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.
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GRSP Conclave Ushers in Class of 2023-24
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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.
Mark “Bence” Szabo, 19, of Hungary is attending Berry College and enjoying a variety of classes on the beautiful campus in his year of participating in the Georgia Rotary Student Program. His favorite class has been ceramics, although he also enjoyed classes in entrepreneurship and sales, which align with his goal of one day starting his own marketing agency. His favorite GRSP memory has been celebrating Christmas with his host Rotarian Mary Hardin Thornton and her family.
“We had a big Christmas dinner with all the family members on December 24th and on the 25th we had Christmas Olympics, which I have won, haha!” He said. “It was awesome. I really feel like I am a part of this family and I did not regret not going home. I love them.”
He said he also enjoyed visiting the historic city of Savannah for the annual GRSP Hue Thomas Jr., Weekend. Bence is sponsored by the RomeRotary Club of and Rome Seven Hills, Rotary District 6910.
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