WELCOME SMFA PARENTS & FAMILIES ORIENTATION 2019 SMFA PARENTS’ PROGRAM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2019 AFTER MATRICULATION PROGRAMS FOR PARENTS AND FAMILIES Welcome SMFA Parents and Families to Tufts 2019 Matriculation day. There are 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. several programs throughout the day for parents and families. We hope you enjoy After the Drop-Off: Information for Parents on Health, Mental your day in Boston and Medford and take the opportunity to participate in many events. There is transportation for students, parents, and family members. See Health, and Wellness Services at Tufts schedule below for bus times and locations. Braker Hall 001 This interactive session with Health Services, Counseling and Mental Health 9:15 a.m. Services, and Health Promotion will discuss important issues such as available SMFA Check-In and Welcome Reception for Incoming SMFA health and mental health resources, confidentiality, health and tuition insurance, Students, Parents, and Families health risks, and how to access care. Cold refreshments and snacks will be served. 230 The Fenway - Atrium Meet with Advising Deans Please join representatives from the administration and other SMFA families at this Dowling 745A/745B morning reception. Stop in to meet the Advising Deans for all undergraduate degree programs! 9:45 a.m. Each undergraduate student is assigned an Advising Dean who will help The Tufts Experience - SMFA them successfully navigate their degree program at Tufts. Learn about degree 230 The Fenway - Auditorium - Parents and Families requirements, advising and academic support, and how the Office of Undergraduate B209 - Students Education partners with students and parents. Staff in Student Affairs, Public Safety, Academic Affairs, and Health and Wellness 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. will discuss resources and programs to support your student’s transition to Tufts. Is Your Tufts Student Thinking about a Health Profession? 11 a.m. Dowling Hall 745A/745B Optional Transportation to Medford Campus A candid conversation for parents with the health professions advisors. 230 The Fenway - Atrium 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Spiritual Life Resource Fair Matriculation Day Medford Campus Shuttle Buses Goddard Chapel Stops at: • Dowling Hall Parking Garage, 1st Floor • Olin Center, Packard Ave. University chaplains and student leaders from Tufts’ spiritual communities welcome • Cousens Gym Parking Lot • Dowling Hall Bridge you for snacks and information in Goddard Chapel. Connect with resources for • Campus Center, Professors Row spirituality, community, and social justice. All are welcome. 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Parent Welcome and Q&A for Spanish-Speaking Families Medford Campus Department Open Houses and Information Areas Bienvenida para Padres y Sesión de Preguntas y Respuestas para (see list below) Familias Hispanohablantes Bolles House, Latino Center Open House, see list below 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Medford Campus Bookstore, Mayer Campus Center 4:30 p.m. Visit Tufts Bookstore to learn about textbook options and shop our extensive Student Undergraduate Orientation Program Begins selection of Tufts gear! SMFA Students will meet in Remis Sculpture Court, Aidekman Arts Center. Students 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. will now follow Orientation schedule. Transportation will be available for SMFA students during Orientation. Medford Campus Art Galleries Open House Aidekman Arts Center 5:00 p.m. Join us at the Tufts Medford Galleries for a preview of the Fall 2019 Exhibitions, Parent/Family Transportation Departs Returning to SMFA Bookworks and Julie S. Graham: Stack, Layer, and Arrange. And hop on a shuttle Boston Campus bus to the SMFA Galleries in Fenway to tour Faheem Majeed: Who Takes the Mayer Campus Center, Talbot Ave. side Weight. Come check out these multifaceted exhibitions and discover the many New Student Show Submission Drop Off programs the Tufts University Art Galleries has to offer this semester. • 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. SMFA Atrium 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. • 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Art Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center Family Photo Station Students may bring their work to Exhibitions to be included in the New Student Tisch Library Patio Show, which will run at the SMFA throughout the fall semester. Snap a photo with your new Jumbo on Matriculation Day against our Tufts backdrop. Staff will be available to help; just have your camera or phone ready. DEPARTMENT OPEN HOUSES AND INFORMATION AREAS 12:00 – 1:15 p.m. Academic Resource Center 9:00–11:00 a.m. Dowling Hall Africana Center-Capen House 3:00–5:00 p.m. 8 Professors Row Lunch for Parents, Students, Faculty, and Staff Asian American Center-Start House 3:00–5:00 p.m. 17 Latin Way Tisch Library Lawn Athletics 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Steve Tisch Sports and 1:30 – 2:45 p.m. Fitness Center Matriculation Ceremony Career Center 9:00–11:00 a.m. Dowling Hall Academic Quad Counseling & Mental Health Services 3:00–5:00 p.m. 120 Curtis Street Students and parents are invited to this official opening day ceremony as President FIRST Center 3:00–5:00 p.m. 20 Professors Row Anthony Monaco enrolls and welcomes new students into the Tufts community. Health Services 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. 124 Professors Row Note: First-year and transfer students line up at Ballou Hall at 1:00 p.m. Hillel 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Granoff Family Hillel Center Students will begin procession at 1:20 p.m. International Center 3:00–5:00 p.m. 20 Sawyer Ave. Latino Center-Bolles House 3:00–5:00 p.m. 226 College Ave., 1st Floor LGBT Center-Bolles House 3:00–5:00 p.m. 226 College Ave., 2nd Floor Residential Life and Learning 3:00–5:00 p.m. 20 Professors Row Student Accessibility Services 9:00–11:00 a.m. Dowling Hall University Chaplaincy 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Goddard Chapel 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. Complex Hillside CO Wren Hall Lane Apartments Alumni LLEG Granoff Family Hillel Center Hall Field BO S E Parking TO NA A Central VE Halligan Hall VENU NU Energy Plant E E Miller Hall Bendetson Hall Curtis Hall East Hall Braker Hall Lincoln Filene BO S T Psychology Carmichael West Hall Hall Hall O Hall Olin Center Packard N Building Paige Hall AV E N U Academic Anderson E Facilities Quad Hall C O Goddard L ASEAN Center Chapel L Cabot Center E Houston Hall G Science and Ballou Eaton Hall E Barnum Hall Hall A Engineering CLIC Bldg. V Miner Hall E Complex 574 Boston Ave. N E Blakeley Hall U U E Mugar Hall Robinson VEN A Gifford Hall House President’s Tisch Library Lawn CKARD Bromfield-Pearson REET PA D A ST O Fletcher Field Capen R RD. IS House N R WYND RT CHET Bolles O RB CU House A son DE Richard FESSORS ROW e PRO Hous on Hall Wilson House PROFESSORS ROW rd Mayer Campus Center C To Davis Sq. O Health Services Y LLE Shuttle A Sophia Go Metcalf W Service . 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. Matriculation Day On-Campus Shuttle Buses Medford Campus Stops at: Dowling Hall Parking Garage, 1st Floor Cousens Gym Parking Lot Campus Center, Professors Row students.tufts.edu/orientation Olin Center, Packard Avenue Dowling Hall Bridge.