GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE GSE Chair: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The Group Study Exchange (GSE) is one of the most popular programs of The Rotary Foundation (TRF). District 5100 participates each Rotary year.

We are currently planning a three-week GSE exchange with District 3190 in Bangalore, India from April 11th to May 2nd, 2011.

In this GSE section of the district website, you can read about:

• the History of GSE, and how many young people are served
• unique cultural and vocational exchange opportunities
• Team Selection and how the exchange is arranged
• GSE With Bangalore, India – details of the upcoming exchange
• GSE Team Member Application Instructions
  •  Download District 5100 GSE Team Member Application for Bangalore. (Deadline: applications must be received by email by May 31, 2010).
  •  District 5100 Supplemental Application
• GSE Team Leader Application Instructions
  •  Download District 5100 GSE Team Leader Application for Bangalore. (Deadline: applications must be received by April 14, 2010).
• View a flyer on the GSE Bangalore, India program
•  View a flyer on the GSE Bangalore, India program specifically geared to Rotarians, seeking team leader applicants and to encourage recruitment of team members
• Read the blogs of the two teams in 2008 who traveled to South Korea and Argentina
• View video of the GSE Team’s return from South Korea.
• Read the blog of the team who traveled to the Philippines in 2009.

Your Club is encouraged to apply to participate in these international exchanges, and get to know the great young people visiting from the host district by:

1. hosting them in your homes for 3 to 4 days, or
2. providing vocational exchange opportunities.

For more information on getting your club involved, please contact GSE Chair Vicki Yates, at 503-656-9792 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Sincerely yours in Rotary service,
Vicki Yates, GSE Chair