Apr 16, 2020
2019 Rogers Scholar Emma Carter, of Monticello, recently donated homemade PPE masks for employees of the Wayne County School District who are delivering meals throughout the community. Emma made 50 masks at home out of materials she already had. Additionally her...
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 23, 2020
2018 Rogers Scholar and Pulaski County High School student Grant Oakes donated one of the benches he made from recycled bottle caps to The Center for Rural Development. Through his Rogers Scholars “Bottle Caps for Benches” community service project, Grant collected...
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....