An indictment returned today by a Massachusetts grand jury accuses two former Tufts University administrators of separately stealing from student-activity funds, wrongfully obtaining a total of nearly $1-million, and spending the money on such items as luxury and designer goods, resort vacations, and tickets to concerts by Madonna and Celine Dion.

A news release from the Middlesex district attorney identifies the accused employees as Josephine Nealley, who was director of the university’s Office of Student Activities from 1996 to 2007, and Raymond Rodriguez, who was the office’s budget and fiscal coordinator from 2001 to 2007. Neither Ms. Nealley nor Mr. Rodriguez has yet appeared in court to respond to the charges.

The district attorney’s release quotes Patricia Campbell, executive vice president of Tufts, as saying that the university has “improved student-activities systems to prevent future incidents” and has “taken steps to assure that no student-activities programs are adversely affected.” —Charles Huckabee