Hobart and William Smith Colleges - alternative spring break

Serving up St. Louis for Spring Break

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

During last month's week-long spring break, six HWS students decided that instead of breaking out their bathing suits, they would roll up their sleeves. For eight days in March, seniors Christina Kinnevey and Cathleen Zupan, junior Samuel Georgian, and first-years Lauren Schwarzenberg, Alyse DiCenzo and Joseph Yanaitis, drove to St. Louis, Missouri, to join more than 100 other students from aroun...

International Alternative Spring Break

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Imagine going half way around the world and back in nine days and getting a taste for the kind of service work done in the Peace Corps. Imagine five days spent building a real, sturdy house for a family in a country where there is heavy seismic activity and 60 percent of the population lives in poverty, without dependable housing. When you're done, kids will want to play soccer with you, there wil...

Alternative Spring Break Students Meet Clinton and Pitt in the 9th Ward

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Over spring break, 11 HWS students traveled to New Orleans, L.A. for the Colleges’ eighth service trip to the city. Shortly after arriving in New Orleans, Director of Public Service Ave Bauder took the students on a tour of the city, through the Lakeview District, the French Quarter and the 9th Ward, where actor Brad Pitt and former-President Bill Clinton were at a groundbreaking ceremony. “The day of sightseeing was nice for the students who hadn’t been there before,” says Regina Triplett ’10...

Students get their hands dirty over break

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

When the Finger Lakes Institute advertised their new Alternative Spring Break program for students who" like the outdoors, getting dirty and love seeing the fruits of your labor,” HWS students responded. “When I looked at the options for the trips I knew that the Ohio River trip to Louisville, Ky. was the one for me because of my interest in environmental conservation, pollution control and, ad...