Events

Past Event

Special Commencement Session

May 15, 2023
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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We are delighted to invite you to a special Commencement session on Monday, May 15, at 11am to have an early lunch and to celebrate CLS graduates and the end of the semester.  Please note that the session is open to all members of the CLS community, as well as any family and friends of graduates. 

Please RSVP here.  For those joining in person, we will meet in Case Lounge.  For those joining via Zoom, the livestream can be accessed here.

Yael Shy is the Founder and CEO of Mindfulness Consulting, LLC, where she supports individuals and collectives uncover their inherent worth and capacity for deep joy. She is the author of the award-winning book, What Now? Meditation for Your Twenties and Beyond (Parallax, 2017), and the founder of Mindful NYU. Yael is an Adjunct Faculty Member at the Wagner School of Public Service at New York University and the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. She has been featured on Good Morning America, Fox 5 News, and CBS and in Time Magazine and the Harvard Business Review. She can be found online at yaelshy.com and @yaelshy1 on Instagram.


If you have questions about this event or upcoming events, or if any disability accommodations would help you to participate fully in these events, please contact the Coordinator of the CLS Mindfulness Program, Kiana Taghavi at [email protected].  Columbia University makes every effort to accommodate individuals with disabilities, so please let us know if any changes, for instance to the format of the sound system, would be helpful.

Contact Information

Kiana Taghavi