alternative spring break

Penn State Behrend's Office of Student Leadership and Involvement places an emphasis on the personal growth and leadership development of students outside of the classroom.

Behrend students learn lifelong lessons through Leadership and Involvement

7/30/18

Penn State Behrend recently renamed the Office of Student Activities as the Office of Student Leadership and Involvement. The name change reflects the emphasis that the office places on the personal growth and leadership development of Penn State students outside of the classroom.

Abington students reflect on service learning trips

4/13/18

Hurricane-torn Puerto Rico and an impoverished Native American reservation in South Dakota are unlikely spring break destinations, but Penn State Abington students competed to travel to these two areas for Alternative Spring Break.

'Learning to learn' in tech: Students spend spring break in Silicon Valley

4/3/18

Eight students in the College of Information Sciences and Technology recently spent a week learning from leaders at innovative tech companies in San Fransisco on the college's annual alternative spring break trip.

Penn State students aid help in Hurricane Harvey relief

3/20/18

Penn State students from around the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania gave up their Spring Break to instead opt-in for an alternative spring break assisting in the Hurricane Harvey relief. Penn State Greater Allegheny (PSUGA) was one of the participating campuses.

Students stand with homeowners outside a Houston residence damaged by Hurricane Harvey.

Penn State students spend break renovating Texas homes damaged by hurricane

3/13/18

More than 100 students from six Penn State campuses spent spring break in Texas, cleaning out homes that were damaged by Hurricane Harvey. "It's easy to repair a house," one said. "It's not as easy to put a home back together."

Young woman sorting donations and stacking boxes on shelf

Penn State Lehigh Valley students spend spring break in service to others

3/13/18

Penn State Lehigh Valley students spent the week of Spring Break volunteering across the Lehigh Valley through the Mini-Days of Caring program organized by the Office of Student Affairs.

Students get involved in the community with alternative break trips

3/12/18

Instead of sitting on a beach in Cancun or Florida or watching Netflix at home, more than 100 Penn State University Park students spent their spring break traveling throughout the country helping others on Alternative Spring Break program trips.

Students accomplish variety of tasks during alternative spring break in Texas

3/9/18

Penn State York students participating in an alternative spring break this week in Texas have shared a few photos as their experience is coming to a close. The York group, consisting of 10 students and two chaperones, joined students and staff from five other Penn State campuses for a week of disaster-relief work in areas ravaged by Hurricane Harvey.

'We Are' spending spring break doing disaster relief work

2/28/18

Helping other people, making a difference, the experience of meeting new people, stepping out of their comfort zone, sharing a meaningful goal, and putting spring break to good use are just some of the reasons given by Penn State York students about to travel to Texas, the Beaumont and Port Arthur areas, devastated by Hurricane Harvey.

Alternative Spring Break takes students to Puerto Rico

2/28/18

This year, the Penn State Berks Alternative Spring Break program will take a group of six students, along with a staff adviser, to San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Penn State Junior, Alena Piccinini, Volunteering for Alternative Spring Break

Alternative Breaks looking for faculty and staff to attend spring break trips

11/15/17

Penn State Alternative Breaks is looking for full-time faculty or staff members to be Learning Partners on alternative break trips in March 2018.

IST student externs at Boeing, learns there’s no small responsibility

9/14/17

For Parker Chambers, four days in Seattle was all he needed to get an early start on the future.

Helen Mendenhall, center, stands with Patrick Kress, left, and Alex Laffey during Penn State Behrend's Alternative Spring Break (ASB) trip to Oakland last semester.

Penn State Behrend student relishes opportunity to give back during service trip

5/9/17

Service and volunteering have always been a big part of the Helen Mendenhall’s life. Those interests helped her quickly find her niche when she enrolled at Penn State Behrend this past fall.

Students make donation to community garden

4/19/17

A group of Penn State DuBois students has made a contribution to help support a local community garden through a service project. Students Austin Miller, Coby Gardener, Cortney Hedlund, Kristy Hanes and Ryan Lingle gathered supplies and built a mini high tunnel that they donated to the DuBois Community Garden, located off of Liberty Boulevard. The domed, wood-framed structure, covered in clear plastic, is essentially a small green house that will protect plants from the elements and aid growth.

Preserving history: Students' trip to Auschwitz brought Holocaust horror to life

4/11/17

During their Alternative Spring Break trip, students from Penn State Berks entered Auschwitz as curious scholars and left with a greater appreciation for the horrors of war, and in particular, the Holocaust.

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Behrend students learn lifelong lessons through Leadership and Involvement

Abington students reflect on service learning trips

'Learning to learn' in tech: Students spend spring break in Silicon Valley

Penn State students aid help in Hurricane Harvey relief

Penn State students spend break renovating Texas homes damaged by hurricane

Penn State Lehigh Valley students spend spring break in service to others

Students get involved in the community with alternative break trips

Students accomplish variety of tasks during alternative spring break in Texas

'We Are' spending spring break doing disaster relief work

Alternative Spring Break takes students to Puerto Rico

Alternative Breaks looking for faculty and staff to attend spring break trips

IST student externs at Boeing, learns there’s no small responsibility

Penn State Behrend student relishes opportunity to give back during service trip

Students make donation to community garden

Preserving history: Students' trip to Auschwitz brought Holocaust horror to life

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