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Hundreds of students are arriving in Valdosta for the Governor’s Honors Program. Rising high school juniors and seniors, these visitors are among the best and brightest that Georgia has to offer. They spend several weeks at Valdosta State University receiving instruction in a wide array of interests and fields.
This is the 33rd year that Valdosta State has hosted the GHP. The goal of this program is to motivate students to become life-long learners. The program strives to create an atmosphere where students realize the joy of being smart is not just making A’s, but actually learning for their own sake and reward.
The GHP is also a great opportunity for VSU. Many GHP students have returned to Valdosta State a year or two later as enrolled college students. Some GHP instructors, many of whom are also from across the state and elsewhere, have later become VSU instructors or professors.
The Governor’s Honors Program is also an opportunity for Valdosta.
Though the students spend most of their time on campus, it is a chance for Valdosta to show what it has to offer to both the students and the parents who dropped them off and will return to pick them up in several weeks.
With the proper show of hospitality, who knows who or how many of these students or families may be attracted to Valdosta. There is never anything wrong in attracting people who are considered the best and the brightest in their fields of interest.
Valdosta considers it an honor to host the Governor’s Honors Program, and these students deserve our hospitality and support.
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