JUMBO DIGEST | October 13, 2024 | STUDENT LIFE EVENTS

Hello Jumbos!

Hope you have a restful day off tomorrow as we honor Indigenous People's Day! Whether or not you will have family visiting for Parents and Family Weekend, there will be a range of fun events to enjoy. Here's what's coming up.

Catholic Mass | 5 p.m. | Goddard Chapel

Institute Sketch Comedy Show 1 Fall 2024 | 8 p.m. | Barnum Hall LL08

Pen, Paint, and Pretzels (3Ps) Masquerade Ball | 8 p.m. | Jackson Gym Room 005

Indigenous Peoples' Day (University holiday), no classes Held

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

Hindu Students Association Weekly Meeting | 8 p.m. | Goddard Chapel

COFFEE (Community of Faith Exploration and Engagement): Interfaith Discussion Group Meeting | 8:30 p.m. | Goddard Chapel

Heart Opening Hatha Yoga with Elijah Mirman | 9 a.m. | Hill Hall Aerobics Room

Beyond Tufts: Is Grad School Right for You? | 12 noon | Curtis Hall Multipurpose Room, see featured events

I Stand with Immigrants Day of Action | 12 noon | Mayer Campus Center Tabling

Women's Higher Education Now (WHEN) Tabling | 12 noon | Campus Center Table 4

Engaging the Election: Self, Community, and Care through Dialogue | 3:15 p.m. | Interfaith Center, see featured events

Pre-Veterinary Society Speaker Series with Wildlife Surgeon | 6 p.m. | Tisch Library Room 310

American Chemical Society (ACS) Study Session | 6 p.m. | Pearson Laboratory Room 106

Student Dining Worker Appreciation Social | 7 p.m. | Campus Center Room 203

Mail-In Ballot Party | 8 p.m. | Barnum Hall Rabb Room, see Election 2024 at Tufts

Real Estate Society Weekly Meeting | 8 p.m. | Mayer Campus Center Room 218

Karaoke Night | 9 p.m. | Tisch Library Room 304

Boot Camp with Courtney Kreitzer | 8:30 a.m. | Hill Hall Aerobics Room

Ponder and Pause | 9 a.m. | Goddard Chapel

Fall Book Club: We of Little Faith: Why I Stopped Pretending to Believe (and Maybe You Should Too) by Kate Cohen | 12 noon | Interfaith Center

First Steps Information Session | 12 noon | Dowling Hall Rooms 745A and B, see featured events

Engineering Design Abroad in Cartagena, Colombia, Information Session | 12 noon | SEC Anderson Room 210, see featured events

The School of Engineering Majors Exploration Fair and Pizza Party | 12 noon | SEC Atrium, see announcements and updates

Shai Stories: Looking at Study Abroad Opportunities outside Europe | 5 p.m. | Location to be determined, see featured events

Tufts in Japan Information Session | 5:30 p.m. | Olin Center Laminan Lounge, see featured events

MCAT Tips Lecture | 6 p.m. | Joyce Cummings Center Room 160

Yin Yang Yoga with Elizabeth Merryweather | 6 p.m. | Hill Hall Aerobics Room

Pre-Vet Society x New England Aquarium Information Session | 6 p.m. | Tisch Library Room 310

Tisch College Solomont Speaker Series: Nic Sheff | 6 p.m. | Granoff Music Center Distler Performance Hall

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

Moove and Groove with Juliette Hawley | 7 p.m. | Hill Hall Aerobics Room

Jumbo Fire and Flow Jam | 7 p.m. | Academic Quad

Quiz Bowl Night | 7:30 p.m. | Joyce Cummings Center Room 076

Jumbo Employer Thursday (JET Day) at SMFA | 11 a.m. | SMFA Atrium, see featured events

Climate Action: Equitable Resilience Solutions | 12 noon | Curtis Hall Multipurpose Room and virtual, see featured events

Tote Bag Painting! with Association of Mixed People at Tufts (AMPT) | 3 p.m. | Africana Center

Harvest Dinner | Dinnertime | Dewick-MacPhie Dining Center, see featured events

Taichi and Qigong for Stress with DeVante Love | 5 p.m. | Hill Hall Aerobics Room

Chemistry Trivia Night | 6 p.m. | Cabot Intercultural Center (Fletcher) Room 205

the Hyper-Reel Film Series: Summer Palace | 8 p.m. | Barnum Hall 008, see featured events

Coffeehouse | 8 p.m. | Tisch Library Roof

Asian American Center (AAC) Study Nights | 8 p.m. | Asian American Center

Exploring Indigenous Peoples' Day | 8 p.m. | Latinx Center

The Barre Scene with Arianna Farrell | 10:30 a.m. | Hill Hall Aerobics Room

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

Advancing Civic Thought in Our Nation's (ACTION) Letter Writing Event | 12 p.m. | Campus Center

Project Onramp Information Session – Life Sciences Internships for Pell-Eligible/Pell Grant Students and Underrepresented Students | 1 p.m. | Dowling Hall Room 745B, see featured events

Jummah Prayer | 1:15 p.m. | Interfaith Center

Tote Bag Painting! with AMPT | 1:30 p.m. | Indigenous Center

It's Bingo Bonanza! | 2:30 p.m. | Aidekman Arts Center Cohen Auditorium, see featured events

Humanist Community at Tufts Weekly Gathering | 3 p.m. | Goddard Chapel

Tufts x Brown Alt Protein Project (APP): TUCCA Lab Tour and PhD Research Panel | 3 p.m. | SEC

Community Sculpture Park | 4 p.m. | Academic Quad

Thai Students' Association Crafts Night | 4:30 p.m. | Campus Center Room 203

Bubs-Jills-Mates Homecoming Show | 7 p.m. | Goddard Chapel

The Ghazzali Dossier (Friday) | 7 p.m. | Curtis Hall Multipurpose Room

Chuckleducks Show | 8 p.m. | Braker Hall Room 001

Concert for CASA | 8 p.m. | Distler Auditorium

Tufts Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) Rocketry Parent Weekend Event | 1 p.m. | Cummings Center Room 280

Tufts Amalgamates Alumni Event | 4 p.m. | Terrace Room

The Ghazzali Dossier (Saturday) | 7 p.m. | Curtis Hall Multipurpose Room

Join us on Tuesday, October 15, at 12 noon–1:30 p.m. in the Curtis Hall Multipurpose Room for lunch and an interactive workshop covering topics such as understanding your motivation for pursuing a graduate degree, financing grad or professional school, staying on track with grad/professional school admissions timelines, preparing for admissions tests, researching and managing applications to grad programs, writing essays, getting great recommendations, and more!

On Tuesday, October 15, we will talk about how our cultural and spiritual identities are informing and shaping our experiences, and on Tuesday, October 22, we will engage in the practice of listening to one another as a way of building bridges across identities and perspectives. Please join us at 3–4:15 p.m. at the Interfaith Center! Good food will be provided. RSVP by scanning the QR code, or email the Humanist Chaplain at Anthony.Cruz_Pantojas@Tufts.Edu.

Join Tufts Global Education staff on Wednesday, October 16, at 12 noon–1 p.m. in Dowling Hall Rooms 745A and B to learn about the first steps for studying abroad during the 2025–2026 academic year.

Join us on Wednesday, October 16, at 12 noon–1 p.m. in SEC Anderson Room 210 to learn about ME 90 – Engineering Design Abroad in Cartagena, Colombia. This course is open to all engineering disciplines and includes: (a) an overview of engineering design models and theories; (b) inclusive community engagement practices; and (c) a semester-long design project culminating in a real-world deliverable, requiring international travel to Colombia at the end of the semester.

Join us on Wednesday, October 16, at 5 p.m. for our collaboration study abroad event! Hear from Tufts students who have studied and interned in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and the SWANA (Southwest Asian and North African) region.

Join staff from Tufts Global Education and the Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS) on Wednesday, October 16, at 5:30–6:30 p.m. in Olin Center Laminan Lounge to learn about Tufts in Japan.

Meet with employers interested in working with Tufts creatives. Stop by the SMFA Atrium on Thursday, October 17, at 11 a.m.–3 p.m. to ask questions about employers' application processes and job and internship opportunities. Bring your resume to share!

Join us on Thursday, October 17, at 12 noon to hear from Joyce Coffee, A93 (Environmental Studies, Biology, and Asian Studies). Joyce is a founder and president of Climate Resilience Consulting, a social enterprise that works with clients to create practical and equitable strategies to combat climate change. This talk will be livestreamed and recorded.

Join us for our Harvest Dinner celebrating seasonal produce on Thursday, October 17, at Dewick-MacPhie! Our Harvest Dinner will feature produce from a variety of local farms and is a great opportunity to not only try some delicious, fresh dishes but also learn more about Tufts Dining's commitment to local foods.

Film and Media Studies (FMS) is hosting "the Hyper-Reel," a new six-week screening series curated by Adrian Wong and Kyle Petty, on select Thursdays at 8 p.m. Come watch films that you've been meaning to or discover new ones you need to see. 📽🎞🎬

Project Onramp offers paid summer internships in the life sciences industry for undergraduate students who are under-resourced and often from under-represented groups or first-generation. Half of the internships are in industry labs, and the other half are in departments such as business strategy, marketing, communications, clinical operations, and HR. Join us on Friday, October 18, at 1 p.m. in Dowling Hall Room 745B to learn more about the over 80 companies involved with this program!

Student Life and Campus Life, in partnership with Tufts University Social Collective (TUSC), are hosting Bingo Bonanza on Friday, October 18, at 2:30–3:30 p.m. at Aidekman Arts Center Cohen Auditorium. Show off your bingo skills for a chance to win fabulous prizes. You bring the luck, and we'll provide the fun. This event occurs during Parents and Family Weekend, so parents and families are welcome!

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.

Majors Month Starts October 16!

Majors Month begins this week to help support your major exploration and declaration in Arts & Sciences, Engineering, and SMFA.

The School of Engineering Majors Exploration Fair and Pizza Party will kick off Majors Month on Wednesday, October 16, at 12 noon–1 p.m. in the SEC Atrium. Our EN Ambassadors, the SOE Senior Academic Advisors, a select group of EN1 Instructors and SOE Professors, the A&S Senior Academic Advisors, and Representatives from the Gordon Institute and the Derby Entrepreneurship Center will all be available to field questions about primary majors in Engineering as well as secondary majors and minors available to all students at Tufts.

Do you have questions for your A&S, Engineering, or SMFA Advising team? Students can stop by drop-in advising with any quick questions about advising, courses, or academic requirements.

We are excited to announce that Jumbo Spring Break will be back for the second year in a row. JSB takes place during the University's spring break from March 15 through March 23. This year's volunteer trip is in collaboration with Habitat for Humanity's Collegiate Challenge. The registration is now open.

Please consider helping a Tufts student in need! Donate your clean and new (or gently worn) winter coats, jackets, sweaters, boots, scarves, gloves, muffs, and other accessories to support Tufts students during the upcoming winter months. You can drop items off from October 15 through November 13 on Mondays through Fridays 9 a.m.–5 p.m. at the FIRST Resource Center, Dowling Hall Suite 701, or the Office for Campus Life. After hours, you can drop off at the Campus Center information booth. If you have questions, contact InternationalCenter@tufts.edu or first@tufts.edu.