• 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. Scholar-experts will set the May 4 history in the context of the 1960s era of change and examine May 4’s lasting impact and relation to contemporary events.” The workshop will be hosted at Kent State’s May 4 Visitors Center, within the landmark site that was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 2016. Educators from across the country, representing a range of experience and disciplines — history, government, the arts, journalism and more — are encouraged to apply. The deadline for applications is March 1. The workshop will be offered twice: June 21-26 and July 12-17. Educators who participate are provided with a stipend of $1,200.
• The Global Space Law Center (GSLC) at Cleveland State University next month will host a symposium, “Returning to the Moon: Legal Challenges as Humanity Begins to Settle the Solar System.” The event takes place from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. The United States plans to return to the moon in 2024, and this event “will explore the various legal challenges surrounding the return to the moon, including property claims, military activity, commercial ventures, jurisdictional issues, environmental sustainability and natural resource extraction,” according to promotional material. “The imminent human settlement of outer space raises issues that go beyond traditional international law,” said Mark Sundahl, director and founder of the GSLC, the nation’s only academic center devoted solely to the law of outer space. “This symposium will tackle important legal questions facing both public and private entities.” Speakers at the event will include Steven A. Mirmina, lead attorney for the International Space Station at NASA; Caryn Schenewerk, senior counsel and senior director of spaceflight policy at SpaceX; Dr. Diane Howard from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Office of Space Commercialization; and Dr. Steven Freeland, professor of international law at Western Sydney University (Australia), who will serve as co-chair of the upcoming discussions at the United Nations regarding space resource extraction. The general public is welcome to join the event free of charge, but advance registration is required.
• College can be stressful. Kenyon College in Gambier is among the schools going the extra mile to help students relax. The school earned a spot on this list from GreatValueColleges.com of the 50 U.S. colleges with the most effective relaxation installations. Kenyon is the only Ohio school on the list. Here’s what Great Value Colleges says it does well: “Kenyon College runs the Brown Family Environmental Center, which is a 500 acre nature preserve. Students and the public alike are free to visit this preserve and enjoy the environment. It has trails that stretch over nine miles, serene waters, towering grasses, maple forests, picnic tables and comfortable chairs in designated areas. Kenyon College’s Crozier Center for Women also recently upgraded its main room so that it could be a relaxing space for all of its students. In this room are feminist games, magazines and graphic novels. It also recently installed a new TV with Apple TV in this space.”
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