The Office of Student Involvement sponsors Alternative Break experiences. An Alternative Break (AB) is a week-long or weekend immersive service experience. A group of students travel away from campus with the goal of engaging within a new community through education, service, and reflection.
Each AB highlights a subsection of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. Students will forego traditional breaks in favor of engaging in diverse communities through education and service; providing a quality community-based transformational learning opportunity.
These programs are part of a global movement of students that share a vision for creating a society of active citizens by taking time to learn and serve during their academic breaks.
As a result of participating in an Alternative Break Trip, students will be able to:
Apply for the 2023 Alternative Break Experience
Emily Harris, Coordinator of Leadership and Community Engagement
emily.v.harris@ung.edu
678-717-3622
The Alternative Breaks Program is helping to align our service with the Sustainable Development Goals, an urgent call to action for all nations, developed and developing, to work together in a global partnership. They understand that combating poverty and other forms of deprivation requires strategies that enhance health and education, reduce inequality, promote economic growth, combat climate change, and fight to protect our oceans and forests.
Trip Leaders are one of the most crucial pieces of the Alternative Break (AB) program. As a student-led program, AB takes pride in our leaders and the rich experience they bring to this para-professional role of the program.
As a trip leader, you will take an active role in educating and leading peers through a service experience focused on a social issue that you are passionate about.
You will be held to a high standard and expected to: