Clayton State Hosts Final Selection for Governor's Honors Program

Clayton College & State University is once again hosting the final selection process of the Governor's Honors Program.

This year the process has grown from two Saturdays to three and began Jan. 29. The process continues Feb. 5 and Feb. 12, with each day dedicated to a different group of disciplines.

The program brings to Clayton State more than 2,200 outstanding high school sophomores and juniors, about one-third of whom will be selected to spend the 2000 GHP session, from June 18 to July 29, at Valdosta State University. Roughly half of these finalists are from metropolitan Atlanta.

The Governor's Honors Program is a six-week summer instructional program designed to provide intellectually gifted and artistically talented high school students challenging and enriching educational opportunities not usually available during the regular school year. Activities are designed to provide each participant with opportunities to acquire the skills, knowledge and attitudes to become independent, life-long learners.

Rising juniors and seniors in Georgia's public and private high schools are nominated by their teachers in specific instructional areas in which their abilities, aptitudes and interest lie. Local nominees are sent to Clayton State for their screening interviews/auditions.

During the coming weekends, GHP evaluators will conduct one-on-one interviews with each finalist on the CCSU main campus in Morrow. The first Saturday was devoted to communicative arts, science and theater. The second Saturday includes interviews on music, foreign languages, vocational education and visual arts. The final weekend will see interviews in the areas of social studies and mathematics.

“Clayton State is extremely pleased that so many of the state's brightest and most talented students will have a chance to visit our campus,” says Dr. Bradley R. Rice, associate vice president for academic affairs. “We hope that some of them will consider attending CCSU if our programs, such as those in music, fit their needs.”