SOMERSET, KY – Dennis Farmer, of Estill County, a 2002 Rogers Scholar, has decided not to leave home to find his future, but stay and give a part of himself.  As an EMT for the Estill County EMS, Farmer attributes much of his success to his experience as a Rogers Scholar.
While participating in the prestigious [...]

SOMERSET, KY – Edward Brown, a former Rogers’ Scholar from The Center for Rural Development, has been named a winner in the 2005 National Voice of Democracy Program and recipient of the $1,000 scholarship award from the Department of Wyoming and its Ladies Auxiliary Scholarship fund.
“Edward is yet another Rogers’ Scholar being commended for outstanding [...]

His participation in the program leads to major service project
SOMERSET, KY – Former Rogers’ Scholar Brandon Harvey, Adair County High School, has been selected as Kentucky’s top high school volunteer in the 2005 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism. Brandon was chosen from among all the [...]

SOMERSET, KY – The Rogers’ Scholars program challenges students to get involved in their communities and former scholar Michelle Combs did just that. After returning home from the Rogers’ Scholars program last summer this South Laurel High School junior put her love of reading and community service together and started, “Books for Sailors.”
Combs recently [...]

SOMERSET, KY – Whitney Sallee, a former Rogers’ Scholar from The Center For Rural Development, recently made her way to the nation’s capitol. Sallee, a junior at Taylor County High School attended the Presidential Inaugural Program in Washington, D.C.  The program gave Sallee the opportunity to attend the presidential inauguration. She was also involved in [...]