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Student city guide to Chester: top 10 things to do

Thinking of studying at the University of Chester, but not sure if you'll be happy spending three years of your life there? Here's our city guide to help you decide if Chester is the perfect place to call home...

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Perhaps you're debating whether to go to the University of Chester, but unsure if Chester is the right place for you? Or perhaps you've made your decision and want to check out what there is to do in your new home?

Either way our city guide to Chester can help. Here's what you can expect from this small, but very busy city...

About Chester

While it's not the biggest city in the UK, what Chester lacks in size it makes up for in things to do!

History buffs will love the city's architecture, with plenty of beautiful black and white medieval buildings and ancient city walls (dating back to Roman times) to explore.

Culture vultures will also be happy in Chester, with loads of festivals and events happening throughout the year, covering music, opera, theatre, comedy and food. As will those with a passion for shopping, with a packed high street and outlet centres close by.

And of course, you’re probably wondering what the nightlife is like. There are plenty of cosy pubs, live music venues and nightclubs to keep students happy. In fact, Chester was awarded the 'Purple Flag' in recognition of it's night time scene.

The city is also close to other big student cities, Liverpool and Manchester - perfect for days out exploring.

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So, what can you expect from Chester once you arrive? Here are just 10 of the top things to occupy you when you’re not in lectures...

1. Chester Zoo

Good for: A day out with friends or family to see over 12,000 animals at one of Britain’s most famous zoos.

What it is: A great zoo in a great city.

Why you should go: To see thousands of different animals and for a unique experience that’s like no other zoo in the UK. It’s worth checking out the amazing reviews on tripadvisor too. People come from all over the world just to see the zoo, so take full advantage as you’re living just a couple miles away. Book online for a discount on the ticket price.

2. Cheshire Oaks

Good for: Shopping, food and fun.

What it is: The ideal student destination. Cheshire Oaks is a designer outlet that’s cheaper than your standard city shops. Around the corner from the outlet is the Leisure Park with Tenpin Bowling, Laser Quest and some great restaurants and fast food stores.

Why you should go: You can get huge discounts across many big name stores. With over 145 shops to choose from, it’s a great shopping experience and hugely popular with students looking to save a few quid! It is packed to the brim with food and restaurants too, and with a range of global cuisine and fast food available, there really is something for everyone.

3. Chester Racecourse

Good for: A day at the races.

What it is:  The oldest racecourse in England , boasting many events through the racing season.

Why you should go: A great day out, again with your mates or family. You don’t even have to like horse racing to go, the setting and atmosphere is enough for some but there’s always the chance of a few cheeky winners! It’s packed with activities, drinks and food, so it’s a must in the summer with tickets from only £10; you could win that back in the first race!

4. Chester Walls 

Good for : Seeing some of the fantastic sights Chester has to offer.

What it is: The most complete circuit of Roma Walls in Britain which has been standing for over 2000 years.

Why you should go: Chester has a lot to see so walking the walls is a great way to fully experience the city in detail. You’ll walk past the famous Racecourse, the River Dee, the City Centre and much more. On a nice summer evening, the walk around the walls really is something else.

5. Chester Cathedral

Good for: Experiencing the history of Chester through the Cathedral, and checking out your graduation venue.

What it is: A Cathedral located in the city centre that spans back over 1,000 years.

Why you should go: Putting that beer down and taking in some of the local history will be well worth your time, especially as you could be heading there for graduation. With free entry, it’s worth looking around as it’s beautiful inside. Take a trip up to the top and enjoy some of the unreal views on offer, or have a listen to the music or choirs that play throughout the week. It’s an impressive graduation venue once you’ve finished your studies too.

Good for: Nights out, drinks and banter.

What it is: A nightclub in Chester with different floors to suit different music tastes.

Why you should go: Three floors with different music and a different feel on each, giving everyone their perfect night out. You have your Popworld floor, the dance/hip hop floor and the RnB/grime floor. Wednesday nights are student nights and are legendary.

Good for: Pool, snooker, darts and drinks.

What it is: You may not have heard of Riley’s but it’s a snooker club where you can play pool, snooker or darts, or just chill with a pint to watch some great sporting events.

Why you should go : During freshers week you may get some great vouchers for free pool, drinks and food there. There’s a great atmosphere inside, good value and you can get drink offers on certain days too.

8. Telford’s Warehouse

Good for: Chilling with friends and enjoying some local talent.

What it is: An independently run bar/restaurant.

Why you should go:

Renowned for its music and arts, they hold regular events featuring live music and DJ events on certain days during the week. It’s a relaxed environment with great food and drinks, so if a bit of live music is more your scene rather than a heavy night out, then this is the place for you.

9. Chester FC

Good for: Getting behind your local football team.

What it is: Chester FC is a Conference football club that plays their home games just five minutes away from the main university campus.

Why you should go: With cheaper student tickets on selected match days, there's no better way to experience some proper local football. Join in with the locals and get ready to experience real fans creating an electric atmosphere.

10. Storyhouse Chester

Good for:  Getting your culture fix.

What it is: A library, cinema, theatre, restaurant and arts centre - this place has it all under one roof. Fun fact: the library has the longest opening hours of any library in the UK. It's open until 11pm every day!

There are so many events going on every week. Whether it's plays, pantos or live talks in the theatre or vintage, cult or blockbuster film showings in the cinema, there’s something for every taste (and budget). There are even opportunities for students to get work experience running festivals.

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Migration Stories North West – Touring Exhibition

Historic Towns Trust Historical Map and Atlas of Chester – Public Consultation

The Emperor’s new clothes: voices from the margins

We look but do we really see? … exploring and understanding local landscapes

Have you ever stopped to consider or ask questions about where you live, work, or places you like to visit (a house, building, village, town, forest)? Often we rarely notice something that is right in front of us as we go about our daily lives: the lion on top of a Chester car park, the architecture within some of Chester’s shops, the façade of the railway station, an inscribed sandstone block opposite a Boughton school. Landscape History is about asking questions of what we see and then trying to make sense of what lies before us. Looking at features in the landscape, finding out about them and trying to explain how, why and when these features appeared and when changes took place.

In this talk, Sharon Varey and Graeme White, Emeritus Professor of Local History, University of Chester (Landscape Historians, members of the Chester Society for Landscape History, editors of  Cheshire History  and a trilogy of landscape history books ) will show how an interest in the landscape around us inspired study and research, the foundation of a successful local society, the publication of a number of short booklets and ultimately to three major publications: enriching the lives of many local people along the way.

Beyond Nightingale – examining the contributions of three local women to nursing in the Crimean War

2024 sees the 170th anniversary of British and Irish nurses arriving in the Crimea to nurse the wounded. As the Crimea is once again beset by war and conflict, it is timely to explore the impact of this earlier conflict on the development of nursing practice and to mark its place in nursing history.

This talk by Claire Chatterton will examine the contribution of three British women to that conflict, two of whom went out to nurse in the Crimea and one who worked from home to support nursing efforts. Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole are well known but the contributions and even the names of many other women who nursed in that conflict are not.

The two nurses with local connections who went to the Crimea are Mary Stanley from Alderley and Betsi Cadwaladr from Bala. Just as many conflicting stories and myths surround Nightingale and Seacole, so do they in relation to Stanley and her relationship with Nightingale and Cadwaladr’s contribution to nursing practice. In addition, the contribution of women who supported those nurses in the Crimea by fundraising and using their organisational and networking skills from the UK will be explored through the example of Catherine Gladstone of Hawarden.

Forgotten But Not Lost. How a great medical pioneer, once lost from the collective public memory, was rediscovered

This talk will explore the great story of a remarkable woman.

Janet Vaughan lived from 1899 to 1993. One of the few women to qualify as a doctor in 1925, within 10 years she published a classic book on the anaemias and was teaching in the British Postgraduate Medical School at Hammersmith. She was seventh female fellow of the Royal College of Physicians from 1939, and first female Councillor from 1943.Vaughan campaigned to improve the nutrition of the poor, and from 1936 worked for Spanish Medical Aid to relieve suffering during the Spanish Civil War. During World War Two she helped run the blood transfusion service and plan the reform of medical education, and served on the 1944 Royal Commission on Equal Pay.

Principal of Somerville College Oxford from 1945, she became a Dame in 1957. Research continued: she was soon a world authority on the effects of plutonium on bone, then Fellow of the Royal Society. But by 1993 she had slipped from public memory. Her biographer will explore the reasons for this, and how it proved possible to research and write the story of her action-packed life in in  Bloomsbury, Belsen, Oxford: Janet Vaughan – Medical Pioneer .

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The Cheshire Prize for Literature Awards Evening with guest speaker Livi Michael

Chester Art Beat

Connecting Ideas: Shaping the Future City

Floella Benjamin: Facing Adversity With A Smile

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George Cuitt (1779-1854): Chester’s Greatest Regency Artist

George Cuitt  resided in Chester from 1804 to 1821. Here he launched his remarkable career as artist and etcher being called “one of the finest, in his chosen line the very finest, of our native etchers.” His published plates were judged to “have no equal in Britain and no superior in the similar school of any nation.” His depictions of the ancient buildings of Chester display a unique approach and a superb technique, bringing a quality and romantic atmosphere to the pictures of Chester unknown before his time. Alongside these labours he built up an extensive and popular practice as the foremost teacher of drawing in the city and its surroundings.

The talk by Ian Dunn, Former County Archivist of Cheshire, will expand on the theme of the vital role of the drawing master in the age before photography and the social milieu in which it flourished. The means by which Cuitt was able to earn a modest fortune in an age when provincial artists have commonly been perceived as struggling to eke out a meagre existence, will also be explored. It will be shown that Cuitt made considerable sums both from his published etchings and from his profitable teaching before retiring back to his native Yorkshire for the last thirty-three years of his life.

Minted: Making Money and Meaning The Coins in West Cheshire Museums’ collection

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The Idea of Happiness-And How to Achieve It

It was the American Declaration of Independence that introduced the idea of “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” as unalienable rights.  4 th  July 1776 is the date when the modern idea of a right to happiness was born – and this talk by Gyles Brandreth will explore the idea of happiness as it has developed across the centuries and introduce his 7 Secrets of Happiness. What  is  happiness? Who gets to be happy? And how? Research shows that happy people live up to ten years longer than unhappy people. This is a talk that won’t simply enhance your life: it may well extend it. Booking for this event will open in May.

Dr Louise Newson: Female hormones and health – why do we need to talk about perimenopause and menopause?

For far too long, the menopause has simply been considered as a condition which either affects periods or fertility. Few people have thought about the important role of oestrogen, testosterone and progesterone in our bodies. These hormones can have very beneficial effects and when the level of these hormones reduce, many symptoms can occur and there is also an increased risk of diseases including heart disease and dementia.

I will talk about what perimenopause and menopause are, how to be diagnosed, treatment choices and how to have a healthy menopause. HRT myths will be debunked too. I hope this talk will enable people to think about female hormones in a different way so that more women will be able to receive the advice, care and treatment they deserve to improve their mental and physical health.

Journeys to Cheshire

This event is an opportunity to learn more about two projects which are sharing stories of people crossing borders and building new lives in Cheshire and across the North West.

Daniel Edmonds of  Cheshire Archives  will introduce the Journeying to Cheshire project launched by the archives in partnership with  Cheshire Halton and Warrington Racial Equality Centre  (CHAWREC). They are working together to produce a series of oral histories with members of new and emerging communities across Cheshire, creating resources for researchers and public display boards.

Heather Swainston, Project Worker for Cheshire at  Migration Stories NorthWest , will talk through some of the choices and stories that went into the display, which can be visited through the course of the Festival of Ideas.

If you want to learn more about why people have made Cheshire their home, and to hear about their experiences, then please join us for this discussion.

Both these projects have been made possible with funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Booking for this event will open early in May.

AI and Democracy – Carole Cadwalladr in conversation

Beneath our Feet: Archaeological finds from Chester’s Northgate

History and the History Wars: David Olusoga

Auxilia – Rome’s Cutting Edge: Diversity and Culture in the Roman Army

Roman auxiliary soldiers were an essential and formidable part of the invincible Roman Army. Their specialist military skills held back the hostile barbarian hordes especially along the frontiers of the Empire such as in Roman Britain. But what exactly do we know about them? With insights about the latest research and archaeological finds, experts from Roman Tours reveal the fascinating diversity and culture of these tough and adaptable men – and women – many thousands of whom came from tribes as far away as the Eurasian Steppes to serve in the northern military zone here in Chester and along Hadrian’s Wall. Booking for this event will open early in May.

Disunited Jukebox – A 21st Century Opera

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Photography:  Brian Hickey  &  Simon Bubb

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

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West Chester University of Pennsylvania is a public institution that was founded in 1871. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 14,392 (fall 2022), its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 409 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. West Chester University of Pennsylvania's ranking in the 2024 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, #209. Its in-state tuition and fees are $10,687; out-of-state tuition and fees are $22,261.

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We’re excited to welcome visitors for our one-hour, in-person campus tours on most weekdays. A current student tour guide will walk with you around the River Campus while sharing their personal experiences and answering your questions along the way.

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This is your chance to talk to someone who knows Rochester. Whether you meet virtually or in-person with an admissions counselor, student interviewer or volunteer alumnus you’d get a wonderful perspective of the University of Rochester experience.

Early Decision I applicants should interview no later than Nov. 30, and Early Decision II applicants should interview by the January 5 application deadline

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Groups of school, community-based organization, or independent counselors are welcome to request separate campus visits to the River Campus of the University of Rochester.  A minimum of three weeks notice is requested in order to best meet the requests of visiting counselors.

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Research rochester open-house days.

This is your ideal opportunity to see if Rochester is the place for you. Attend a session about the admissions process or student life. You can also talk to current students as they show you key landmarks on campus, share their stories, and answer your questions about Rochester.

Multicultural Visitation Program

This program brings together high school seniors from diverse backgrounds to experience Rochester on a more personal level. Admission to MVP is a competitive process that considers your academic and personal qualities.

Yellowjacket Experience

These exclusive events are for all admitted students, including transfers. Whether you can’t wait to enroll or you’re still deciding, come be a Rochester student for a day and see what the next stage of your life could be like. Virtual and on-campus events will be offered in late March and April.

The four main on-campus Yellowjacket Experience event dates for 2024 are March 29, April 6, April 13, and April 15.  Click to register for on-campus and virtual Yellowjacket Experience events!

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GPS destination: 252 Elmwood Avenue Rochester, NY 14511 Google directions to campus

Once you reach 252 Elmwood (the main entrance of the River Campus), turn onto Wilson Blvd. Stop at the Visitor Parking and Information Booth (in the middle of the street) for parking instructions. Plan to arrive at least 15 minutes early to give yourself enough time to park.

On more popular visit days, we often have our visitors park off campus. If this is the case, parking details will be in your event confirmation email. You can always call our office to double check.

The University’s River Campus is about two miles from the Greater Rochester International Airport (airport code ROC). Commercial taxi services, ridesharing options, and car rentals are available from the airport. Cab fare is about $10, depending on the number of people and luggage.

The Rochester city buses stop at several locations on the River Campus, as well as at the Medical Center and Eastman campuses on all routes. For schedules and bus route information, visit Rochester Transportation Services .

The Rochester Amtrak station is located at 320 Central Avenue, Rochester, NY 14605. Taxi services, ridesharing options, and car rentals are available, and the station is located on the municipal bus line that serves the River Campus.

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When you think about an idyllic college town, you’re thinking of Newark: the shops, cafés and restaurants on Main Street centered around the University of Delaware campus. Visit us and see for yourself what life at UD is like. Stroll the brick pathways of The Green with our student tour guides, visit our cutting-edge labs, see a residence hall and spend an afternoon taking in the town. 

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Students interested in music are welcome to explore UD's School of Music in person or from the comfort of home! Schedule a visit with a music admissions representative to ask questions and see the School of Music facilities.

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Whether you want to take a look at the healthcare facilities on campus or hear about majors in the health sciences, or even get a tour specifically for students interested in nursing, we've got you covered. Click below to find out more.

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Learn more about majors in our Department of Art and Design while touring our facilities. 

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While the information session and tour offered by admissions will give you an overall look at campus and the opportunities available to the blue hen community, many students will still have questions about their desired major. some may want to speak to an academic advisor or faculty member. others may be curious about labs and research areas. contact the academic department below to find what opportunities they have to offer. , enhance your visit.

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We’re closer to Toronto than New York City, so plan your travels accordingly. The Rochester metro area is easily navigable and our main campuses are a short drive or rideshare from the Greater Rochester International Airport, train station, or bus station.

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You’ll find the University’s main campus, the River Campus, and the Medical Center located about two miles south of downtown Rochester. The Eastman School of Music and the Memorial Art Gallery are pillars of the arts scene and festival circuit in the city’s East End and Neighborhood of the Arts.

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The 154-acre River Campus—the University’s main academic campus and the home of the River Campus Libraries—is located about two miles south of downtown Rochester by a bend in the Genesee River.

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A nucleus of medical research, education, and patient care, the Medical Center includes the School of Medicine and Dentistry, the School of Nursing, Strong Memorial Hospital, Golisano Children’s Hospital (the area’s only children’s hospital), Wilmot Cancer Institute, and Eastman Institute for Oral Health.

601 Elmwood Avenue Rochester, NY 14624

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The Eastman School’s downtown campus anchors the city’s cultural district, known as the East End. Expect to find musicians—and music fans—of all stripes in and around this architectural gem for classes, festivals, jam sessions, kaffeeklatsches, and more.

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Memorial Art Gallery

Memorial Art Gallery attracts nearly 300,000 visitors a year. Known locally as “MAG,” the gallery’s permanent collection of 10,000-plus works spans 50 centuries of world art, from antiquities to the avant-garde.

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Laboratory for Laser Energetics (South Campus)

The quest to unlock controlled nuclear fusion is happening right here at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, the largest university-based US Department of Energy program in the nation. Tours of the Laser Lab, as it’s colloquially known, are available to the public.

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Protesters take over Columbia University building hours after school starts suspending student demonstrators

Protesters at Columbia University broke windows at the Manhattan campus’ Hamilton Hall early Tuesday, hours after the school began suspending students who defied a deadline to leave a pro-Palestinian camp set up to protest the war in Gaza.

NBC News could not confirm how many people were inside Hamilton Hall, but the university’s student newspaper,  the Columbia Spectator , reported that dozens of protesters had occupied the building.

“Let’s finish what they did in 1968,” someone yelled, apparently referring to the famous protest against the Vietnam War in which the same building was occupied .

"Disclose, divest. We will not stop, we will not rest," people were heard chanting.

An NYPD spokesperson said that "we are outside the campus, not on the grounds" just before 2 a.m.

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The demonstrators hung a banner outside the building, dubbing it “Hind’s Hall,” to recognize a 6-year-old girl,  Hind Rajab, who was found dead in Gaza  days after being trapped under Israeli fire. The protestors said they plan to take over Hamilton Hall in honor of Hind and all the Palestinians killed in the war's violence.

“This building is now being liberated,” someone in the crowd could be heard saying early Tuesday.

A Palestinian flag was also hung from a window of the building to face outward, and trash cans were used in an attempt to make a barrier. "Shut it down!" people chanted by the entrance, video from the scene showed.

On Monday, Columbia University began suspending students who failed to leave their pro-Palestinian encampment by the university's 2 p.m. deadline. Earlier in the day, the school's president said the school would not divest from Israel — a demand that has sparked protests on college campuses across the country. 

"We have begun suspending students," Ben Chang, vice president for communications and a spokesperson for the university, said about three hours after the deadline passed.

The university did not say how many students it suspended.

The university had told student demonstrators to vacate by 2 p.m. or else “be suspended pending further investigation” and barred from completing the spring semester.

At the encampment, now in its second week, participants voted nearly unanimously to stay put.

Around 2:45 p.m. — after the 2 p.m. warning time to leave — protesters marched on the quad and chanted “Disclose! Divest! We will not slow, we will not rest!’"

A part of the encampment has been cleared to make space for the upcoming commencement ceremony for graduates, and picketers are largely sticking to the perimeters of the encampment.

David Lederer, a 22-year-old sophomore at Columbia, walked up to the picket line and began waving a large Israeli flag in opposition to the protests.

"I’m here to show we’re here to stay; we’re not going anywhere," Lederer said.

President Minouche Shafik asked the protesters in her statement to voluntarily disperse, saying that the demonstration had created “an unwelcoming environment for many of our Jewish students and faculty,” that “external actors” have contributed to a “hostile environment” around university gates and that it had become a “noisy distraction” for students.

Shafik also cited the May 15 commencement, saying, “We also do not want to deprive thousands of students and their families and friends of a graduation celebration.”

More than 15,000 Columbia students are graduating this spring, the university said.

At the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, the main stage commencement ceremony was canceled after protests.

Columbia was the first institution struck by protests in support of the Palestinian cause, with students demanding that the school divest from investments that support weapons manufacturing and Israel amid the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war, in which more than 34,000 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip.

Protests spread quickly last week on campuses from coast to coast, resulting in mass arrests and crackdowns.

“While the University will not divest from Israel,” it offered to create an expedited timeline for a review of new proposals from students by the school's Advisory Committee for Socially Responsible Investing,  which explores divestment, Shafik said.

“The University also offered to publish a process for students to access a list of Columbia’s direct investment holdings, and to increase the frequency of updates to that list of holdings,” she added.

Shafik said the university had offered “to make investments in health and education in Gaza, including supporting early childhood development and support for displaced scholars." She urged those in the encampment to voluntarily disperse.

One of those suspended by Columbia for protests is undergraduate student Fadi Shuman, 31, though he was suspended before Monday’s deadline for a previous encampment.

A first-generation American born to Palestinian parents, Shuman says he is low income and may not be able to return to school.

“I don’t know if I’m going to be able to go to school again. I don’t know I’ll be able to afford to go back to another school again,” Shuman said.

“I can’t say it’s like easy, but I know what I’m doing is right and it’s something I’m willing to sacrifice,” he said.

The notices handed out Monday, viewed by NBC News and issued to protest participants that morning, asked protesters to identify themselves to a university official and sign a form agreeing to alternative resolution for the university policy violations that the encampment posed.

Those who sign are eligible to complete the semester in good standing and will not be placed on suspension if they adhere to university policies. 

The university also said in the notice it would offer “an alternative venue for demonstrations after the exam period and commencement have concluded.”

Columbia University Apartheid Divest, the coalition organizing the encampment protest, said in a statement Monday: "These repulsive scare tactics mean nothing compared to the deaths of over 34,000 Palestinians. We will not move until Columbia meets our demands or we are moved by force."

The group criticized the university's "threat to mass suspend, evict and possibly expel students" with just hours' notice as a violation of the school's rules.

The group also condemned paper notices the university issued at the encampment as "reminiscent of the flyers the Israeli army launched from the sky to Gazans."

At a Columbia rally by the coalition around 2 p.m., student organizer Sueda Polat said: “The university has conducted itself with obstinacy and arrogance, refusing to be flexible on some of our most basic points.”

“We were engaging in good faith negotiations until the administration cut them off under threat of suspensions. Where we asked for amnesty, they gave us more discipline,” Polat said.

Protest organizers also criticized Shafik's claim that the university had “constructive dialogue” with protesters, noting Columbia refused to give a commitment that student divestment proposals would be binding, and they described Shafik's offering of childhood education programs for Palestinians as "nothing more than bribery of the student movement."

Unrest and protests continue at colleges around the country. Police at the University of Texas at Austin on Monday made arrests and dismantled an encampment set up to protest the war in Gaza, university officials said. There were also arrests at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

Hundreds of protesters marched through the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia, NBC affiliate KOMU of Columbia reported , but no arrests were reported.

Northwestern University in Illinois said it reached an agreement with demonstrators that will bring an end to tents on Deering Meadow, and the Anti-Defamation League for the Midwest criticized that deal as rewarding bad behavior and it accused the encampment of being a "platform for antisemitism."

At Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, police made arrests after the school said that people refused to gather their belongings and leave, the university said . It's finals week there, it noted. Police used a tear gas-like substance, NBC affiliate WWBT of Richmond reported . Video showed officers with riot shields and helmets as protesters held a makeshift line of wooden pallets.

Shuman, the Columbia protester previously suspended, said it’s hard having Palestinian roots but unable to change the situation.

“My whole life, I feel like growing up as a Palestinian in America you’re always living with this — whether you know it or not — it’s just survivor’s guilt,” Shuman said.

“I’m over here, but not able to, like, actually do something,” he said.

CORRECTION (April 29, 2024, 8:10 pm ET): A previous version of this article misidentified a suspended student. He is Fadi Shuman, not Schuman, and he is an undergraduate student, not a graduate student.

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Columbia begins suspending pro-Palestine protesters after ultimatum ignored

University says move is ‘to ensure safety on campus’ after talks to reach compromise fail

Columbia University’s pro-Palestinian protesters ignored an ultimatum on Monday to abandon their encampment or risk suspension. The university said it started suspensions early on Monday evening.

“We have begun suspending students as part of this next phase of our efforts to ensure safety on our campus,” the university said in an update on its website . “Once disciplinary action is initiated, adjudication is handled by several different units within the university based on the nature of the offense.”

The ultimatum, setting a Monday deadline of 2pm, had come after the university’s president, Minouche Shafik, announced that efforts to reach a compromise with protest organisers had failed. She said that the institution would not bow to demands to divest from Israel.

“It is important for you to know that the university has already identified many students in the encampment,” a letter written on university notepaper and headed “Notice to Encampment” read. “If you do not leave by 2pm, you will be suspended pending further investigation.”

It added: “If you voluntarily leave by 2pm, identify yourself to university officials, and sign the provided form where you commit to abide by all university policies through June 30 2025, or the date of the conferral of your degree, whichever is earlier, you will be eligible to complete the semester in good standing.”

Protest negotiators informed the university on Monday that the demonstrators had responded to the ultimatum by voting not to dismantle the encampment.

Footage posted on social media showed protesters, wearing face masks and bright tops and with their arms linked, forming a “human wall” apparently designed to block any attempt by law enforcement personnel from breaking up the protest site.

In a statement, protest organisers accused the university of a “violent escalation” and declared a readiness to intensify their actions in response.

“Today’s threat comes after days of fruitless negotiations in which the university refused to seriously consider our demands for divestment, financial transparency and amnesty for students and faculty disciplined in the movement for Palestinian liberation,” the statement added.

Columbia’s New York campus has become the centre of a spate of college protests across the US against Israel’s six-month war in Gaza, that has led to the death of more than 34,000 Palestinians, the displacement of hundreds of thousands more and brought the coastal territory to the brink of famine.

The demonstrations have triggered allegations of antisemitism amid reports by Jewish students that they have been subjected to threats and slurs.

Protest activists, in response, have asserted that the charges of antisemitism have been ramped up in an effort to silence criticism of Israel.

In her emailed statement to staff and students, Shafik – who this month underwent a fraught cross-examination from a congressional committee on alleged antisemitism at the university campus – said the tented protest community in the centre of the campus had “created an unwelcoming environment for many of our Jewish students and faculty”.

“I know that many of our Jewish students, and other students as well, have found the atmosphere intolerable in recent weeks. Many have left campus, and that is a tragedy,” she wrote, putting much of the blame on “external actors”.

She said the breakdown of discussions took place in the face of the university’s search for a “collaborative resolution” leading to the encampment’s removal.

NOW: Columbia faculty create a human wall to prevent the Gaza encampment from being taken down. One day, years from now, some of their students will wake up and recognize the life-altering damage their professors inflicted upon them, but have no recourse pic.twitter.com/2NIcUVrVPi — Eitan Fischberger (@EFischberger) April 29, 2024

Although the university had rejected calls to divest from Israel, it had offered to make investments in health and education in Gaza, she said.

More than 100 demonstrators were arrested on Columbia’s campus on 18 April after police were deployed, prompting criticism of Shafik from many members of her own student body and some faculty members, who saw it as a crackdown on free speech.

Posting on X, the rightwing Republican congresswoman Elise Stefanik – whose pointed questioning at a congressional hearing last December led to the resignation of University of Pennsylvania president Elizabeth Magill – condemned Columbia’s leadership for failing to respond forcefully to the protesters’ continuing defiance.

“2pm has come and gone,” she wrote. “Columbia’s empty threats and weak leadership have failed and surrendered Columbia’s campus to the pro-Hamas antisemitic mob. The world is watching as you continue to fail your Jewish students. Congress will continue to hold these failed institutions accountable.”

About 900 protesters, including academic faculty members, have been detained in campuses across the country as protests have sprung up nationwide.

About 275 arrests were recorded on Saturday alone at various campuses including Indiana University at Bloomington, Arizona State University and Washington University in St Louis.

Washington University said in a statement that more than 100 people, including 23 students and four university employees, had been arrested on suspicion of trespassing, amid reports of police trying to remove masked protesters, while others linked arms to evade arrest.

In Virginia, an unknown number of arrests took place at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg over the weekend after protesters began occupying the lawn outside the graduate life centre.

About 100 demonstrators were arrested at Northeastern University in Boston on Saturday. Authorities at Tufts University said they would be contacting protest leaders to agree the removal of a campus encampment in the coming days, while Emerson College, also in Boston, said it would not be initiating disciplinary proceedings against 100 students arrested in protests last week and would be discouraging prosecutors from pressing charges.

On Monday protesters near George Washington University in Washington DC were reported to have breached and dismantled barriers erected last week to prevent the occupation of the university yard.

Just a few blocks from the White House, protesters draped a Palestinian flag and a keffiyeh on the campus’ eponymous statue of America’s first president. Graffiti daubed on a plaque at the statue’s base read: “Genocidal Warmongering University.”

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Columbia’s University Senate Calls for an Investigation Into the Administration

The senators voted for a resolution that accused the administration of breaching the due-process rights of students and professors.

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Columbia University’s senate voted on Friday to approve a resolution that called for an investigation into the school’s leadership, accusing the administration of violating established protocols, undermining academic freedom, jeopardizing free inquiry and breaching the due process rights of both students and professors.

The university’s president, Nemat Shafik, has been under attack for her decision last week to summon the New York Police Department to campus, resulting in the arrest of more than 100 student protesters, and for her earlier congressional testimony, in which professors accused her of capitulating to the demands of congressional Republicans over free speech and the disciplining of students and professors.

The resolution, adopted by a vote of 62-14, with three abstentions, fell short of a proposal earlier in the week to censure Dr. Shafik, which many senators worried could be perceived as yielding to Republican lawmakers who had called for her resignation over her handling of antisemitism claims.

The senate resolution was based partly on a damaging report by the senate executive committee, which accused Dr. Shafik’s administration of engaging in “many actions and decisions that have harmed” the institution — including the hiring of an “aggressive” private investigation firm.

The report, which was discussed in Friday’s meeting, said that investigators harassed students and used “intrusive investigation methods,” which included “investigators’ attempt to enter student rooms and dormitories without students’ consent.”

Investigators, the report said, demanded “to see students’ phones and text messages with threats of suspension for noncompliance.”

The report found that, “Overall, the fundamental lack of good-faith engagement with all campus constituencies and groups has exacerbated the situation and has served to divide our community.”

The resolution also calls for establishing a senate task force to investigate university decision-making.

In a statement following the senate vote, a spokesman for the university said the administration and the senate “share the same goal of restoring calm to campus so everyone can pursue their educational activities. We are committed to an ongoing dialogue and appreciate the Senate’s constructive engagement in finding a pathway forward.”

The resolution may have little practical impact. The senate, made up of faculty, students and administrators, is not empowered to remove the president. But some senators expressed concern during the two-hour meeting that the resolution could further erode Dr. Shafik’s relationship with the Columbia community, heightening the crisis facing the campus.

The chaos engulfing the university over the war between Israel and Hamas, and the administration’s handling of an encampment of student protesters on campus, have led to calls for Dr. Shafik’s resignation from disparate groups, including congressional Republicans and pro-Palestinian demonstrators.

During the meeting on Friday, Nachum Sicherman, a professor of economics, urged senators to take outside interference into account and to vote against the proposal.

“We are in a serious crisis, and I don’t see how weakening a president who is under attack from both the right and left is going to help resolve the crisis,” he said.

During the debate, which was at times heated, some senators raised questions about whether the body should have specifically addressed claims of antisemitism on campus.

Carol Garber, a professor of behavioral sciences, said she feared that the senate resolution “has ignored the impact of the hostile and aggressive language and actions toward Israeli and Jewish students, faculty and staff on this campus.”

The resolution said that university actions in response to current events had made “studying, teaching and research increasingly difficult for many students, faculty and other members of the Columbia community.”

Karla Marie Sanford and Eryn Davis contributed reporting

Stephanie Saul reports on colleges and universities, with a recent focus on the dramatic changes in college admissions and the debate around diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education. More about Stephanie Saul

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The nation’s most entrenched protest is at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, where pro-Palestinian protesters have occupied  the administration building and forced a campus closure until May 10.

Some colleges that initiated police crackdowns  on pro-Palestinian protests have since taken a different tack . Others have defended the move.

Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota has plunged into Democrats’ political storm  over the war in Gaza, further polarizing an already tense debate, after she suggested  that some Jewish students are “pro-genocide.”

Denied a Second Chance: After Covid ruined high school graduation for the class of 2020, the response to campus protests might upend their college commencements .

Deepening Democratic Rifts: Scenes of chaos unfolding on campuses across the country  are stoking internal divisions within the Democratic Party and carry political risk as a major election year unfolds.

What Makes a Protest Antisemitic?: Pro-Palestinian student activists say their movement  is anti-Zionist but not antisemitic. It is not a distinction  that everyone accepts.