Kent State University Workshop

Kent State University wants educators of students in grades 6-12 to apply by March 1 for a workshop called "Making Meaning of May 4: The 1970 Kent State Shootings in U.S. History." The workshop is funded by $170,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities that was directed to Laura Davis, Ph.D., professor emerita of English and former founding director of the May 4 Visitors Center, and Todd Hawley, Ph.D., associate professor of social studies teacher education. Davis said in a statement that workshop participants "will work with the country's most knowledgeable experts on the history of the events at Kent State on May 4.