GRSP STUDENT SPEARHEADS PHILANTHROPY TARGETING STUDENTS IN NEED

GRSPs Wilhelm Kielland and Martin Bech use event to build better friendships and benefit all concerned Members of Georgia Southwestern State University’s Interfraternity Council (IFC) recently collected over $1,250 worth of items for the Canes Harvest Food Pantry. Members of Sigma Chi, Kappa Sigma and Chi Phi gathered most of the donations from fellow students, […]

OSLO Summer Scholarship Recipients

Congratulations to 2019 OSLO Summer Scholarship Recipients The Norwegian Rotary Advisory Board, in partnership with Georgia Rotary Student Program, extends a scholarship annually to three (3) young Georgia students to study in Norway as part of their International Summer School. While the immediate goal of this International School is to impart knowledge about some aspects of Norway, it also seeks to increase understanding […]

Memories of GRSP Reunion 2017

In June of 2017  Atlanta welcomed the Rotary World to Georgia for the Rotary International Convention. On this rare occasion that the international convention was in GRSP’s home state, we decided to host our first ever all-class GRSP reunion. In June of 2017  Atlanta welcomed the Rotary World to Georgia for the Rotary International Convention. […]

Leila Fleita Zain: One of the biggest stepping stones in my life…

When I was preparing to come for my year in Georgia, I knew this was going to be one of the biggest stepping stones in my life, and that made me tremble. I came with a lot of expectations, anxiety, and questions, but also with an open mind, open to new experiences. When I look […]

Alice Rabeler’s Remarks at the 6920 Conference in 2005

Dear Rotarians, You invited me to speak about what the year on the Georgia Rotary Student Program has meant to me. This is a great honour and I am grateful to be here and to have an opportunity to explain how deep an impact this Georgia year has had on my life. And yet: How […]

Linnea Haggard: Spring Break in New York

The year of 05/06, I got the great opportunity to study at the Brenau University in Georgia by a most privileged scholarship founded by Rotary in Georgia, USA. I have gotten to know the customs and the way of living in the southern part of the U.S. And I have met some wonderful people who […]

Ivan M. Viest, “What Being A GRSP Student Has Meant To Me.”

Ivan Viest was a member of the original Class of 1946-47. He attended Georgia Tech and became “a man without a country” when the Communists overran Czechoslovakia. He was rescued by Messrs. Will Watt, Kendall Weisiger and the Trustees. Later, he became a naturalized US citizen. Ivan has had a distinguished career as a civil […]