Alternative Spring Break

Alternative Spring Break (ASB) is an experiential learning opportunity that promotes service-learning and community building. Students participate in education, direct service, and reflection in order to become engaged members of their communities.

Alternative Spring Break is open to any student in good academic and conduct standing at the University. You do not need previous experience in service or on campus to participate. Each trip seeks to have students from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.

Each year we look for new and unique opportunities to combine the spring break experience with service learning. If you have an idea for what our next spring break trip should entail, or you are interested in attending an Alternative Spring Break trip, please let us know by emailing huskyhelpers@mtu.edu.

Alternative Spring Break 2026

Student Leadership and Involvement is excited to host two Alternative Spring Break trips this year! Details about each trip are highlighted in the drop downs below.

Applications for both trips will open on Monday, October 13th at 8:00 AM. The priority deadline for applications is Wednesday, November 12th. Following the priority deadline, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until all spots are filled.

DO IT! I have recommended these trips to so many people because I love them so much. You go on these trips not knowing the majority of the students, and come back with new friends. You get the opportunity to fully immerse yourself in something so new and unfamiliar. You get to meet people in different cultures, live where they live, do what they do, and provide resources to them. I have come home from these trips mesmerized by the experience, and beyond grateful.

Olivia Luke '25 laughs as aunts crawl onto her hand off of a tree in the Ecuadorian rainforest.
Olivia Luke '25
Biomedical Engineering Student

Past Alternative Spring Breaks