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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May 2017 Connections
2017 Scholars present their Educator of Distinction awards and Scholars in Dallas host a rooftop get-together with Mark Davis.
April 2017 Accolades
Kathryn Minshew (2004), published a book, The New Rules of Work: The Modern Playbook for Navigating Your Career, and Daria Torres (1992) advised a team of students who were named as global finalists for the Hult Prize.
April 2017 Connections
Scholars and alumni cheered on the Boston Bruins as guests of The Coca-Cola Company, and Starts with Soap, a nonprofit founded by 2016 Coke Scholars, hosted a fundraiser in Nashville.
March 2017 Connections
Alumni came together at SXSW 2017 in Austin, TX, for a #CokeScholarsPro event, and CCSF hosted 3 receptions in California.