Clinton County High School student Vivian Zheng graduated this summer from The Center for Rural Development’s 2016 Rogers Scholars program.

Zheng is the daughter of Wen Juan Chen and Yao Zheng of Albany.

Rogers Scholars is an intensive one-week summer leadership program that provides valuable leadership skills and exclusive college scholarship opportunities for high school students in Southern and Eastern Kentucky to seize their full potential as the region’s next generation of business and entrepreneurial leaders.

“Participating in the Rogers Scholars program has truly been an experience of a lifetime,” said Zheng, 16, a junior at Clinton County High School. “I’ve built life-long relationships with individuals all over Kentucky and I wouldn’t trade this experience for anything.”

Sixty-four high school students from 45 Kentucky counties graduated this summer from the 2016 Class of Rogers Scholars. The program was held on the campus of Lindsey Wilson College in South Central Kentucky in Adair County.