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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Alumni Accolades October 2015
Award-winning playwright Katori Hall (1999) is now directing a short film! She will make her directing debut when “Arkabutla” is released in early 2016. Justin Pasquariello (1997), Executive Director, Children’s HealthWatch in Boston was honored as one of Ten Outstanding Young Leaders for the Boston Chamber of Commerce at their awards banquet in September.
Alumni Connections October 2015
We continued our fall receptions in Utah, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas! Swire Coca-Cola bottling in Draper, UT hosted a great reception for our Scholars and alumni. 25 Scholars and alumni joined Mark and Carolyn in Chicago on October 5. Jamie, Carolyn and Megan enjoyed visiting with over 30 Scholars and alumni in Durham,…
Miami Nice: Coke Scholars Serve South Florida Community at Inaugural Service Summit
In its 29 years of existence, the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation has awarded more than 5,550 college scholarships to high school seniors. What do all of those selected have in common? A passion to make our world a better place, and the determination to make it happen. Bringing together these like-minded leaders, the Coca-Cola Scholars Alumni Advisory Board…
Alumni Accolades September 2015
In November of 2014, 2002 Scholar Elise Stefanik became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress when she was voted to represent New York’s 21st district in the U.S. House of Representatives at just 30 years old. Elise was tapped to chair the House Republican Policy Committee’s new Millennial Task Force to tackle issues facing her generation, and…