JUMBO DIGEST | February 11, 2024 | STUDENT LIFE EVENTS

Hello Jumbos!

Wednesday is Valentine's Day and Ash Wednesday. Here's what's coming up.

Tufts Coptic Orthodox Student Fellowship (COSF) Super Bowl Watch Party | 4 p.m. | Robinson Hall Room 253

Git Workshop | 4:30 p.m. | Joyce Cummings Center Room 180

Catholic Mass | 5 p.m. | Goddard Chapel

Protestant Evening Worship | 7 p.m. | Goddard Chapel

Equestrian Team Valentine's Bake Sale | 10 a.m. | Campus Center Lobby

Green Dot Valentine's Day Tabling | 10 a.m. | Campus Center Level 1

Best Buddies Candygram Fundraiser | 10 a.m. | Campus Center

Midday Mindfulness with Buddhist Mindfulness Sangha | 12 noon | Interfaith Center

Student Accessibility and Academic Resources (StAAR) Center Academic Success Workshop | 12 noon | Dowling Hall Room 745B, see featured events

Civic Life Lunch – Shaping International Law to Combat Climate Change: Island States' Efforts Before International Courts | 12 noon | Barnum Hall Rabb Room

Tufts for Health Equity Valentine's Day Pick-Up | 1 p.m. | Campus Center

Doctors without Borders (DWB) Valentine's Candy Sale | 1:30 p.m. | Campus Center

Camp Kesem at Tufts Valentine's Day Potatograms | 2 p.m. | Campus Center Table 4

Let's Talk about...Yiddish! | 7 p.m. | Olin Center Room 107

A Talk with Keturah Ragland from Tufts University Racial Equity and Diversity Lab | 8 p.m. | Cummings Center Room 270

Vietnamese Students Club (VSC) Valentine's Event | 9 p.m. | Joyce Cummings Center Room 180

China Care Valentine's Candy Sale | 10 a.m. | Campus Center

Lambda Pi Chi Valentine's Day Carnation Fundraiser | 12 noon | Campus Center Lobby

Civilian Response to Active Shooter Training | 1 p.m. | Alumnae Lounge

Tufts Timmy Global Health Valentine's Day Sale | 2:30 p.m. | Mayer Campus Center Table 1

Thirst Project Valentine's Day Candy/Picklegrams | 2:30 p.m. | Campus Center Table 2

"Coming Together across Difference: Finding Common Ground across Identities and Political Divides" Viewing Event and Post-Panel Dinner | 5 p.m. | Ballou Hall Coolidge Room, see featured events

Valentine's Day Tarot Reading | 5 p.m. | Asian American Center Mango Room

National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)/SOLES Major Night | 7:30 p.m. | SEC Room 253

Black Student Union (BSU) and Black Queer Jumbos: Love is Love Real Talk | 7:30 p.m. | Capen Lounge

ASA x Bengali Students Association (BSA) Mixer | 7:30 p.m. | Joyce Cummings Center Room 270

Valentine's Day | 11 a.m. | Campus Center

LCS Tutoring Tutor Recruitment and Tutor Appreciation Event | 12 noon | Mayer Campus Center Room 209

Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering Society (BEaChES) Valentine's Swag Giveaway | 12 noon | SciTech Atrium

Weekly Meditation with the Buddhist Mindfulness Sangha | 7 p.m. | Goddard Chapel

Jumbo Flow Jam | 7 p.m. | Breed Hall

Cookie Decorating Dia de San Valentin | 8 p.m. | Latinx Center, Bolles House

FIRST Asians – Valentine's Cookies | 8 p.m. | Asian American Center First Floor

ECS Undergrad Opportunities Night | 8 p.m. | Lane Hall 007

Engineers Week (EWeek), see featured events

Lunar New Year Dinner at Dewick | Dewick-MacPhie Dining Center, see featured events

Blood Drive – Omega Psi Phi Health Initiative Week | 11 a.m. | Alumnae Lounge

Tiny Gardens Everywhere: A History of Food Sovereignty for the 21st Century | 12 noon | Curtis Hall Multipurpose Room and virtual, see featured events

Let's Talk Drop-In Hours with CMHS x LGBT Center | 1 p.m. | LGBT Center, see featured events

First-Generation Collective (FGC) Valentine's Day Bash | 4 p.m. | Curtis Hall Multipurpose Room 101

Solomont Speaker Series and SOE Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) Colloquium | 5:30 p.m. | Barnum Hall LL008, see featured events

No Internship, No Problem! Great Alternatives to Summer Internships | 6 p.m. | Barnum Hall Room 104

Southeast Asian Social: Welcome Back! | 6 p.m. | Asian American Center Mango and Ube Rooms

BSU Soul Train Karaoke Night | 7:30 p.m. | Olin Center Room 011

EWeek, see featured events

CPR Training | 10 a.m. | Steve Tisch Sports & Fitness Center

Project Sunshine Fundraiser | 11 a.m. | Mayer Campus Center Table 2

Dharma Dialogue with Buddhist Mindfulness Sangha | 12 noon | Goddard Chapel

Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate Talk at the Table | 12 noon | Campus Center Upper Lobby

Engineering Week: Imagineering! | 12 noon | SEC Atrium

Muslim Students Association, Jummah Prayer | 1 p.m. | Interfaith Center

Summer Scholars Application Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) and Workshop | 2 p.m. | Campus Center Room 203, see featured events

Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Speaker Series – Dr. Sean Curran (Boston Scientific) | 5 p.m. | SEC Anderson Room 112 Nelson Auditorium

Applejam Valentine's Day Covers Show | 7 p.m. | Crane Room

Institute Sketch Comedy Show 1 | 8 p.m. | Barnum Hall LL08

Habitat for Humanity ReStore Event | 8 a.m. | 1580 VFW Pkwy, West Roxbury

MQC Round Robin 8 | 10 a.m. | Fletcher Field

JumboHack | 10 a.m. | Cummings Center First/Second Floors

Hijab Fest Conference at Howard University | 1 p.m. | Howard University Blackburn Ballroom

Magic the Gathering Draft – Murders at Karlov Manor | 1 p.m. | Campus Center Room 203

Lunar New Year Bonding | 5 p.m. | Asian American Center

Freshmen Event | 6:30 p.m. | Sophia Gordon Hall Multipurpose Room

The StAAR Center has a great academic success workshop this week! Join us for "Managing Your Reading Load" on Monday, February 12, at 1–2 p.m. in Dowling Hall Room 745B. If you have questions, contact the StAAR Center at StAARCenter@Tufts.edu.

On Tuesday, February 13, at 5–7 p.m. in the Ballou Hall Coolidge Room, all Tufts students are invited to view a panel on Coming Together across Difference. The panelists will discuss opportunities for and obstacles to finding common ground and building trust across identities and political divides. View the event livestream and join Tufts students, faculty, and staff for dinner and conversation.

Join Tufts Dining and student culture organizations in celebrating Lunar New Year at Dewick on Thursday, February 15!

Environmental Studies is honored to host prize-winning author Professor Kate Brown (Science, Technology and Society, MIT) on Thursday, February 15, at 12 noon as part of the Hoch Cunningham Environmental Lecture Series. She will talk about how vegetable-powered wealth underwrote urbanization and industrialization and will offer an alternative vision of urbanization for cities of the future. This talk will be livestreamed but NOT recorded.

Do you have something on your mind? Drop by the LGBT Center this Thursday, February 15, between 1–3 p.m. to talk with CMHS counselor Stefan Jadaszewski. Let's Talk is an easy, confidential, and low commitment way to speak to a CMHS counselor about challenges in your life. Let's Talk at the LGBT Center will also happen on February 29, March 14, March 28, April 11, and April 25.

On Thursday, February 15, at 5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m. in Barnum Hall LL008, join a lecture with statistician, big data expert, and co-host of the PBS series NOVA Wonders Dr. Talithia Williams! Dr. Williams' work demystifies the mathematical process and STEM education in fun and unique ways. Her lecture, "Data Driven Solutions for Eliminating Health Disparities," will focus on how data is essential for understanding social determinants of health and developing interventions to address unique populations.

Join Tufts School of Engineering February 15–23 for our annual celebration of Engineers Week! All are welcome from across Tufts; attend fun and educational social events, lectures, challenges, and even a dance party.

The Office of Scholar Development will host an AMA and workshop on Friday, February 16, at 2 p.m. in the Campus Center Room 203 for students interested in applying for the 2024 Summer Scholars program. This workshop will provide the opportunity to ask any of your application questions and get advice from former Summer Scholars on writing research proposals. Coffee and cookies will be served.

Students and Student Organizations can submit events to JumboLife! Add your event by Thursday at 12 noon each week, and we'll include it in the Jumbo Digest on Sunday.

Check your Tufts inbox tomorrow for a link to the Student Perspectives on Sexual Misconduct Survey from grandriversolutions@qualtrics-survey.com. Your voice matters. Participate and be heard!

EWeek 2024 Starts this Thursday, February 15

Engineers Week is for everyone: all Tufts students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members are welcome to celebrate National Engineers Week 2024  February 15–23, with events, networking opportunities, and more. Check out the schedule.

Internal Transfer Workshop: A&S to Engineering (Friday, February 16, 12:30–1:30 p.m.)

Arts & Sciences students interested in a primary or secondary engineering major are invited to attend an in-person workshop as a part of EWeek. Learn about the graduation requirements for engineering majors and the internal transfer process and criteria to prepare for a successful internal transfer to Engineering. (SEC Burden Lounge, Room 108, SEC; refreshments served!)

Upcoming Deadlines

Are you looking for an amazing student leadership opportunity? Look no further, because Pre-Orientation Leader applications are now LIVE! Scan the QR code on our flyer to apply. Applications are now open, and they will be closing on February 16.

Browse Tufts' extensive selection of summer courses to catch up on credits, get ahead in your studies, or explore an exciting elective with flexibility in modalities, times, and sessions.

Sign up for FREE therapy groups or workshops with CMHS! All currently enrolled students on the Medford/Somerville and SMFA Boston campuses are eligible to participate in CMHS counseling groups and workshops for free. All groups are confidential. You can participate in multiple groups each semester, and there is no limit on the number of groups you can attend while enrolled at Tufts.