Kent State University Stark Cty Branch Canton Ohio

Kent State University Stark Cty Branch Canton Ohio

• Kent State University at Stark, often referred to as Kent State University Stark and Kent State Stark, is a public liberal arts university in Stark County, Ohio, and the largest regional campus of Kent State University.
• Kent State University in Stark County began in 1946
•  university was established in 1910 as a teacher-training school
•  over 1,000 acres  and 119 buildings on the Kent campus
• 1970s, the university was known internationally for its student activism in opposition to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, due mainly to the Kent State shootings in 1970.
•  was named Kent State Normal School in 1911 in honor of William S. Kent 
• Kent State gained international attention on May 4, 1970, when an Ohio Army National Guard unit fired at students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four and wounding nine. The Guard had been called into Kent after several protests in and around campus had become violent, including a riot in downtown Kent and the burning of the ROTC building.