On-Campus Resources
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.
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