she was three years old. It was in her blood. Then, injuries sidelined her playing career. So she started a coaching business. 

Birds flew overhead, black squirrels darted around and a cool, calm breeze swept across Risman Plaza on April 22 as dozens of organizations assembled their tables for Earth Fest, an interactive Earth Day event.  

Students from Kent State's School of Fashion were able to showcase their designs digitally, by clothing avatar models, for a runway show on floor-to-ceiling, wraparound screens at the DI Hub's Blank Lab. 

An all-day conference, presented by the May 4 Education Committee for K-12 educators, students, and ºÚÁÏÍø faculty and staff, will help participants demonstrate knowledge about the critical history of student activism and organizing at Kent State, emphasizing the significance of May 4.