Global Citizenship Project

Drum Roll Please! The 2019 GCP Participants Are…

The Center for International Programs is proud to announce the names of 50 lucky individuals who were selected for the 2019 Global Citizenship Project.

• Joseph Amis
• Virginia Barefield
• Jenna Barricklo
• Alexandra Borsellino
• Woodward Bousquet
• Regine Bumper
• Ibrahim Bundu
• Mason Caldwell
• Erin Carroll
• Andrew Carson
• Jeremy Chontow
• Joshua Cody
• Therese Collins
• Amanda Dixon
• Lainey Eisen
• Casey Eriksen
• Myrisa Garcia
• Josh Gomke
• Jennifer Gordon
• Kyle Hooven
• Kye Hopkins
• Jamie Hunstad
• Camtran Huynh
• Andrew Kelly
• Alexis Lambert
• Tania Leon
• Christina Lolis
• Ivy Luong
• Shana McMeans
• Bethany Melvin
• Nisa Mercado
• Astasha Miller
• Isabella Morande
• Bridgette Murphy
• Basilia Okwuchi
• Roxanne Popkins
• Brittney Prestridge
• Shayla Rickard
• Brooke Riley
• Whitney Ross
• Jonathan Rust
• Abigail Sekulich
• Lynn Taggart
• Christin Taylor
• Brianna Turner
• Jordan Watkins
• Connor Wenzel
• Alexis Whitney
• Corey Williams
• Emily Wright

The individuals listed above will travel to one of five destinations around the globe during spring break, Friday, March 8, through Sunday, March 17. 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, November 14.

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 820 members of the university community to 65 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.