Tufts University - Jumbo Yearbook (Medford, MA)

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Russell Miller University Archivist Bruce Reitman Associate Dean of Students David B. Moffatt Vice President a I ' Physical Plant and Services Jeff Summitt Director of Hillel Thomas W. Murnane Rosemarie Van Camp Vice-President ol Development Director of Communications and Public Relations I I Administration i i Jeanne Dillon Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies Elizabeth Toupin Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies 25

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Administration David E. Maxwell Dean of Undergraduate Studies Frederick C. Nelson Dean of the College of Engineering Mary Lee Jacobs University Council David Lundberg Associate Dean of Faculty and Development Lawrence Ladd Dea n of Admin is t rat ion Murray S. Martin University Librarian Joseph J. Lambert Overseer and Secretary to the Corporation William L. McLennan, Jr. University Chaplain

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Exploration Program The Freshman Explorations Program offers advising, learning, and a sense of community within the context of semi¬ nars designed and led by upper-level undergraduates. The team is supported by a faculty person who acts as academ¬ ic advisor to the freshmen and who par¬ ticipates as a member of the class. Thus incoming students receive both immedi¬ ate and sustained contact with a group of peers, upperlevel student teachers, and a faculty advisor. The work of each seminar focuses around a common theme or problem which students and faculty investigate together and for which the freshmen receive course credit. Though Explora¬ tion seminars are structured somewhat less formally than regular classes, stu¬ dents are still expected to do a major written project and to present their findings orally before their peers. Criti¬ cal thinking and research techniques are stressed, as are attendance and class participation. The initial Exploration experiment was launched in fall 1972 with nine seminars. Response was, and continues to be, very favorable. Over fifty Explo¬ rations were offered in Fall 1986. 26