Good Friday Office Closure
Please note that Friday, March 29, 2024 is Good Friday.
The Georgia Rotary Student Program Office will be closed all day and will reopen on Monday, April 1.
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.
Two GRSP scholars attending Georgia Southern University’s Armstrong Campus came to Georgia through Rotary International connections and are committed to serving others when they return home this summer.
Maria Juliana De Vivero, 18, from Colombia, is sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of Skidaway Island, Metropolitan Savannah Rotary,
Savannah Sunrise Rotary Club and Rotary Club of Richmond Hill. She is enjoying principles of macroeconomics and the legal environment of business this spring and one day hopes to develop a charity foundation for children and work along with Rotary and her community. Her parents are both Rotarians and she stated she learned about Rotary from the cradle.
Marko Lozovic, 22, is from Serbia. An aspiring manager and entrepreneur, he has enjoyed coursework in public speaking and supply chain management. He also highlights the GRSP Student Leadership Weekend in Dunwoody as a favorite memory, especially the impact of the introductory speeches. Marko is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Savannah. Marko’s parents are also Rotarians and learned about GRSP as the result of a collaborative grant within Rotary District 6920 and Serbia.
The pair have enjoyed the year exploring historic Savannah as well witnessing the 200th anniversary of the St. Patrick’s Day parade. They will join their class in St. Mary’s in mid-April for the Camden County Student Weekend, the last of the year, which often lends to longer good-byes.
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Elegant speaking voices!
The trio of GRSP students at the UNG - University of North Georgia have developed friendships and connections with Rotarians and peers in the mountains, the state and around the world. They even enjoy a common favorite memory of spending time at Tybee Island’s beach together having a low country boil during the GRSP Hue Thomas, Jr., Student Weekend in Savannah last fall. When they often reminisce about their shared experiences this year, that is a favorite.
Pedro Cardoso, 23 from Maringá, Paraná Brazil, is sponsored by the
Johns Creek Rotary Club, Rotary Club of Forsyth County, North Forsyth 400 Rotary Club, Rotary Club of South Forsyth and the Lanier Forsyth Rotary Club, District 6910. He is planning to pursue a career as a diplomat upon graduation and is especially enjoying his Global Studies course this term as it aligns well with that goal.
Klara Jansson, 20 from Sweden, is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Alpharetta, District 6900. Klara learned about GRSP from her father, Mattias Jansson, who was a GRSP scholar in 1989. Klara said she is enjoying her choir class and also loved white-water rafting on the GRSP student weekend in Columbus. She served the Swedish military prior to traveling to Georgia. She hopes to use her technical major and courses to find new solutions for energy and alternative materials to ultimately reduce climate change.
Edvard Larsson, age 19 Sweden, is sponsored by the Dahlonega Rotary Club, Dahlonega Sunrise Rotary, Big Canoe Rotary Club and Rotary Club of Dawson County, District 6910. He also learned of GRSP from his father, Martin Larsson who participated in the program in 1995.
“I believe that a good future world leader has understanding for all people and is able to listen to what they can contribute,” said Edvard. “A good future world leader can also bring people together to work for a common goal, and I believe I will develop these qualities during my year as a GRSP scholar.” It is no surprise that his favorite course this year has been psychology.
GRSP scholars will travel to Pelham Thursday as they make more memories traveling to South Georgia for the 58th Annual Larry Frosteg Pelham International Student Weekend.
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I hope it has been a year to remember!!
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