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JUMBO DIGEST

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

Hello Jumbos!

Welcome to Fall 2021! We're so excited to have our newest students on campus and to see all of our returning students. Monday is Labor Day. Rosh Hashanah also begins at sundown on Monday. Shana tovah! The first day of classes is Wednesday. Here's what's coming up in the week ahead.

Student Life Events

Monday, September 6

Student Organizations Fair | 11 a.m. | Academic Quad
The O-Show: Road Show! | 2 p.m. | Barnum 008

Wednesday, September 8

Sarabande Open Class | 7 p.m. | Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room
Welcome Week: Welcome Breakfast | 8 a.m. | Campus Center Upper Patio and 230 Fenway Courtyard
Welcome Week: BINGO | 9 p.m. | Dewick-MacPhie Dining Hall

Thursday, September 9

Welcome Week: Photo Dry Erase Boards | 11 a.m. | Campus Center Upper Patio (Medford/Somerville Campus); 230 Fenway Courtyard (Fenway Campus)
Illumination Ceremony for the Class of 2024 | 7:45 p.m. | President's Lawn
Welcome Week: Tufts Tablet Trivia | 9 p.m. | Hotung Café

Friday, September 10

Green Fund information session | 3 p.m. | Zoom, see featured event
Dance on the Lawn | 4 p.m. | President's Lawn
Welcome Week: Outdoor Movie | 8 p.m. | President's Lawn
Welcome Week: Open Mic Night | 9 p.m. | Hotung Café

Saturday, September 11

Sarabande Dance Ensemble Auditions | 9 a.m. | Cohen Auditorium
Welcome Week: Chill and Thrill | 11 a.m. | Academic Quad
Welcome Week: Video Game Truck | 7 p.m. | Hodgdon Hall Lawn
Welcome Week: Big Heads and Beats | 8 p.m. | Hotung

Sunday, September 12

Tufts Tap Ensemble Fall Auditions | 10 a.m. | 100 Sophia Gordon Hall
Welcome Week: Kayaking Trip to Spot Pond | 11 a.m. | Spot Pond, Stoneham, MA
Welcome Week: Paint Party | 11 a.m. | Remis Sculpture Court
Films on the Green | 7:30 p.m. | Residential Quad
Sweets with Society of Women Engineers (SWE) General Interest Meeting | 9 p.m. | SEC Anderson 206

Get details on this week's events on JumboLife!

Featured Event
Learn About Tufts' Green Fund at Upcoming Information Sessions!

Looking for a way to improve sustainability on campus? The Green Fund provides an opportunity for students, faculty, and staff from across Tufts' campuses to receive funding for sustainability-related projects at the university. Submit a proposal for up to $40,000 for your project. There will be three Zoom information sessions on Friday, September 10, at 3 p.m., Monday, September 13, at 1 p.m., and Wednesday, September 22, at 6 p.m., and are open to all members of the Tufts community.

RSVP for an information session

Submit an Event

Students and Student Organizations can submit events to JumboLife and we'll include them in the Jumbo Digest!

Announcements and Updates

Indoor Mask Mandate in Boston

Please be aware that, regardless of vaccination status, masks have been required in indoor public settings in the City of Boston since August 27. This does not change any protocols on our Boston campuses because masks were already required indoors, but please take note if you visit any non-Tufts places in Boston.

Reminder for Students Living Off-Campus

If you are living off-campus, please be sure to follow the trash guidelines for the city where you are living and do not place trash and large furniture curbside outside scheduled trash days. This will help to avoid potential fines.

Trash guidelines for Medford

Trash guidelines (and other new resident resources) for Somerville

Dean of Student Affairs Office Hours

Student Affairs offices are open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. We will be conducting most meetings and drop-in assistance to students virtually; in-person appointments may be requested when circumstances allow. Make an appointment by calling us at 617-627-3158, or drop into our virtual office hours.

Virtual Office Hours

Staff in the Dean of Student Affairs Office are available for quick-service contact, with no appointment needed, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Feel free to come to our virtual office hours on Zoom with no scheduled appointment to ask a question, get pointed in the right direction, or talk with us about a time-sensitive need.

Join Dean of Student Affairs virtual office hours

Fitness Instructors Needed for Tufts University Social Collective (TUSC)

Tufts University Social Collective (TUSC) is currently seeking dynamic, energetic individuals to fill new fitness instructor positions for the Fall 2021 semester. As a TUSC Fitness Instructor, you'll facilitate one to two one-hour fitness classes per week for up to 25 undergraduate students and be paid $50 per class. Instructors must hold all appropriate certifications, including CPR and First Aid certification. Arrangements can be made to assist students to complete certifications, if necessary.

Apply now

Work Study and Student Employment

Interested in working this year? Visit Handshake (filter for on-campus jobs and/or work study jobs) if you're interested in working on campus. Visit the Tufts Babysitting page for babysitting opportunities with local families.

View jobs on Handshake

View babysitting opportunities

Academic Reminders

Welcome back!

Check your unofficial transcript in SIS to verify you are on track—confirm that Fall 2021 courses are correct and that pre-matriculation/transfer credits have been posted.

Full-time students must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 SHUs.

Students on waitlists should:

contact the instructor about your chances of getting in
find a back-up class and enroll before the ADD deadline (11:59 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, September 22) if you won't get into your first choice. First-year students, check courses to consider for ideas!
complete the coursework for your waitlisted and back-up classes; consult the instructor if adding a class without having attended to clarify what you missed to ensure you can successfully catch up

Contact a member of your Advising Team with questions.