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Alumni Shared Interest Groups (SIGs) are domestic and international communities of alumni with a common affinity based on experience, identity and background, affiliation, profession, or interests. SIGs are a tangible way for you to engage in the life of the university and other alums. 

SIGs are not geographically bound. No matter where you live, in the United States or beyond, we encourage you to get involved with a group that matches your interests.

Time Commitment: 1-2 hours per event (plus event attendance)

Travel: Event planning and outreach can be done remotely

Learn More about Shared Interest Groups

Looking for alums in Atlanta? New friends in France? Connections in California? 

Tufts alums are coming together and staying involved in the life of the university through chapters of local alums worldwide. From socials and faculty speakers to community service projects and cultural outings, regional chapters provide many opportunities to reconnect with Tufts and meet other alums.

Time commitment: 1-2 hours per event (plus event attendance)

Travel: Event planning can be done remotely

Learn More about Regional Chapters

Whether you walked across the commencement stage five or 35 years ago, reunions are a chance to remember the person you were on your first day at Tufts, relive old memories with friends and professors, and reflect on how your Tufts experience challenged you in ways you never thought possible.

As a member of the reunion committee, you will reach out to friends and contacts, encouraging them to re-engage with Tufts, make plans to return to campus for the reunion celebration, and give back to the university in honor of the milestone.

Time commitment: 1 hour per month (during reunion year)

Travel: Participate remotely, or in person on the Medford campus

Volunteer for your reunion today! Contact Alice at alice.shah@tufts.edu or 617-627-4682.

Tufts alums are an important part of the admissions process and help the Admissions Office by conducting interviews with prospective students across the world. TAN members can sign up for a designated amount of interviews and conduct interviews virtually on their own schedule.

Time commitment: 1-2 hours per interview

Travel: Interviews can be done virtually (with Skype, Zoom, etc.)  

Sign up for TAN

PASSPORT Mentors connect with an incoming Jumbo from another country to help make them feel at home in the United States and, more importantly, in the Tufts community. 

This opportunity is for those local to the Medford campus only.

Learn More about PASSPORT Mentors

Tufts' top networking and flash-mentoring community for alums and students from Arts & Sciences, Engineering, and SMFA is The Herd. Alums and students connect on the platform for career conversations and mentoring. Search by industry, geographic location, major, identity, student activities, and other fields.  Join conversation groups based on industry and identity. Offer to host a student or an alum in a job shadow. Check off the "help topics" to indicate how you can help. The list includes:

• job and internship search advice
• choosing a major
• resume critique
• conduct a practice interview
• graduate school advice 
• upskilling 
• volunteering
• start-ups and side hustles
• work/life balance
• professional development
• and more!

Contact: Contact Nicole M. Anderson, Senior Associate Director in Alumni Career Services, at nicole.anderson@tufts.edu.

Join The Herd Now!

Tufts' First-Generation/Low Income Students Need You!: Apply to be an Alumni Career Mentor for the 2024-2025 Tufts' FIRST Center Mentorship Program

Career Mentor Application:  Deadline to apply is August 27.

Tufts' FIRST Resource Center supports the first-generation and low-income student communities at Tufts. We are seeking alumni career mentors to guide FIRST Center Peer Leaders in the 2024-2025 academic year.  The program runs from September 2024-April 2025 and requires approximately 1-2 hours per month during September, October, November, February, and March, with a 1.5 hour orientation in September.

Overview of the Program

Tufts' FIRST Resource Center peer leaders are undergraduate first-generation, low-income students who guide incoming first generation, first year students. This unique career mentoring program matches each peer leader with an alumni mentor who identified as first-generation and/or low-income while they were at Tufts. Your advice and guidance will not only help your peer leader mentee, but will filter down to incoming first year students. You will provide guidance and support on career planning and professional development and help your mentee connect with other alumni and professionals in the field.

Who are the mentees?

This cohort of student leaders will include sophomores, juniors, and seniors enrolled in the School of Arts and Sciences, School of Engineering, and School of the Museum of Fine Arts

We are looking for mentors who are: 

• First-generation college graduates and/or graduates from a low-income background
• Passionate about helping student leaders succeed
• Familiar with the opportunities and challenges that first-generation and/or low-income students have in their career journey
• Prepared to attend a virtual orientation and training where you’ll meet other alumni mentors
• Able to commit to meeting with their mentee for at least 30 minutes per month from September- April with a total of 4 meetings

Next steps:

• Submit your application by August 27.
• Send your resume to Natalia Menard, Assistant Director for Career Mentoring in the Tufts Career Center, at Natalia.menard@tufts.edu.
• Video screening interviews will take place in late August.
• Decision notifications will be sent by the end of August.
• A mentor orientation will take place in September.

Important Things to Note

Participants will be selected based on responses to the registration questions. Matching will be based on a combination of factors including preferences selected by mentees and overlap in interests and background identified in program registration questions 

If you have questions, feel free to contact Natalia Menard, Assistant Director for Career Mentoring in the Tufts Career Center, at Natalia.menard@tufts.edu.

Tufts’ Africana Center and the Tufts Career Center are excited to launch a new Africana Center Career Mentorship program for the 2024-2025 academic year. We are seeking Black alumni to apply to serve as a mentor. This program will pair undergraduate Africana Center Peer Leaders with alumni mentors to offer advice on career planning and professional development, serve as a sounding board, and help mentees connect with other alumni and professionals in their field. If you are interested, please complete the mentor application in The Herd networking and mentoring community.

Africana Center Career Mentor Application:  Deadline to apply is August 26.

Who will you mentor?

• Africana Center Peer Leaders who mentor first-year students
• This cohort of student leaders will include sophomores, juniors, and seniors enrolled in the School of Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering

We are looking for mentors who are: 

• Passionate about helping Africana Center student leaders succeed
• Familiar with the opportunities and challenges that students will have in their career journey
• Prepared to attend a virtual orientation and training where you’ll meet other alumni mentors
• Able to commit to meeting with their mentee in October, November, February, and April.
• Willing to attend in-person events with mentees (if local to the Tufts campus)

Benefits of Mentoring  

There are many benefits to mentoring an Africana Center Peer Leader. As a mentor, you will have the opportunity to: 

• Give back to the Africana community and your alma mater, at large
• Contribute to the mission of the Africana Center
• Help a fellow Black Jumbo achieve their career goals
• Build your professional network through meeting other alumni mentors
• Develop your leadership skills.

Feel free to contact the program coordinators below with questions.

Natalia Menard, Assistant Director, Career Mentoring, Tufts Career Center, Natalia.menard@tufts.edu

Kella Merlain-Moffatt A’20, Associate Director, Africana Center, Kella.Merlain_Moffatt@tufts.edu 

The Tufts Lawyers Association is excited to pilot a mentoring program for alumni attorneys. Eligible mentees are alumni who are 1.) pre-law, 2.) current law school students, or 3.) early career lawyers, approximately 0-10 years from graduating law school and employed as practicing attorneys, will be matched with seasoned attorneys. Please note that we cannot guarantee that you will be matched with a mentor.

Deadline for mentees to apply for the May - November 2024 program is May 3, 2024.

Learn more about the Tufts Lawyers Association Early Career Mentoring Program.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Mentors and mentees are required to fulfill the following elements of the program.  If you anticipate being unable to fulfill the requirements, please defer application until a future cycle of the program.

1. Virtual orientation for mentors and mentees hosted by the Tufts Lawyers Association Mentoring Program Coordinators and the Office of Alumni Engagement/Alumni Career Services
2. At least three 1-1 career conversations, in-person and/or virtually, during the six month program
3. A professional development webinar for all mentees led by TLA attorneys
4. A closing networking social for all participants

Optional:

• Mentors are encouraged to offer an office visit and/or tour as appropriate
• Mentees are encouraged to join the TLA and join us for educational, professional, and social events

Jumbos 4 Jumbos is a program connecting undergraduate students to paid and unpaid, short-term, experiential projects hosted by alums during the winter and summer breaks. Help students prototype a career experience by offering a gig, side hustle, project, or mini-internship! The completion of a project can help with your own career development, for example, offering an opportunity to build leadership skills by supervising for the first time. 

If you are new to the program, you can learn about posting projects on the J4J website, hosted in our mentoring and networking platform, The Herd. Not sure what you could offer or post?  Examples include market research for your industry, a data analysis project, or a social media plan. View sample projects on the website for inspiration. For questions, go to the FAQs page.  Benefits to alumni hosts go beyond student career development.  

Contact: Willa Mayo, Employer Relations at the Tufts Career Center, at willa.mayo@tufts.edu.

Tell your story and offer advice through the Tufts Career Center's blog and podcast:

• The Employer Insights blog series offers advice about company and industry expertise. Reach out to my colleague Willa Mayo, Recruiting Coordinator in the Career Center.  
• Contribute to the Career Center’s 3 Questions with an Alumni blog series and From Here to There podcast, hosted by our undergraduate student career fellows.  Contact Susannah Krenn, Assistant Director in the Tufts Career Center at  at susannah.krenn@tufts.edu.

Tufts has a strong presence on LinkedIn!

• Join 22K+ students, alumni, faculty and staff from all of Tufts' schools in the Tufts University Career Network Group, our largest group on LinkedIn. 
• Follow the Tufts University LinkedIn page with 136K+ followers and 77K+ alumni and students.
• Join other Tufts' LinkedIn groups, such as the Tufts Lawyers Association, Tufts Social Impact Network, Computer Science Alumni, Environmental Alumni, and the Athletics Group.

Want to Hire a Jumbo?

Reach thousands of students and alums for your open job or internship. The Tufts Career Center for Arts & Sciences and Engineering students and alumni uses the Handshake platform to post opportunities. Learn how you can hire a Jumbo below.

Help Tufts Career Center reach our goal of 100 Tufts alumni at the Fall 2024 Career Fair! Come back to campus to support Tufts students in their job search on Friday, September 27, 2024 from 11:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. at the Gantcher Center. Join fellow alumni for refreshments, networking, and lots of swag! Tufts alumni will receive $100 off employer registration fee.

• 100 Jumbos at the Fall Career Fair
• Recruit at Tufts
• Learn about building an internship program
• Explore Employer Partners and Sponsorships

Contact: Sue Atkins, Associate Director in Employer Relations at the Tufts Career Center at susan.atkins@tufts.edu.

Professional Development Fund for Alumni: Seeking Alumni to Read Applications and Select Recipients

The Tufts University Alumni Association sponsors an annual Professional Development Fund to support the career growth of alums from all of Tufts schools. The Fund is managed by the Office of Alumni Engagement and Alumni Career Services. 

Alumni volunteers participate in reading applications and selecting recipients for the Alumni Fund. This volunteer opportunity requires little time, about 8-10 hours throughout December-February. Read profiles of past recipients and view the timeline and deadlines to determine if this is the volunteer opportunity for you.

Contact: If you are interested in being a member of the selection committee and would like to know more about the role, please contact Sheri.Sakin, Selection Committee Chair, Class of 1986, Senior Vice President Recruiting, Solomon Page Group at sherisakin@aol.com.

Learn more about the TUAA Alumni Professional Development Fund.

Alumni Career Services invites alumni to offer their expertise in a professional development or career search webinar. Each year, more than 1000 alumni and graduate students register for these programs. Many speakers are career and leadership coaches who use this opportunity to promote their small businesses, and a stipend is offered in gratitude. Topics include the nuts & bolts of career development, such as job search, networking, and interviewing. Recent popular professional development topics have included:

• The Courage to Speak Up: How Women Can Find Their Voice
• The Impact of What Impacts You
• Time Mastery
• Conflict Management
• Conducting a Clear and Focused Job Search

Contact Nicole Anderson, Senior Associate Director for Alumni Career Services, at nicole.anderson@tufts.edu

Are you an alum from one of Tufts' professional schools who would like to volunteer or hire fellow Jumbos?  Reach out to your school's career center to explore opportunities.

• School of Medicine including Public Health and Professional Degrees
• Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
• School of Dental Medicine
• The Fletcher School
• Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
• Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Share, post, comment, like, tweet, follow… all on your time, on your channels! Help get your class excited for an upcoming reunion, or keep the conversation and dialogue going until the next one. Support and suggested content will be provided.

Commitment Level: 20 minutes per month

Interested? Contact us today to get started today!

Join this Tufts tradition and global day of giving to maximize your impact on the Tufts community. Make a gift to Tufts on 12.03.24, sign up to be an advocate, and share on social media using #TuftsGivingTuesday to spread the word.

Interested? Visit go.tufts.edu/GTvolunteer today!

Class notes are short features in the Tufts Magazine where alums share exciting news on recent personal or career-oriented accomplishments.

Stay engaged, submit a class note today!

Tufts’ newest Jumbos matriculate each fall, we invite you to share celebrations of Tufts, words of advice, and memories from alums. What better way to do that than by sending a note to an incoming student? We will display your notes in the first-year dorms for students to see as they move into their new home. Traditions like matriculation help to make Tufts a wonderful community to live, learn, grow, and serve.

Send a Note

Since 1941, the Tufts University Alumni Association (TUAA) has honored accomplished individuals for service to their profession, communities, and to Tufts. Alums and friends of Tufts may be considered for an Alumni Award.

Submit a nomination

Each year since 1955, the Tufts University Alumni Association (TUAA) has recognized six to 12 members of the Senior Class for their academic achievement, campus and community participation, and outstanding leadership.

Submit a nomination

What’s happening on the Hill? Where can alumni connect in-person? How can alumni receive Tufts news? You’ll have all the answers to these questions and more when you join our growing Class Volunteer Program. Become an ambassador to Tufts by sharing community updates, events, and opportunities to give back to Tufts with your classmates.

Time commitment: 1 hour per month

Learn more by contacting Rachel O'Reilly, Director of Annual Giving and Volunteer Management, at Rachel.O_Reilly@tufts.edu.

'Bos of the Last Decade (BOLD) volunteers are dedicated to connecting young alums to Tufts through engagement and philanthropy. 

'Bos of the Last Decade (BOLD) 

Upcoming BOLD Events

Channel your passions for Tufts! Join a committee on the Tufts University Alumni Association to share your views on issues that impact the students and community of alums.

Time commitment: 1-2 hours per week

Travel: Participate remotely or in person on the Medford campus.

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Make a lasting impact on Tufts by serving on the Alumni Council, the governing body of the Tufts University Alumni Association. Join the current members who represent the 130,000+ Tufts alumni worldwide. Council terms are for five years.

Time commitment: 1-2 hours per week

Travel: Participate remotely or in person on the Medford campus.

Learn about the Alumni Council