Past Alternative Breaks

2010-2011

January

Disaster Relief (faith-based): Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, Austell, GA

Affordable Housing: Habitat for Humanity, Fairfield, AL

Children’s Health: Ronald McDonald House of Memphis, Memphis, TN

Urban Poverty (faith-based): Harvey Brown Presbyterian Church, Louisville, KY

Hunger and Homelessness: The Center for the Homeless, South Bend, IN


February-March

Immigration & Border Issues (faith-based): Project Puente, El Paso, TX

People with Disabilities: United Cerebral Palsy of Middle Tennessee, Nashville, TN

Education: Operation Breakthrough, Kansas City, MO

Rural Poverty: Once Upon a Time in Appalachia, Knoxville, TN

Affordable Housing: Habitat for Humanity, Lewisburg, WV


April

Environmental Stewardship / Outdoor Education: YMCA Camp Timbers, West Branch, Michigan


2009-2010

January

People with Disabilities: United Cerebral Palsy of Middle Tennessee, Nashville, TN

Affordable Housing (faith-based): Habitat for Humanity, Punta Gorda, FL

Animal Protection: Peace River Refuge & Ranch, Zolfo Springs, FL

Children’s Health: Ronald McDonald House of Memphis, Memphis, TN

February - March

Immigration & Border Issues: Project Puente, El Paso, TX

Disaster Relief (faith-based): Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, Texas City, TX

Affordable Housing: Habitat for Humanity, Hattiesburg, MS

Environment: Cumberland Trails Conference, Crossville, TN

Rural Poverty: Once Upon a Time in Appalachia, Knoxville, TN

Education/Youth & Poverty: Education Works, Newark, NJ

Health/Disabilities: Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center, Greenville, NH

HIV/AIDS: Community Servings, Boston, MA


2008-2009

December

Total participants: 35

Affordable Housing (faith-based): Habitat for Humanity, Punta Gorda, FL

Children's Health: Ronald McDonald House, Memphis, TN

Hurricane Relief: Southeast Texas Interfaith Organization, Port Arthur, TX

February

Total participants: 103

Affordable Housing: Habitat for Humanity, Georgetown, SC

Children’s Health: Ronald McDonald Houses of Chicagoland, Chicago, IL

Environment: Plateau Restoration, Moab, UT

Hunger & Homelessness (faith-based): The Pilgrimage, Washington, DC

Hurricane Relief (faith-based): Southeast Texas Interfaith Organization, Port Arthur, TX

Immigration & Border Issues: The Annunciation House and Project Puente, El Paso, TX

Rural Poverty: Once Upon a Time in Appalachia, Knoxville, TN

Sustainable Housing: GreenTown, Greensburg, KS

Youth Education: Education Works, Philadelphia, PA


2007-2008

Total participants: 96

Affordable Housing: Habitat for Humanity, Georgetown, SC

Affordable Housing: Habitat for Humanity, Brunswick, GA

Environment: Nature Conservancy, Disney Wildlife Preserve, FL

HIV/AIDS: The Children's Place and Vital Bridges, Chicago, IL

Hospice Care: Heartland Hospice of Gratiot County and Atlanta, GA

Hurricane Relief (faith-based): Presbytery of Mississippi, Gulfport, MS

People with Disabilities: United Cerebral Palsy of Middle Tennessee, Nashville, TN

People with Disabilities (faith-based): Duvall Presbyterian Home, Glenwood, FL

Refugee Awareness: Family Heritage Foundation, Atlanta, GA


2006-2007

December

Total participants: 20

Hurricane Relief: Milford Presbyterian Church, Gautier, MS

February

Total participants: 105

Affordable Housing: Habitat for Humanity, Belen, NM

Education: Education Works, Philadelphia, PA

Environment: Cumberland Trail Conference, Smoky Mountains, TN

Hurricane Relief: National Relief Network, Chalmette, LA

People with Disabilities: United Cerebral Palsy of Middle Tennessee, Nashville, TN

Urban Poverty (faith-based): Myers Park Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, NC


2005-2006

Total participants: 101

Affordable Housing: Habitat for Humanity, Bunnell, FL

Environment: Land Between the Lakes, Golden Pond, KY

Hurricane Relief (faith-based): Presbytery of Mississippi, Gulfport, MS

Hurricane Relief: National Relief Network, Chalmette, LA

People with Disabilities: Duvall Presbyterian Home, Glenwood, FL

Urban Poverty: Presbyterian Social Ministries, Jacksonville, FL

Youth and Poverty: P.E.A.C.E. Community Center, Chicago, FL


2004-2005

Total participants: 83

Affordable Housing: Habitat for Humanity, Laredo, TX

Education: Education Works, Philadelphia, PA

Global Sustainability: Heifer Project International, Rutland, MA

HIV/AIDS: God’s Love We Deliver, New York City, NY

Pediatric Health Care: Camp Boggy Creek, Eustis, FL

Rural Poverty (faith-based): Appalachia Service Project, Kentucky


2003-2004

Total participants: 37

Affordable Housing: Habitat for Humanity, Charleston, SC

HIV/AIDS: The Pilgrimage, Washington, DC

Hunger & Homelessness (faith-based): The Pilgrimage, Washington, DC


2002-2003

Total participants: 20

Affordable Housing: Habitat for Humanity, Boca Raton, FL

 

Alma College students have experiential learning opportunities in Washington, D.C. and around the world through the College’s partnership with the Osgood Center for International Studies. The Osgood Center offers annual leadership, business and foreign policy conferences for college students on contemporary international issues.

 

Faculty Profile

Dr. Marc Setterlund

Dr. Marc Setterlund
Departments: Psychology

During the first two years of Marc Setterlund’s undergraduate studies, he was a chemistry major who was bound and determined to become a doctor—until a run-in with a rat changed his mind.

“We had to use a scalpel to dissect dead rats, and I couldn’t do it,” he says. “My hands were shaking, and I realized that if I couldn’t do surgery on a dead rat, I could never do it on a live person.”