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    Home » Blog » Columbia U. graduation back on schedule after pro-Palestinian protests prompted 2024 cancellation

    Columbia U. graduation back on schedule after pro-Palestinian protests prompted 2024 cancellation

    May 20, 2025Updated:May 20, 2025 Editors Picks No Comments
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    Pro-Palestinian individuals hold an extra-special service at the school known as” People’s University for Palestine.”

    After canceling it in 2024 according to pro-Palestinian demonstrations, Columbia University plans to keep its standard institution-wide commencement service on Wednesday.

    A group of pro-Palestinian individuals held their individual, independent initiation off campus on Sunday under the name” Women’s University for Palestine.” The West Towel reports that some members of the university community are concerned about problems at the Wednesday function.

    The University has been taking precautions to ensure safe and successful occasions as it prepares for Commencement, according to Columbia President Claire Shipman’s business in a speech to the media outlet.

    Our diligent students deserve a pleasant time of celebration with their households, according to Shipman’s office, which may respect more than 16, 000 new graduates at Commencement.

    The document goes on to say:

    Police were called in earlier this month to finish an activity of Butler Library by pro-Palestinian protest, despite the school being quiet for the majority of this educational time. Some kids received droplets from their classes that will prevent them from attending Wednesday’s graduation ceremony, and there were many who were detained. Some long-time employees and university expressed concern that protests may disrupt the meeting, which will be addressed by acting Columbia President Claire Shipman, who authorized the police actions this quarter. …

    Despite the conflicts, several university people claim that no details have been provided regarding extra security measures for Wednesday’s initiation.

    Others, who said the situation is to “politically charged,” declined to comment on the New York City media outlet.

    According to Democracy NOW, pro-Palestinian followers held their individual personal graduation ceremony off campus on Sunday for Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia student and immigration inmate, and other individuals.

    Noor Abdalla, Khalil’s woman, read a statement from her husband, who is currently imprisoned in a Louisiana immigration detention center, and accepted the” Women’s University for Palestine” certificate on his behalf.

    It has been two decades since I was taken from my home and from you, and I was detained for telling you the truth about Palestine, Khalil’s statement read in part. ” Columbia University, the place where we sought information, justice, and wisdom, chose silence over solidarity,” said one student. You didn’t fail me, but it did. You arrived. You made it clear to me that people rarely leave us, even though institutions may.

    According to The College Fix, Columbia canceled its university-wide commencement meeting in 2024 due to safety concerns involving pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

    Alternatively, the New York University increased surveillance for specific college rites and Class Days.

    More than 200 pro-Palestinian activists were detained a year before commencement that time when they refused to break up their camp on the school yard. Other students took control of Hamilton Hall by smashing windows, breaking through windows, and preventing themselves inside, according to the Columbia Spectator at the time.

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