Whether you are a college student planning your career or a college graduate looking for your first job, having hands-on job experience can give you the edge in the eyes of a prospective employer. In planning for their future careers, three area college students and one recent University of Kentucky graduate received on-the-job training and [...]
Rogers Scholars graduate Molly Frank of Green County has been awarded the Doug Reece Memorial Award for having the highest-scoring application among students who participated this summer in the second class of The Center for Rural Development’s 2011 Rogers Scholars program. Frank, 16, a student at Green County High School, was recognized and presented the [...]
Whether you want to learn how to edit photographs in Adobe’s powerful Photoshop digital imaging software, discover how to customize your business presentation in Microsoft Office’s PowerPoint, or navigate through an Excel spreadsheet, students can learn those skills and much more in The Center for Rural Development’s Your Center of Learning next series of one-day [...]
In her book, “Becoming the Red Sock in the Laundry Basket—Simple Strategies to Everyday Leadership,” author Laura Emberton Owens says leaders are much like a red sock, rubbing off on others even when no one expect it. Owens, a former Kentucky official, businesswoman, and motivational speaker, shared her simple strategy for effective leadership with [...]
In 1998, The Center for Rural Development launched the Rogers Scholars program to provide leadership and scholarship opportunities for the region’s rising high school juniors and encourage graduates to build their careers in Southern and Eastern Kentucky. Robert M. “Mike” Duncan of Inez, Ky., a political strategist and veteran of Republican politics, served on [...]
For most students, the summer season is a time of rest and total relaxation. For the best and brightest students in our region, however, this summer has been filled with many different youth programs offered through The Center for Rural Development. The Rogers Explorers camps began with one session on the campus of Lindsey Wilson [...]
This summer’s second and final class of 2011 Rogers Scholars has graduated from The Center for Rural Development. The Scholars—all rising high school juniors—completed the week-long program on July 15 and presented their finished projects in video production, healthcare careers, and engineering to family members and friends in an emotional graduation ceremony held at The [...]
Eastern Kentucky University President Dr. Doug Whitlock challenged Rogers Scholars on Thursday to be a leader in their home communities and across the region. “Everyone is a leader whether he or she wants to be or not,” Whitlock told the second class of 2011 Rogers Scholars. “Everyone is being watched by someone.” Whitlock, now serving [...]
Rogers Scholars met one-on-one with representatives of some of Kentucky’s top colleges and universities on Tuesday in a career exploration session held in the Exhibit Hall at The Center for Rural Development. During this session, Scholars—all rising juniors—had a chance to discuss their career plans and possibly map out a plan of action on where [...]
The Center for Rural Development has launched its new website. The redesigned site, created through an extensive in-house collaboration between The Center’s marketing and public relations and web development teams, exemplifies The Center’s vision for continuing to adapt to seek new ways to communicate with the world and serve the residents of Southern and Eastern Kentucky and beyond.
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