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Photo: Students carrying bags of weeds as they dispose of them during an Alternative Service Break trip

Alternative Service Breaks

Alternative Service Breaks Program Returns in Full Swing for 2025

March 7, 2025

Photo: The Boston University men’s ice hockey team after defeating Minnesota in the NCAA Sioux Falls Regional final. A large group of men are wearing red hockey jerseys and celebrating while holding up a trophy

Athletics

Seven Things to Know as BU Begins the 2024 Frozen Four

April 10, 2024

Photo: A group of volunteers in matching blue t shirts gather to pick up trash on a beach in Hobe Sound Florida

ASB

A Year Since COVID-19 Hiatus Ended, Alternative Service Breaks Program Continues to Strengthen Bonds

March 8, 2024

Photo: Trip chaperone and BU Residence Hall Director Tim Hegan, from left, trip coordinator Rohin Bajaj (ENG’25), Chloe Rowan (CAS’25), InihAbasi Sunday (CAS’24), and trip coordinator Ari Burns (CAS’25) pull invasive arrowhead vine from an area of The Nature Conservancy which borders a resident’s property as part of their Alternative Spring Break work March 8. A group of young adults wearing purple shirts and pants hold and fill a large bag of dried grass. Various other students cut shrubs and brush with large cutters. An older white man wearing a rainbow tie-dye shirt helps with the gathering.

Student Life

For These Terriers, Spring Break in Florida Was All about Volunteering

March 16, 2023

3/11/22 -- Dorchester, MA Christy Li (Questrom’25) weeds in the greenhouse at Victory Programs’ ReVision Urban Farms in Dorchester March 11. Li was there with other volunteers from BU who were participating in a modified, localized Alternative Spring Break for the week. The group helped unroll massive tarps to cover crops, rake columns for growing and weed outside and in the farm’s greenhouse. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

Arts & Culture

Alternative Service Break Trips Return to Normal after Three Years

March 2, 2023

Photo of a young, Asian student in a white puffy picking up a piece of baby clothing from a large bin at a Cradles to Crayon collection center.

Community Service

Alternative Service Break Trips Stay Local This Year

March 4, 2022

Students on an Alternative Spring Break trip sit in the back of a pick up truck

Alternative Service Breaks

Travel, Explore, and Volunteer with Alternative Service Breaks This Spring

February 12, 2020

Volunteers on the ASB Tennessee trip on a wheelchair ramp they built. Photo courtesy of Anthony Dongfack

Community Service

Spring Break with a Purpose

March 8, 2019

Chinese New Year celebration

Students

Staying Local for Spring Break? We’ve Got You Covered

March 6, 2019

University News

Student Volunteers Share ASB Experiences on Instagram

March 14, 2018

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

Students

A Vacation with a Mission

March 5, 2018

group of BU students on wheelchair ramp they've built

Community Service

March Means Service, Learning-Based Trips

March 3, 2017

Group photo of BU students on ASB Nashville trip

Volunteer

Make a Difference over Spring Break

February 9, 2017

BU Alternative Spring Breaks 2016

CSC

ASB 2016 Volunteers: Tweet Your Experience

March 7, 2016

Students

How Are You Spending Spring Break?

March 4, 2016

Classic cars on a street in Cuba

Travel

CAS Course Brings Students to Cuba

March 19, 2015

Alternative Spring Break, ASB, Natchez, Mississippi

Community Service

ASB Volunteers: Tweet Your Experience

March 9, 2015

Spring Break

How Are You Spending Your Spring Vacation?

March 6, 2015

Boston University BU, ASB Alternative Spring Break ASB, Crossville Tennessee, community service, volunteer

Volunteer

Alternative Spring Breaks: Crossville, Tennessee

March 21, 2014

Boston University BU, Alternative Spring Break ASB, community service, Flagstaff Arizona, Kane Ranch

Earth

Alternative Spring Breaks: Flagstaff, Arizona

March 20, 2014

Alternative Spring Breaks: Flagstaff, Arizona

Alternative Spring Breaks

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