As part of the SEC Compact, USC is sending a group of students to partner with Habitat for Humanity in Marion County, Alabama. Second-year biology student David Tran will be leading the service trip.
"I expect this trip to build a stronger awareness in myself and the students that I am leading about the national issue of poverty and homelessness," Tran said. "I believe that it will not only widen their perspectives, but it goes deeper and reveals to them who they are as a person."
The SEC Compact, established in 2013, is an agreement between five SEC schools who have pledged to send a group of students on a trip each year during their spring break. The schools send students to the same place or organization, which maximizes the work they can accomplish.
In Marion County, the students from USC will be helping with yardwork, the repair of damaged buildings and the construction of new homes.
"Even through the seriousness of it all, I do expect everyone to have an exciting and unique experience of an Alternative Spring Break," Tran said.