A Path to Discovery and Service With open hearts and a common goal to serve, learn, and develop, our Bear Breaks team entered Chicago, a city rich in culture, history, and diversity. Working with amazing groups committed to changing the situation, we spent several days immersed in areas facing homelessness and food insecurity. Giving back was only one aspect of the … [Read more...] about Bear Breaks Chicago 2025: Impact Report
Educate. Engage. Empower. Immersion programs feature the opportunity for students to spend their breaks (spring, summer, fall) serving, immersed in communities (local, national, or global). These experiences allow students to engage with communities, immerse themselves in cultures, test major and career choices, and grow as Citizen Bears. Upon their return from the trip, groups … [Read more...] about Bear Breaks is Back for Fall Break Immersion Trips
Instead of sunshine and the beach, I decided to go on the Immersion Trip hosted by Community Engagement Center aka. BearBreak with a bunch of strangers. Unexpected is good: I am going to be quite honest; I had no idea what BearBreaks entails at the time of application. I saw a poster about an Immersion trip in Dallas, where students get to volunteer with … [Read more...] about First Bear Break to remember
When I heard about Bear Breaks, I was instantly excited. What a cool way to spend Spring Break - with fellow students, getting to serve others in a community that was unfamiliar to me, and it was a bonus that the emphasis of the trip was on education, my major. I applied and found out I was accepted. Cue the anxiety. I realized what exactly I signed up for. A 7-hour road trip … [Read more...] about Take the Risk
Don’t get me wrong, a spring break on the beach with a group of people I know does sound fun but what if I tried something else? That's exactly what I did when I applied to lead my first Bear Break trip this year. Pre-Trip Going in I knew nothing about the program but was excited to dive in and learn all there was to it. Starting out meeting one on one with Alex in … [Read more...] about The Trip of a Lifetime