One of the students joining us was a senior Chinese international student, who joined the trip due to an invite from one of our student leaders who lives on his floor. This was his first time hearing the gospel, and by the end of the week, he was very much immersed in trying to understand the faith...

29 Smithies, together with 40 other students from Mount Holyoke, Amherst and UMass, went down to New Orleans for ServeUP, our annual alternative spring break trip back in March. The week was packed with long, full days on work sites as well as evenings of community reflection time...

On the final day of the week long service project in New Orleans over spring break students gathered in the gymnasium, formed and line, held hands and silently responded to the following prompts: