Alternative Break
Students engage in social justice issues, domestic and international, through a team formation process of prayer, reflection, and direct service.
These service-immersion experiences, offered during each Fall Break, Spring Break, and in May, are designed to provide meaningful experiences for students who want to immerse themselves in different cultures and serve those in need. They include travel to under-served communities in places like Appalachia, New Mexico, and Guatemala.
Led by the university's student Alternative Break (AB) Board and accompanied by faculty and staff advisors, the goal for these experiences is to open the eyes of students to global needs and challenges, empowering them to become transformational leaders for social change.
Students who participate in the Marian University AB program describe it as "life altering" and definitely move along the continuum of awareness, from volunteerism to more engaged citizenship committed to social activism.
Applications for student leadership positions are available in April and participants are can apply in the fall semester preceding Spring Break.
Indy Urban Plunge
The Indy Urban Plunge is a 36 hour immersion experience in Indianapolis. Students will explore the cycle of poverty as experienced in the city of Indianapolis to include the misperceptions of poverty and the challenges faced by those who are at most risk.
By engaging in direct service at various agencies which walk with and advocate for those who live in poverty, students will evaluate these services in the light of the Corporal Works of Mercy, Catholic Social Teaching and political advocacy.