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Alternative Spring Break

Alternative Spring Break (ASB) is an annual initiative for students to engage in a week-long service program! If you, or any peer, student, or group would be interested in participating please reach out to StudentCommunityService@shepherd.edu.

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Learning Outcomes

After participating in the Alternative Spring Break Program, students who are successful will be able to:

  1. Advocate for social change through service
  2. Apply leadership skills to analyze the impacts of poverty, specifically in Appalachia
  3. Conceptualize the importance of active citizenship through serving communities different than the students own community
  4. Develop both passive and active leadership skills that can be applied to academic, social, and personal life situations.

    Pictures from Alternative Spring Break Trips

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