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2008-09 Brazil Group Study Exchange (click here)
2009-10 India Group Study Exchange (click here)
Future Plans
2010-11 New Zealand 9930
2011-12 Turkey 2440
For more GSE information contact Gordon Matthews at 912-604-1200, or Gordon.matthews@earthlink.net .
GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE
(GSE) HISTORY:
The GSE program began in 1955 as the idea of a New Zealand district. Originally known as the Rotary Overseas Travel Award (ROTA), it was adopted by the Trustees as an official educational program in 1965. As of the end of the 2000 Rotary year, 8,063 teams had traveled, with another 587 scheduled in 2001. For 2002, more than 590 teams were paired, adding nearly 3,000 more participants to the total.
Expenditures through 2000 were more than US$73 million. In 2000 alone, the Foundation spent US$3,835,111.81 for the program.
In prior years, our District has had
exchanges with Chile, Brazil, Bolivia, France, Poland, India, Scotland,
Indonesia, and Japan. Most recently, our exchange was with Italy. Participants
in these exchanges have included non-profit agency director, a vice president of
United Way, college and middle school teachers, an attorney, a judge, a hospital
government affairs person, a minister, city and county government employees and
many others.
GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE
PURPOSE:
The purpose of a Group Study Exchange (GSE)
is to promote international understanding and goodwill through person-to-person
contact.
TEAM MEMBER
APPLICATION PROCESS:
All interested applicants must first have their candidacy endorsed by a Rotary club in the district where they works or lives. From there, endorsed applications are sent on for consideration at the district level.
Additional valuable information about GSE is available at:
http://www.rotary.org/foundation/educational/gse/index.html
TEAM MEMBER ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:
Team Members Must:
Ideal Candidates Are: