A group of nine Western New England College students and one faculty member participated in an Alternative Spring Break program

 

A group of nine Western New England College students and one faculty member participated in an Alternative Spring Break program in El Paso, TX from March 13 to March 21. The group presented a program to showcase the trip at the annual Alternative Spring Break Reception on March 26. While in El Paso, the group worked with staff members at the Child Crisis Center to coordinate and run programs for the resident children as well help assist with maintenance of the facility. The participating students included Meggan Czerwinski of Pittsfield, MA, a senior marketing communications/advertising major; Laura Dennison of Essex
Junction, VT, a sophomore psychology/elementary education major; Lindsay Guido of Guilford, VT, a sophomore marketing communications/advertising major; freshman Dani Hanna of Monroe, CT; Curtis Jones of Beverly, MA, a sophomore marketing communications/advertising major; Mallory Patten of Trenton, ME, a sophomore marketing major; Jeffrey Tate of Bedford, MA, a
freshman criminal justice major; and Jennifer ZeRuth of Nazareth, PA, a freshman political studies major. The team leader was Carissa Scenna of Amherst, NH, a sophomore marketing major. The team advisor was associate professor of Quantitative Methods and Computer Information Systems Dr. David Russell of Longmeadow, MA.