John Imsande

Professor of agronomy

“I am not teaching this semester so I will not know there’s a spring break. … I never know spring break is here.”

Jen Rouse

Teaching assistant in English

“I’m going back to South Dakota. It’s going to be my last trip home before my dad moves to Arizona. And I’m gonna paint a mural for my friend’s nursery.”

Charles Hutton

Telecommunications technician

“I work for Iowa State telecommunications, so I switch out phones, put in phones and hook up Ethernet [during spring break].”

Ben Winborn

Research assistant in near-infrared analyzers

“I’m going to do some winter camping and skiing up in Colorado. I’m getting out of here for once.”

Kerry Colp

Clerk three at the Soil Testing Laboratory

“Working — the lab is not connected with students so we don’t get the time off. Besides my son doesn’t get out of school until the following week so if I take any time off it’ll be during his spring break. It’d be really convenient if the state universities would coordinate their breaks.”