JUMBO DIGEST | September 17, 2023 | STUDENT LIFE EVENTS

Hello Jumbos!

Saturday will be both the first official day of fall and Tufts Homecoming. Enjoy and be safe! Here's what's coming up.

TUTV's 24-Hour Film Challenge Screening | 3 p.m. | Tisch Library Room 304

Catholic Mass | 5 p.m. | Goddard Chapel

Hot Girl Walk | 5 p.m. | President's Lawn

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

First-Year Welcome Event | 7 p.m. | Joyce Cummings Center Room 170

Pre-Veterinary Society General Interest Meeting (GIM) | 8 p.m. | Tisch Library Room 314

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

Know Before U Go (KBUG): FIRST Abroad | 5:30 p.m. | Dowling Hall Room 745A, see featured events

Rubik's Cube Club General Interest Meeting | 7:30 p.m. | Anderson Hall Room 212 (SEC)

Tufts Biomedical Engineering Society GIM | 8 p.m. | Anderson Hall Room 208

Advancing Civic Thought in Our Nation (ACTION) GIM | 9 p.m. | Campus Center Room 220

CPR/AED Classes | 9 a.m. | Dowling Hall Room 745 A and B, Alumnae Lounge, Anderson Hall Auditorium

Ice Cream Social for National Voter Registration Day | 11:30 a.m. | Academic Quad

Civic Life Lunch: Who Tells Her Story? Hidden Histories of Historic Women | 12 noon | Barnum Hall Rabb Room

First-Year Kickstart! With the StAAR Center | 5 p.m. | Barnum Hall Room 100, see featured events

Tufts Democrats Meeting | 7:30 p.m. | Braker Hall Room 113

Italian Club GIM | 7:45 p.m. | Olin Center Room 007

Tufts Public Health Society GIM | 8 p.m. | Robinson Hall Room 253

Project Linus GIM | 9 p.m. | Barnum Hall Room 208

Multifaith Gathering for Peace | 12:15 p.m. | Goddard Chapel, see featured events

Managing Stress by Managing Your Time | 4:30 p.m. | See featured events

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

Tufts Pre-Law Society General Interest Meeting | 7 p.m. | Tisch Library Room 304

New Student Organization Forum | 7 p.m. | Joyce Cummings Center Room 280

Table de Conversation – La Société Française | 7 p.m. | Dewick-MacPhie Dining Center Conference Room 102

Tufts University Geological Society (TUGS) GIM and Pet Rocks | 7:30 p.m. | Lane Hall Room 007

Tufts Ballroom Social Dance | 8 p.m. | Sophia Gordon Hall Multipurpose Room

Tufts Habitat for Humanity Club GIM | 9 p.m. | SEC Anderson Room 212, see featured events

Industrial Chemicals and the Problem of Too Much Food | 12 noon | Curtis Hall Multipurpose Room or virtual, see featured events

Women's Club Volleyball Tryouts | 6 p.m. | Chase Gymnasium (second floor of Steve Tisch Sports and Fitness Center)

Bengali Students Association GIM | 8 p.m. | Mayer Campus Center Room 203

Tufts Asian Student Coalition GIM | 9 p.m. | Tisch Library Room 316

Tufts Buddhist Mindfulness Sangha (TBMS) Fall Retreat to Temenos Retreat Center | 8 a.m. | Temenos Retreat Center

Pathways to Joy Book Discussion With Hindu Chaplaincy | 12 noon | Interfaith Center

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

Jummah Prayers With the Muslim Chaplaincy | 1 p.m. | Interfaith Center

Writing a Personal Statement | 1 p.m. | See featured events

Annual Fall Retreat | 4 p.m. | Rolling Ridge Retreat Center, 660 Great Pond Rd, North Andover

Transfer Student Social | 4:30 p.m. | Asian American Center, Ube Room

Homecoming Carnival | 5 p.m. | Fletcher Field

Cross University Student Innovator Mixer (CUSI) | 5 p.m. | Joyce Cummings Center, first floor lobby

Homecoming Block Party | 6:29 a.m. | J Field

Homecoming Brunch and Acai Bar | 10 a.m. | Campus Center Upper Patio (Lobby if rain)

Duck Boat Tour | 2 p.m. | Prudential Center

Tie-Dye Event | 4 p.m. | Campus Center Room 012

JumboSec General Interest Meeting | 5 p.m. | SEC Anderson Room 206

Homecoming Bingo | 9:30 p.m. | Joyce Cummings Center

DailyCon | 12:30 p.m. | Cummings Center Room 270

Goat Yoga | 1 p.m. | Fletcher Field

Tufts ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter Fall GIM | 1 p.m. | Joyce Cummings Center Room 160

If you are first-generation and/or low-income, join the FIRST Center and the Tufts Global Education team on Monday, September 18, at 5:30 p.m. in Dowling Hall Room 745A to learn more about studying abroad on financial aid. Dinner will be provided!

Join the Student Accessibility and Academic Resources (StAAR) Center for a series of workshops aimed at first-year students. These workshops will cover useful academic skills, paired with fun activities! Our second session is "First-Year Kickstart! Nurturing Habits and Planting Seeds," happening on Tuesday, September 19, at 5–6 p.m. in Barnum Hall Room 100. At this event, we will plant seeds and learn about the importance of building healthy habits. Walk-ins are welcome.

On Wednesdays starting September 20 at 12:15–12:45 p.m. in Goddard Chapel, all members of the Tufts community—students, staff, and faculty—are welcome to join members of the University Chaplaincy team for a weekly 30-minute multifaith gathering for peace. We look forward to sharing this space together as we navigate ongoing national and global crises and lift-up our individual and shared hopes for peace in ourselves, others, and our world.

The StAAR Center has great academic success and writing workshops coming up this week. Join us for "Managing Stress by Managing Your Time" on Wednesday, September 20, at 4:30–6 p.m. and "Writing a Personal Statement" on Friday, September 22, at 1–2 p.m. If you have questions, contact the StAAR Center at StAARCenter@Tufts.edu.

Learn about Tufts Habitat for Humanity at their GIM on Wednesday, September 20, at 9 p.m. in SEC Anderson Room 212.

On Thursday, September 21, at 12 noon in the Curtis Hall Multipurpose Room or virtually, join Professor Adam Romero for this installment in the Hoch Cunningham (HoCu) weekly environmental lecture series! After World War II, U.S. agricultural output exploded, due in large part to the massive influx of industrial chemicals like pesticides and fertilizers. The consumption of farm products, however, did not keep pace and immense surpluses quickly accrued. The talk explores the role that credit played in the creation of an agricultural system of high chemical input use and chronic surplus production.

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.

This week, review your course syllabi. Familiarize yourself with all attendance policies and deadlines. Ask professors for clarification if any policies are unclear.

First-year A&S students: Join the Senior Academic Advisors on Wednesday, September 20, at 12:30–1:30 p.m. for a workshop on Illness Policy and Communicating With Faculty. See Academic Essentials for details and the Zoom link.