Overview
Academic Resource Center (ARC)
The Tufts Academic Resource Center (the ARC) provides a number of free services
to Arts and Sciences graduate students. These services include: tutoring, study
skills and time management workshops, writing support, individualized, one-on-one
support for students interested in improving their public speaking and oral
communication skills, confidential one-on-one academic counseling, services for
students with disabilities, and a variety of other resources. To learn more about
the ARC, go to http://ase.tufts.edu/arc/
or call 617.627.4345.
Career Services
Tufts Career Services supports arts and sciences graduate students with all facets
of career development and job hunting. Programs and services include internship
and job listings, campus recruiting, career workshops, résumé writing,
interviewing skills, career counseling, a resource library, and much more. The
Career Services Web site provides up-to-date information on alumni presentations,
workshops, job fairs, and other career events both on and off campus. The site
also provides links to a wealth of career planning and job search resources,
cover letter and résumé advice, the Tufts Career Network, industry
information, and internship and full-time job listings. For more information,
go to http://careers.tufts.edu
or call 617.627.3299.
Computing Services
Computing Services are offered on the Medford/Somerville campus by both Tufts
University Information Technology (UIT), the university's central computing
organization, and by Information Technology Services (ITS) within the School
of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering. For more information on
computing services offered by UIT, go to
http://uit.tufts.edu/ or
call 617.627-3376. For more information on computing services offered by ITS,
go to http://ase.tufts.edu/its/.
Counseling and Mental Health Service
The Tufts University Counseling and Mental Health Service (CMHS) is staffed by
professionally trained counselors who are available to discuss personal and academic
concerns with students. Brief counseling services at the CMHS are available without
charge to graduate students who have paid the comprehensive student health fee.
Psychiatry services are offered without charge for the first three visits. Subsequent
visits are available at a fee. When appropriate, students will be referred to other
qualified university or community services. The CMHS is located in Sawyer House at 120
Curtis Street. Appointments may be made in person or by calling 617.627.3360. For more
information, go to http://ase.tufts.edu/counseling/.
Dean of Student Affairs Office
The Office of the Dean of Student Affairs is the primary advocate for students on
campus. It is the students' central contact on campus for any and all ideas or
suggestions; students are invited to drop by or make an appointment at any time.
The office is also available to students for consultation on any matter affecting
a student's life where support is needed, and for counseling and advice during a
crisis or emergency. The Tufts community is supported by many organizations,
including the following, which are under the purview of the Office of the Dean
of Student Affairs: Commuting Students Program, Judicial Affairs Office, Office
of Residential Life and Learning, Off-Campus Housing Resource Center, Offices of
Student Activities, and the campus cultural resource centers. For more information, go to
http://uss.tufts.edu/dosa/deansoffice/
or call 617.627.3158.
ESL Program
The Tufts English Language Programs have been providing language training to
international students from all over the world for over twenty-five years.
With the support of the deans of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
and the School of Engineering, the program has expanded its services to
include a language training program for Tufts University international graduate
students who wish to improve their reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills.
The program is offered once per week during the fall semester. For more information,
go to http://ase.tufts.edu/ESL or call 617.627-3454.
Graduate Student Organizations
Graduate student organizations play an important role at Tufts. These organizations
bring together Arts, Sciences, and Engineering graduate students from different
disciplines and life experiences for events and other activities that unite the
Tufts graduate student body. Some of these events and activities include an annual
5k run/walk and the graduate student research symposium. For more information,
click here.
International Center
Since the 1950s, the International Center has facilitated college-wide intercultural
exchange. The center staff works to raise intercultural awareness, to increase the
knowledge of immigration laws affecting the Tufts international community, and to
advocate a campus climate that respects cultural differences. For more information,
go to http://ase.tufts.edu/icenter/ or call 617.627.3458.
Judicial Affairs
The judicial system of the Dean of Student Affairs Office serves undergraduate and
graduate students and offers mechanisms to address many issues, including informal
resolution, alternative dispute resolution (mediation or arbitration), and fact-finding
hearings. Issues include academic integrity, harassing behavior, violations of the code
of conduct, and complaints against organizations. For more information, go to
http://uss.tufts.edu/dosa/deansoffice/judicial/index.asp
or call 617.627.3158.
Libraries
The university libraries on the Medford/Somerville campus include the Tisch Library,
the Lilly Music Library, and the Edwin Ginn Library of the Fletcher School of Law
and Diplomacy. The Tisch Library and the Lilly Music Library provide library resources
and services to arts and sciences and engineering students and faculty. The biology,
geology, chemistry, and physics reading rooms on campus house current issues of
research-level periodicals in their respective disciplines. Students also have access
to the Hirsh Health Sciences Library on the Boston campus and to the Webster Family
Veterinary Medical Library on the Grafton Campus.
The Tufts University libraries are members of the Boston Library Consortium, which
allows students borrowing privileges at the Massachusetts State Library, Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institute, the Boston Public Library, and the libraries of Boston College,
Boston University, Brandeis University, Brown University, the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Northeastern University, the University of Connecticut, the University
of Massachusetts, the University of New Hampshire, Wellesley College, and Williams
College. Graduate students may obtain a consortium borrowing card at the Tisch Library
circulation desk. For more information go to
http://www.library.tufts.edu/tisch/
or call 617.627.3460.
Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO)
The Office of Institutional Diversity (OID) encompasses the Office of Equal Opportunity
(OEO), which works to create and implement new efforts to address issues of climate
across the university for all students, faculty, and staff. Within OID, the Director
of OEO interprets and implements policy related to best affirmative action and equal
opportunity practices in employment and retention and the OEO staff monitors grievances
and compliance related issues. The administration of disability services (in accordance
with recommendations associated with the Americans with Disabilities Act [ADA]) to
faculty and staff is part of the work of OEO. For more information, go to
http://www.tufts.edu/oeo/
or call 617.627.3298.
Parking
Any vehicle parking on the Tufts campus must be registered with Public Safety and
Administrative Services. There are a variety of decals available that may be purchased
at the Traffic Office at 419 Boston Avenue. Applicants should bring their current
Tufts ID and vehicle registration. Students whose vehicles are registered out of
state must obtain a Massachusetts Nonresident Student Decal and present proof of
insurance at the time of application. Vehicles parked in violation of Tufts' parking
regulations are subject to being ticketed. Fines that remain unpaid after 14 days will
be billed to the student's bursar account. For more information on parking at Tufts, go
to http://publicsafety.tufts.edu
or call 617.627.3502.
Public Transportation
Information on discounted Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) passes
and schedules are available at the Bursar's Office at Dowling Hall, 617.627.2000,
or through the MBTA Web site, www.mbta.com.
Shuttle service is available from the Medford/Somerville campus to Davis Square
during the fall and spring semesters. For more information (including schedules)
go to http://publicsafety.tufts.edu
or call 617.627.3502.
Recreational Facilities
Tufts has a number of recreational facilities available to graduate students. These
facilities include the Cousens Gym, the Hamilton Pool, and tennis, squash, and
basketball courts. For more information, go to
http://ase.tufts.edu/athletics/facility.htm
or call 617.627.3232.
Services for Students with Disabilities
Services for students with disabilities are offered through the Academic Resource
Center (ARC). Some of these services include books on tape, note takers, peer
tutoring, and academic counseling and support. For more information on these and
other services, go to
http://uss.tufts.edu/arc/disability/.
University Health Service
Tufts University's Health Service provides comprehensive outpatient coverage, with
services in general medicine, women's health, psychiatry, orthopedics, and gynecology.
The Health Service also contains a clinical laboratory facility. For more information,
go to http://ase.tufts.edu/healthservice/
or call 617.627.3350.
When Tufts offices are closed, emergency consultations with a university physician,
clinicians and counselors, or a psychiatrist are available by contacting the University
Police at 617.627.3030.
|
