Holiday Office Closure
The Georgia Rotary Student Program offices will be closed Thursday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. We will reopen Friday July 5. GRSP Leadership and Staff wish you a safe and wonderful celebration.
2025-2026 Standard Selection Scholarship Application Is Now Open
Students from around the world apply each year for this amazing cultural experience often referred to as “the best year of their life”. We welcome any students who meet the qualifications to apply.
Register Now for Conclave 2024
Rotarians and guests are invited to Conclave to welcome the Georgia Rotary Student Program Class of 2024-25 in Columbus August 23-25, 2024. Follow the link below and select “More Info” under Conclave to view and register for these exciting events!
This program is one-of-a-kind. We have been bringing nations together since 1946. The program began with only 4 scholars, and now we are proud to say that we have more than 3,692 alumni from all over the world. The program’s purpose is to broaden the understanding of world peace through people and that is exactly what we’ve done.
GRSP News
GRSP Names 2024 Oslo International Summer School Scholarship Winners
Georgia Rotary Student Program Founder William A. Watt, Sr., established a relationship in Norway that is prospering more than 70 years later as evident in the three college students from Georgia who have been selected to spend six weeks this summer studying at the...
GRSP Conclave Ushers in Class of 2023-24
Cabaret, featuring songs, skills, humor, national costumes and more, showcased a variety of talent and diversity among the Georgia Rotary Student Program’s Class of 2023-24 in Macon. Directed by Chair Emeritus and GRSP Foundation President Jim and Lynn Drake, the...
GRSP Names Officers, Honors Jones as Trustee Emeritus
Georgia Rotary Student Program named officers and Chair J. Michael Sweigart honored former GRSP Foundation President Joe Jones with a resolution proclaiming him Trustee Emeritus at the 2023 Summer Trustee Business Meeting in Macon Saturday. Jones joined Rotary...
Being a part of the Georgia Rotary Student Program has been one of the most profound experiences of my life. This program has afforded me the opportunity to forge lasting friendships with people from diverse backgrounds and experiences. This, perhaps, is the greatest gift that one can hope to get for it allows us to see through differences across cultures and instead find similarities between one another. I feel that such fellowship across participants, both students and host families, is what made this program such an enriching experience for me.
Ali Shaaban Shahid
Pakistan
GRSP 2013-14
Since 1946, Rotarians in Georgia, USA, have promoted world peace through understanding by offering ambassadorial scholarships to international students for one year cultural immersion and of study in Georgia colleges and universities.
Each year, students from all over the world make friends in the United States and other nations and learn about differing cultures and lifestyles. Georgia Rotarians believe “Peace is Possible” and through GRSP promote international goodwill through friendship and understanding.
The students become adopted members of a Georgia “host family,” living on-campus at the school they attend. This is an ambassadorial scholarship program, not an exchange!
Georgia Rotary Clubs sponsor students recommended by a Rotary Club in their home country.
Our Georgia Rotary Student Program is like family and thriving.
Twelve GRSP participants from Brazil, mostly from Maringá reunited, three of these scholars are coming in August!! 🇧🇷✈️🇺🇸 ... See MoreSee Less
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Love it! Hi Gabriel!!
“My host dad Scott taught me about time management,” Allen-Amin Hollander of Curaçao said when he addressed his sponsoring Rotary Club of Thomasville. Allen said he quickly learned that “Scott’s time was not Island Time,” and he needed to be ready for pick up early instead of starting to get ready at the appointed time!
Rotary District 6920 GRSP Chair Rob Kellner imparted the same life lessons when he opened his heart and home to Emilio Ybarra of Mexico. Emilio, who was sponsored by the Valdosta Rotary Club, picked up a few survival skills, like heating a frozen pizza for the times he was away from Rob’s kitchen or the dining hall.
Dad, Padre, Papa, and Vader…Regardless of how you say it, it is a term of endearment. For our Georgia Rotary Student Program GRSP scholars, it is more than a mentor. Our Rotary Host Dads serve as counselors, chauffeurs, chefs and lifelong cheerleaders. We salute each of you! Happy Father’s Day! ... See MoreSee Less
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Thankful for Trustee Emeritus Karl’s commitment to Rotary as well as Georgia Rotary Student Program GRSP. He embodied Service Above Self and will be missed by many. 🌎🇩🇪 ... See MoreSee Less
Obituary for Karl Georg Waechtler at South Chapel
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Mr. Karl Georg Waechtler, age 88, of Rome, Georgia passed away on Tuesday evening, May 28, 2024, at a local healthcare facility. Karl was born in Wuerzburg, Germany on April 16, 1936, son of the late ...0 CommentsComment on Facebook