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Good afternoon!We've received a number of other scholarship, research, and internship opportunities since we sent our last newsletter, so we figured we'd send another one mid-month! Make sure to read all the way through to see the new events and opportunities.
- The CSD Team
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| Table of Contents1. CSD Programs and Updates
2. Events and Flyers
3. Research, Internship, and Volunteer Opportunities
4. CSD Staff Bios
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Want to be our Student Highlight?Nominate yourself or a fellow peer to be our Student Highlight! Write two paragraphs about the student’s accomplishment(s) and why you think this person should be student of the month. Email your nominations to stemdiversity@tufts.edu with the subject line: Student Highlight.
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CSD Lending Library
Want to check out a textbook for free? The CSD has a library full of books you can check out for the semester! You can peruse the list below, and please contact Grace Melo at grace.melo@tufts.edu with any questions. You can pick up your textbook this week with a CSD staff member or designate a specific pick-up time with Grace Melo.
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Let's Talk: CMHS Drop In Hours
Wednesdays | 11AM - 12PM (flyer has incorrect time listed) | CSD Basement
Stop by the CSD on the second Wednesday of the month to talk with CMHS counselor Taka Watanabe!
Let's Talk is an easy, low-committment way to speak to a CMHS counselor about challenges in your life. Individual drop-ins are 15 to 20 minutes, and you can talk about specific problems, brainstorm solutions, and consider next steps.
Learn more information at the CMHS website here.
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Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
You are invited to set up a time to meet with our Diversity Program administrators, Simone Nicholson and Kasandra Yee, and Mafalda Gueta, Associate Director of Diversity & Inclusion Programs, at the links below to discuss how they can best support you. They are open to meeting in person or virtually.
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| Turner Construction Site Visit
Friday, October 18 | 9 AM - 1PM
Attend this CSD-sponsored site visit to Turner Construction in Cambridge! Lunch and transportation will be provided.
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| Degree Audit Workshop
Wednesday, October 30 | SEC 108, Burden Lounge | 12 - 1PM
Calling all seniors! Attend this CSD sponsored workshop and talk directly with Senior Academic Advisors from SOE to complete your degree audit. Lunch will be provided!
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Beyond Western Approaches Symposium
October 15 | 3PM | 150 Western Ave, Allston MA 02135
In celebration of Indigenous People's Day, the Office for Diversity Inclusion and Belonging at Harvard SEAS is hosting Beyond Western Approaches Symposium: Recognizing Indigenous Traditions in Engineering, where they will touch on the environmental impacts of gold mining in the Amazon basin, discuss their university partnership with Navajo Technical university, and have Indigenous student scholars discuss the ways they engage their research through their cultural frameworks.
Please RSVP to guarantee your seat and giftbag at the event. Find more information here.
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Election Day
Tuesday, November 5
Are you ready to make your voice heard? Explore election resources and tools to register to vote, request your absentee ballot, view state deadlines, sign up for free election text reminders, learn more about this year’s elections, get involved with JumboVote, and more.
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Project Connect
Sponsored by Residential Life and Counseling and Mental Health Service
Project Connect is a peer-facilitated program to help build social connection and community on campus. Students get to know a small group of 4-6 peers over the course of six 1-hour sessions. We'll offer a mix of virtual and in-person groups, where you'll get to respond to a series of fun and thought-provoking questions and engage in a small connection project.
This is not a counseling or therapeutic program. Space is limited.
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Not-So-Scary Off-Campus Housing Fair
Wednesday, October 30 | 10AM - 2PM | Campus Center, 2nd floor
Looking for off-campus housing? Explore housing options and get valuable resources for your off-campus living experience. This includes help with the housing serach, furntiture, health and wellness, public safety, and more.
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Major's Month: Undergraduate Research Fair
Friday, November 8 | 12:30 - 2PM | JCC 170
Research can be hard to navigate - do you reach out to the faculty directly? How do you apply? How do you know if you have the right skills? This fair is designed to invite at least two members of each lab/research group to come and chat with interested students about the work they do, how students can get involved in the lab or open positions to apply to, any prior experience or pre-requisites that would be helpful to feel successful in the lab, and what the process is to get involved.
Students who attend will be entered in a raffle to win a $25 Charlie Card!
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Paid Cancer Research Internship
Applications due November 18
YES for CURE is 2.5 year cancer research training initiative for underrepresented undergraduate freshman/sophomore students. This program embeds career guidance, college coaching and family and supporter engagement throughout the experience.
Successful applicants are students interested in pursuing a research career in biomedical science, biotechnology, computer science, life science, data science, healthcare, or scientific fields.
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CMHS Groups: Fall 2024
CMHS (Counseling and Mental Health Services) offers a variety of confidential therapy groups and workshops that are free and open to undergrad and grad students! You can participate in multiple groups and workshops each semester.
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| Drop-In Advising
20 Professors Row | 2:30 - 3:30PM | November 7 & December 6
Attend drop-in advising hours with the Senior Academic Advisors to answer all your academics-related questions!
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| | Research, Internship, Scholarship, and Volunteer Opportunities
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All opportunities are listed in order of their deadline.
- Volunteer with 826 Boston later this month; they're holding College Essay Boot Camps on October 17 and October 26 and are looking for volunteers to lead tutoring sessions with juniors and seniors from across the city of Boston as they work on their college application essays! You can find more information on their website, and reach out to volunteer@826boston.org with any questions.
- Apply to Project Onramp, a paid internship program for underrepresented students in Life Sciences for Summer 2025. Learn more information here, and attend the information session on October 18 from 1-2PM in Dowling Hall; register on Handshake here.
- The Volpe Center, a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, is the preeminent transportation systems research center; their core mission is to advance transportation innovation for the public good. Learn about paid internships and student employment opportunities in an online info session on October 22 from 12-1PM. Find more information and register here.
- Want to attend graduate school for free? Apply to the GEM GRAD Lab! Learn more from this flyer, and register for their information sessions at Northeastern on October 25-26 here. Applications close November 8.
- Apply to HackDiversity's Fellowship for Summer 2025! You'll be placed with a company in NYC or Boston, and the internship could lead to a full-time job. Learn more information here and check out when they're having info sessions here; there's an Open House on October 19! Applications close November 15.
- Are you looking for summer research opportunities? Check out UCLA's newsletter to find more information on what resources and opportunities they offer!
- Break Through Tech AI is a free, 1-year extracurricular program at MIT that helps undergraduate women and non-binary students, especially women of color, obtain the skills and experiences they need to launch their careers in machine learning and AI when they graduate.
- Read EduMed's online guide on how minority healthcare students can excel in healthcare fields! Find more information about scholarships here and read about EduMed here.
- Check out undergraduate scholarship and research opportunities from the Chemistry department here.
- Building Audacity is looking for volunteer drivers and food packers to help distribute groceries to over 500 food-insecure families throughout Greater Boston. To learn more email foodjustice@buildingaudacity.org and join the volunteer email list at bit.ly/BAVolunteerSignUp.
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Dr. Grace CaldaraDirector of the CSD | she/her/hers
Dr. Caldara is from upstate New York and holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of California, Irvine. She previously worked at Supermajority and Pantsuit Nation Foundation leading national leadership trainings, and developing diversity training for online communities. In her downtime she loves to spend time with her family and read.
As Director of the CSD, she works to support the CSD staff, all programmatic work of the center and co-teaches the RISE Seminar.
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Grace MeloAdministrative Coordinator | she/her/hers
From Malden, MA, Grace graduated Boston University with a degree in Special Education: Disability Studies. As the Administrative Coordinator for DSDI, Grace helps support the eight identity centers, but specifically shares her time with the CSD.
Outside of Tufts, Grace's enjoys making flan, sewing, and at the moment, watching Ugly Betty.
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Kasandra Yee Diversity Program Administrator | she/her/hers
Kasandra is passionate about diversity & inclusion in STEM education. Prior to her role at Tufts, she was an electrical engineer at Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, MA. At Draper, she co-founded the Asian Pacific American employee resource group (ERG) and co-led the LGBTQIA+ ERG.
She received her Master’s degree in Learning Experience Design and Technology at Northeastern University in 2023. By joining Tufts in Winter 2024, Kasandra will apply her interest in the learning sciences and experience in organizational planning to implementing diversity & inclusion best practices. Kasandra works directly with students and faculty of the Tufts Gordon Institute, Derby Entrepreneurship Center, Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering department.
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Mafalda Gueta Associate Director of Diversity & Inclusion Programs | he/him/his
Mafalda earned his BA in Liberal Arts from the University of California, Riverside followed by a Master of Education degree in Higher Education Administration from Northeastern University. He is currently a candidate for a Master of Arts in the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Leadership program here at Tufts.
As an Associate Director, Mafalda currently works to support Mechanical Engineering and Civil & Environmental Engineering towards building an accessible, inclusive and diverse culture within each department by partnering directly with faculty. From talking to students to learn more about their experiences in the department, to training faculty and adapting curriculum, Mafalda works to make sure students feel safe and successful while at Tufts.
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Simone Nicholson Diversity and Inclusion Program Administrator | she/her/hers
Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, Simone Nicholson completed her bachelor’s degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University. Currently, she is a third year Engineering and Computing Education Doctoral Student with a minor in women and gender studies.
In her role as a DIPA, she supports students, faculty, and staff within the CS and ECE departments with diversity, equity, and inclusion related areas through programs, trainings, personalized learning needs, etc.
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Sehba Hasan Associate Director of the CSD | she/her/hers
Sehba is an Electronics and Telecommunications Engineer, hailing from Maharashtra, India. She did her MBA in Management here in the US. Coming from a culturally rich and diverse landscape of India, Sehba has found inspiration in her background to contribute meaningfully to the DEIJ work.
In her role at the CSD, she is dedicated to supporting and championing the cause of underrepresented minorities, BIPOC communities, low-income, and first-generation students across various majors within the School of Engineering and Arts and Science. She is involved in co-teaching the RISE seminar class and oversees the management of the BEST program, among other responsibilities.
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Sophia Hamdan Program Administrator | she/her/hers
Originally from Leesburg, Virginia, Sophia earned her Bachelor's degree in English and Philosophy from the University of Mary Washington, a Master's degree in Higher Education Administration from Boston College, and a second Master's degree in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Leadership from Tufts.
In her role as Program Administrator, she advises the STEM Ambassadors program, supports the BEST Summer Program, serves as an academic advisor, writes the CSD's monthly newsletter, and collaborates with colleagues on and off campus to support all the incredible students at Tufts.
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