Apr 20, 2020
2019 Rogers Scholar Emily Conn, of Prestonsburg, prepared a meal for families staying at the Ronald McDonald House earlier this year. Conn selected the “Ronald McDonald House Meal” for her Rogers Scholars community service project because her parents stayed there when...
Apr 17, 2020
2019 Rogers Scholar and McCreary Central High School student Marah Hamlin collected food for the Family Resource Center Backpack Program in February. Hamlin reached out to churches and community members to collect items and then donated them to the local school...
Mar 10, 2020
Eastern Kentucky has always been home for Colby Kirk. He grew up in Martin County, graduated from UK, traveled abroad, and returned to the Bluegrass to help businesses and entrepreneurs succeed in Appalachian Kentucky. “I never wanted to leave Eastern Kentucky,” he...
Feb 25, 2020
As a small town girl growing up in rural Kentucky, Rogers Scholars alum Donavyn Coffey has come a long way from the rolling hills of Russell County to the streets of New York City. Coffey, a 2009 graduate of The Center for Rural Development’s Rogers Scholars program,...
Jan 21, 2020
In 2012, Yulia Perevozchikova was a sophomore student at Rowan County High School and a Rogers Scholar with The Center for Rural Development. Today, Yulia is a University of Kentucky graduate and a Strategy Consultant at UK HealthCare. For the past 23 years, Rogers...
May 23, 2019
2013 Rogers Scholars and newly engaged couple Emilia Bustle and Emerson James met for the first time at a getting-to-know-you exercise where students introduce themselves to each other on the opening day of Scholars. Bustle was a student at South Laurel High School....