Cross-Cultural Education Trips
Notice: The Cross-Cultural Education Trip in May 2020 and May 2021 has been canceled due to COVID-19. Stay tuned for future opportunities if you are interested in joining this amazing trip!
What?
ISSS and International Student Association Council (ISAC) at Georgia State downtown coordinate cultural trips for international students, scholars and their guests. Previous destinations have included: Washington, D.C., the Georgia State Fair, Savannah, Georgia and Asheville, North Carolina. The trips provide great opportunities to explore the sites and history of U.S. culture near Atlanta and to have fun! We encourage you to join in and create memories you will never forget.
Who?
Trips are targeted to all Georgia State international students and scholars, however, any Georgia State student may participate, in addition to:
- Spouse of Georgia State students.
- Friends or significant others, if accompanied by the Georgia State student.
- Georgia State staff and faculty.
- Trips are accompanied by ISSS staff members.
When?
Information about future opportunities will be available when appropriate.
Destination
What’s Included?
- Depart Atlanta: TBA
- Arrive in Atlanta: TBA
Transportation and Lodging:
- 3 nights in a shared room at HI Washington DC Hostel in the center of the city.*
- Round-trip airfare from Atlanta International Airport to Washington, D.C.
*Rooms are shared by same-gender roommates. Be aware, you’ll spend very little time in your room.
Guided Tours of:
- US Capitol
- Library of Congress
- Arlington National Cemetery
- Potomac River
Non-Guided Visits to: 
- White House, Supreme Court, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and Historic Georgetown
- Jefferson, Lincoln, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Jr., Vietnam and Korean War Memorials
Free Time:
- To visit the National Zoo (free)
- To visit your country’s embassy if needed (transportation not provided)
- To explore on your own.
Affordable!
- Georgia State students/scholars – $350
- Georgia State staff – $400
- Non-Georgia State participants, spouse (children under 16 not permitted) – $400
- Be aware: no meals are included, so budget accordingly. Washington, D.C. offers dozens of options in all price ranges.
- $100 of your payment is a non-refundable deposit
Registration & Capacity
- Students, Georgia State staff and non-Georgia State participants can pay for the Cross-Cultural Educational Trip online through Marketplace.
- Please note, the registration may close earlier than the deadline if all the spots are filled.
- After you complete your payment, please send an email to msun13@gsu.edu for further information.
For More Information
Contact ISSS at: isss@gsu.edu
Contact Us
ISSS is committed to maintaining support and services to you during this time and will continue to operate under normal operating procedures for the remainder of the semester, just from a remote and online platform. This means you can call us directly or email us to request information and/or telephone/web appointments for advisement during our regular advisement hours.
For the Atlanta campuses, please call 404-413-2070 or email isss@gsu.edu.
For Perimeter campuses, please call 678-891-3235 or email issspc@gsu.edu.
Location:
Sparks Hall - Room 252
ISSS, Georgia State University
33 Gilmer St. SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Telephone: 404-413-2070
Fax: 404-413-2072
Email: isss@gsu.edu
Mailing Address (please use our physical address above for express mail):
International Student and Scholar Services
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 3987
Atlanta, GA 30302-3987
USA
Georgia State-sponsored H-1B, TN, O-1, J-1 Scholar and Permanent Residency Petitions
Any advising for employment-based visas, green cards or hosting a J-1 Scholar (Research Scholar, Professor, Short-Term Scholar, Student Intern, Specialist) which are sponsored by Georgia State needs to be set up by appointment after the hiring department has requested the immigration process they wish to sponsor.
Office Hours:
8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday
Advising Hours (F-1 & J-1 Students) are as follow:
Monday: 1-4 p.m.
Tuesday: 9 a.m.-noon
Wednesday: 1-4 p.m.
Thursday: 1-4 p.m.
Friday: 1-4 p.m.
ISSS is committed to serving you in the safest and most efficient way possible.
Beginning Spring 2022: F-1 and J-1 students wishing to speak with an ISSS advisor at the Atlanta Campus over the phone or in-person must access the QLESS system in order to get into our virtual queue. Once in the virtual queue you will receive instructions regarding a call back from one of our available advisors or instructions on when to come into the ISSS lobby to meet an advisor.
If you wish to speak with an ISSS advisor, please click the QLESS link below during advising hours and get into the virtual queue.
Clarkston Campus
Location & Mailing Address:
Building CN 2230 (Student Center)
ISSS, Perimeter College, Clarkston Campus
555 N. Indian Creek Dr.
Clarkson, GA 30021
Telephone: 678-891-3235
Fax: 678-891-3068
Email: issspc@gsu.edu
Dunwoody Campus
Location & Mailing Address:
Building NB
Room 1200
ISSS, Perimeter College, Dunwoody Campus
2101 Womack Rd.
Dunwoody, GA 30338
Telephone: 770-274-5570
Fax: 770-274-5253
Email: issspc@gsu.edu
Office Hours:
8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday
Walk-in Advising Hours (F-1 & J-1 Students):
9-11:30 a.m., Monday and Wednesday
1:30-4 p.m., Monday through Friday
Occasionally it may be necessary to make emergency cancellations of advising times last minute. We apologize for any inconvenience.