JUMBO DIGEST | September 28, 2025 | STUDENT LIFE EVENTS

Hello Jumbos!

October starts this week! G'mar tov to those observing Yom Kippur starting Wednesday. Here's what's coming up.

Roman Catholic Mass | 5 p.m. | Goddard Chapel

Mindful Dialogue with the Buddhist Chaplaincy | 5:30 p.m. | Interfaith Center

Pre-Veterinary Society Mentorship Program Meet-and-Greet | 6:30 p.m. | Eaton Hall Room 201

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

Tufts Equestrian Bake Sale | 10 a.m. | Mayer Campus Center

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

Envisioning Your Senior Thesis | 12 noon | Tisch Library Room 127, see featured events

Tufts Consulting Collective (TCC) Weekly Office Hour | 4:30 p.m. | Campus Center Room 209

Hair Me Out | 6 p.m. | Eaton Hall

Dinner Club | 7 p.m. | Carmichael Dining Hall

Black Students in Computer Science (BSCS) Figma Tote-Making Event | 10 a.m. | Sophia Gordon Hall Room 100

Career Labs | 12 noon | Dowling Hall Suite 740

Drop-In Journaling | 12 noon | Goddard Chapel

Smithsonian Internship and Fellowship Information Session | 12 noon | Virtual

LSE Summer School: Independent Summer Study Options | 12 noon | Dowling Hall Room 745A, see featured events

Blood Drive | 2 p.m. | Alumnae Lounge

Food Systems and Alt Protein Talk with Dr. Faraz | 4 p.m. | Pearson Laboratory Room 106

Charles River Associates Information Session | 6 p.m. | Joyce Cummings Center Room 401

Pre-Physician Assistant (PA) Society Drop-in Advising/Study Session | 6 p.m. | Eaton Hall Room 273

The War on Education?: Academic Freedom and Trump's Executive Actions | 6 p.m. | Barnum Hall LL08

Law School Panel with Georgetown, University of Chicago, and Temple | 6 p.m. | Virtual, see featured events

Annual Professor Proctor Theme Lecture | 9 p.m. | Eaton Hall Room 201

Tufts Community Union (TCU) Talks/Student Senate Tabling | 11:30 a.m. | Mayer Campus Center Tables

Modern Yogi Book Club | 12 noon | Interfaith Center Lounge

Writing a Personal Statement | 12 noon | Tisch Library Room 127, see featured events

Engineering Design Abroad in Cartagena, Colombia | 12 noon | Tsunming Tu Center (TTC) Anderson Room 211, see featured events

Curatorial Conversation: Work, Careers, and Community | 12 noon | SMFA Artist Resource Center (B205), see featured events

First Steps | 5:30 p.m. | Dowling Hall Room 745A, see featured events

MFA Panel of Women Latinax Historians | 5:45 p.m. | Barnum Hall Dana Complex Room 104

Tea and Community Care with the Buddhist Chaplaincy | 7 p.m. | Goddard Chapel

JumboXR Beat Saber Competition | 7 p.m. | Tsungming Tu Complex (TTC) Anderson Room 206

Pixel Art Event | 7 p.m. | Joyce Cummings Center Room 180

Soy-Protein Taste Testing | 7 p.m. | TTC Anderson Room 208

VP Debate Watch Party | 9 p.m. | Cummings Center

Yom Kippur | Tufts Hillel, see featured events

Flow Like Water: Non-Profit Work in the Environmental Field | 12 noon | Curtis Hall Multipurpose Room and Virtual

Job and Internship Search Strategy Workshop | 12 noon | Virtual, see featured events

Student Accessibility and Academic Resources (StAAR) Center Creative Writing Jam | 4 p.m. | Tisch Library Room 127

First Gen Support Group | 4 p.m. | Counseling and Mental Health Service (CMHS), 120 Curtis Street

Let's Talk with CMHS | 4 p.m. | Tisch Library Austin Conference Room 226

Tufts in London Information Session | 5:30 p.m. | Dowling Hall Room 745B, see featured events

WMFO Speed Dating at The Sink! | 6 p.m. | The Sink, Campus Center

Alt-J Yom Kippur Break Fast | 6:30 p.m. | Interfaith Center (58 Winthrop)

AAC Senior Social | 7 p.m. | Asian American Center 1st Floor

Tufts in Paris Information Session | 12 noon | Olin Center Room 106, see featured events

Tufts in Oxford Information Session | 12 noon | Dowling Hall Milmore Room, see featured events

Talk About Relationships in Mandarin | 1 p.m. | CMHS, 120 Curtis Street

Muslim Friday Prayers | 1:15 p.m. | Interfaith Center

Civic Studies Community Social | 2 p.m. | Barnum Hall Rabb Room

Coping with Loss Counseling Group | 3 p.m. | CMHS, 120 Curtis Street

Oktoberfest | 4 p.m. | The Great American Beer Hall, 142 Mystic Ave, Medford

Taylor Swift Album Listening Party! | 5 p.m. | Barnum Hall Room 208

Bengali Students Association (BSA) Club Dinner | 5 p.m. | Campus Center Room 203

Ethiopian Eritrean Students Association (EESA) Fall Picnic | 5 p.m. | Bromfield-Pearson Hall Lawn

French Society Trivia Night | 6:30 p.m. | Olin Center Room 007

ASAP Social | 4:30 p.m. | TTC Atrium

WuZee Mooncake Picnic Bonding! | 5:30 p.m. | President's Lawn

Orgullo: Cultural Showcase | 7 p.m. | Cohen Auditorium

Chinese Students Association Jiating Reveal | 7 p.m. | Sophia Gordon Hall

Back-to-School Show | 7 p.m. | Crane Room

Garba | 7 p.m. | Breed Memorial Hall (51 Winthrop Street) Room 107

Community Day 2025 | 10 a.m. | Academic Quad, see featured events

Coming up this week at StAAR:

Events take place in Tisch Library Room 127.

Are you thinking about law school? Join us on Tuesday, September 30, at 6 p.m. via Zoom and get practical tips about applying and valuable insights you will not find on Reddit.

Join us on Wednesday, October 1, at 12 noon to hear more about the exciting new offering of ME 90 Engineering Design Abroad in Cartagena, Colombia, which is open to engineers from all engineering disciplines. ME 90 entails a semester-long, community-based design project that integrates selected community partners in the project planning and decision-making process, culminating in a real-world deliverable.

Join Tufts University Art Galleries' (TUAG) Curator and Director of the Collective Futures Fund Laurel V. McLaughlin on Wednesday, October 1, at 12 noon–1 p.m. in the SMFA Artist Resource Center (B205) for informal conversation about curatorial work, career options, and acknowledging and galvanizing artistic communities. BFA and MFA students can bring questions about curating projects, planning for internships or future curatorial careers, and ideas/questions about audience-building.

Join Tufts Global Education on Wednesday, October 1, at 5:30–6:30 p.m. in Dowling Hall Room 745A to learn about the first steps for studying abroad during the 2026–2027 academic year.

Join us for Yom Kippur at Tufts Hillel beginning Thursday, October 2. Services include Reform and Conservative morning worship, Mincha/Neilah in the evening, and a Break-Fast meal to close. Come to reflect, sing, and connect. All are welcome. Please register in advance for meals via SMS.

Join us on Thursday, October 2, at 12 noon–1 p.m. via Zoom to prepare for your job search by understanding your product: you! We'll talk about defining and researching your target markets, uncovering published and unpublished jobs—the "hidden job market”—and using multiple job search methods effectively.

Join us on Thursday, October 2, at 5:30–6:30 p.m. in Dowling Hall Room 745B to learn about Tufts in London from the program director and Tufts Global Education staff. Food will be served.

Join us Friday, October 3, at 12 noon–1 p.m. in Olin Center Room 106 to learn about Tufts in Paris from the program director and Tufts Global Education staff. Food will be served.

Join us on Friday, October 3, at 12 noon–1 p.m. in Dowling Hall Milmore Room to learn about Tufts in Oxford from the program director and Tufts Global Education staff. Food will be served.

Community Day is an annual event that welcomes about 2,500 neighbors to campus for live performances, exhibits, resource tables, and displays from various organizations. We are looking for student volunteers to help us set up and clean up, direct organizations to their tables, help families with activities and other tasks as needed. Volunteer commitment is Sunday, October 5, at 10 a.m.–2 p.m. on the Academic Quad. You will receive a free t-shirt, barbecue, and JumboCash as a thank you.

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.

Jumbo Spring Break is the trip of a lifetime! You will make friends, have a very unique experience, and be a difference-maker in a local community on this immersive service-learning trip to Hawaii with other Tufts students during spring break. During the day, we will build homes for families in need. In the evenings, we will experience Hawaii's unique culture and have fun social experiences and excursions. Applications are now open. You can apply until October 3.

Applications to speak at TEDxTufts are now open! TEDxTufts, Tufts' student-run, independently organized TED program, highlights the voices and ideas of students, faculty, and alumni with two events: Our inaugural Fall Event (with the Community Health department) features five- to seven-minute lightning talks and a panel (deadline: September 28). Our flagship Spring Conference (March 2026) draws over 500 attendees with full-length talks (deadline: October 5), later featured on TED's global platforms. Apply now!

Tufts Admissions will soon be hosting Voices of Tufts, an overnight program for high school seniors, on Sunday, October 19–Monday, October 20. We are seeking undergraduates who live on the Medford/Somerville campus to host one or more prospective students overnight on Sunday, October 19. To sign up, log in to SIS, select Student Living, and select MyJumboLife portal to access the Voices overnight host form ("Voices of Tufts Overnight Host Signup"). Direct questions to voices@tufts.edu.

Majors Month Starts on October 20

We will have a series of events and workshops to help students in their major exploration process. Stay tuned for more information on these events and announcements in your Academic Essentials Canvas course.

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.

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