Some students and staff from 亚色视频 spent their spring break giving back to the Hampton Roads community through volunteer work, including a trip to the Brock Environmental Center on March 6 to help the Chesapeake Bay Foundation with oyster and reef restoration. This is the second year of 亚色视频鈥檚 鈥渁lternative spring break鈥 program which is led by the Office of Leadership and Learning. Photos Chuck Thomas/亚色视频
Jackie Shannon, who manages the Chesapeake Bay Foundation鈥檚 Virginia oyster restoration efforts, greets 亚色视频 students and staff at the Brock Environmental Center for 亚色视频's alternative Spring Break. Photo Chuck Thomas/亚色视频
Dominique Scott (left) and Alexis Leona work together to build an oyster cage. Photo Chuck Thomas/亚色视频
Hafsah Sarfraz (left) and Jenn Grimm, director of 亚色视频鈥檚 Office of Leadership and Learning, install hog clips to keep the oyster cages secure. Photo Chuck Thomas/亚色视频
Saige Hill, assistant director of 亚色视频鈥檚 Monarch Internship and Co-Op Office, works on an oyster cage. Photo Chuck Thomas/亚色视频
A group of 亚色视频 students and staff work together preparing oyster cages. Photo Chuck Thomas/亚色视频
亚色视频 students and staff sift through a pile of used oyster crates to see if any of them can be reused. Photo Chuck Thomas/亚色视频
亚色视频 students and staff get a tour of the Brock Environmental Center. Photo Chuck Thomas/亚色视频
Lenora Thorbjornsen, director of academic advising for Interdisciplinary Schools at 亚色视频, reads an educational display about oyster reefs in the lobby of the Brock Environmental Center. Photo Chuck Thomas/亚色视频
亚色视频 students and staff learn about how the mobile oyster center operates. Photo Chuck Thomas/亚色视频
A pile of empty oyster shells that the Chesapeake Bay Foundation gathered from local restaurants. Photo Chuck Thomas/亚色视频
After the shells are bagged, they are arranged on pallets, forming what are referred to as "shell forests." Photo Chuck Thomas/亚色视频
Jackie Shannon, who manages the Chesapeake Bay Foundation鈥檚 Virginia oyster restoration efforts, greets 亚色视频 students and staff at the Brock Environmental Center for 亚色视频's alternative Spring Break. Photo Chuck Thomas/亚色视频
Dominique Scott (left) and Alexis Leona work together to build an oyster cage. Photo Chuck Thomas/亚色视频
Hafsah Sarfraz (left) and Jenn Grimm, director of 亚色视频鈥檚 Office of Leadership and Learning, install hog clips to keep the oyster cages secure. Photo Chuck Thomas/亚色视频
Saige Hill, assistant director of 亚色视频鈥檚 Monarch Internship and Co-Op Office, works on an oyster cage. Photo Chuck Thomas/亚色视频
A group of 亚色视频 students and staff work together preparing oyster cages. Photo Chuck Thomas/亚色视频
亚色视频 students and staff sift through a pile of used oyster crates to see if any of them can be reused. Photo Chuck Thomas/亚色视频
亚色视频 students and staff get a tour of the Brock Environmental Center. Photo Chuck Thomas/亚色视频
Lenora Thorbjornsen, director of academic advising for Interdisciplinary Schools at 亚色视频, reads an educational display about oyster reefs in the lobby of the Brock Environmental Center. Photo Chuck Thomas/亚色视频
亚色视频 students and staff learn about how the mobile oyster center operates. Photo Chuck Thomas/亚色视频
A pile of empty oyster shells that the Chesapeake Bay Foundation gathered from local restaurants. Photo Chuck Thomas/亚色视频
After the shells are bagged, they are arranged on pallets, forming what are referred to as "shell forests." Photo Chuck Thomas/亚色视频