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May 4 Visitors Center

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 ½­ÄÏÌåÓý, 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 ½­ÄÏÌåÓý State Today will be following for the 2023-24 academic year.

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Learning Through the Lens of History

½­ÄÏÌåÓý State Today is following the new director of the May 4 Visitors Center as part of its "Year with a Flash" series. 

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Jeffrey Miller, April 1970

Jeffrey Miller: A Snapshot in Time

An exhibition at the May 4 Visitors Center will highlight the personalities of each of the four students who were killed on May 4. 

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Alison Caplan has been selected as the new director of ½­ÄÏÌåÓý's May 4 Visitors Center.

Preserving the May 4 Legacy: Alison Caplan Named New Director of ½­ÄÏÌåÓý State's May 4 Visitors Center

After a national search, Alison Caplan has been selected as the new director of ½­ÄÏÌåÓý’s May 4 Visitors Center, a museum that tells the story of the shootings at ½­ÄÏÌåÓý State on May 4, 1970, set in the context of the 1960s.

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Douglas Scott McKenzie with Amy Reynolds and Todd Diacon at May 4 Commemoration 2023

IN A FLASH: Commemoration and Community

The ½­ÄÏÌåÓý State Community came together for the 53rd Commemoration of May 4, 1970. 

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M4VC Gallery One

Connecting the Story of May 4 to Today’s Headlines

Since it first opened 10 years ago, the mission of the May 4 Visitors Center has continued to evolve.

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In 2017, singer/songwriter David Crosby visited the May 4 Visitors Center and spoke with ½­ÄÏÌåÓý State alumna Taylor Pierce, second from right, who was a senior at the time.

½­ÄÏÌåÓý State Grad Remembers Once-in-a-Lifetime Meeting With David Crosby 

As a public relations major, alumna Taylor Pierce interviewed iconic singer/songwriter David Crosby when he visited the May 4 Visitors Center in 2017. Crosby died this week at the age of 81.

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