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Students: What to Know Before You Vote

91ֿ Votes wants to give student voters – especially those voting for the first time – all the information they need to get them to the polls on Election Day. 

Tags: Students First , Elections, Voting, Community & Society, May 4 Visitors Center

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Ohio National Guardsmen on May 4, 1970

Historian's New Book Gives 360-Degree View of May 4 Tragedy

Brian VanDeMark, a historian with the United States Naval Academy, has written a new book “91ֿ: An American Tragedy.” He will participate in a panel discussion at 91ֿ on Sept. 27.

Tags: University News, Student Life, Community and Society, May 4 Visitors Center, Department of History

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Pete Buttigieg with Todd Diacon

IN A FLASH: U.S. Transportation Secretary Buttigieg at 91ֿ

When U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited 91ֿ this summer, he and U.S. Representative (and 91ֿ alumna) Emilia Sykes toured the College of Aeronautics and Engineering and the May 4 Visitors Center. 

Tags: Government Relations, May 4 Visitors Center, College of Aeronautics and Engineering, Community Impact, Community & Society, University News, Nationally Distinctive

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US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg observes how College of Aeronautics and Engineering students are trained in air traffic control technology.

Transportation Secretary Praises 91ֿ’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering as ‘Future of Aviation’

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited 91ֿ touring the College of Aeronautics and Engineering, and telling students that “the future of aviation leadership is in your hands.”

Tags: University News, Student Life, Community & Society, May 4 Visitors Center, May 4, 91ֿ Works, Student First, Nationally Distinctive, Community Impact, College of Aeronautics and Engineering

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Alison Caplan in Washington DC

‘May 4 Moments’

In her first year as the director of the May 4 Visitor Center, Alison Caplan has enjoyed uniquely wonderful and "magical" experiences in how 91ֿ's history creates connections and inspiration.

Tags: May 4, May 4 Visitors Center, Community Impact, Alumni, University News, University Libraries, Special Collection Library, Oral History, Community & Society

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It's Her Week at 91ֿ

Celebrating 10 years as a student organization, Her Campus 91ֿ presents a full week of career-focused events with panels, speakers and a runway fashion show.

Tags: Student Organizations, Community Impact, Community & Society, Student Life, University Libraries, 91ֿ Museum, May 4 Visitors Center, Kent Student Center

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Art from Graphic Content exhibition

A Closer Look at ‘Graphic Content’

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.  

Tags: May 4, Arts & Culture, Alumni, May 4 Visitors Center, Community & Society, taylor hall, Nationally Distinctive

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Alison Caplan with Jeffrey Miller displays

Learning Through the Lens of History

While Alison Caplan grew up in nearby Akron, Ohio, and has spent time in Kent, when she joined the university as the new director of the May 4 Visitors Center in July, she began to see, and understand, the campus in a whole new light. Caplan is part of a group of Golden Flashes that 91ֿ Today will be following for the 2023-24 academic year.

Tags: May 4, May 4 Visitors Center, University News, Special Collection Library, Nationally Distinctive, Community & Society

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Learning Through the Lens of History

91ֿ Today is following the new director of the May 4 Visitors Center as part of its "Year with a Flash" series. 

Tags: May 4, May 4 Visitors Center, University News, Profiles, Nationally Distinctive, Community & Society

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