Tufts Tips, Tricks, and Traditions

General Information

Campus Compass
A new page created to help you find any campus service from libraries, to laundry, to coffee and the campus convenience store. It also functions as an intereactive campus map, and will soon include the Grafton and Boston campuses.

TuftsLife
A customizable site for information on daily student life on campus. Announcements, events, campus and world news, dining menus for on campus and the Medford/Somerville area.

The Pachyderm
A guide to policies and student information put together by Student Services. Of special interest: page 94, Tuftonian Traditions: Jumbo, the cannon, "A light on the hill," and more.


Campus Services

Student Employment
Search for on and off campus jobs, both work study and non-work study, and even apply online.

Tufts University Libraries
The starting page for all Tufts campus libraries, the Boston Library Consortium and ILLiad pages, and other library services.

Office of Off-Campus Housing
Help for finding a house or apartment, how to evaluate possible rental properties, and your rights as a tenant.

Dining Services
Campus Dining Services, with information on all dining halls on campus, restaurants, and convenience stores. Meal plans are available for purchase in blocks by graduate students: for more information, click on Fall Semester Changes to dining plans. Also available for graduate student use is the Points program, which operates through your Tufts ID: for more information, click on meal plans and points.

Wireless Hotspots on Campus
From Tufts Campus Compass, a link to the 20+ locations for wireless access at Tufts.

Tufts OnLine: Wireless Access Help
A FAQ for connecting to the Tufts Wireless network, and troubleshooting.


Education

Ex College
Tufts' Experimental College, innovative and interdisciplinary courses taught by members of the community, including Tufts professors, graduate students, and professionals in the Boston area. Applications are accepted each semester for new courses and instructors.

Grants and Scholarships by discipline
A listing of various grants, scholarships, and awards arranged by area of relevant discipline. Put together by the Tufts Graduate School of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering.

This page is a work in progress. If you have any suggestions for links or questions you'd like answered here, please email amanda.pavlick@tufts.edu.