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 [...]

Rogers Scholar graduates Sarah Crawford and Taylor Speaks, both from Pulaski County, have been selected by their peers to represent them as Rogers Scholar Ambassadors. Crawford, a junior at Pulaski County High School, and Speaks, a junior at Somerset High School, will continue to serve The Center for Rural Development’s Rogers Scholars program as ambassadors [...]

It’s not every day the president of a leading Kentucky college offers a full-tuition college scholarship to high school students with two years remaining until graduation. But that is exactly what Dr. William T. Luckey, president of Lindsey Wilson College, did as he spoke July 14 to the second summer 2010 session of The Center [...]

There are several well-known leaders—past and present—who exemplify key leadership characteristics and inspire others to strive for greater levels of service. According to University of the Cumberlands official Dr. Michael Colegrove, U.S. Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers, (KY-05)—whose goal for a brighter future for the young people of Southern and Eastern Kentucky formed the foundation for [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

As part of their annual community service project, members of The Center for Rural Development’s Rogers Scholar Ambassadors purchased Christmas gifts for Pulaski County children in need through the Angel Tree project sponsored by the Somerset Walmart and The Center. Helping get the gifts ready for distribution at the official Angel Tree drop-off site in [...]