Global Pathways Spring Program
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Culver’s Global Pathways Spring Program (GPS) provides students, faculty, staff and patrons from the Culver Academies service-learning, educational and culture exchange opportunities for those who desire to learn about another culture and to live responsibly as global citizens.
The purpose of these trips is for Culver Academies students to connect with the local community by providing meaningful service or by learning about the local culture/history and to provide Culver students opportunities to live, learn and lead globally.
GPS trips have traveled to 34 countries, 15 States, the District of Columbia and one US Territory, Puerto Rico.
The GPS Scholarship Application is now closed. Scholarship winners will be announced by the end of October. For questions, please email Lynn.Rasch@culver.org.
2024 Trips
GPS Blog
From Mexico and Spain to Ireland and India, our students have traveled and served all over the globe though the Global Pathways Spring Program. Read firsthand accounts on the program's student-run travel blog.
NOTICE – GPS participants and Parents
Parents are highly encouraged to consider trip insurance for the GPS trips. You should consider Cancel for Any Reason Trip (CFAR) Insurance. Some options to consider are Travel Guard insurance at www.travelguard.com, Insure My Trip (www.insuremytrip.com), Cultural Insurance Services International (CISI) www.culturalinsurance.com), and Allianz Travel Insurance www.allianztravelinsurance.com. It is recommended that parents purchase trip insurance for a GPS trip as you could have an unexpected need to cancel your student’s trip due to family emergencies, medical illness, etc.
The $600 non-refundable deposit is what holds a student’s place on a Culver Academies GPS trip. However, many of these trips will sell out quickly once we open the payment site on Wednesday, September 27, at 8:00 AM Eastern Standard Time. If a specific GPS trip sells out, students may transfer their deposit to another 2024 GPS trip. If there is not another trip that your student wishes to transfer to, then the deposit will be refunded by coordinating with the Student Accounts office. Banking information will be gathered through a secure DocuSign form to process refunds. Do not email your banking information to the Student Accounts office. Parents are to be reminded that the $600 non-refundable deposits for the GPS trips are due by December 1, 2023. If there are openings for individuals for GPS trips after this date, deposits will still be collected, and students may be added to the GPS trips that have openings. Parents are encouraged to purchase trip cancellation insurance. After December 1, 2023, students or parents cancelling their student’s participation in a GPS trip will be responsible for the entire cost of the trip.
The remaining balance for the GPS trip is due by the close of business on Friday, February 9, 2024.
There will be several GPS trip scholarships offered this year and this info will be sent out to students separately. Students do not need to pay a deposit if they can only travel on a GPS trip if they are awarded GPS scholarship.
For More information on GPS trips contact Ms. Lynn Rasch at Lynn.Rasch@culver.org.