{"id":123236,"date":"2017-03-17T08:47:26","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T12:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=123236"},"modified":"2023-06-27T13:08:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T17:08:18","slug":"scenes-spring-break-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2017\/03\/scenes-spring-break-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Scenes from Spring Break 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wonderplugingallery-container\" id=\"wonderplugingallery-container-67\" style=\"max-width:630px;margin:0 auto;\"><div class=\"wonderplugingallery\" id=\"wonderplugingallery-67\" data-galleryid=\"67\" data-width=\"630\" data-height=\"420\" data-skin=\"light\" data-random=\"false\" data-autoslide=\"false\" data-autoplayvideo=\"false\" data-schemamarkup=\"false\" data-hidetitlewhenvideoisplaying=\"false\" data-disablehovereventontouch=\"false\" data-autoslideandplayafterfirstplayed=\"false\" data-html5player=\"true\" data-responsive=\"true\" data-fullwidth=\"false\" data-showtitle=\"true\" data-showdescription=\"true\" data-showplaybutton=\"true\" data-showfullscreenbutton=\"true\" data-showtimer=\"true\" data-showcarousel=\"true\" data-galleryshadow=\"false\" data-slideshadow=\"true\" data-thumbshowtitle=\"false\" data-thumbshadow=\"true\" data-lightboxshowtitle=\"false\" data-lightboxshowdescription=\"true\" data-specifyid=\"true\" data-donotinit=\"false\" data-addinitscript=\"false\" data-triggerresize=\"false\" data-thumbcolumnsresponsive=\"false\" data-showimgtitle=\"false\" data-titlesmallscreen=\"false\" data-initsocial=\"true\" data-showsocial=\"false\" data-showemail=\"false\" data-showfacebook=\"true\" data-showtwitter=\"true\" data-showpinterest=\"true\" data-socialrotateeffect=\"true\" data-doshortcodeontext=\"false\" data-duration=\"1500\" data-slideduration=\"1000\" data-slideshowinterval=\"6000\" data-googleanalyticsaccount=\"\" data-resizemode=\"fill\" data-imagetoolboxmode=\"mouseover\" data-effect=\"fade\" data-padding=\"12\" data-bgcolor=\"\" data-bgimage=\"\" data-thumbwidth=\"48\" data-thumbheight=\"48\" data-thumbgap=\"8\" data-thumbrowgap=\"16\" data-lightboxtextheight=\"72\" data-lightboxtitlecss=\"{color:#333333; font:bold 12px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow:hidden; white-space:normal; line-height:18px;}\" data-lightboxdescriptioncss=\"{color:#333333; font:normal 12px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow:hidden; white-space:normal; line-height:14px;}\" data-titlecss=\"{color:#ffffff; font-size:14px; font-family:Armata, sans-serif, Arial; overflow:hidden; white-space:normal; text-align:left; padding:10px 0px 10px 10px;  background:rgb(102, 102, 102) transparent; background:rgba(102, 102, 102, 0.6); display:none;}\" data-descriptioncss=\"{color:#ffffff; font-size:12px; font-family:Armata, sans-serif, Arial; overflow:hidden; white-space:normal; text-align:left; padding:10px;  background:rgb(102, 102, 102) transparent; background:rgba(102, 102, 102, 0.6);}\" data-titleheight=\"72\" data-titlesmallscreenwidth=\"640\" data-titleheightsmallscreen=\"148\" data-socialmode=\"mouseover\" data-socialposition=\"position:absolute;top:8px;right:8px;\" data-socialpositionlightbox=\"position:absolute;top:8px;right:8px;\" data-socialdirection=\"horizontal\" data-socialbuttonsize=\"32\" data-socialbuttonfontsize=\"18\" data-triggerresizedelay=\"100\" data-thumbmediumsize=\"800\" data-thumbsmallsize=\"480\" data-thumbmediumwidth=\"64\" data-thumbmediumheight=\"64\" data-thumbsmallwidth=\"48\" data-thumbsmallheight=\"48\" data-imgtitle=\"title\" data-jsfolder=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/plugins\/wonderplugin-library\/engine\/\" style=\"display:none;\" ><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/spring-break-paris.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/spring-break-paris-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Spring Break, Paris\" data-description=\"Bailey Pace &#39;18 takes a break in Paris, while studying abroad in Granada, Spain.\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Spring Break, Paris<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">Bailey Pace &#039;18 takes a break in Paris, while studying abroad in Granada, Spain.<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/spring-break.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/spring-break-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Spring Break Washington, D.C.\" data-description=\"Daniel Bownoth &#39;18 and Esther Kim &#39;18 at the Washington monument, during a trip with the UConn School of Engineering BRIDGE program.\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Spring Break Washington, D.C.<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">Daniel Bownoth &#039;18 and Esther Kim &#039;18 at the Washington monument, during a trip with the UConn School of Engineering BRIDGE program.<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/spring-break-cali-observatory.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/spring-break-cali-observatory-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Spring Break, California\" data-description=\"Ranice Chong &#39;17, Jessica Lee &#39;17, May La &#39;17, Victoria Tsang &#39;17, and Sherwin Yu &#39;15 at Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, Calif.\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Spring Break, California<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">Ranice Chong &#039;17, Jessica Lee &#039;17, May La &#039;17, Victoria Tsang &#039;17, and Sherwin Yu &#039;15 at Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, Calif.<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/spring-break-stadium-pic.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/spring-break-stadium-pic-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Spring Break in California\" data-description=\"Kassandra Montenegro &#39;17 and Max Klein &#39;17 support the Huskies at the UConn vs. Santa Clara baseball game.\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Spring Break in California<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">Kassandra Montenegro &#039;17 and Max Klein &#039;17 support the Huskies at the UConn vs. Santa Clara baseball game.<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/spring-break-texas.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/spring-break-texas-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Spring Break, Texas\" data-description=\"UConn&#39;s Voices of Freedom Gospel Choir with a founding member, Rev. Dr. Claudette A. Copeland, in San Antonio, Texas.\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Spring Break, Texas<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">UConn&#039;s Voices of Freedom Gospel Choir with a founding member, Rev. Dr. Claudette A. Copeland, in San Antonio, Texas.<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/spring-break-sweden.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/spring-break-sweden-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Spring Break in Sweden\" data-description=\"Christine Long &#39;17, Sean Judge, Victoria Huebner &#39;17, and Amanda Sanchioni &#39;16 at the border between Norway and Sweden.\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Spring Break in Sweden<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">Christine Long &#039;17, Sean Judge, Victoria Huebner &#039;17, and Amanda Sanchioni &#039;16 at the border between Norway and Sweden.<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/spring-break-ocean-e1489678129763.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/spring-break-ocean-e1489678129763-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Spring Break, Costa Rica\" data-description=\"Makany Toure &#39;18 and Jazmine Riley &#39;19 jet skiing at Manuel Antonio Beach in Costa Rica.\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Spring Break, Costa Rica<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">Makany Toure &#039;18 and Jazmine Riley &#039;19 jet skiing at Manuel Antonio Beach in Costa Rica.<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/spring-break-summit.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/spring-break-summit-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Spring Break, Costa Rica\" data-description=\"Stephen Schmidt, Garrett Yantosh, Matthew Pias, and Conor Champagne, all Class of 2017, climbed to the summit of the tallest mountain in Costa Rica, Cerro Chirripo: 12,532 feet.\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Spring Break, Costa Rica<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">Stephen Schmidt, Garrett Yantosh, Matthew Pias, and Conor Champagne, all Class of 2017, climbed to the summit of the tallest mountain in Costa Rica, Cerro Chirripo: 12,532 feet.<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/spring-break-arkansas.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/spring-break-arkansas-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Spring Break 2017\" data-description=\"UConn students pursue an alternative break in Hot Springs, Arkansas. (Photo by Jenifer Shahjahan &#39;17)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Spring Break 2017<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">UConn students pursue an alternative break in Hot Springs, Arkansas. (Photo by Jenifer Shahjahan &#039;17)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/spring-break-baton-rouge.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/spring-break-baton-rouge-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Spring Break, Baton Rouge\" data-description=\"Sisters of Kappa Phi Lambda Sorority on a service trip to Baton Rouge, La., to help with flood relief. From left to right: Linda Sihaphong \u201917, Jia Cai \u201919, Lorraine Zhong \u201919, Michelle Lee \u201917, Christina Jiang \u201917, Alexandra Garcia \u201919, and Ellie Han \u201919.\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Spring Break, Baton Rouge<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">Sisters of Kappa Phi Lambda Sorority on a service trip to Baton Rouge, La., to help with flood relief. From left to right: Linda Sihaphong \u201917, Jia Cai \u201919, Lorraine Zhong \u201919, Michelle Lee \u201917, Christina Jiang \u201917, Alexandra Garcia \u201919, and Ellie Han \u201919.<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/spring-break-habitat.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/spring-break-habitat-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Spring Break, Washington\" data-description=\"A UConn Habitat for Humanity group works on a project in Tacoma, Wash.\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Spring Break, Washington<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">A UConn Habitat for Humanity group works on a project in Tacoma, Wash.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>From jet-skiing to climbing the highest mountain in Costa Rica; sightseeing in Paris, L.A., and D.C.; helping with flood relief, volunteering with Habitat for Humanity, and supporting their beloved Huskies at a baseball game, UConn students took spring break as an opportunity to expand their horizons.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From jet-skiing, to sightseeing, to assisting with flood relief, UConn students took spring break as an opportunity to expand their horizons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":123268,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,2225,2234],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[117],"class_list":["post-123236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gallery","category-uconn-storrs","category-university-life","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-04 10:31:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123236"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123313,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123236\/revisions\/123313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/123268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123236"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=123236"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=123236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}