**University of #Michigan still punishing pro-#Palestine students after graduating**
*Arbitration hearings carried out this summer are overreach, former students say*
from #MiddleEastEye
By #MEE staff
Published date: 2 September 2025
> > A little over a year ago, Drin Shapiro was a student programme assistant at the > > [> > #> > UniversityOfMichigan](https://expressional.social/tags/UniversityOfMichigan )> > 's (UM) English Language Institute, and a student in his final year of a bachelor's degree in history.
> > Since then, he has faced criminal charges brought by the state's attorney general, lost his on-campus job, spent time behind bars, and, as of last month, was still being disciplined by the university despite having graduated in May.
> > All of this was because he took part in a student encampment against the war on > > [> > #> > Gaza](https://expressional.social/tags/Gaza )> > on 21 May 2024. He was arrested during the police raid of the encampment and was later released on bond.
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