Participant Application Process

To be selected as an Academy participant, one must demonstrate excellence through academics, leadership, extra-curricular involvement, personal achievement, and community service. These students maintain ambitions to succeed that are strengthened and reinforced during the Academy experience.

Appointment into the Governor's Honors Academy entitles students to return as leaders to their own high schools with:

• An opportunity to earn six college credits
• Collegiate orientations to develop into their future
• Broader visions of personal potential for success
• Keener abilities to create and implement new ideas
• Acquired skills in group dynamics
• Excelled development of personal goals and achievement
• In-depth understanding of societal trends and current issues

To apply:

Note: All application requirements are due in the GHA Office by 5 p.m. on March 9, 2009. NO EXCEPTIONS.

Requirements include: A Completed application.

1. Three on-line letters of recommendation www.suu.edu/gha/recommendation.html.
   [one letter is required to be from your high school counselor or principal]
2. An official transcript.
3. A 750 word personal essay answering the question: "What events in
   your life have defined who you are?"
4. Resume.

Return application and other required items to:

Governor's Honors Academy
Southern Utah University
351 W. University Blvd.
Cedar City, UT 84720

Due Date: March 9, 2009

To nurture the life of the mind