Rogers Scholars continued to develop their leadership and team-building skills on Tuesday as they competed in a Lego building blocks challenge. In the exercise—led by Charley Simpson, executive vice president and CIO of The Center—the 30 Scholars were divided into three teams of 10. Each team then selected a leader, and used their communication and [...]

Rogers Scholars spent the second day of their week-long session at the Team Leadership Center in Wayne County reaching new heights. Scholars were challenged to climb to the level they were most comfortable reaching on a 55-foot Alpine Tower. The exercise encouraged Scholars to step out of their comfort zone and reach for heightened individual [...]

Thirty high school students from Southern and Eastern Kentucky arrived Sunday, June 28, at The Center for Rural Development in Somerset to open the first week of the 2009 Rogers Scholars youth program. Lonnie Lawson, president and CEO of The Center, welcomed the Scholars and their families to The Center at a reception in the [...]

Thirty rising high school juniors from Southern and Eastern Kentucky – the first class of 2008 Rogers Scholars – graduated from the youth leadership program in June and are eligible for scholarships from 13 participating colleges and universities. Rogers Scholars, sponsored by The Center for Rural Development, is an intensive one-week summer session that provides [...]

South Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation recently held a golf scramble to benefit the Rogers Scholars Program. The event raised $18,000 for the Rogers Scholars Program, which started in 1998, and provides high school students from 42 counties in southern and eastern Kentucky with an intensive one-week summer session to help spark their entrepreneurial spirit, [...]