The director of student activities at Tufts University was fired last Friday for allegedly embezzling $300,000 of university money. The official, Jodie Nealley, who had worked at the Massachusetts institution for 11 years, admitted only to taking a portion of the money, the university said.

According to a statement issued by Bruce Reitman, dean of student affairs, Ms. Nealley misappropriated the money from revenue-generating activities and accounts under her control, and the university’s Audit and Management Advisory Services Office discovered the alleged theft during a preliminary audit.

“We are shocked, disappointed, and angered by Ms. Nealley’s actions,” Mr. Reitman said in the statement. “She breached the trust that all of us at Tufts had placed in her.”

The case has been turned over to the Middlesex County district attorney, who has opened an investigation. —Anna Weggel