{"id":81,"date":"2013-11-12T21:32:39","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T21:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/veterans\/?p=81"},"modified":"2013-11-12T21:32:39","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T21:32:39","slug":"2014-alternative-spring-break-service-trip-applications-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/veterans\/2013\/11\/12\/2014-alternative-spring-break-service-trip-applications-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Alternative Spring Break service trip applications are now available!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2014 Alternative Spring Break service trip applications are now available! Please help to spread the word to students about these opportunities. This year the Center for Civic Engagement is offering three spring break trips from March 22 to March 29, 2014. Trips for 2014 include:<br \/>\n\u2022 Hunger &amp; Homelessness in San Francisco, California, Estimated Trip Cost: $435 (includes 4 dinners and breakfast)<br \/>\n\u2022 Community &amp; Cultural Engagement in Yakima, Washington, Estimated Trip Cost: $145 (includes 4 dinners)<br \/>\n\u2022 Environmental Restoration &amp; Conservation: Ashland, Oregon, Estimated Trip Cost: $ 205 (includes 4 dinners)<\/p>\n<p>Students can learn more about the alternative break program, download the application packet, or apply online here: <a href=\"http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/cce\/alternativebreaks.\">http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/cce\/alternativebreaks. <\/a>Applications are due Monday December 2, 2013 by 5pm. This is a unique opportunity for students to bond, learn, and serve. There many benefits to participating, many are listed below.<\/p>\n<p>Benefits of participating in an Alternative Break:<br \/>\n\u2022 Engage in meaningful service to impact change related to an issue you care about<br \/>\n\u2022 Learn about and reflect upon the complexity and interconnectedness of social issues and problems<br \/>\n\u2022 Improve your leadership, critical thinking, and dialogue skills in dynamic real world scenarios<br \/>\n\u2022 Learn about options for continuing community engagement work upon your return to OSU<br \/>\n\u2022 Build meaningful relationships and a new community of civic-minded OSU students<br \/>\n\u2022 Travel to and learn about regional communities<br \/>\n\u2022 Learn about and explore new perspectives<br \/>\n\u2022 Develop skills in negotiating multiple perspectives, viewpoints, and stakeholders\u2019 interests in decision making and actions<br \/>\n\u2022 Develop an increased capacity to work across differences to build communities<br \/>\n\u2022 Gain valuable experience for your resume<br \/>\n\u2022 Experience a program that will likely inform your future career path and lifestyle<br \/>\n\u2022 Learn about yourself, challenge yourself, and have fun<\/p>\n<p>_________________________________<br \/>\nEmily E. Bowling<br \/>\nCivic Engagement &amp; Service Coordinator<br \/>\nStudent Leadership &amp; Involvement<br \/>\nOregon State University<br \/>\n154 Snell Hall; Corvallis, Oregon 97331<br \/>\np: 541.737.7673 | f: 541.737.7504<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2014 Alternative Spring Break service trip applications are now available! Please help to spread the word to students about these opportunities. This year the Center for Civic Engagement is offering three spring break trips from March 22 to March 29, 2014. Trips for 2014 include: \u2022 Hunger &amp; Homelessness in San Francisco, California, Estimated Trip&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/veterans\/2013\/11\/12\/2014-alternative-spring-break-service-trip-applications-now-available\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[502],"tags":[747],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/89"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}