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! Notable Accomplishments
! Notable Accomplishments
|-
|-
| Christopher David Sarzen
| [[Brad Strickland]]
| Music
| Mathematics
| 1977
| 1964
| Concert Pianist, Physician
| Novelist and writer, university professor
|-
|-  
| [[Lane Davies]]
| [[Lane Davies]]
| Drama
| Drama
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| stage, film, and TV actor—best known as Mason Capwell from "Santa Barbara"
| stage, film, and TV actor—best known as Mason Capwell from "Santa Barbara"
|-
|-
| [[Eve Carson]]
|Joseph Searle
| Social Studies
|Music
| 2003
|1968
| Student Body President at UNC-Chapel Hill, murder victim
|educator; GHP director, 1996-2010
|-
| [[Wycliffe Gordon]]
| Music
| 1983
| Prolific jazz [[Trombone|trombonist]]
|-
|-
|Dale Lyles
|Dale Lyles
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|1970
|1970
|educator; GHP asst. program director for instruction, 1997–2009; GHP director, 2011-2013
|educator; GHP asst. program director for instruction, 1997–2009; GHP director, 2011-2013
|-
|[[Joe Gebbia]]
|Visual Arts
|1998
|billionaire; Cofounder of [[Airbnb]]
|-
|Joseph Searle
|Music
|1968
|educator; GHP director, 1996-2010
|-
|Michael Hester
|Comm Arts
|1987
|educator; 3-time coach of debate national champions; board member of JADE (Jamaican Assoc for Debating & Empowerment)
|-
|-
| [[Wayne Knight]]
| [[Wayne Knight]]
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| 1971
| 1971
| stage, film, and TV actor
| stage, film, and TV actor
|-
|Wendi Bryan Carpenter
|Science
|1973
|31st woman designated as a Naval aviator; 1st woman Navy pilot promoted to rank of Rear Admiral; 10th President of SUNY Maritime College
|-
| [[Randy Evans]]
| Mathematics
| 1975
| Advisor to [[Newt Gingrich]]<ref name=cviogreport/>
|-
| Christopher David Sarzen
| Music
| 1977
| Concert Pianist, Physician
|-
|-
| [[Linda Griffith]]
| [[Linda Griffith]]
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| biological engineer<ref name=cviogreport>{{cite web|title=Planning for the Future: The Governor's Honors Program Strategic Planning Report|url=http://gosa.georgia.gov/sites/gosa.georgia.gov/files/related_files/site_page/CVIOG_GHP_report_final_12012014.pdf#page=20|website=The Governor's Office of Student Achievement|publisher=Carl Vinson Institute of Government|accessdate=19 December 2014}}</ref>
| biological engineer<ref name=cviogreport>{{cite web|title=Planning for the Future: The Governor's Honors Program Strategic Planning Report|url=http://gosa.georgia.gov/sites/gosa.georgia.gov/files/related_files/site_page/CVIOG_GHP_report_final_12012014.pdf#page=20|website=The Governor's Office of Student Achievement|publisher=Carl Vinson Institute of Government|accessdate=19 December 2014}}</ref>
|-  
|-  
| [[Jack McBrayer]]
| [[Jeff Greenstein]]
| Science
| 1979
| television writer and producer
|-
| [[Robert Duncan McNeill]]
| Theatre
| Theatre
| 1990
| 1980
| film and TV actor<ref name=cviogreport/>
| Actor "All My Children" and "Star Trek Voyager"<ref name=cviogreport/>
|-  
|-
| [[Donald Glover]]
|Carl Sweat
|Social Studies
|1981
|President and General Manager, FUZE Division of The Coca-Cola Company, SVP Global Beverage, Starbucks; Awarded Gold Effie for Advertising Effectiveness by American Marketing Association
|-
| [[Wycliffe Gordon]]
| Music
| 1983
| Prolific jazz [[Trombone|trombonist]]
|-
|[[Zahra Karinshak]]
|Social Studies
|1984
|Lawyer; Georgia State Senator; 1st Iranian American elected to Georgia legislature
|-
| [[Carrie Preston]]
| Theatre
| Theatre
| 2000
| 1984
| TV actor/writer, rapper (as [[Childish Gambino]]), comedian<ref name=cviogreport/>
| actor, star of [[Elsbeth_(TV_series)|["Elsbeth"]]]
|-  
|-  
|Michael Hester
|Comm Arts
|1987
|educator; 3-time coach of debate national champions; board member of JADE (Jamaican Assoc for Debating & Empowerment)
|-
| [[Hunter Bell]]
| [[Hunter Bell]]
| Theatre
| Theatre
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| Author and star of broadway musical [[title of show|[Title of Show]]]
| Author and star of broadway musical [[title of show|[Title of Show]]]
|-  
|-  
| [[Carrie Preston]]
| [[Antoine Kearney]]
| Voice
| 1989
| Baritone, 2013 [[Executive, Higher Education Services]]
|-
|[[Carla Wong McMillian]]
|Social Studies
|1990
|Court of Appeals of Georgia; 1st Asian American elected statewide in Georgia
|-
| [[Jack McBrayer]]
| Theatre
| Theatre
| 1984
| 1990
| actor, star of [[Elsbeth_(TV_series)|["Elsbeth"]]]
| film and TV actor<ref name=cviogreport/>
|-  
|-  
| [[Jeff Greenstein]]
|[[Joe Gebbia]]
| Science
|Visual Arts
| 1979
|1998
| television writer and producer
|billionaire; Cofounder of [[Airbnb]]
|-
| [[Jamie Barton (singer)|Jamie Barton]]
| Voice
| 1999
| Mezzo-soprano, 2013 [[BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition]] winner
|-  
|-  
| [[Robert Duncan McNeill]]
| [[Donald Glover]]
| Theatre
| Theatre
| 1980
| 2000
| Actor "All My Children" and "Star Trek Voyager"<ref name=cviogreport/>
| TV actor/writer, rapper (as [[Childish Gambino]]), comedian<ref name=cviogreport/>
|-
| [[Randy Evans]]
| Mathematics
| 1975
| Advisor to [[Newt Gingrich]]<ref name=cviogreport/>
|-  
|-  
| [[Matt Moore (politician)|Matt Moore]]
| [[Matt Moore (politician)|Matt Moore]]
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| Chairman of the [[South Carolina Republican Party]]
| Chairman of the [[South Carolina Republican Party]]
|-  
|-  
| [[Brad Strickland]]
| [[Geoff Knorr]]  
| Mathematics
| Music
| 1964
| 2002
| Novelist and writer, university professor
| Composer and Recording Engineer
|-
| [[Jamie Barton (singer)|Jamie Barton]]
| Voice
| 1999
| Mezzo-soprano, 2013 [[BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition]] winner
|-
| [[Antoine Kearney]]
| Voice
| 1989
| Baritone, 2013 [[Executive, Higher Education Services]]
|-  
|-  
| Tyler Harper  
| Tyler Harper  
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| Georgia's Commissioner of Agriculture, elected in 2022. Former Georgia state senator (2013-2023).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commissioner Tyler J Harper {{!}} Georgia Department of Agriculture |url=https://agr.georgia.gov/Commissioner-Tyler-Harper |access-date=2025-06-09 |website=agr.georgia.gov |language=en}}</ref>
| Georgia's Commissioner of Agriculture, elected in 2022. Former Georgia state senator (2013-2023).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commissioner Tyler J Harper {{!}} Georgia Department of Agriculture |url=https://agr.georgia.gov/Commissioner-Tyler-Harper |access-date=2025-06-09 |website=agr.georgia.gov |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|-
|Wendi Bryan Carpenter
| [[Eve Carson]]
|Science
| Social Studies
|1973
| 2003
|31st woman designated as a Naval aviator; 1st woman Navy pilot promoted to rank of Rear Admiral; 10th President of SUNY Maritime College
| Student Body President at UNC-Chapel Hill, murder victim
|-
|-
|Carl Sweat
|[[Carl Clemons-Hopkins]]
|Social Studies
| Voice
|1981
| 2004
|President and General Manager, FUZE Division of The Coca-Cola Company, SVP Global Beverage, Starbucks; Awarded Gold Effie for Advertising Effectiveness by American Marketing Association
| Actor ([[Hacks (TV series)]]) and 2021 [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] nominee for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2021/outstanding-supporting-actor-in-a-comedy-series|title = Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Nominees / Winners 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[Carla Wong McMillian]]
|Social Studies
|1990
|Court of Appeals of Georgia; 1st Asian American elected statewide in Georgia
|-
|-
| Alec Mau
| Alec Mau
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| 2013
| 2013
| Broadcast Meteorologist<ref>https://www.wjtv.com/news/alec-mau/933723735></ref>
| Broadcast Meteorologist<ref>https://www.wjtv.com/news/alec-mau/933723735></ref>
|-
|[[Carl Clemons-Hopkins]]
| Voice
| 2004
| Actor ([[Hacks (TV series)]]) and 2021 [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] nominee for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2021/outstanding-supporting-actor-in-a-comedy-series|title = Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Nominees / Winners 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[Zahra Karinshak]]
|Social Studies
|1984
|Lawyer; Georgia State Senator; 1st Iranian American elected to Georgia legislature
|-
|-
|}
|}

Latest revision as of 15:49, 30 June 2025

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Spoken Wikipedia". The Georgia Governor's Honors Program (commonly referred to as "GHP") is a summer educational program in the state of Georgia, in the United States. It is a four-week (formerly six-week prior to 2011, and originally eight-week) summer instructional program for intellectually gifted and artistically talented high school students of Georgia.

Rising juniors and seniors in Georgia's public and private high schools may be nominated for the free program by their teachers. The program's entire cost is covered by the state of Georgia. The Governor's Honors Program began in 1964 with 400 participants and was hosted at Wesleyan College.[1] It first took place at Valdosta State University from 1980 through 2016 (sometimes cohosted at North Georgia College in Dahlonega),[1] then was relocated to Berry College in Rome, Georgia from 2017 through 2022, and is now hosted at Georgia Southern University.

There is no cost to attend GHP for students. Tuition, room, and board are covered under appropriations made by the Georgia General Assembly. However, students are asked to bring basic school supplies (binders, notebook paper, notebooks, pens, etc.) for class. GHP is an ungraded summer program. Students are not required to take any exit exams or standardized tests regarding major courses of study. Credits are not issued for completion of the program. Students that complete the entire four weeks of study receive a certificate of completion.[2]

Nomination

Students are nominated in a specific instructional area in which their abilities, aptitudes, and interest lie. Each school system or private school is assigned a nomination quota based on the average daily attendance of its 10th and 11th grades. Transcripts of grades and records, nomination forms, endorsements and other pertinent information are submitted to substantiate the nominations. Selected nominees then submit written essays and/or videos of their work. Each district or county has a different nomination process. From there, selected applicants are sent to statewide screening interviews/auditions.

The written evidence and data gathered in the student interview/audition are used to rank nominees and select finalists.

The overall acceptance rate of the program in 2017 was around 21%. However, this does not include the large number of students who were eliminated in school and county rounds or were not nominated. [3]

In 2017, 58% of GHP students were from metro area public schools, 32% of students were from non-metro area public schools, and 10% of students were from private schools or were home schooled.[3]

Instruction

Major instructional areas are communicative arts (English), Spanish, French, Latin, German, Mandarin Chinese, mathematics, science (biology, chemistry, and physics), agricultural science, social studies, visual arts, theatre performance, theatre design, music (woodwinds, piano, brass, strings, vocal, and percussion), dance, and engineering (design, electromechanical, and software). Staff in four support areas (Counseling, Fitness, Computers, and Library/Media) also work to assist the student body.

In 2017, the program hosted 450 students in academic major areas and 217 students in fine arts major areas. Among that student population were 72 world language majors, 75 communicative arts majors, 78 social studies majors, 225 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) majors, 32 dance majors, 35 theatre majors, 46 visual arts majors, and 104 music majors.[3]

Students may choose an elective in the first week of the program. The electives are commonly known as minors and include all the major areas of study along with others including Journalism, Counseling, Education, Ballroom dancing, Gender Studies, and Songwriting.

Each student receives 4.5 hours of major subject time on Mondays to Saturdays and 2 hours of elective subject time on Mondays to Fridays. Other time is free for meals, research, performances, practice, or seminars (see below).

GHP instructors are chosen according to their experience and recommendations. The student to teacher ratio is mandated to be at or very close to 15:1. In 2017, the student to faculty ratio was 13:1.[3]

Seminars

Residential Advisors and faculty host seminars outside of instructional time, ranging from learning Hebrew, learning how to make impromptu presentations, or making friendship bracelets.

Notable Alumni

The following are notable alumni of the Georgia Governor's Honors Program, listed with their GHP major, year of attendance, and notable accomplishments:

Name GHP Major Year Notable Accomplishments
Brad Strickland Mathematics 1964 Novelist and writer, university professor
Lane Davies Drama 1967 stage, film, and TV actor—best known as Mason Capwell from "Santa Barbara"
Joseph Searle Music 1968 educator; GHP director, 1996-2010
Dale Lyles Visual Arts 1970 educator; GHP asst. program director for instruction, 1997–2009; GHP director, 2011-2013
Wayne Knight Theatre 1971 stage, film, and TV actor
Wendi Bryan Carpenter Science 1973 31st woman designated as a Naval aviator; 1st woman Navy pilot promoted to rank of Rear Admiral; 10th President of SUNY Maritime College
Randy Evans Mathematics 1975 Advisor to Newt Gingrich[4]
Christopher David Sarzen Music 1977 Concert Pianist, Physician
Linda Griffith English 1977 biological engineer[4]
Jeff Greenstein Science 1979 television writer and producer
Robert Duncan McNeill Theatre 1980 Actor "All My Children" and "Star Trek Voyager"[4]
Carl Sweat Social Studies 1981 President and General Manager, FUZE Division of The Coca-Cola Company, SVP Global Beverage, Starbucks; Awarded Gold Effie for Advertising Effectiveness by American Marketing Association
Wycliffe Gordon Music 1983 Prolific jazz trombonist
Zahra Karinshak Social Studies 1984 Lawyer; Georgia State Senator; 1st Iranian American elected to Georgia legislature
Carrie Preston Theatre 1984 actor, star of ["Elsbeth"]
Michael Hester Comm Arts 1987 educator; 3-time coach of debate national champions; board member of JADE (Jamaican Assoc for Debating & Empowerment)
Hunter Bell Theatre 1988 Author and star of broadway musical [Title of Show]
Antoine Kearney Voice 1989 Baritone, 2013 Executive, Higher Education Services
Carla Wong McMillian Social Studies 1990 Court of Appeals of Georgia; 1st Asian American elected statewide in Georgia
Jack McBrayer Theatre 1990 film and TV actor[4]
Joe Gebbia Visual Arts 1998 billionaire; Cofounder of Airbnb
Jamie Barton Voice 1999 Mezzo-soprano, 2013 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition winner
Donald Glover Theatre 2000 TV actor/writer, rapper (as Childish Gambino), comedian[4]
Matt Moore Mathematics 2000 Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party
Geoff Knorr Music 2002 Composer and Recording Engineer
Tyler Harper Agriscience and Biotechnology 2003 Georgia's Commissioner of Agriculture, elected in 2022. Former Georgia state senator (2013-2023).[5]
Eve Carson Social Studies 2003 Student Body President at UNC-Chapel Hill, murder victim
Carl Clemons-Hopkins Voice 2004 Actor (Hacks (TV series)) and 2021 Primetime Emmy Awards nominee for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy[6]
Alec Mau Communicative Arts 2013 Broadcast Meteorologist[7]

References

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External links

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