May 2020 Connections
Virtual classes, reunions, and livestreams!
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Coke Scholars Care
Coke Scholars Doing Good in the Midst of the Global Pandemic
Becoming an Advocate for Children with Rare Diseases with Sarah Turnbull (1996)
A new host, Jolene Loetscher (1997), joins us for the third episode of The SIP, interviewing Sarah Turnbull (1996), a photographer, EMT, and rare disease advocate. In this episode of The SIP, Sarah shares her journey from being selected as a Coke Scholar from a small town in Iowa to becoming a mom of three…
April 2020 Accolades
2017 Scholars Camilo Duran, Jackson Blackwell, and Nikhil Marda were named Truman Scholars.
Building a Shark Tank Side Hustle with Dr. Shaan Patel (2007)
In the second episode of The SIP, Albert Lawrence (2003) interviews Dr. Shaan Patel (2007), a Shark Tank entrepreneur who built a hugely successful side hustle without quitting his day job. After raising his SAT score from average to perfect, Shaan created a company called Prep Expert to help high school students achieve their own…
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2020 Semifinalists
1,928 high school seniors have been selected from over 93,000 submitted applications from across the country to advance to the next stage of our selection process!
October 2019 Accolades
Kofi Frimpong (2007) won a pitch competition and a $10,000 investment from Will Smith, and Saad Amer (2012) was featured on the cover of NewsDay.
October 2019 Connections
Jacob Absalon (2003) met Jorge Casimiro (1994) at the 2018 Leadership Summit and asked Jorge to speak to his class at West Point, where he’s an instructor.
The Pursuit of Happiness
How Kiera Peltz is Empowering Youth Through The Coding School