Explore the Career Center's Resources | July 16, 2024

Hello Jumbos,

This week we'll be exploring resources provided by Tufts Career Center! If you have additional questions, you can always reach out to the Career Center at careercenter@tufts.edu.

Your first year is a unique time for growth and exploration. The Tufts Career Center offers extensive resources for exploring career options and developing strategies for pursuing your goals. These include career education programs, Career Fellows (undergraduate peer advisors) to introduce you to the Career Center, individual career advising appointments, and comprehensive tools designed to help you assess your skills, interests, values, competencies, and experiences. You'll hear more from our team soon, but in the meantime, we'll answer three of the most common questions about the Career Center:

7 weeks, 1 credit, Fridays at 10:20 a.m.–12 noon

This course is a perfect introduction for first- and second-year students or anyone just getting started on their career journey. This course is a half-semester and runs for the first 7 weeks of the fall semester. You'll learn how to use design thinking to find meaningful experiences in college and jumpstart your career exploration. Included will be fun and engaging activities and speakers, as well as an opportunity to build a supportive community with other students. By the end of this course, you will have created a plan to kick off your career exploration while at Tufts.

You can find the Career Center First Year Course in SIS.

Thanks for continuing to check your New Student Checklist regularly! Following are some of the important deadlines this month: 

July 1: Provide “Invited Viewer” access for others to view or pay your bill when it’s available and/or to waive health insurance in SIS (see below for deadline).

July 1: Complete the Academic Integrity Tutorial (AIT module). It takes approximately 45 minutes and is required for all first-year and transfer students. If you haven’t completed the tutorial by the deadline, you will have an enrollment hold placed on your account. An enrollment hold will prevent you from changing your class schedule or registering for next semester’s classes.

July 1: Upload your Photo for your ID Card 

July 1: Mandatory Pre-Entrance Health Requirements due

July 31: Waive health Insurance (if you are covered by comparable health insurance)

 Aug 1: Send your official AP, IB, and/or A-Levels scores to Tufts

Consider enrolling in optional Tuition Insurance: Tuition Insurance protects financial commitments if you elect to take time away from your studies through a Medical Leave. Enrollment in the Tuition Insurance Plan will be open until the first day of classes, September 3.

Invited Viewer Access
If you would like to enable your parents or family to see your academic record, pay your tuition and fees, and/or waive the university's health insurance if applicable, give them "Invited Viewer" access to your Student Information (SIS) account. Grant them access to both Bills and Balances and Insurance Waiver. For more information, please visit the Registrar’s Invited Viewer Access web page.

No worries! All webinars have been recorded and posted to our Orientation Programs and Communications web page. You'll find an archive of all of this summer's messages there too!

Please contact Student Services at 617-627-2000 or StudentServices@tufts.edu.

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