Dr. Jerry Hickerson
Dr. Subash Shah
to Dr. Jerry Hickerson, professor of English and director of Interdisciplinary Studies, first for co-authoring a new book on approaches for using portfolios to assess college-level learning gained outside the college classroom for academic credit. Prior Learning Assessment: A Representative Collection is co-authored by Dr. Denise M. Hart, Director of the Adult Education & Success Program and Professor of Education at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey. In addition, congratulations are also in order to Dr. Hickerson and Dr. Subash Shah, professor of Political Science, on their selection to present their recollections of the Kent State killings on the anniversary of the massacre May 4. These professors were at Kent State at that time. If you will recall, at noon on Monday, May 4, 1970, students at Kent State University in Ohio gathered to rally against the invasion of Cambodia by American forces in the Viet Nam War. Troops of the Ohio National Guard had occupied the campus for two days and were ordered to halt the demonstration. Gas canisters were thrown by guardsmen; rocks were thrown by students. Guardsmen turned and fired more than 60 shots at the demonstrators in 13 seconds. Four students were killed and nine wounded. Two of the dead were simply walking from classes. Kent State was closed, and within days hundreds of other colleges across the United States were also closed. This incident was recently selected as the top story in Ohio in the last 75 years.
