Dear Student Organization Leaders,
We hope that your semester is off to a great start! We wanted to pass along some helpful information and resources as you continue navigating your leadership role.
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Tufts Day of Service
Friday, September 26, 2025
1pm – 3:30pm
Breed Hall, 51 Winthrop Street, Medford
Kick off this academic year right and join Tufts University's 3rd annual Day of Service! Volunteers will meet promptly at 51 Winthrop Street/Breed Memorial Hall by 1:00 p.m. for check-in, a brief speaking program and a group photo. All supplies and instructions will be provided. Participants are encouraged to bring a refillable water bottle and wear sneakers and Tufts gear. There will be snacks, water, and fun raffle prizes from local businesses. Free t-shirts are available for the first 200 volunteers! Tufts students, staff, faculty, alumni, friends, and community members are encouraged to participate - bring your friends!
Volunteers will walk between 10 - 20 minutes from Breed Hall to assigned service sites. The event will proceed rain or shine. Please dress accordingly.
Interested in being a Team Leader at this event? Learn more and sign up.
This event is proudly sponsored by the Tisch College of Civic Life, the Office of Government & Community Relations, and the Leonard Carmichael Society.
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Other Reminders:
Green Dot Training for Student Organizations
- Mandatory Green Dot training for student organizations will now be moving to a biennial schedule. Student organizations will be required to complete a Green Dot Training every other year.
- Groups in the following categories are required to complete Green Dot Training in the 2025-2026 academic year: Advocacy, Arts & Performance, Publications & Media, and Religious & Philosophical
- Green Dot Trainings will be offered on Mondays & Wednesdays this semester from 12pm-1pm in Campus Center Room 209
Groups in the following categories will be required to complete their Green Dot Training in the 2026-2027 academic year: Pre-Professional & Academic, Student Government, Recreation, Culture & Identity
Click here to find where your org falls on the Green Dot Training Schedule
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Posting Policy
- General Guidelines:
- Posters advertising events sponsored by student organizations and University Departments may be posted on campus only in authorized areas
- Postings should be attached with tacks or masking tape (Scotch brand adhesive tape, duct tape, glue, and staples are not permitted).
- Organizations may not place their posters such that they obscure the posters of others.
No more than six total posters (maximum size of 11 x 17) will be allowed per event on the two primary outdoor posting locations on campus which include the Campus Center Breezeway between Bookstore and Mayer campus Center and the walls along the Tisch Library steps. - Any posting that cannot be immediately and easily removed, such as stickers, paint, spray chalk, is prohibited
- Projections of images or of messages on any campus properties or areas -including but not limited to the sides of buildings, sidewalks, roofs, landscape, etc. are strictly prohibited.
- It is the responsibility of sponsor to remove flyers/advertising following event/program. Outdoor flyer locations are cleared weekly on Monday mornings. Campus Center bulletin boards are cleared weekly on Sundays. Other buildings with bulletin boards may create their own removal policies, see building managers for questions.
- Residential Hall posting is limited to Residential Life staff specific to programs and notices for that hall. General posting is not allowed in residence halls.
- Please refer to the SMFA Posting Policy for guidelines regarding the Fenway Campus
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- Authorized Locations
- Designated bulletin boards in academic buildings.
- Designated bulletin boards in non-academic buildings.
- Designated outdoor bulletin boards.
- The walls of the Campus Center breezeway between the Bookstore and the Campus Center.
- The walls along the Tisch Library steps.
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- Unauthorized Locations
- Any location on campus not specifically designated as an authorized location. Please note that the listings below are provided only as examples, and not as a definitive list.
- Inside any residential building.
- Building walls or any surfaces, exterior or interior.
- Any entrance, exit, classroom or hallway doors of any campus building.
- Any classroom, lab, or learning space, including walls, whiteboards, and furniture.
- Fences, trees, patios, pavement, sidewalks, steps, handrails, light posts, street signs, trash cans, shuttle stops or Tufts Bike kiosks.
- Bathrooms or bathroom stalls of any campus building.
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- Chalking
- Chalking is permissible in outdoor, public areas where it can easily be washed away by rain. Chalking is not permitted in areas inaccessible to rain, such as the walkway between the Campus Center and the Bookstore or any vertical surface such as the sides of buildings, retaining walls, or the backs of steps. There is to be no use of materials other than water-soluble sidewalk brand stick chalk, such as spray chalk.
- No chalking of any kind is allowed on Matriculation Day or Commencement Day without prior approval.
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If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at ocl@tufts.edu. We look forward to seeing you there!
Alexa Erb
(she series)
Associate Director, Student Engagement
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