Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company hosted a virtual celebration for the six 2021 Coke Scholars from their territory with their team and CEO, Junior Bridgeman.
“These extraordinary students were selected from more than 99,000+ applicants. We are proud to celebrate this tremendous achievement and welcome them to the Coca-Cola family.” they wrote.
Craig Kessler (2003) hosted a virtual Coke Scholars Pro event centered around his new book, The Dad Advice Project, with two of the other Dads from the book just in time for Father’s Day. They shared inspiring stories and discussed parenting with attendees, and everyone received a donated copy of his book.Scholars from the class of 2016 got together in Austin.Catherine Xiang (2019) and Justin Pearson (2013) enjoyed connecting through Coke Breaks. Coke Breaks is an initiative of the Alumni Advisory Board that randomly pairs Scholars together for 15 minute conversations each month.
Bosco Kante (1989) founded a nonprofit organization, Black Music Incubator, and Kiera Peltz’s (2012) company, The Coding School, has received a $3 million grant to train the next generation of AI leaders and educators.
Crystal Moore (2003) was selected to be part of the 2022 Class of Presidential Leadership Scholars, Christopher Benos (2014) has been named a Schwarzman Scholar, and Neha Seshadri (2018) was on Jeopardy!