The Tufts University libraries support the educational and research programs of the university by serving students, faculty, and staff. On the Medford/Somerville campus are the Tisch Library serving the schools of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering; the Edwin Ginn Library of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; and the newly formed Department of Digital Collections and Archives, which manages the university's growing digital collections and houses the university's archives. The Health Sciences Library on the Boston campus serves the schools of medicine, dental medicine, the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, and the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging. The Webster Family Veterinary Medical Library serves the Grafton campus.
The Tufts libraries share one Integrated Library System (ILS). The online catalog provides access to resources physically and virtually available within the Tufts libraries and beyond. The resources of these libraries include almost 3 million bibliographic items: books, microforms, slides, pamphlets, and government publications. The libraries subscribe to approximately 5,000 periodicals. Along with the catalog of the libraries' rapidly expanding collections, each library's Web site hosts a state-of-the-art array of electronic databases, links to other Web sites, systems and services including a body of research tools accessible from each library's home page using any Web browser. Web resources are selected by the libraries for their value to Tufts faculty and students and include a substantial number of electronic resources: over 15,000 electronic journals, which contain full-text articles, in over 200 electronic databases and indexes.
Students and faculty can also gain access through the university libraries to the resources of the nineteen academic and research libraries belonging to the Boston Library Consortium and, through interlibrary loan, to library collections throughout the country and abroad.
Tisch Library
Jo-Ann Michalak, Director
The Tisch Library provides support for the instructional and research needs of
the Schools of Arts and Sciences and Engineering. The physical facilities of the
Tisch Library consist of the Tisch and music libraries, and reading rooms for
biology, chemistry, geology, and physics.
Renovated, expanded, and renamed in 1996, the Tisch Library provides a user-friendly learning environment which combines printed library materials with state-of-the-art electronic resources, many available on the Tufts network/Internet. The library provides increased seating (seating for a quarter of the student body) and collection capacity, an electronic resources center to teach information literacy skills which students use while they are at Tufts and in their careers (lifelong learning), a university-wide Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Center, and a cafe.
The library is a depository for federal government publications, including maps. It has a collection of more than 810,000 books, 31,000 media, over 2,700 print periodical titles, and over 950,000 microforms and other types of material. The library has 15,000 electronic journals in over 200 databases.
Special collections include the library of Hosea Ballou 2d, the Ritter collection of musicology, the P.T. Barnum collections, the Bolles collection of English history, and other rare books and manuscripts. These special collections are housed in the Digital Collections and Archives Department on level G of Tisch Library (nils.lib.tufts.edu/archives/), which also contains documents, memorabilia, and publications relating to the operation and history of the university, as well as archival copies of Tufts University theses.
The Irene Eisenman Bernstein Media Center contains facilities for presenting laserdisc, slides, films, videotapes, recordings, and audiotapes in five classrooms and at twenty-four individual viewing stations. It also provides state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment for curriculum-related purposes and individual study.
The Music Library, located in Leir Hall, contains over 32,000 musical scores, recordings, and books on music. It subscribes to approximately seventy periodicals. It provides sound equipment for individual and group listening.
For more information on Tisch library services and collections, visit http://www.library.tufts.edu/Tisch.
Edwin Ginn Library, The Fletcher School
The Edwin Ginn Library collection reflects the specialized curriculum and
research interests of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. The library
collects books, journals, and documents--in print and online format--in the
fields of international law and organization, humanitarian assistance,
development, world business and economics, environment, diplomacy,
communications, international trade and security studies, with supporting
collections of documents from the United Nations, the League of Nations, the International
Labor Office, and the Permanent Court of International Justice.
Special collections include the Edward R. Murrow Collection, the personal library, papers, and memorabilia donated by Mrs. Murrow to the Edward R. Murrow Center of Public Diplomacy; the John Moors Cabot Collection of papers; and the Philip Kingsland Crowe Collection of books, papers, and memorabilia.
The library provides support to the Feinstein International Famine Center, is a partner with Oxford University in its Forced Migration Online Project, and manages the Fletcher School's Web site and information technology support.
For more information visit http://www.library.tufts.edu/ginn/.
Health Sciences Library, Boston Campus
The Health Sciences Library, located in the Arthur M. Sackler Center for Health
Communications, has collections in all fields of medicine, dental medicine, nutrition, and
veterinary medicine, and supporting collections in the basic sciences. Special collections include works on the history of
science, medicine imprints
prior to 1914, and historical artifacts. The library serves
the schools of medicine, dental medicine, and veterinary medicine; the Sackler School of
Graduate Biomedical Sciences, the Tufts New England Medical
Center, the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of
Nutrition Science and Policy, and the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on
Aging.
The library combines conventional library materials and services with an increasing range of electronic resources available at Tufts or on the Internet. Two microcomputer labs are available to students and faculty for teaching, learning, and general computing use. Web version of Ovid Medline Plus (databases plus full text journals), e-journal collections, and TUSK (multimedia curriculum databases) are available for searching either in the library or with 24-hour access from home.
For more information, visit http://www.library.edu/hsl/.
Webster Family Veterinary Medical Library, Grafton Campus
The Veterinary Medical Library, located in the Franklin M. Loew Veterinary Medical
Education Center, contains the largest collection of clinical veterinary medicine
literature and resources in New England. It includes materials on medicine and surgery for
large, small, and exotic animals; animal welfare; wildlife diseases and ecology;
conservation medicine; laboratory animal science; and veterinary practice management.
A state-of-the-art computer laboratory provides students and faculty with an extensive array of personal computing options and specialized user training as well as expanded access to a wide range of electronic resources.
For more information, visit http://www/library.edu/vet/.
Digital Collections and Archives (DCA)
Encompassing the university archives and managing the Tufts digital library, the
DCA supports the teaching and research mission of the university through
creation and maintenance of digital library collections and the tools to access
those collections. It collects, organizes, preserves, and makes available
records of permanent administrative, legal, and historical value in fulfillment
of its mandate as the depository of archival and historical materials. The DCA
provides records management services to administrative offices in all divisions
and departments of the university.
For more information, visit nils.lib.tufts.edu/archives/.
Within Arts, Sciences, and Engineering, computer services are offered on the Medford/Somerville campus both by Tufts Computing and Communications Services (TCCS), the university's central computing organization, and by Information Technology Services (ITS).
TCCS offers access to Trumpeter, the university e-mail system, and access the Internet, including the World Wide Web. Information Technology Services (ITS) on the Medford campus provides support for students to check the status of their accounts or deal with account management issues at the computing center at Eaton Hall during walk-in hours or by appointment. TCCS also supports numerically intensive research and scientific computing by providing access to Amber, a high-performance server.
Information Technology Services (ITS)
maintains three computer labs on the Medford campus for both teaching and course
work and for general use computing. A PC and Macintosh computer lab, located in Eaton Hall,
has over 150 computers available for general-use computing and course work. In
the same building is a PC instructional facility with
18 computers used for teaching. The Braker Hall computer lab is a Macintosh-only lab
with 18 G4 computers available for teaching. All labs and computers have high-speed Internet connections, printing, and a wide variety of software. More
information about these computer labs and the other services ITS offers can be
found at http://ase.tufts.edu/its/.
Students should also check with their departments, many of which make their own
computing facilities available for use by their students.
Jean M. Papalia, Director
Tufts Career Services offers an array of services and programs to help students with all facets of career development and job hunting: career counseling, job and internship listings, campus recruiting, résumé preparation, career fairs, alumni presentations, interviewing tips, and much more. Career Services staff members are available by appointment to assist in making and reevaluating career decisions, setting realistic goals, and developing skills and strategies to realize these goals. Students are encouraged to use Career Services as early as their first year. Programs such as the "wintership program"--a two-week mini-internship in January--internships, and the sophomore career exploration series are of special interest to those just starting to examine career options.
The Career Services Web site (http://careers.tufts.edu) provides up-to-date information on workshops, job fairs, and other career events. The site also provides links to a wealth of career planning and job search resources, internship and full-time job listings, cover letter and résumé advice, self assessment and skills inventories, the Tufts Career Network, and career field information. This information can be accessed 24 hours a day, seven days a week from anywhere in the world.
Career Services is located on the seventh floor of Dowling Hall, 419 Boston Avenue. Career counseling appointments may be scheduled in advance by calling 617-627-3299.
The Center for Academic Excellence supports Tufts' commitment to excellence and innovation. The center's goal is to provide the faculty with the support and resources necessary to enhance the quality of scholarship and teaching.
Writing Across the Curriculum
Tufts students actively seek out the more than twenty writing workshop (ww) courses
that are offered through the Writing-Across-the-Curriculum program each semester. Under
the guidance of codirectors John Fyler (English) and Robert Cook
(Psychology), Tufts
faculty members opt to add an additional workshop section (fifty minutes each week) to
their regular courses in order to use writing to assist students in gaining a better
understanding of a subject. Writing is viewed as a tool that helps to examine, refine,
clarify, and share ideas and questions. Writing workshop sections are intimate and limited
to twenty students, although they are frequently smaller in enrollment. Students do not
earn additional course credit, but receive recognition on their transcripts.
Workshops and stipends are provided for faculty members who wish to participate in this popular program. For more information, visit www.tufts.edu/as/wac/wacweb.html.
Writing Resources
Writing Resources aims to promote and support the teaching of writing across the
university. Its mission is to work with faculty who wish to incorporate more writing into
their classes. The staff offers faculty workshops on teaching with writing, designing
writing assignments, and responding to student writing. Workshops on writing pedagogy are
also offered for teaching assistants during the academic year and in the summer institute.
The Writing Fellows Program, an initiative of Writing Resources, is designed to enhance the quality of writing by providing trained undergraduate and graduate students to assist students with written work in classes across the curriculum. The program complements the Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Program by expanding the number of courses devoting attention to writing. For more information, visit http://ase.tufts.edu/wts.
Critical Thinking and Ethics
Teaching students how to think critically is fundamental to our educational mission.
What counts as good evidence? What is an argument? How do we make good decisions and solve
problems creatively? What counts as good scientific reasoning? How do we identify genuine
instances of cause and effect? How can we best teach the important skills
required for analytic thought and argumentation? And how do we introduce the teaching of ethics into
our courses? Susan Russinoff (Philosophy) has been
highly successful in working with faculty across the curriculum who are interested in
infusing their courses with critical thinking skills. Through short workshops during the
academic year and more extended work sessions during the summer, existing courses are
redesigned and new courses are developed that enhance students' capacity for careful
thought. For more information, contact Susan.Russinoff@tufts.edu.
Technology and Teaching
Technology continuously alters what we know, just as it changes how we learn and how we
express what we think we know. When used effectively, computers and other technologies can
enrich the classroom experience and promote learning at all levels. Bernhard Martin
(German, Russian, and Asian Languages and Literatures) is available to consult faculty
members and departments wishing to incorporate new technologies for both research and
teaching purposes. For more information, contact Bernhard.Martin@tufts.edu.
The instructional services division of Information Technology Services (ITS) provides support to instructors using Blackboard courseware. Blackboard is an easy-to-use course management system, which allows instructors to create Web-based course sites and employ a number of synchronous collaboration tools. For more information, contact Neal.Hirsig@tufts.edu.
Professor Jonathan Kenny, Director
Dale Bryan, Experiential learning coordinator
The Center for Interdisciplinary Studies (CIS) brings together a group of programs that share a common interest in the application and integration of diverse perspectives and methodologies in order to better understand our world. Programs physically housed at the center in Eaton Hall include American Studies, Asian Studies, Peace and Justice Studies, and Women's Studies. Other programs affiliated with the center include Africa in the New World, Archaeology, Communications and Media Studies, Community Health, Environmental Studies, the Experimental College, International Relations, Latin American Studies, Latino Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, and World Civilizations.
The center is committed to building links between programs, developing new courses, training faculty to employ interdisciplinary approaches in the classroom, sponsoring speakers and conferences, and promoting interdisciplinary research. Center staff also serve as a clearinghouse for information on interdisciplinary activities on campus. (Courses with a CIS designation are listed in this bulletin under Interdisciplinary Studies.)
The center is located in Eaton Hall. More information is available at http://ase.tufts.edu/cis/.
Robert Lind, Director
The Engineering Project Development Center (EPDC), located in Anderson Hall, is a
facility at Tufts that supports the undergraduate engineering curriculum. This
facility is a start-to-finish project center that enables students to take their projects
from the initial idea stage to the final product and presentation stage.
In the teamwork area, students work in their project development groups brainstorming their ideas and accessing information from Tisch Library as well as over the Internet. After finalizing their design plans, they move to the computational design studio. This is where the real design work takes place, as students apply their CAD skills to their project design on state-of-the-art PC workstations. After their design is complete, they use the prototype development shop to build a scaled model or prototype to test their design.
As the use of computers in engineering continues to increase, it is important that engineering students are able to develop intuitive, practical skills through hands-on testing and application of their ideas. After building and testing their prototypes, students use the presentation preparation studio to create computer and video presentations. Students then present their projects to other students, faculty, and industry representatives in the video conference room.
For more information, visit http://www.tufts.edu/as/engdept/epdc or call 617-627-2208.
The Academic Resource Center, located in Dowling Hall, provides academic assistance to students who wish to study more effectively. Free peer tutoring in any subject is available during designated drop-in hours and by appointment in Dowling, in the residence halls, and around campus. Students can obtain a tutor online by accessing the tutor finder on the ARC Web site.
In addition to tutoring, undergraduate tutors conduct review sessions before examinations in a large number of courses and organize study groups for interested students. They also conduct workshops on time management, exam preparation, and library research.
Writing assistance is available for undergraduate and graduate students at any stage of the writing process. Writing tutors also work with students on larger projects such as senior theses, M.A. projects, and dissertations. Oral communications tutors help students improve their presentation skills.
The director is available to provide counseling for students who are having academic problems or who wish to obtain advice about course selection, exam anxiety, motivation, or time management.
For more information, visit http://ase.tufts.edu/arc.
Tufts University is committed to providing support for all students so that they may achieve their academic potential. The university welcomes applications from students with disabilities and assures them that the university will provide access to all programs for which they are qualified.
Specific assistance is provided for students with documented learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder, impaired hearing, speech, vision, and mobility, and students coping with serious illness. Information about resources to assist students with disabilities and procedures for arranging reasonable accommodations can be obtained through Sandra Baer, coordinator of services for students with disabilities, in the Academic Resource Center at Dowling Hall.
Each student's program of study is given individual attention to take personal needs into account with respect to academic and nonacademic assistance. The center will arrange academic support services such as readers, tutors, note takers, extra time on exams, and exam proctors. Special effort is made to make possible participation in extracurricular activities and encourage personal development and independence.
Questions about Tufts policy may be addressed to the Academic Resource Center and to the Office of Equal Opportunity. For more information, contact the coordinator at 617-627-2000.
Michelle Bowdler, Director
Margaret Higham, Medical director
Tufts University Health Service (TUHS) is located at 124 Professors Row, across from the field and tennis courts on the Medford/Somerville campus. During the academic year, the hours are 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday and holidays. TUHS is professionally staffed by dedicated physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician's assistants, all of whom have worked in college health for a number of years. It has an on-site, full-service certified laboratory staffed with highly qualified laboratory personnel. In addition to primary and urgent health-care and psychiatric services, the Health Service offers on-site appointments with specialty providers in gynecology and orthopedics. In addition to the health services provided, TUHS is a resource on campus for the various health concerns affecting students. The Health Service works closely with local hospitals should hospitalization be required.
Prior to registration each student is required to submit to the Health Service a fully completed health questionnaire that includes a medical history, complete physical examination results, laboratory tests, and immunization history.
Tufts University policy requires that each student have medical coverage under an accident/sickness insurance plan with benefits comparable to the university's student plan. The university offers a comprehensive plan at a reasonable cost for students and, if necessary, their spouses/partners and children.
All fulltime students are automatically charged for the Tufts student accident/sickness insurance plan. If students are covered under their parents' or other private insurance plan and they do not want the university's student plan, it may be waived by submitting a waiver form to the Health Service prior to the waiver cutoff date. For a complete explanation of the health fee, see Expenses.
For more information, visit http://ase.tufts.edu/healthservices.
Margot E. Abels, Director
The Alcohol and Drug Program uses an integrated, multi-pronged approach to substance use, misuse, and abuse on campus. Focus is placed on the personal and the individual as well as the environmental factors that influence alcohol and drug use in an effort to promote wellness in our community and to optimize the academic success of our students.
Program offerings include prevention education, outreach and training programs, addiction counseling, support group services, assessments by a professional clinician, treatment referral and information, support for family members and children of addicts, information on policies and procedures, and opportunities for student leadership and campus dialogue.
The Alcohol and Drug Program is located at the Tufts Health Service, 124 Professors Row. For more information, call 617-627-3861.
Jonathan Slavin, Director
Sherry Richman, Associate director
The Tufts University Counseling Center is staffed by professionally trained counselors who will discuss any personal and academic concerns with students, faculty, and university employees. Counselors are frequently consulted for personal problems, family problems, problems in relationships, sexuality and sexual orientation, academic and study difficulties, and decisions about choices of major or career. Students may be seen for personal counseling or, when appropriate, they will be referred to other qualified university or community services.
The services of the Counseling Center are available without charge to all undergraduate students at Tufts and to graduate students who are covered by the comprehensive health fee. Interviews with counselors are confidential. Except for life-threatening emergencies, information is released solely for purposes of further counseling with the written consent of the individual.
The Counseling Center also provides information and applications for graduate and professional school tests, including the Miller Analogies Test.
The Counseling Center is located at Sawyer House, 120 Curtis Street, and is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Appointments
may be made in person or by calling 617-627-3360. For more information, visit http://ase.tufts.edu/counselingcenter.
For the incoming student who commutes, it is important to have a home base on campus. Commuters are urged to get involved in the mainstream of campus social life.
Tufts offers a number of resources to make commuter life a little easier. Founded in 1963, the Off-Hill Council is the campus organization for commuters. The council coordinates academic, athletic, and other special activities for both commuting and residential students. Hillside House, located at 32 Dearborn Road in Somerville, is the headquarters of the Off-Hill Council. Meetings are held at the house every Monday at 11:30 a.m. The fifteen-room house has facilities for studying, cooking, recreation, and occasional overnight stays. It serves as a gathering place for commuters throughout the day and night. It is probably the best location for keeping notebooks and belongings between classes or for studying with a friend. Hillside House is always open for undergraduates who commute from home. The university employs two comanagers who reside in the house whenever school is in session. They are responsible for making arrangements for commuting students to stay overnight. Students commuting from home may stay overnight as often as they wish, provided there is space.
For more information, contact Veronica Carter in Dowling Hall at 617-627-3158.
Jodie Nealley, Director
The Office of Student Activities at Tufts University seeks to build community and inspire the growth of the whole student by being a catalyst in the lives of students through a support system of guidance, compassion, service, and leadership. The Office of Student Activities, located in the Mayer Campus Center, fosters the growth and development of students in the areas of leadership and programming and assists students in planning and coordinating a broad range of social, cultural, and educational programs.
Students looking for opportunities to become involved on campus with affiliated student organizations should visit http://ase.tufts.edu/osa/. Students also have the opportunity to join student organizations by attending the Student Activity Fair--held the first Monday after classes begin, both fall and spring semesters.
More information about the Office of Student Activities or events on campus is available at the Information Booth 617-627-3145, the Office of Student Activities 617-627-3212, and online at http://ase.tufts.edu/osa/.
Jane Etish-Andrews, Director
The International Center provides immigration advising and visa documentation for approximately 1,000 students, faculty, and research scholars representing over 100 countries on all campuses. Additionally, the office provides counseling and advising services to the undergraduate and graduate students as needed. A small emergency loan fund exists to assist students in financial need.
The International Center issues visa documents to nonimmigrant students, faculty, and research scholars. Tufts is legally required to report to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) when students or faculty/research scholars fall out of compliance with the USCIS regulations. For detailed information on the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) refer to the Web site: http://ase.tufts.edu/icenter.
The International Center coordinates a number of activities throughout the year, including an undergraduate preorientation program for new international students and for a number of American first-year students. This program is run by undergraduate volunteer host advisers who are both international and American. The center, in conjunction with the International Club, runs an annual weeklong intercultural festival in the spring semester. The center serves as adviser to the International House (a special interest house) and the International Club.
The center also provides programs for graduate international students. The Intercultural Conversation Program is available for graduate students who wish to meet with a partner on a regular basis to practice spoken English and to develop a friendship.
The center is located at 20 Sawyer Avenue. For more information, visit http://ase.tufts.edu/icenter
or call 617-627-3458, or fax 617-627-6076.
Lisa M. Coleman, Director
Founded in 1969, the Africana Center works to augment the academic mission of the university and to ensure that all students of African descent have access to a variety of academic, cultural, and student resources available on campus. The center works with students, faculty, and staff across ethnicities, nationalities (American Caribbean, South American, etc.), gender, and sexual orientation to celebrate, recognize, and honor the vast contributions of people of African descent to Tufts and the community at large.
The center sponsors a variety of programs, including an annual Cape Cod Orientation Retreat and a Peer Academic Leader program. Throughout the year, the center coordinates events and activities that are open to all members of the university community. These events reflect and celebrate the scholarly and creative endeavors of people of African descent.
The center serves as a resource for student organizations including the Pan African Alliance (PAA), the Caribbean Club, the African Student Organization (ASO), the NIA mentoring project, the Black Women's Group, the Black Men's Group, Black Pre-Law Society, Black Theatre Company, the National Society for Black Engineers (NSBE), Onyx literary magazine, the Black Graduate Student Association, and the residential unit, Capen House. In addition, the center works with the coordinators of the Tufts-in-Ghana program, the Historically Black College and University Exchange Program, and the Black Alumni Association.
All students are invited to come and visit the Africana Center (8 Professors Row). There is a library with resource materials and a computer lab for student use.
For additional information or to be added to the listserv, contact the Africana
Center by
phone 617-627-3372, fax 617-627-3382, e-mail af-am@tufts.edu,
or visit http://ase.tufts.edu/africana.
Linell Yugawa, Director
The Asian American Center, founded in 1983, is a resource for the university and the Asian/Asian American communities and fosters a supportive environment for the academic and personal development of students by offering programs and services. The center recognizes the distinct East Asian, Southeast Asian, and South Asian cultures and identities present in the Tufts community, and advocates for students to ensure a successful college experience.
The center coordinates educational and cultural programs, focusing on Asians in the U.S. and the diaspora. The center collaborates with other centers, academic departments, and student organizations to provide programming. Annual events/programs include the September community reception, Peer Leader Program and Georges Island outing for first-year students, Discover Boston (a community learning activity), alumni networking reception, and Day of Remembrance. Asian American month, recognized nationally in May, is celebrated at Tufts in November. Programs are open to the entire Tufts community.
The center has computers for student use and information on campus events, community programs, and academic and work opportunities. All students have access to books, periodicals, and newspapers pertaining to the Asian experience in the U.S. and also receive information on events through e-mail. The center offers a meeting space and many opportunities for intercultural learning among students of different Asian ethnicities.
The director provides academic and personal advising on course selection, majors and careers, transition to college, and identity formation and development, and works with other programs and offices to ensure that Asian/Asian American student needs are being met.
The center staff works with student groups through the Pan-Asian Council, a collaborative of representatives from Asian student organizations, including Asian Community at Tufts, Chinese Students Association, Filipino Cultural Society, Hawaii Club, Hong Kong Students Association, Japanese Culture Club, Korean Students Association, Taiwanese Association of Students at Tufts, Thai Club, Tufts Association of South Asians, Vietnamese Students Club, and Asian Christian Fellowship. The director also serves as adviser to the Asian American House (Start House), a special interest group housing unit.
The center is located in Start House, 17 Latin Way. For more information,
visit http://ase.tufts.edu/asianam/,
call 617-627-3056, or e-mail asianamcenter@tufts.edu.
Rubén Salinas Stern, Director
The Latino Center, founded in 1993, provides resources for the growing Latino/Hispanic population at Tufts. The center's primary mission is to create a supportive environment for students by offering programs and services that build a strong Latino community on campus.
In collaboration with the Association of Latin American Students (ALAS), the center coordinates Latino Heritage Month in October. Programs throughout the year include the Latino Peer Adviser Program and Retreat for first-year students, Latina Women's Group, and the Latino Mentoring Program, where Tufts students work with youth in a local elementary school.
The center offers a friendly space for studying, group meetings, or informal conversation. Resources include a computer lab; a library of books, periodicals, and videos reflecting Latino culture and experience; and a bulletin board of job listings. A newsletter, Noticias, is published by the center. The director offers academic, career, and personal advising focusing on a wide variety of topics such as course selection, cultural identity issues, discrimination, family concerns, culture shock, and successful adaptation to the university environment. The director is the adviser to ALAS and to La Casa, the residential house on campus.
The Latino Center is located at 226 College Avenue. For more information, visit
http://ase.tufts.edu/latinocenter
or call 617-627-3363.
Dona Yarbrough, Director
Staffed by students and a full-time director, the LGBT Center offers a safe, supportive environment for LGBT and questioning students as well as straight allies. The center provides programming, advising, and educational resources on issues of sexual and gender identity and aims to improve the experience of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students at Tufts, as well as to provide campus-wide education about sexuality, gender, and the effects of homophobia.
The center organizes numerous events throughout the year, including the annual statewide Safe Colleges Conference, an LGBT-focused conference for college students. The center also runs a number of support and discussion groups and offers referrals to various resources in the Boston area. Students, faculty, and staff can make individual appointments to speak with the director, and both the director and student members of Team Q are available to speak to classes and other groups about sexual orientation and gender.
Resources include computers for student use, a book and video library, a video lounge, meeting room, and quiet study space. The center works closely with the group for undergraduates, Tufts Transgender Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Collective (TTLGBC), and the Rainbow House, a special interest house for LGBT and ally students, as well as the LGBT Faculty/Staff Caucus, and Pride on the Hill, the alumni group.
The center is located at 226 College Avenue on the second and third floors. For more information, call
617-627-3770 or visit http://ase.tufts.edu/lgbt.
Peggy Barrett, Director
The Women's Center, founded as a student organization in 1973, addresses matters of specific concern to women in order to create an atmosphere that is safe, supportive, and intellectually rich for both men and women. The center provides programming, counseling, information, and resources on these issues from a variety of perspectives that take into account differences of race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic class.
The Women's Center Student Board, a student advisory committee, coordinates events for the community. The peer education program provides information and workshops on sexuality, body image, careers, and other contemporary concerns. The Campus Violence Prevention Project is a federally funded program of the center focusing on educating students about sexual assault, rape, relationship violence, and stalking.
The director is available for counseling or discussions with students, faculty, and staff on topics including discrimination, harassment, rape, abuse in relationships, and concerns about eating or body image.
The center houses a resource room, lounge area, and staff offices. The resource room, staffed by students, has information on events, internships, community organizations, and current issues including health, politics, racism, and sexuality. The lounge is open to all students on a drop-in basis every day.
The center is located at 55 Talbot Avenue. For more information, visit http://ase.tufts.edu/womenscenter,
or call 617-627-3184.
The Chaplaincy - A Center for All Faiths
The university chaplain is housed in Goddard Chapel which stands near the heart of the university campus. Acknowledging the religious
diversity of campus life, the chaplaincy is open to people of all faiths for
study, fellowship,
counseling, and services. The chaplaincy serves as an umbrella for the activities of campus
religious organizations, promoting dialogue and understanding
between people of different faiths. To this end, it sponsors interfaith programs
of a religious, cultural, and ethical nature.
In addition to the university chaplain, four chaplains appointed by their faith communities--the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, the United Church of Christ, and the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, and the Islamic Society of Boston--and approved by the university serve the campus and work closely together in their campus ministries. The university chaplain, Reverend David O'Leary, has an office in Goddard Chapel. The Roman Catholic chaplain, Ms. Ann Penick, celebrates Mass at Goddard Chapel and has an office at the Catholic Center at Tufts, 58 Winthrop Street, Medford. The Protestant chaplain conducts services at Goddard Chapel and has an office in Curtis Hall loft. The Jewish chaplain, Rabbi Jeffrey Summit, who serves as the director for Hillel on campus, has an office in the Granoff Family Hillel Center on Capen Street. The Muslim chaplain, Imam Noureddine Hawat, leads prayer service at the Islamic Center, 176 Curtis Street.
Other denominational groups and religious organizations also contribute to religious life on campus.
For more information, visit www.tufts.edu/chaplaincy or call 617-627-3427.
The Catholic Center at Tufts
The Catholic Center at Tufts, located at 58 Winthrop Street, Medford
Hillside, sponsors a wide
range of programs and activities: swing dances, fall hayrides, sacrament preparation,
retreats, and outreach/services projects. Ms. Ann Penick is
the director and the Roman Catholic chaplain. During the academic year Sunday Mass is
celebrated at Goddard Chapel at 10:00 p.m. and weekday mass
is celebrated on Wednesdays and Fridays at 12:30 p.m. The Catholic Center at Tufts relates
to the student organization, the Catholic Community at Tufts. For more information, call
781-391-7272, or e-mail
ann.penick@tufts.edu.
The Protestant Ministry
The Protestant Ministry is an umbrella for twelve denominational affiliates and one
nondenominational organization. The Protestant Ministry offices are located above Brown
& Brew in Curtis Hall. Pastoral counseling and activities are provided by the
Protestant Chaplain. During the academic year, worship services
are held in Goddard Chapel on Sundays at 7:00 p.m. The Protestant Ministry
relates to the Protestant Student Fellowship and Tufts Christian Fellowship
(intervarsity). For more information, call 617-627-2097.
Tufts Hillel
The Granoff Family Hillel Center is located on the main quad, next to Miller Hall.
Striving to create a sense of Jewish community, Hillel involves undergraduate and graduate
students, faculty, staff, and administrators, and works closely with other Jewish campus
organizations, including Tufts Friends of Israel and the Bayit (Jewish Culture House). In
addition to serving the needs of the Jewish community on campus, Hillel is a resource for
information about Judaism. Student leadership works closely with the professional staff to
conduct a variety of activities, including religious observances, cultural celebrations,
study groups, and lectures. Jewish religious services of all levels of observance are
provided every Shabbat and on holidays, and Kosher Shabbat dinners are held every week.
Most programs are initiated by the standing committees: education, religious,
social/cultural, advertising, social action, international Jewry, outreach, and holidays
and festivals. Board meetings are held on Mondays, and everyone is welcome and encouraged
to get involved. Rabbi Jeffrey Summit, Hillel director and chaplain, is available to
students, staff, and faculty for counseling or informal conversation. For more
information, visit www.tuftshillel.org
or call 617-627-3242.
Tufts Islamic Center
The Islamic Center is located at 176 Curtis Street and provides an opportunity for
Muslim
students to gather for worship, social activities, and education. The center holds weekly
prayer services at 1:30 p.m. on Fridays during the academic year. Imam
Noureddine Hawat is available to the community. The Islamic Center relates to
the Muslim Students at Tufts (MSAT). For more
information, visit
http://www.ase.tufts.edu/msat.
Amy Ingrid Schlegel, Director
The mission of the Tufts University Art Gallery is to animate the intellectual life of the greater university community through exhibitions and programs that explore new, global perspectives on art and art discourse. The gallery is dedicated to conceiving and presenting art exhibitions and educational programs that support the academic and civic ideals of Tufts University. These ideals include: excellence, intellectual and social engagement, the balance of scholarship and teaching (including fostering mentoring relationships). The university and the gallery value a world view that encompasses both local and global perspectives.
The gallery fosters clutural exchange by creating a forum for art produced by emerging and mid-career artists, by featuring new work of established artists, and by exposing fresh interpretations and scholarship on art.
The gallery's major constituencies include: current students, faculty, and staff on the Tufts Medford/Somerville campus, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and the other Tufts schools; the greater university community of alumni, parents, donors, friends, and neighbors; the regional and New England arts community; and arts professionals (including exhibiting artists).
Each year the gallery also mounts thesis exhibitions by candidates for the master of fine arts degree in studio art, offered by Tufts in affiliation with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The gallery also serves as a venue for an exhibition organized by students in the exhibition planning class of the Museum Studies Program.
The Tufts University Art Gallery's exhibition space
consists of the Tisch and Koppelman
Galleries, the Remis Sculpture Court,
the New Media Wall for short works in video, animation, and film, and the
Slater Concourse Gallery (a Tufts community gallery). More information is
available at http://ase.tufts.edu/as/gallery.
Joanne Bertelsen Barnett, Manager
Every year the Balch Arena Theater presents three major productions in which students are encouraged to participate. Opportunities are provided for involvement in acting, directing, design, stage management, and arts administration.
Up to ten undergraduate-directed productions are mounted annually. The summer season offers students a chance to work in Magic Circle Theater for children ages eleven to fifteen, and in Creative Arts for children ages seven to ten. The Balch Arena Theater is the home of many of the university's drama groups including Pen, Paint, and Pretzels, the drama honor society.
The theater also hosts dance performances, lecture/demonstrations, and other special
events. The theater's box office, costume shop, and scene shop employ students to support
the many theater-related activities throughout the year.
Ed Dente, Director
Located in the F. W. Olin Center for Language and Culture Studies, the Foreign Language and Culture Media Center supports and supplements foreign language instruction in a multimedia setting. Students using audio and videotapes may work in basic to advanced levels of language instruction, study interview and culture tapes, or listen to and view taped classics of foreign literature and music. Using the center's video cameras, students may produce plays or performances for use in class, or they may produce independent video projects for evaluation by instructors. The center has moved into computer-interactive video that allows an unprecedented depth of involvement between students and their instructional materials. As well as receiving daily live video news broadcasts from around the world, the center is the teleconference reception site for the Medford/Somerville campus. Since the mid-1960s, the center has maintained Tufts Audio Archives, a collection of formal lectures, symposia, readings, and informal presentations.
For more information, visit http://ase.tufts.edu/lmc or call 617-627-3036.
The athletic program at Tufts provides students with numerous opportunities to compete in intercollegiate, intramural, and club sports, and to engage in general recreation. The intercollegiate athletics program at Tufts features thirty-three sports that compete as members of the NCAA, ECAC, and NESCAC in Division Three. Each year, many Jumbo teams and student athletes are among the best in regional and national competition. Intramural and club sports at Tufts are designed to be competitive and fun. A wide selection of sports, ranging from soccer and basketball to rugby and ultimate Frisbee, are available to all students.
Recreational opportunities for students are plentiful. The Gantcher Family Sports
and Convocation Center offers a 200-meter track and four indoor tennis courts, the Ames
Human Performance Center features the Lunder Fitness Center. Cousens,
Chase, and Jackson Gymnasiums, Hamilton Pool, and several fields are also available for
recreation except when varsity teams are practicing or hosting events. Permission and
reservations may be required for some facilities. Schedules of the various recreational
facilities are published in a brochure available from the athletic program office in
Cousens Gymnasium. For more information, visit http://ase.tufts.edu/athletics
or call 617-627-5005.