BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Pro-Palestinian protesters are digging in at the University of Vermont despite the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations no longer giving the commencement speech.Protesters call the cancellation of Linda Thomas Greenfield a win but they say disciplinary investigations launched this week are a step backward.In a statement, UVM Spokesperson Adam White said, “Our graduating students want to enjoy the celebration of commencement, and we do not want the potential of disruption from a vocal minority to interfere with the moment.”UVM won’t tell us whether Thomas Greenfield pulled out or if it was the school’s decision.But a student organizer who refuses to show his face and says his name is James says they want more.“We’re still not satisfied,” he said. “We want more done and we want to see more action being taken to end the complicity that the university has in this genocide.”That includes divesting UVM’s $800 million endowment in Israeli companies and protections for students who are violating campus policies with their protests. Students tell us some have begun receiving disciplinary notifications for violating the school’s temporary structure policy. The encampment grew to about 90 tents over the weekend. At the same time, a group of state lawmakers, including the lieutenant governor, wrote a letter to the UVM board of trustees in support of the protest. Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, who graduated from UVM in 1995, says the First Amendment should come first as long as protests stay peaceful.“We need to make sure peace and peaceful action is respected and that folks have a right to gather and voice their frustrations,” said Zuckerman, P/D-Vermont.We’re told the disciplinary hearings for UVM students start this Wednesday.It remains to be seen what graduation and commencement will look like in two weeks if the encampment stays on campus.Meanwhile, the encampment at Middlebury College is coming down. Protesters met with college leaders over the weekend and created a written agreement calling for a cease-fire and allowing for more student input on where the school invests.With graduation just two weeks away, the protesters’ ask comes as militant group Hamas announced it accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal.