Programs & Events

The Office of Residential Life and Learning is committed to creating a safe, engaging, and welcoming environment in our residence halls through a variety of programs and events. Our residential life staff build strong communities through programming that spans a wide selection of categories responding to both the developmental needs and interests of their communities.

Residential students at Tufts can count on events ranging from Hall Snacks, a Tufts tradition, to programs capitalizing on current events such as the 2008 presidential election and the Haitian and Chilean earthquakes in early 2010. Other past programs have included:

• Course advising and tutoring nights
• Hall dances, socials, and BBQs
• Potlucks, baking and cooking workshops
• Movie nights and film discussions, "Old School Cartoon Night"
• Yoga nights and other fitness classes
• RAD (Rape Agression Defense) self-defense workshops
• TUPD bike registration and laser engraving
• Painting the cannon
• Hall snacks with the President
• Mental health awareness and stress relief workshops
• Massage night study breaks
• "Good Eats" nutrition workshops and smoothie events
• Guest faculty speakers, e.g. the annual nature walk around campus lead by Professor George Elimore
• ...and more!

For more information about all of the residential programming initiatives and opportunities at Tufts, check out the links to the left. Have a great idea for a program in your hall? Contact your RA or send an email to Elizabeth Hartford, Programming Coordinator of Residential Life.