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WELCOME PARENTS & FAMILIES ORIENTATION 2019 PARENTS’ PROGRAM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2019 1:30 – 2:45 p.m. Matriculation Ceremony 8:00 – 11:00 a.m. Academic Quad Arrival/Move-In for Residential Students Students and parents are invited to this official opening day ceremony as Proceed to your assigned Residence Hall to collect your key. President Anthony Monaco enrolls and welcomes new students into the Tufts Note: Students who arrive after 11:30 a.m. should proceed to the Office of community. Residential Life and Learning at 20 Professors Row to pick up room keys. Note: First-year and transfer students line up at Ballou Hall at 1:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Students will begin procession at 1:20 p.m. On-Campus Shuttle Buses AFTER MATRICULATION PROGRAMS FOR PARENTS AND FAMILIES Stops at: • Dowling Hall Parking Garage, 1st Floor • Olin Center, Packard Ave. • Cousens Gym Parking Lot • Dowling Hall Bridge 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. • Campus Center, Professors Row After the Drop-Off: Information for Parents on Health, Mental Health, and Wellness Services at Tufts 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Braker Hall 001 Department Open Houses and Information Areas This interactive session with Health Services, Counseling and Mental Health (see list below) Services, and Health Promotion will discuss important issues such as available 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. health and mental health resources, confidentiality, health and tuition Bookstore, Mayer Campus Center insurance, health risks, and how to access care. Cold refreshments and snacks Visit Tufts Bookstore to learn about textbook options and shop our extensive will be served. selection of Tufts gear! Meet with Advising Deans 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Dowling Hall 745A/745B Art Galleries Open House Stop in to meet the Advising Deans for all undergraduate degree programs! Aidekman Arts Center Each undergraduate student is assigned an Advising Dean who will help Join us at the Tufts Medford Galleries for a preview of the Fall 2019 Exhibitions, them successfully navigate their degree program at Tufts. Learn about Bookworks and Julie S. Graham: Stack, Layer, and Arrange. And hop on a shuttle degree requirements, advising and academic support, and how the Office of bus to the SMFA Galleries in Fenway to tour Faheem Majeed: Who Takes the Undergraduate Education partners with students and parents. Weight. Come check out these multifaceted exhibitions and discover the many 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. programs the Tufts University Art Galleries has to offer this semester. Is Your Tufts Student Thinking about a Health Profession? 10:00 – 10:45 a.m. Dowling Hall 745A/745B First Generation Families Information Session A candid conversation for parents with the health professions advisors. Alumnae Lounge, Aidekman Arts Center 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Join the FIRST Center staff to learn about the resources In place to help your Spiritual Life Resource Fair student transition to college and the unique supports for students of first Goddard Chapel generation, low income, and undocumented status. University chaplains and student leaders from Tufts’ spiritual communities 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. welcome you for snacks and information in Goddard Chapel. Connect with R.E.A.L. Students Welcome Reception resources for spirituality, community, and social justice. All are welcome. (Resumed Education for Adult Learners) Parent Welcome and Q&A for Spanish-Speaking Families R.E.A.L. Student Lounge, Carmichael Hall Bienvenida para Padres y Sesión de Preguntas y Respuestas para Meet here for mid-morning refreshments, get orientation materials, and Familias Hispanohablantes prepare for matriculation. Bolles House, Latino Center Open House, see list below 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. The Tufts Experience for Parents and Families DEPARTMENT OPEN HOUSES AND INFORMATION AREAS Academic Quad Academic Resource Center 9:00–11:00 a.m. Dowling Hall Please join us to be introduced to the Division of Student Affairs — the Africana Center-Capen House 3:00–5:00 p.m. 8 Professors Row professionals who support the developmental, cultural, residential, career, Asian American Center-Start House 3:00–5:00 p.m. 17 Latin Way health, and safety needs of students. This is an opportunity to acknowledge Athletics 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Steve Tisch Sports and the change that occurs when a child leaves for school and to share our Fitness Center commitment and readiness to be part of your student’s amazing new journey. Career Center 9:00–11:00 a.m. Dowling Hall (Students should continue connecting with their new peers while parents and Counseling & Mental Health Services 3:00–5:00 p.m. 120 Curtis Street family members attend this session.) FIRST Center 3:00–5:00 p.m. 20 Professors Row Health Services 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. 124 Professors Row 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Hillel 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Granoff Family Hillel Center Family Photo Station International Center 3:00–5:00 p.m. 20 Sawyer Ave. Tisch Library Patio Latino Center-Bolles House 3:00–5:00 p.m. 226 College Ave., 1st Floor Snap a photo with your new Jumbo on Matriculation Day against our Tufts LGBT Center-Bolles House 3:00–5:00 p.m. 226 College Ave., 2nd Floor backdrop. Staff will be available to help; just have your camera or phone ready. Residential Life and Learning 3:00–5:00 p.m. 20 Professors Row 12:00 – 1:15 p.m. Student Accessibility Services 9:00–11:00 a.m. Dowling Hall Lunch for Parents, Students, Faculty, and Staff University Chaplaincy 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Goddard Chapel Tisch Library Lawn Women’s Center 3:00–5:00 p.m. 55 Talbot Ave. over for campus map GEORGE STREET Eliot Pearson BO STON AVENU Interfaith E Center Gantcher Family Sports BO ST and Convocation Center TREET T O N A VEN REE UE T Breed Memorial Hall S T 51 Winthrop St. Steve Tisch Sports and Fitness Center WINTHROP S Hill Hall IRMOUN A F Hallowell Parking Cousens Hall CAP Athletic EN STRE Dowling Hall ET EXT. 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G AVE Hall EA TIS CUR TIN V Stratton EN Start LA T Hall U Experimental House E College Women’s Distler Hall, Center UE AVEN Granoff Counseling and TALBOT Music TALBOT AVENUE e Mental Health SAWYER AVENUE Loung Center Services E umnae Dewick- Al International MacPhie Pearson Hall Cohen Center Auditorium VENU A Hodgdon Hall Jackson Gym CKARD Balch Arena PA Theater Aidekman Arts Center Bush Hall Ellis Oval Tilton Hall Baronian Latin Way Fieldhouse Dorm Lewis Hall Harleston Hall Haskell Hall POWDER HOUSE Lower Campus BOULEVARD Garage J-Field 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. On-Campus Shuttle Buses Stops at: Dowling Hall Parking Garage, 1st Floor Cousens Gym Parking Lot Campus Center, Professors Row Olin Center, Packard Avenue students.tufts.edu/orientation Dowling Hall Bridge.