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The fastest-growing sector in our economy has no career path. In fact, a survey of young people found that only one quarter could name a single business in this sector. The recent book by Jeff Pryor and Alexandra Mitchell, “Compassionate Careers: Making…
Last spring, Mount Mercy University sophomore Jess Hiney went on her second alternative break trip. This time it was to Biloxi, Mississippi, where she and her fellow students helped with continued rebuilding from Hurricane Katrina. Most students don’t go on one or even two…
Grinnell College students Madeline Howland and Yesenia Ayala are preparing for very different alternative spring break experiences. Howland is leading a trip to Wisconsin to work with Community Homestead on sustainable agriculture and food justice…
For Ellie Stoakes, winter break of her freshman year at Central College was pretty boring. She went back home and by the time classes started in January, she knew she had to do something different in the future. Sophomore year, she did just…
Most students who go on alternative break trips are looking for a new experience, often in a new community with a different culture. But Rachel Zuckerman was different. In her sophomore year at the University of Iowa, she loved Iowa City, but she…
Beginning later this week, over 500 students from 12 colleges and universities in Iowa will set off on adventures across the country and even outside of it. They seek to make a difference, both for others and for themselves. These students are…