By the Numbers
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very year on Spring Break and during the summer, Gonzaga’s Campus Ministry department organizes nearly a dozen immersion trips for students. Led by members of Gonzaga’s faculty and staff, these groups travel to communities around the country where students have the opportunity to live simply, meet new people, participate in prayer and reflection, and understand and build social justice.
Here’s a look at 2018 Immersion Trips by the Numbers
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Number of students who went on Immersion Trips in 2018
29 35 86 26 Freshmen
Sophomores
Number of faculty chaperones who traveled with students
Juniors
Number of states visited Maryland
New Jersey
Florida
57
Number of nights spent away on Immersion trips
Number of foreign countries visited: Mexico
30
Number of hours students spent restoring a house in New Orleans, LA
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12
Louisiana
Kansas
2,308
Number of families in Apopka, FL who opened their homes and hosted our students for a week
South Dakota
Arizona
Number of miles from Washington, D.C. to Nogales, Mexico—the furthest of our trips in 2018
250
Pairs of jeans donated from the Gonzaga community to the Kino Border Initiative, a Jesuit organization that runs programs for migrants along the Mexican border
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