
Penn State Behrend student Marc Powers, 19, helps frame a new home being built in Long Beach, Miss., on March 12. The house is being built on the foundation of a home that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

Penn State Behrend student Frank Kocher, 21, and some of his classmates spent spring break in the Gulfport, Miss., area rebuilding homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
Photos by Jack Hanrahan