{"id":218,"date":"2024-01-29T12:43:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T12:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/?p=218"},"modified":"2024-06-11T20:46:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T20:46:08","slug":"columbia-spectator-community-leaders-express-optimism-for-future-university-relations-as-shafik-administration-enters-second-semester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/2024\/01\/29\/columbia-spectator-community-leaders-express-optimism-for-future-university-relations-as-shafik-administration-enters-second-semester\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia Spectator: Community leaders express optimism for future University relations as Shafik administration enters second semester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbiaspectator.com\/city-news\/2024\/01\/29\/community-leaders-express-optimism-for-future-university-relations-as-shafik-administration-enters-second-semester\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Claire Cleary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of University President Minouche Shafik\u2019s first priorities in her inaugural address was to improve \u201cengagement with the communities on our doorstep \u2013 across New York City and in Upper Manhattan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>About a week after her inauguration, Shafik held a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbiaspectator.com\/city-news\/2023\/10\/11\/shafik-hosts-breakfast-event-in-collaboration-with-local-organizations\/\">breakfast event<\/a>&nbsp;where she met with local leaders like Community Board 9 Chair Victor Edwards and New York City Council member Shaun Abreu, CC \u201914, who represents District 7, leaving many hopeful for a change in Columbia\u2019s relationship with West Harlem.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, community leaders told Spectator that they hope to see increased action from the University as Shafik heads into her second semester. For many, on-campus tensions, including protests and student safety concerns, have marked Shafik\u2019s first months in leadership. With the beginning of a new semester, community leaders said they remain optimistic that Shafik will direct more attention to increasing access to Columbia\u2019s administration and resources for the surrounding community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbiaspectator.com\/city-news\/2024\/01\/29\/community-leaders-express-optimism-for-future-university-relations-as-shafik-administration-enters-second-semester\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Claire Cleary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of University President Minouche Shafik\u2019s first priorities in her inaugural address was to improve \u201cengagement with the communities on our doorstep \u2013 across New York City and in Upper Manhattan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>About a week after her inauguration, Shafik held a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbiaspectator.com\/city-news\/2023\/10\/11\/shafik-hosts-breakfast-event-in-collaboration-with-local-organizations\/\">breakfast event<\/a>&nbsp;where she met with local leaders like Community Board 9 Chair Victor Edwards and New York City Council member Shaun Abreu, CC \u201914, who represents District 7, leaving many hopeful for a change in Columbia\u2019s relationship with West Harlem.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/2024\/01\/29\/columbia-spectator-community-leaders-express-optimism-for-future-university-relations-as-shafik-administration-enters-second-semester\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}