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On the Afternoon of Thursday October 19, The Big Sandy Area Development district office in Prestonsburg played host to a press conference featuring Congressman Hal Rogers as he joined with the President of Big Sandy Community and Technical College to announce the implementation of the Rogers Scholars Program at BSCTCS.
“We are pleased announce that we will be a part of the Rogers scholars program and we will be offering students full tuition scholarships for completing the program” said President George Edwards as he made the official announcement in front of the room full local officials and ADD district participants.
“They’ll come through the college’s honors program at the college so there will be additional criteria they will have to meet.”
Congressmen Rogers then spoke on the purpose of the Rogers Scholars program, which began nine years ago as a way to offer outstanding students a free higher education at a designated College.
“The idea is to motivate them to get their education and then come home and help us develop our communities even further” said Rogers.
The Rogers Scholars program will begin at BSCTCS starting with this upcoming fall semester and is open for High school sophomores to apply. For more information about the Rogers Scholars Program you can visit rogersscholars.com