Alternative Breaks
Alternative Breaks
Applications for 2025 Alternative Spring Break are now open!
Join WKU Student Activities for the Washington D.C. Alternative Spring Break trip. Cost to student is $400. The Student Activities will cover the remaining costs. All meals, transportation, lodging, and activities are included. If you have questions, contact anne.simpson351@topper.wku.edu.
Applications for the trip are due January 24, 2025. This is to ensure flights are booked in time. Students will be notified of selection by January 27, 2025. The first $100 installment will be due by January 31, 2025. Payment will be accepted in form of cash, check, or cashier's check. Checks should be made to WKU. Spots are limited, and decisions will be based on the quality of application submitted.
Join WKU Student Activities for the Memphis, TN Alternative Spring Break trip. Cost to student is $150. The Student Activities will cover the remaining costs. All meals, transportation, lodging, and activities are included. If you have questions, contact amelia.kolb@wku.edu.
This trip will focus on community service with the non-profit, Living Lands and Waters. We will be working with college students from other universities to clean up waterways in Memphis. When we are not volunteering, we will visit other cultural sites in Memphis.
Applications for the trip are due February 3, 2025. Students will be notified of selection by February 10, 2025. The first $50 installment will be due by February 14, 2025. Payment will be accepted in form of cash, check, or cashier's check. Checks should be made to WKU. Spots are limited, and decisions will be based on the quality of application submitted.
Apply Here for Washington D.C. Apply here for Memphis
Held during the fall and spring semesters, WKU students are given the opportunity to spend their breaks giving back to various community service projects. Alternative break trips incorporate cultural experiences along with opportunities to volunteer across the region. Past alternative breaks have included trips to Savannah, GA; Charleston, SC; Memphis, TN; Tuscaloosa, AL; Mobile, AL; New Orleans, LA; Washington D.C.; and Chicago, IL. Students are selected on their previous community service work and level of involvement and commitment.
Past Alternative Breaks...
Chicago, IL - Fall 2024
Washington D.C.- Spring 2024
Cincinnati, OH - Fall 2023
Charleston, SC - Spring 2023
Atlanta, GA - Fall 2022
Savannah, GA & Birmingham, AL- Spring 2022
Washington D.C.- Spring 2022
St. Louis, Missouri- Fall 2021
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