Greetings from the Tufts IHF Chapter! After establishing ourselves last January, we are excited about getting the ball rolling again this fall!
Last semester, we kept ourselves busy with weekly meetings and spreading the word about IHF. In April, we organized a Public Health Career Panel for Tufts students, which ended up being our biggest event of the semester. The turnout to the event was great, and definitely helped get IHF’s name out at Tufts!
This semester, we are continuing to meet weekly to discuss a variety of topics for our chapter, including our mission focus, plans to collaborate with other campus organizations, and organizing more IHF events.
As we continue to work on our own chapter’s mission, we are looking forward to hosting a big event here at Tufts: the first all-chapter IHF conference! Lead by IHF’s Vice President of Fund Development Rebecca Perkins, college students from the Brown, Tufts, and Haverford IHF chapters will attend this first weekend-long chapter conference. The conference will take place on Tufts’ Somerville campus from Friday, October 23 to Saturday, October 24th. If you are interested in attending the conference, please post a reply, message the IHF on Facebook, or shoot us a Tweet @theIHF.
We look forward to keeping you updated on the Tufts chapter’s progress!
Summer time at the IHF means travel - many IHFers have been working hand in hand with partner communities. You can read about their work and experiences in some of the other postings on this blog. As the days start to get shorter and we enter into September, many of us are starting back to school, which means starting back to regular IHF chapter meetings and activities on campus. This year promises to bring a lot of excitement - the Tufts chapter will become a formally recognized campus organization, and the IHF will hold it’s first ever All-IHF Conference later this fall. Stay tuned to the blog, website, Facebook and Twitter to make sure you get all the updates.
The start of the semester provides chapters with an opportunity to recruit new members. New members help bring in new energy and ideas, as well as keeping the chapter going as members graduate and leave to study abroad. Student fairs provide a great place to get the word out about your IHF chapter on campus, so don’t forget to book a table! Many campuses also allow groups to present at floor meetings in freshman dorms. This is another opportunity to get the word out and also educate people about the issues that are important to the IHF: empowerment, partnership, and grassroots development. It’s a good idea to meet before the semester starts in earnest - even if it’s over the phone to discuss how you are going to recruit new members. You could also start brainstorming ideas for events and activities for the fall semester. It can be a challenge to stay connected to partner organizations during the school year. If you have any ideas for things your chapter is doing, tell us about it here or on our page on Facebook. Have a great fall!
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