APPLICANTS WANTED!:
ROTARY SEEKS BUSINESS/PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE FOR EXCHANGE WITH SWEDEN

A once in a lifetime opportunity!  Too good to be true!  A life-changing learning experience!  These are phrases past participants have used to describe Rotary International’s Group Study Exchange program.

Group Study Exchange (GSE) is a unique educational experience that furthers international understanding by providing an opportunity for outstanding business and professional people to study another country, its people, its culture and its institutions.  Each GSE team visits a Rotary district in another country for four weeks.  Team members stay in the homes of Rotarians, if possible, and follow an itinerary of educational and cultural points of interest. Travel and living expenses are covered during the exchange by The Rotary Foundation, Rotarians and Rotary District 5960.

A Rotary District 5960 GSE team will visit Rotary District 2400 in Sweden, from May 2, 2014 – May 31, 2014.  The focus of the exchange will be public policy, public health and economic development. Rotary offers this opportunity to spend a month living with local Rotarians and seeing the country in a way few will ever experience.

The teams will consist of four non-Rotarian professional or business people and a Rotarian team leader.  Candidates must be engaged in a recognized business or profession on a full-time basis for at least the past two years.  Employers must give permission for the candidate to participate BEFORE the interview process.  Candidates must be between the ages of 25-45years and must live or work within the limits of Rotary District 5960 and its clubs (St Paul, southeastern and central MN, parts of western Wisconsin).  Applicants cannot be spouses or lineal descendants of current Rotary members.  Applicants must be citizens of the United States of America. All applications must be received in the club office by  October 20, 2013.  District level interviews will be held on Saturday, November 9, 2013.  Applicants must be available all day, starting at 11:30 a.m. for interviews which will be held at the Northern Star Boy Scout Council’s Hulings Scout Service Center, 393 Marshall Ave., St. Paul, Minnesota.