Kent State University

Kent State University (also known as Kent State or KSU) is an institution of higher learning located in Kent, Ohio, which is about 40 miles southeast of Cleveland, and 12 miles from Akron, Ohio. It is the second largest university in Ohio, with more than 35,000 students on eight campuses. Regional campuses include Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas.

History

The university is best known outside Ohio for a single event: the Kent State shootings, in which four students were killed and nine were wounded by the National Guard on May 4, 1970. A photograph of 14-year-old runaway Mary Ann Vecchio, crying while kneeling over the body of the slain student Jeffrey Miller, became one of the most enduring images of the turbulent Vietnam War-era in the United States. The photo won a Pulitzer Prize for photographer John Filo, who was a Kent State photojournalism student at the time.

Related Topics:
Ohio - Kent State shootings - National Guard - May 4 - 1970 - Mary Ann Vecchio - Vietnam War - Pulitzer Prize - John Filo

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