An artistic collaboration from the Kent State University Press and the Wick Poetry Center produced a new compilation of poetry that takes the reader on a literary exploration through the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. The book, “Light Enters the Grove,” features an anthology of 81 renowned writers from Northeastern Ohio, including Poet Laureate Kari Gunter-Seymour and Deborah Fleming, author of “Resurrection of the Wild,” winner of the 2020 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay.

Kent State University’s May 4 Visitors Center and History Department will present An American Tragedy: Kent State on the Page, a panel discussion framing a new examination of the May 4, 1970 shootings. The event will take place during Kent State’s Homecoming weekend, Friday, Sept. 27, from 10 a.m. to noon in 137 Bowman Hall at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. This event is free and open to the public; no tickets are required. 
 

Alison Caplan shares her impressions of unique Kent State experiences in her first year as director of the May 4 Visitor Center
 

The lecture series created in 2022 to honor the legacy of Kent State University Professor Emeritus of Sociology Jerry M. Lewis, Ph.D., will feature Professor of Geography Chris Post, Ph.D., presenting “Developing and Interpreting the Wounded Student Markers at Kent State” as this year’s selected speaker.