Thirty-seven rising high school juniors from across Southern and Eastern Kentucky—the final class of the 2010 summer sessions of Rogers Scholars—graduated on July 16 at The Center for Rural Development in Somerset after scaling new heights, building their leadership and entrepreneurial skills, and having the time of their young lives. At the awards and graduation [...]

Rogers Scholars continued to work on their declared majors most of the day on Thursday getting ready for their team presentations to family members and invited guests at Friday night’s graduation program. During the week, Scholars receive 12 hours of hands-on instruction in one of three declared majors—engineering, video production, and the newest offering, healthcare. [...]

On Wednesday, Rogers Scholars began work in one of three declared majors: engineering, video production, and the newest offering, healthcare. During the week, Scholars receive 12 hours of hands-on instruction in their declared majors working side-by-side with professionals to learn more about the work of engineers, how to produce a short film, and different careers [...]

Rogers Scholars met one-on-one with representatives of some of the Kentucky’s top colleges and universities on Tuesday in a career exploration session held in the Exhibit Hall at The Center for Rural Development. During this session, Scholars—all rising juniors—had a chance to discuss their career plans and possibly map out a plan of action on [...]

Rogers Scholars climbed to new heights on Monday pulling together as a team to complete several leadership and team-building challenges—including scaling a 55-foot Alpine Tower—on the grounds of the Team Leadership Center in Wayne County. In a twitter message to his friends, Rogers Scholar Todd Yoder of Jessamine County proudly proclaimed he climbed the vortex [...]

The second-and final session-of 2010 Class of Rogers Scholars arrived at The Center for Rural Development in Somerset on July 11 for another week of fun, adventure, and life-changing experiences. During the week, 37 high school students from across Southern and Eastern Kentucky will grow their leadership and entrepreneurial skills as the region’s next generation [...]

Rogers Scholars discovered just how important communication skills are as they participated in a leadership exercise that split them into teams and had them assembling Lego-block models based only on the instructions of their leaders. In the exercise, Scholars worked in three teams to try to fit the Lego pieces together in such a way [...]

Rogers Scholars climbed to new heights during a day of teambuilding and leadership exercises Monday, capped by their scaling a 55-foot Alpine Tower on the grounds of the Team Leadership Center in Wayne County. Lauren Rose, a junior at Knox Central High School, used Twitter to “tweet” her friends as she made it to the [...]

Thirty-six high school students from across Southern and Eastern Kentucky arrived at The Center for Rural Development in Somerset on June 27 for the first class of the 2010 Rogers Scholars summer youth program. The students are spending Monday at the Team Leadership Center in Wayne County, where they will be working together as a [...]

As a 2000 graduate of The Center for Rural Development’s Rogers Scholars youth program, Lisa Hibbs learned how important it is to set goals and work toward reaching those goals. Her goals became pursuing a career in teaching, working with young children, and following a lifelong passion for children’s literature in hopes of some day [...]