Students Pass Up Beach To Learn and Serve on Spring Break From: University Currents Date: March 10, 2000 By: Dawn Fuller Phone: (513) 556-1823 Archive: Campus News, General News Cincinnati UC students are buckling down for final exams next week, but for more than 100 students, the learning will continue off campus during spring break. UC s spring break begins the week of March 20. Students will travel to the Czech Republic, Spain, Mexico and around the U.S. as they expand their educational experiences, part of which will involve providing services that help others in need. Here's a look at their travel plans: A spring break journey to the Czech Republic will expand global opportunities for teaching and research. UC faculty, three graduate students from UC's Center for English as a Second Language (ESL) and three graduates from UC's College of Education are packing up for Brno, Czech Republic to develop a partnership with Masaryk University. UC students and their international colleagues will work together as a task force to further develop opportunities for students who want to teach English overseas. The group will fly out of Cincinnati on Thursday, March 16. UC French and Spanish language students will travel from Toulouse, France to Santiego de Compostela, Spain the same route that hundreds of thousands of Christians have taken for centuries. The final destination is believed to be the burial site of St. James. The 13 students will put their language studies to use on the trip. They will depart Cincinnati on Thursday, March 16. The African American Cultural and Research Center Choir will spend spring break on a 10- day tour, performing at churches, high schools, colleges and universities across the south. Tour stops include New Orleans, Tampa and Atlanta. The 43 students will travel by bus and will leave Cincinnati Friday, March 17. A group of 14 UC students will travel to Matamoros, Mexico to refurbish a church. The group will leave Cincinnati on Saturday, March 18 and will return on March 25. UC's Habitat for Humanity is taking 20 students to Miami, Florida to help frame new homes. Students with the Christian Appalachian Project will travel to McCreary county in eastern Kentucky to work on homes in the region. At least 10 students will do repairs, expansion, drywalling and roof work. The Campus Crusade for Christ will take 13 students to New York s inner city to tutor children and work in soup kitchens. Students will make a trip to New Orleans to volunteer at a community center. The 12 UC students with UC's Baptist Collegiate Ministry will work on building improvements and after-school programs.