Welcome!

In December of 2005 and 2006, Union College students spent part of their December break in New Orleans, Louisiana, helping to rebuild parts of the city that were so severely damaged in Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The energy of those two trips has led to institutionalizing this ‘alternative break’ as an academic course that will combine an intensive community service experience with academic study of New Orleans and the hurricane disaster and reflection on these experiences and events.

• All Union undergraduates
• Must be on campus for both fall and winter terms
• Applicants must fill out an application, must provide references, and will be interviewed prior to selection
• 15-20 total slots are expected
• No course prerequisites, but, as with other miniterms and terms abroad, you must have  a minimum 2.5 GPA

• Current plan is to return to New Orleans area

• Recovery work, most likely home building and repair
• Additional activities in New Orleans are being scheduled – meetings with environmental experts, local service workers, etc
• There will be some time for fun!

• Informational Meetings: 

  • Tuesday, Sept 11, 5-6 pm in Soc Sci  103  OR

  •  Wednesday, Sept 12, 12:55-1:45 in Soc Sci 14.

• Application DUE: Noon, Friday, September 21st, International Programs Office, 211 Humanities
• Interviews: TBD
• December Miniterm Dates: Thursday 11/28 thru Wednesday 12/19