Alternative Spring Breaks
What is an Alternative Spring Break (ASB)? An Alternative Break places teams of college students in communities to engage in community service and experiential learning during their summer, fall, winter or spring breaks. Students perform short-term projects for community agencies and learn about issues such as literacy, poverty, racism, hunger, homelessness, and the environment. The objectives of an Alternative Break program are to involve college students in community-based service projects and to give students opportunities to learn about the problems faced by members of communities with whom they otherwise may have had little or no direct contact.
2010 Faculty/Staff Participant Information
- Are you a faculty or staff member at Rice University that wants to
learn more about or become involved in an Alternative Spring Break trip? Attend one or both of the sessions below to learn more about the program.
- Faculty/Staff Participant Information Session
- Learn the basics of the ASB program, the role of a faculty/staff
participant, and talk to past faculty/staff participants about their
experiences.
- Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 12:00-1:30pm - Rice Memorial Center (RMC) Miner Lounge
- Please RSVP to service@rice.edu by 5:00pm on Friday, October 16, 2009.
- Faculty/Staff Meet & Greet
- Meet the Site Leaders that will be running the 2010 Alternative
Spring Break trips, learn about the scheduled trips, and have a chance
to talk one-on-one with the students that will be selecting
faculty/staff participants. Faculty/staff participants are chosen in the same selection process as student participants, but this event allows Site Leaders and faculty/staff applicants an opportunity to discuss the trips more in depth.
- Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 12:00-1:30pm - Fondren Library - Kyle Morrow Room (3rd Floor)
- Please RSVP to service@rice.edu by 5:00pm on Monday, October 19, 2009.
2010 ASB Student Participant Information
- Understand the goals and requirements of the ASB program, meet the Site Leaders, hear about the planned trips, and learn how to apply for the 2010 ASBs.
- Monday, October 19, 2009 - 4:00-5:30pm - Rice Memorial Center (RMC) Sammy's
- Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 4:00-5:30pm - Rice Memorial Center (RMC) Sammy's
2010 ASB Trips Descriptions
- Los Angeles, CA - Community Health Councils, Inc.
Sponsoring Student Organization: Rice Children's Defense Fund (CDF)
- Philadelphia, PA - Breakthrough of Greater Philadelphia
Sponsoring Student Organization: Student Engineers Educating Kids (SEEK)
- New Orleans, LA - HandsOn New Orleans
Sponsoring Student Organization: Rice Habitat for Humanity
- Monticello, IA - Camp Courageous
Sponsoring Student Organization: Rice Student Volunteer Program (RSVP)
- Oakhurst, NJ - Camp Oakhurst
Sponsoring Student Organization: Best Buddies
- Santa Catalina Island, CA - Catalina Island Conservancy
Sponsoring Student Organization: Environmental Club
- Big Bear Lake, CA - YMCA Camp Whittle
Sponsoring Student Organization: One-on-One Mentoring
- Charlotte, NC - Citizen Schools
Sponsoring Student Organization: The Mentorship Project
- Boulder Creek, CA - YMCA Camp Campbell
Sponsoring Student Organization: Wharton And Rice Mentoring (WARM)
- Denver Metropolitan Area and Winter Park, CO - Colorado Center for the Blind and National Sports Center for the Disabled
Sponsoring Student Organization: Rice American Red Cross
- Boston, MA - Boston Rescue Mission
Sponsoring Student Organization: Rice American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Google Map of 2010 ASB Trip Locations
2010 ASB Participant Application Process
- Follow these instructions to join as a member of the OWL-Space collaborative site:
- Go to OWL-Space (https://owlspace-ccm.rice.edu).
- Click on "LOG-IN using NetID" and enter your credentials.
- Click on the "Membership" tab in the left margin.
- Click on the "Joinable Sites" link next to "My Current Sites" header.
- Under the "Worksite" list, find the title "ASB '10" and click on the link "Join" located just below it.
- Click on the newly formed tab (ASB '10), located next to the "My Workspace" tab at the top of the page.
- Once you have been added as a member, you will have access to the application, which is under the "Tests & Quizzes" tab on the left sidebar. You may save your progress at any time during the application process and return to complete it any time before the deadline.