2014-15-Undergraduate-Catalog

Center for International Programs • 360Global Citizenship Project (GCP)The Global Citizenship Project (GCP) was created in 2005 to send members of the SUcommunity on all-expenses-paid trips abroad during spring break.The application process is open to all full-time members of the SU community, with aselection focus on campus members who have had no or limited international travelopportunities. Five groups for five destinations are selected and are limited in size tomaintain intimacy of experience, 10 to 12 participants, composed to represent the diversityof Shenandoah and result in the unexpected benefit of cross-disciplinary networking.Undergraduate and graduate students from all schools within the university have traveled ina mixed group with administrators, including the president and vice presidents, deans, faculty,maintenance workers, housekeepers, accounting personnel, and even members of theboard 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 ledapproach. 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 andfinancial restraints.Applicants must sign on without prior knowledge of the destination to which they mighttravel and study. Participants must be willing and able to travel anywhere in the world withthe intent to examine a theme, such as global citizenship (2005), power (2006), time (2008)or sustainability (2010). GCP has traveled to locations on six continents, including CostaRica, Peru, Mali, India, Taiwan, Oman, Denmark, Romania, Australia, Vietnam, Morocco andBurma. Participants share their international experiences with the rest of the community inunique ways upon return.Global Experiential Learning (GEL)The Global Experiential Learning (GEL) Program offers Shenandoah students a short-term,faculty-led, study-abroad experience for academic credit. Since the program’s inception in2000, students have traveled to countries around the world, including Argentina, China,England, France, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain, and Thailand. The GEL program aims tomake the world a learning laboratory for students, providing deep exploration intoindividual fields of study, the opportunity to understand where the United States fits interms of the world viewpoint, and the ability to enhance skills in cultural sensitivity, flexibility,and capability to adjust and adapt.International Student Exchange Program (ISEP)Shenandoah University is a member of the International Student Exchange Program (ISEP),a global network of 300 universities. This partnership allows students to study for a fullsemester or year abroad at other member campuses. By working closely with theiracademic advisors and the study abroad advisor, students can take advantage of theopportunities to take general education and major classes taught in English abroad and toreceive transfer credit at their home institution. A full list of courses and campuses availablecan be found at www.isep.org.