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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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February 2017 Accolades

Sports Illustrated named Daron Roberts’ (1997) book one of 2017’s best sports business books, and Rudy Fernandez (1991) was selected as part of the 2017 class of Presidential Leadership Scholars!

2017 Regional Interview Connections

Regional Finalist interviews were held locally in San Francisco, New York City, Chicago, Austin, DC, and Atlanta, and several alumni served on the interview committee with CCSF staff. While in town, staff also had the opportunity to get together with even more alumni at small dinners.

February 2017 Connections

Scholars met up in Paris, and our Alumni Advisory Board hosted a #CokeScholarsPro event at Google in NYC.

Coke Scholars and Staff at PRC

January 2017 Connections

We had 9 Coca-Cola Scholars join us as part of our Program Reading Committee, and Scholars Nilofer and Madison took a picture with the famous Coca-Cola polar bear.