Winter Break is not just about going home for the holidays

MALIBU, CA — Along with studying at Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of Education and Psychology (GSEP), add mold removal to Annabel Mojica’s transcript. The Fallbrook resident and first-year grad student will lead a team of 16 Pepperdine students with her roommate, Elizabeth Eubanks, from Dec. 17 to Dec. 22 to New Orleans to work, clean and bring hope to people who lost just about everything to Hurricane Katrina.

Mojica and her Pepperdine team are not alone in their holiday efforts. Several universities across the nation are planning trips to New Orleans as Winter Break, alternatives i...