Travel Program Overview

GCAC is led by professional, National Geographic Certified Educators (K-12 and University) with more than 35 years of combined experience teaching, planning, and leading domestic and international travel studies programs.

GCAC’s one/two-week experiences combine adventure, cultural immersion, community service, and global citizenship education to deepen personal understanding of and appreciation for the places we visit.

GCAC programs foster long-term and impactful connections between people, places and our planet.

Bethel University, our partner in education, offers participants the opportunity to earn three hours of transferable college credit in Global Studies 140-440. This self-paced, online, pre-departure course (specific to each destination), is open to high school juniors, seniors, and current university students for college credit. The travel study experience serves as the capstone for the course. For travelers not wishing to earn college credit, access to pre-departure educational materials is included with each program.

All travelers may apply their hours of service with GCAC toward the requirements for the President’s Volunteer Service Award. Tennessee high school students may apply their service hours toward the Tennessee Promise requirements.

GCAC Scholarships are available to students who qualify.