This summer’s second and final class of 2011 Rogers Scholars has graduated from The Center for Rural Development. The Scholars—all rising high school juniors—completed the week-long program on July 15 and presented their finished projects in video production, healthcare careers, and engineering to family members and friends in an emotional graduation ceremony held at The Center. Lonnie Lawson, president and CEO of [...]

U.S. Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05) rubs shoulders with national and international leaders, serves as chairman of the House’s powerful Appropriations Committee, and is a champion of some of Kentucky’s— and the nation’s—key legislative issues. But he said his greatest accomplishment is not found in what he has been able to do on Capitol Hill. [...]

SOMERSET, Ky.— The University of Kentucky is the latest partner to join a growing list of colleges and universities in Kentucky and Tennessee offering scholarship opportunities to graduates of The Center for Rural Development’s Rogers Scholars summer youth leadership program. UK President Dr. Lee T. Todd Jr. joined Lonnie Lawson, president and CEO of The [...]

SOMERSET, Ky.— Western Kentucky University is the newest partner to join a growing list of colleges and universities in Kentucky and Tennessee offering scholarship opportunities to graduates of The Center for Rural Development’s Rogers Scholars summer youth leadership program. WKU President Dr. Gary A. Ransdell joined Lonnie Lawson, president and CEO of The Center, and [...]

U.S. Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05), second from left, recognized Lawrence County Rogers Scholars Josh Marcum, Blake Bradley, and Logan Finley on Tuesday, Sept. 7, at an event at Blaine Elementary School in Lawrence County. Rogers recognized the Scholars in front of the school’s student body at an assembly as part of a PRIDE wastewater [...]

U.S. Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05) recognized 2010 Rogers Scholar Hunter Middleton before a crowd of about 150 at a joint meeting of the Harlan County Chamber of Commerce held at the Harlan Center on Sept. 9. Rogers toured Harlan County that day and issued reports on the impact The Center and affiliates – PRIDE, [...]

U.S. Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05), center, met a group of former participants in The Center’s youth programs, including Rogers Scholars and Rogers Explorers, at an Aug. 11 event at the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg during which university President Dr. Jim Taylor received a “Hal Rogers Difference Maker Award” for his role in [...]

2010 Rogers Scholars graduate Will Bradley of Rowan County met U.S. Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05) at the Morehead-Rowan County Chamber of Commerce meeting yesterday in Morehead. Bradley and his father, Whit, also presented Rogers with a contribution in support of The Center’s Rogers Scholars youth program, which was named after the congressman.

Rogers Scholars Taylor Calebs of Menifee County and Kristyn Densmore of Laurel County discovered they have a true passion for medicine this summer while exploring different healthcare career options. While maneuvering through a difficult and challenging ropes course to reach to the top of a 55-foot tower, Rogers Scholar Destini Engle of Whitley County had [...]

Taryn Cantrell of Pike County has been recognized for having the highest-scoring application among students who participated in this summer’s second session of The Center for Rural Development’s Rogers Scholars program. Cantrell, 16, a junior at Pikeville High School, was presented the Doug Reece Memorial Award on July 16 at an awards presentation in front [...]