Spring Break is a time for students to relax and unwind before coming back to finish out the spring semester strong. Some students choose to go to a warmer destination, while others choose to spend the week at home with friends and family, but what do some professors do?

Daniel Bush, senior in public relations, and David Daft, junior in elementary education, usually head home for break. During this Spring Break the two of them will go on a mission trip to Nebraska.

“The main reason why we are going over there is because we have a sister church over there,” Bush said. “They also have a college ministry, so we are taking time to focus in on their ministry.”

Although Daft will be doing mission work in Nebraska, he thinks he will have to do some sort of school work.

“I have long-term projects that I need to start working on,” Daft said.

Bush said his classes arranged to have homework, assignments and tests completed prior to break.

“I think [I have] maybe one assignment,” Bush said. “I probably will not be doing homework over Spring Break.”

Bush said he thinks his professors use Spring Break to grade papers or filling out paperwork.

“I assume they aren’t going to do that for the entire Spring Break,” Bush said. “They’ll take that time to take a break.”

Rose Martin, senior lecturer of food science and human nutrition, is teaching three different classes in her department with multiple sections this semester, and she does not expect her students to worry about school related work during Spring Break.

“Teachers are a little bit lenient and understanding that we don’t want to do homework over break,” Daft said.

While most students use Spring Break to step away from the to-do lists, Martin has compiled a list of things she hopes to have finished prior to the end of break.

“I need to have things graded,” Martin said. “I need to be ready to lecture, so [the things I need to get done] are a little bit more self-imposed rather than ‘you have to do this.’”

Martin plans to complete her taxes as well as meet with a scholarship committee to select recipients.

“I’m reading all of the applications and I’m getting ready [to meet with this committee],” Martin said. “We have a six hour meeting scheduled for Monday [to review scholarships].”

As the week progresses and Martin follows her to-do list, her workload during break continues to decrease.

“I try to focus on getting something done by Wednesday,” Martin said. “If you don’t get it done by Wednesday, you don’t get it done.”