Posts by Lauren O'Brien
10 Questions for CCSF’s New Director of the Undergraduate Scholars Program
The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation is excited to announce that Jamie Williams has joined the staff as Director of the Undergraduate Scholars Program, the first position of its kind at the Foundation. This new role is dedicated to maintaining the energy, excitement, and connectivity of Scholars Weekend through each Scholar’s college years by creating unique opportunities…
Read MoreCoke Scholars Social Hack Makes an Impact
The room was full of optimism as the first #CokeScholarsHack began at The Coca-Cola Company headquarters on Saturday, July 25. But this hack had nothing to do with computer programming – instead, it was an opportunity for over 50 participants, including 25 Scholars, mentors, judges and volunteers, to make a difference by helping 3 nonprofits. Partnering with Amplify 4 Good, a group…
Read MoreNew Alumni Advisory Board Members
The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation Alumni Advisory Board (AAB) was formed in 2006 by alumni Scholars to help support the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation’s mission and goals. Currently 15 alumni serve on the AAB on a 3 year rotation. This year they are happy to welcome 5 new members, Micaela Connery (2004), Alice Park (1999), Daron Roberts (1997), Nola…
Read MoreAlumni Accolades July 2015
Rocio Ortega (2012) had the honor of introducing First Lady Michelle Obama as a keynote speaker at the 4th annual 2015 Girl Up Leadership Summit on July 14. The First Lady joined them to celebrate Girl Up joining her initiative “Let Girls Learn” aimed at ensuring girls around the world receive an education. Rocio has been involved with Girl Up since…
Read MoreAlumni Connections July 2015
After a recent newsletter featured a link on how to customize special glass “Share a Coke” bottles, Aaron Chadbourne (2002) worked with The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Northern New England to make some special bottles for his boss, Governor LePage. They presented the bottles to him in the Governor’s Cabinet Room of the Maine State…
Read MoreAlumni Accolades June 2015
Christopher Gray (2010), founder of scholarship search engine app Scholly, was honored as Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year. The state of Montana has announced that it will be buying Scholly for every rising senior in the state each year! Ayyan Zubair (2015) is running a youth Iftar (breaking of the fast) for members of all faiths…
Read MoreAlumni Connections June 2015
San Francisco Scholars came together for a professional development workshop hosted by Nola Weinstein (2001) and Kevin Chung (1990, pictured at top) at Twitter last week. Nola is Head of Executive Engagement at Twitter and taught alums how to tweet like an executive. Coca-Cola Scholars in New York City attended the National Academy Foundation’s 12th…
Read MoreAlumni Accolades May 2015
In 2014, the state of South Dakota established Jolene’s Law in honor of Jolene Loetscher (1997) that created a task force to study child sexual abuse. Despite opposition by some legislators in 2015 to continue the task force, South Dakota’s Governor announced an executive order in March 2015 allowing Jolene’s Law to continue its work. “In…
Read MoreAlumni Connections May 2015
Coca-Cola Scholars in San Francisco were invited to walk beside the Coca-Cola float in the Chinese New Year parade in April. The Coca-Cola float won for “Best Lunar New Year Theme” and will be recognized by the San Francisco Chinese Chamber of Commerce on May 8! Coca-Cola Scholars at Princeton got together for a pizza…
Read MoreAlumni Accolades April 2015
Elizabeth Brajevich (2012) is one of Glamour Magazine’s Top 10 College Women! The story is in the May issue with Michelle Obama on the cover. “I had a great experience last weekend in New York, receiving the award, visiting Google and LinkedIn’s New York offices and talking to high schoolers at Manhattan Bridges School. I am a…
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