On-Campus AccommodationsColumbia Housing Services offers room packages in Carman Hall, a residence hall on the Morningside Campus, for guests during Commencement week. Commencement Housing applications will be accepted online on a first-come, first-served basis, beginning Friday, February 13, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. for families of students from Columbia College and the School of Engineering. Parents who do not have internet access may have their graduating seniors apply for them online or in person at 125 Wallach Hall. Credit cards will be billed automatically upon application and confirmation. Requests will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis until all rooms are filled.
Rooms may be reserved from Monday to Thursday, May 18-21, 2009, with a three-night minimum stay. All rooms are doubles. Two rooms may be combined as a suite. A limit of two rooms (one suite) may be reserved per graduating senior.
If rooms are still available by mid-March, these accommodations will be open to families and guests of Columbia graduation candidates from all schools. In addition, reservation-holders may book an additional suite at this time. Alternative AccommodationsIn addition to on-campus accommodations, discounted rates may be available to Columbia University students and guests at some local hotels and hostels. We recommend that you make your reservations as soon as possible. Please note that if neighborhood hotels become booked, the city's many midtown hotels are only a short subway ride from the University. Please see below for a list of off-campus accommodations that may offer special rates for Columbia-affiliated guests.
Bentley Hotel
Amsterdam Court Hotel
Ameritania Hotel
Flatotel
Hotel Beacon
Hotel Belleclaire
Hotel Newton
Hudson Hotel
On The Ave
The Helmsley Park Lane Hotel
The Lucerne
The Travel Inn Hotel |
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During the Revolutionary War, the Battle of Harlem Heights occurred on the current site of Columbia’s Morningside Campus on Sept. 16, 1776. The battle, in which General George Washington narrowly avoided capture, is commemorated with a copper plaque on the exterior wall of the Mathematics building on the east side of campus near Broadway and 118th Street. | ||
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