2013–2014 The Bulletin - USS at Tufts - Tufts University

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integration into the day-to-day rhythm on campus.
The Office plays an active role in helping Tufts
meet its sustainability goals in emissions, resource
conservation and sustainability education. Its
website and blog are frequently updated with
information, opportunities, and promotions related
to environmental sustainability at Tufts, and its
weekly newsletter keeps the community informed
about job openings and upcoming events in the
area.
The OOS collaborates with academic departments
as well as students and staff to provide
support and encourage innovation. In addition, it
runs two educational programs for Tufts community
members: the Eco-Ambassador program for staff
and faculty wishing to help their department or
office become greener, and the Eco-Representative
program for students living in university owned
residences. Both these programs empower
individuals to become change agents right here at
Tufts.
The OOS produces and distributes publications
including The Green Guide to Living and Working
Sustainably at Tufts, the Eco Map, and informative
pamphlets on topics like green commuting options
and climate change. With its recent creation of the
interactive Tufts Eco Tour in April of 2012, the
OOS hopes to engage students, faculty, staff and
visitors to “the hill” in Tufts’ environmental past and
present so that its community may continue the
trend toward a sustainable future.
Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and
Public Service (Tisch College)
Tufts University is explicitly committed to fostering
an attitude of “giving back,” including promoting
an understanding that active citizen participation
is essential to freedom and democracy. The mission
of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship
and Public Service (Tisch College) is to prepare
Tufts undergraduate and graduate students for lifetimes
of active citizenship, and to make public
service an important dimension of their lives and
work. Program activities designed to fulfill this
mission include faculty and curriculum development,
student leadership development, an information
and resource clearinghouse, and seed grants for
faculty and student initiatives. The Lincoln Filene
Center, a component of Tisch College, increases
knowledge about citizen action and community
building, enhances public-service education and
research at Tufts, and informs public decision
making. The center acts as a catalyst to connect
people and resources in new ways, and to develop
new approaches to public problems.
underGRADUATE ProgrAMS
Undergraduate Minor in Urban Studies
The Minor in Urban Studies provides students
with an opportunity to pursue their love of cities
and communities and to study urban issues in
depth. Students can select from a rich variety of
courses that examine the interplay among the
different groups occupying the urban space, the
problems they confront, their struggle for
recognition and power, and the forces shaping the
physical terrain they inhabit. The Minor offers a
good foundation for students contemplating
graduate work in urban planning, environmental
policy, public administration, public policy, law, or
social work. It also can be an intellectually exciting
focus for interdisciplinary exploration, because
understanding urban phenomena requires
synthesizing knowledge from a broad range of the
social sciences and humanities. The completion of
five courses from at least three different departments
is required. In addition, a student is required
to complete an appropriate capstone project, such as
a research paper, an oral presentation, a video, a
photographic exhibit, a fictional narrative, or other
forms of study, which integrates the knowledge and
methodologies of the disciplines involved.
Interested students should consult the faculty
coordinator, Weiping Wu (Weiping.Wu@tufts.edu),
for more information about specific courses that can
be counted toward the Minor. For more detailed
information, please visit: http://ase.tufts.edu/uep/
Degrees/UrbanStudiesMinor.aspx.
GRADUATE ProgrAMS
UEP students focus on public problems in the
broad areas of urban and social policy and planning,
or environmental policy and planning, as well as on
issues linking these various concerns. UEP’s goal is
the education of a new generation of leaders,
“practical visionaries” who will contribute to the
development of more just and sustainable communities.
A key step toward this is making our institutions
more responsive to child, adult and ultimately
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