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Shenandoah’s GCP 2025 Destinations Announced At International Convocation

Global Citizenship Project participants will travel to Colombia, Nepal, Poland, Taiwan and Tanzania

Shenandoah University announced the destinations for its 2025 Global Citizenship Project during its 34th International Convocation on Nov. 20. During spring break next March, GCP participants will travel to Colombia, Nepal, Poland, Taiwan and Tanzania.

This year’s 50 GCP participants, who include SU students, faculty and staff members, were announced in October. Their destinations – and trip leaders – were kept a secret until they were revealed at International Convocation. The individuals who will travel to each of the five destinations are listed below.

Shenandoah University students, faculty and staff pose for a photo after learning their GCP destination.Colombia

Trip leader: Marco Pflanzen

Effy Adshead, Audrey Chapman, Emily Dendis, Sheila Hautbois, Jesse Funkhouser, Gloria Kroh, Lizzie Ledesma, Kyle McMeans, Izzy Miller, and Damien Smith.

Nepal

Trip leader: Jeremy Fox, Prerana Bajracharya

Madison Bakalov, Kevin Bixler, Rodney Bragdon, Leann Curley, Samara Drummond, Noah Huffman, Bailor McGettigan, Emily Seelinger, Ethan Swope, and Leslie Vega Jimenez.

Poland

Trip leader: Izabela DiNapoli

Matthew Allen, José Barrera, Colin Benedict, Malori Carlson, Aislin Given, Dayton Keffer, Diego Marcos, Eva Melendez, Sidney Tucci, and Tommy Woods.

Taiwan

Trip leader: Ting-Yu Chen

Maria Balakersky, Aysha Berry, Matthew Clark, Katelynn Clukey, Jacob Colbus, Yohan Joung, Allison Lanzendorfer, Jonah Medas, Caitlyn Rose, and Amy Rowcliffe.

Tanzania

Trip leader: Karen Abraham

Rylie Barr, Madison Cavalet, Seiko Elmore, Stefany Garcia, Abigail Gomez, Sophie Koutalakis, Rebecca Polanco, Duston Scarborough, Ryan Snyder, and Luke Yager.

This year’s International Convocation took place in Hazel-Pruitt Armory, home of the Hub for Innovators, Veterans and Entrepreneurs. Guests were invited to explore the HIVE – where there was live music and drumming, a dance performance, international food and snacks, an information table for the International Student Association, and an opportunity to travel the world through virtual reality in the Shenandoah Center for Immersive Learning (SCiL) Lab – before Shenandoah University President Tracy Fitzsimmons, Ph.D., announced the GCP destinations.

A livestream recording of International Convocation is available on Shenandoah University’s YouTube channel.

The Global Citizenship Project will celebrate its 20th year in 2025. Since its inaugural year in 2005, GCP has sent over 1,400 students, staff, faculty, and trustees to 69 countries and seven U.S. states and territories so that each participant might learn more about the world and themselves. To learn more about GCP, visit su.edu/gcp.

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