At the age of 8, J.P. Blevins had a dream that he would someday play basketball on the court of historic Rupp Arena for the University of Kentucky.
Blevins accomplished that dream, playing four years of basketball as a Wildcat. This week, he told participants at The Center for Rural Development’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute (ELI) summer [...]

A business concept drafted by five graduates of The Center for Rural Development’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute (ELI) has earned each of the students an offer of a Presidential Scholarship from Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) in Richmond.
The first-place winners of ELI’s 2009 Business Concept Competition are Austin Adams, Rachel Colyer, and Leanze Jones of Pulaski County; [...]

This year’s graduates of The Center for Rural Development’s Rogers Explorers summer youth program used their science and math skills to explore the mysteries of space and get hands-on experience turning up clues as crime scene investigators.
A total of 60 rising ninth-grade students from across Southern and Eastern Kentucky honed their science and math skills [...]

MONTICELLO, Ky. — Barbourville resident J.M. Hall was the lucky winner of a houseboat holiday on Lake Cumberland that was the grand prize in a regional fundraising campaign benefiting The Center for Rural Development’s three summer youth programs.
Hall’s winning ticket was drawn at random in a dockside ceremony held Monday, June 1, at Conley Bottom [...]

They come from communities scattered across Southern and Eastern Kentucky. Some have dreams of opening their own business or becoming entrepreneurs. Others are interested in strengthening their leadership skills.
Regardless of those personal goals, all share a common bond to do his or her personal best to improve their lives and the lives of those around [...]

Rogers Scholars Jordan Meece, Stacie Lawless and Joanie Alexander have been selected by their team members in the second graduating class to represent the youth leadership program as Ambassadors.
The three Scholars were chosen by their peers to serve as Rogers Scholars Ambassadors, a program started three years ago for graduating Scholars. Each graduating class [...]

Rogers Scholars Ambassadors celebrated the holiday season by giving back to the community collecting canned food items and new or gently used coats for families in need. Ambassadors wrapped up the “Spirit of Giving” campaign a few days before Christmas with a live radio remote, broadcast on K93 Country WSEK, from the lobby of [...]

Rogers Scholars Ambassadors and members of The Center for Rural Development staff donated a selection of new and gently used stuffed animals to the Brooklyn Bear project in memory of 10-year-old Brooklyn Smith.
Brooklyn loved teddy bears and was called “Brooklyn Bear” by her family and friends. In honor of Brooklyn’s “sweet and loving spirit,” Rogers [...]

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 [...]

<img style=”border: none; padding:10px;” alt=”” src=”http://www.rogersscholars.com/news/data/upimages/image002.jpg” align=”right” /> South Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation recently held a golf scramble to benefit the Rogers Scholars Program on September 21, 2007 at Somerset Country Club.
The event raised $18,000 for the Rogers Scholars Program.  South Kentucky RECC President/CEO Allen Anderson said, to date, the golf scramble has earned [...]