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 The Rogers Scholars Program is an intensive one week summer session for rising high school juniors from 42 counties in Southern and Eastern Kentucky that emphasizes technological skills development and fosters an entrepreneurial spirit, leadership and commitment to rural Kentucky. Rogers Scholars will interact with state and national leaders and work with high-quality instructors.
All Rogers Scholars activities (meals, lodging, etc...) will be supervised and paid by the Rogers Scholars program. |
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Rogers Scholars Go 80's
 Join us for the Rogers Scholars Reunion...going back to The 80’s at The Center for Rural Development on August 2, 2008 from 5:00 pm until 9:00 pm.
Be sure to dress up in your best 80’s outfit!
We will have our own version of “80’s Idol”, an air guitar contest,
80’s fashion show and end the event by
dancing the night away!
Dinner will be provided and prizes awarded!
RSVP to Jessica Melton at jmelton@centertech.com by JULY 23. |
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Pike County student receives Doug Reece Memorial Scholarship Award
A Pike County student is the recipient of the 2008 Doug Reece Memorial Scholarship Award for having the highest score in the Rogers Scholars application process of the second graduating class.
Jacob Dotson, a student at Belfry High School, was presented the award at the graduation program Friday, July 11, at The Center for Rural Development in Somerset, Ky., after spending a week at Rogers Scholars. The scholarship award is given in memory of Doug Reece, a former board chair and member of The Center’s executive committee. |
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Graduates select three Rogers Scholars to serve as Ambassadors
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 selects representatives to carry out the role as Ambassadors. Ambassadors provide input to the Rogers Scholars program, mentor other Scholars, plan an annual reunion and participate in community service projects sponsored by The Center for Rural Development. |
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To see what some of our previous Scholars are currently up to, please check our Scholar Update section by clicking here. If you are Rogers Scholars Alumi, please send your accomplishments to jmelton@centertech.com.
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Rogers Scholars Ambassadors and The Center donate to Brooklyn Bear
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. |
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Rogers Scholars Ambassadors wrap up “Spirit of Giving” food, coat drive
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 The Center for Rural Development in Somerset. |
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SKRECC Golf Scramble to benefit Rogers Scholars
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. |
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2008 Rogers Scholars Applications
2008 Rogers Scholars Applications are now available! You can find the 2008 application under the “Forms” section at the bottom of this home page. Applications can be mailed to The Center for Rural Development, Attention Rogers Scholars, 2292 South Highway 27, Suite 300, Somerset, KY 42501 and must be postmarked by January 31, 2008. |
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Several institutions across the region have made scholarship opportunities available for graduates of the Rogers Scholars program helping achieve one of the primary goals of the program that no young person will need to leave home to find his or her future.
Click here for more information. |
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