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

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Career Center
Tufts Career Center offers resources and programs
for undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni
in the School of Arts and Sciences and the School
of Engineering. We help students with all facets of
career development and job search by providing
individual career counseling, job and internship
listings, on-campus interviews with recruiters,
résumé critiques, career fairs, alumni presentations,
networking opportunities, interview preparation,
business etiquette training, grad school advising and
more. Staff members are available to help students
make career decisions, set realistic goals, and
develop skills and strategies to realize these goals.
Students may schedule an appointment with a
Career Counselor in advance or take advantage of
our drop-in hours in Dowling Hall and Engineering
buildings. Students are encouraged to use the
Career Center as early as their first year, to continue
throughout their tenure at Tufts, and to use our
alumni services. The Career Center website
(careers.tufts.edu) provides up-to-date information
on programs and panels, career fairs, and professional
development events. The site also provides
links to a wealth of career planning and job search
resources, information on applying to graduate
school, internship opportunities and funding
resources such as Career Center internship grants,
full-time job listings, cover letter and résumé
advice, self-assessments and skills inventories, as
well as information about jobs, employers, and
industries. Students may contact alumni volunteers
from the Tufts Career Advisory Network (Tufts
CAN) to gather information about a wide variety of
careers. Online workshops and YouTube videos
allow students to access the information they need
on a 24/7 basis. Students may also learn more about
the Career Center through our blog, Twitter, and
Facebook page. The Career Center is located on the
seventh floor of Dowling Hall, 419 Boston Avenue.
Appointments may be scheduled in advance by
calling 617-627-3299.
Tufts Health and Wellness
Tufts University Health Service (TUHS) is located
at 124 Professors Row, across from Fletcher field
and the tennis courts on the Medford/Somerville
campus. During the academic year, the hours are
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, and
10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday and holidays.
TUHS is professionally staffed by physicians, nurse
practitioners, and physician assistants, and nurses,
and has an on-site certified laboratory. Health
Service provides primary care and urgent health
care to the undergraduate and graduate students on
the Medford/Somerville campus. We work closely
with local hospitals should hospitalization be
required.
Prior to registration, each student is required to
submit a pre-entrance health questionnaire and
immunization history. Undergraduate athletes are
additionally required to submit a physical examination
report. Tufts University policy requires that
each student have medical coverage under an
insurance plan with benefits that meet Massachusetts
state requirements. The university offers a
comprehensive health insurance plan at a reasonable
cost for students and, if necessary, their
spouses/partners and children.
All full-time students are charged automatically
for the Tufts student health insurance plan. If
students are covered under their parents’ or other
private insurance plan and they do not want the
university’s student plan, it may be waived by
submitting a waiver form to the Health service prior
to the waiver cutoff date. For a complete explanation
of the health fee, see Expenses. For more information,
visit http://ase.tufts.edu/healthservice/.
Department of Alcohol & Health Education
The Department of Alcohol & Health Education
envisions a campus which understands the impact
of the environment on healthy communities; fully
supports a continuum of education and prevention,
early intervention, and access to services; and
promotes a culture of recovery and healthy life
choices for all. Our mission is to support and
promote campus efforts using proven strategies that
reduce health related problems among members of
the Tufts community.
The Alcohol and Drug Program uses an
integrated, multi-pronged approach to substance
use, misuse, and abuse on campus. Focus is placed
on the personal and the individual as well as the
environmental factors that influence alcohol and
drug use in an effort to promote wellness in our
community and to optimize the academic success
of our students.
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