August 2025 Scholar Accolades
Celebrating Crystal Sanders (2001), Lydia Hollon (2017), Mukta Dharmapurikar (2022), Shiva Rajbhandari (2023), Cordelia Van der Veer (2022), Joelle Murchison (1991), David Spicer (2019), Nzinga Tull (1993),
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July 2025 Scholar Accolades
Coke Scholar Accolades featuring Natosha Reid Rice (1989), Ariona Cook (2023), Vivian Nguyen (2023), Nathan Alexander (2003), & Talia Fradkin (2016).
Celebrating Coke Scholar College Graduates
Congratulations to our Coke Scholar Grads! See where they are headed next.
June 2025 Scholar Accolades
Jackson Blackwell (2017) was selected to represent Alaska at the 2025 Western Governors’ Association Leadership Institute and Shine Gerkariah (2024) received the David Nicklas Organ Donor Awareness Foundation Award for their advocacy and research in ethical innovation and health equity.
May 2025 Scholar Accolades
Joel Bervell (2013) won a Peabody Award; Tim McCallum (1991) was elected Mayor of Rockwall, Texas; and Soy Kim (2010) was named one of 5 AAPI Music Executives Making an Impact in 2025 by Variety magazine.
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October 2018 Accolades
Nekia Hackworth Jones (1995) was chosen as one of Georgia’s Most Powerful and Influential Women, and Kate Sullivan (1994) hosts a new show where she interviews brilliant minds, 3 of whom are fellow Coke Scholars.
October 2018 Connections
Undergrad Coke Scholars got together for pizza and Cokes at USC (pictured) and Princeton and over 80 Scholars and alumni came to our reception in Boston.
September 2018 Connections
As we begin the third year of Coke Scholar Coaching, coaches were trained in Atlanta and San Diego, and Pamit Surana (1989) and Kiera Peltz (2012) met up during his recent trip to LA.
August 2018 Accolades
JJ Jaxon’s new company, Mission MightyMe, won the Ideas Competition at Plywood Presents, a conference for start-ups doing good, and Clara Tsao (2009) received the highest-impact award for her work as a Presidential Impact Fellow at the White House.