Global Citizenship Project

Drum Roll Please! The 2020 GCP Participants Are…

These SU students, faculty, and staff are traveling to one of five exciting, secret destinations around the globe during spring break, March 6-16, 2020! The catch? While they know they have been selected, they still don’t know where in the world they’re going! Trip leaders and destinations will be announced at International Convocation on Wednesday, Nov. 13.

• Mariam Ahmed
• Caitlin Bennett
• Adrian Brisbon
• Emily Buhl
• Elvin Canas
• Lauren Chamberlain
• Emily Conrad
• Matthew Corr
• Tyler Derrington
• Ethan Duckworth
• Anna Ernst
• Jeremy Fox
• Erika Gates
• Domonique Gholson
• Kelsi Glover
• James Hall
• Lindsey Harford
• Madison Hening
• Jordan Hubbard
• Kristin Jasinski
• Ragan Johnson
• Riley Johnston
• Dorothy Kelly
• Bailey Kinsella
• Amanda Levy
• Jared Lowry
• Gabriel Luciani
• Patrick Maneval
• Lesley McCorry
• Brock McCullough
• Vincent Moore
• Estefania Morales-Nazario
• Damaris-Lydia Odebode
• Logan Piotter, Neil Quince
• Austin Ragan
• Minahil Shahbaz
• Lauryn Shirkey
• Emily Shirley
• Sharon Simon
• Elora Smith
• Abriel Snider
• Jared Sullivan
• Grace Thompson
• Binta Turay
• Kaylee Warrenfeltz
• Paul Wieber
• Amber Wilt
• Cheryl Yancey
• Alexis Yard

The 2020 GCP selection committee – composed of university students, faculty, staff and alumni who have previously participated in GCP – thoughtfully read hundreds of essays written by applicants from across campus. Essays, without any identifying information, are carefully reviewed by the committee. Those individuals who were not selected this year are strongly encouraged to apply again next year and also to consider participating in one of the many GEL trips planned for this summer.

Since its inaugural year in 2005, the Global Citizenship Project has sent more than 900 members of the university community to 64 destinations so that each person might learn more about the world and themselves. To learn more about GCP, visit su.edu/gcp.

Explore the world as you travel to one of five destinations around the globe during spring break!

Since its inaugural year in 2005, the Global Citizenship Project has sent 928 members of the university community to 71 different destinations on all-expenses-paid trips abroad during spring break.

The application process is open to all full-time members of the SU community, with a selection focus on campus members who have had no or limited international travel opportunities. Five groups for five destinations are selected and are limited in size to maintain intimacy of experience, 10 to 12 participants, composed to represent the diversity of Shenandoah and result in the unexpected benefit of cross-disciplinary networking. Undergraduate and graduate students from all schools within the university have traveled in a mixed group with administrators, including the president and vice presidents, deans, faculty, maintenance workers, housekeepers, accounting personnel, and even members of the board of trustees.

The GCP program experience was designed to be a limited travel experience, approximately 10 days during spring break, and utilize a group oriented and faculty led approach. Its purpose is to whet the appetite of learners for longer-term learning abroad. The program removes the boundaries associated with first-time travel, mainly time and financial restraints.

Applicants must sign on without prior knowledge of the destination to which they might travel and study. Participants must be willing and able to travel anywhere in the world with the intent to examine a theme, such as global citizenship, power, time or sustainability. Participants share their international experiences with the rest of the community in unique ways upon return.

GCP Frequently Asked Questions

The GCP selection committee — composed of university students, faculty, staff and alumni who have previously participated in GCP — thoughtfully read hundreds of essays written by applicants from across campus. Essays, without any identifying information, are carefully reviewed by the committee. Those individuals who were not selected this year are strongly encouraged to apply again next year.

GCP has traveled to locations on six continents.