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What is the Georgia Rotary Student Program?

Since 1946, Rotarians in Georgia have promoted world peace through understanding by offering scholarships to international students for one year of study in Georgia colleges and universities. Georgia Rotary Clubs sponsor students recommended by a Rotary Club in their home country. The students become adopted members of a Georgia "host family," but live on-campus at the school they attend. This is a scholarship program, not an exchange. Each year, about 80 students from all over the world make friends in the United States and other nations and learn about differing cultures and life styles. Georgia Rotarians believe "Peace is Possible" and through GRSP, promote international goodwill through the bonds of friendship and understanding.

Our 2006-2007 GRSP Student, Miss Magda Wierowska from Poland, graduated from Southern Polytechnic in 2008.  She graduated Cum Laude, received a 'Senior of the Year' President's Award and 'Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges' in recognition of outstanding merit and acomplishment as a student of SPSU.

Magda Wierowska with Dr. Lisa Rossbacher

Magda Wierowska with Southern Polytechnic President Dr. Lisa Rossbacher.

Smyrna Rotary has proudly sponsored a GRSP student since Rotary year 1965-1966.  Here is a listing of our GRSP students over the years: 

Our Georgia Rotary Student Program Scholars
 1965-1966   Iklas Noensie, Indonesia
 1966-1967   Mr. Geo. Argyropoulos, Greece
 1967-1968   Mr. Rolf Erichs, Sweden
 1968-1969   Sudhir K. Upadhyaya, Nepal
 1969-1970   Mr. Michel George Marette, Belgium
 1970-1971   Mr. Rainer Roder, Germany
 1972-1973   Miss Ena Bech, Norway
 1973-1974  Miss Anne Heian, Norway
 1974-1975  Mr. Eduardo  Carvajal, Costa Rica
 1975-1976  Mr. Catalino Blanche, Philippines
 1976-1977  Miss Keiko Kawamura, Japan
 1977-1978  Mr. Ulrich von Eicken, Germany
 1978-1979  Mr. Johann Fredrich Colsman, Germany
 1979-1980  Miss Ida Carithe S. Lyngbye, Denmark
 1980-1981  Mr. Jussi Yejo J. Lahti, Finland
 1981-1981  Miss Anna Maria Ehn, Sweden
 1982-1983  Mr. Michael Hesselberg Andersen, Denmark
 1983-1984  Miss Claudia M. Lenz, Germany
 1984-1985  Miss Cecilie Merethe Moe, Norway
 1985-1986  Miss Camilla Helene, Denmark
 1987-1988  Miss Pascale Couroyer, France
 1988-1989  Mr. Beat Karl Attinger, Switzerland
 1989-1990  Mr. Steven D. Galbraith, New Zealand
 1990-1991  Mr. Gustaf Stellan Lind, Sweden
 1991-1992  Mr. Sergei E. Kiriukhin, Russia
 1992-1993  Mr. Trond Aas, Norway
 1993-1994  Miss Ayse Hilal Eksel, Turkey
 1994-1995  Mr. Ronald Vermerris, Netherlands
 1996-1997  Mr. Tianwei Xu, P.R. China
 1997-1998  Miss Irene Georgiadou, Germany/Greece
 1998-1999  Miss Carla Gargiulo, New Zealand
 1999-2000  Miss Anda Chuntonova, Latvia
 2000-2001  Miss Caroline Lee, New Zealand
 2001-2002  Miss Gulru Ozkan, Turkey
 2002-2003  Miss Emmeline Gros, France
 2003-2004  Miss Anna Isaksson, Sweden
 2004-2005  Miss Zeynep Solak, Turkey
 2005-2006  Miss Clara Arango, Colombia
 2006-2007  Miss Magdalena Wierowska, Poland
2007-2008  Mr. Robert Hjorth

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