Columbia University cancels the graduation ceremony that was to take place on May 15.
The institution indicates that they made this decision based on the contributions and comments of student leaders.
The university assures that, instead, they will focus their attention on class days and school-level ceremonies.
“Based on your feedback, we have decided that the centerpiece of our graduation activities will be Class Days and center-level ceremonies, in which students are honored individually alongside their peers, rather than the graduation ceremony. the entire University scheduled for May 15“says the statement they issued to students and their families.
This decision comes after weeks of protests on the University campus, intensifying last week with the arrest of dozens of protesters.
Class Days and school ceremonies scheduled for the South Lawn of the Morningside campus will be relocated to Columbia’s Baker Athletics Complex, with the same schedule.
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However, they reported that they are studying the possibility of a festive event on May 15 to take the place of the large formal ceremony.
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