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 Connections September 2015
25 Scholars and alumni came together for our first fall reception in Denver earlier this month. Scholars were joined by special guests from Swire Coca-Cola, the Daniels Fund the Boettcher Foundation (who provided the beautiful venue pictured above), and Scholars Foundation staff. We also hosted a reception for students in Atlanta this month. The dinner served…
Alumni Accolades August 2015
1990 Scholar Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) is featured in a Q&A in Coca-Cola Journey. Ben was elected last November after serving as president of Midland University, a 130-year-old Lutheran college he steered out of bankruptcy to become one of the fastest-growing higher education institutions in the country by the time of his departure. Said Ben, “I remember my…
Alumni Connections August 2015
Jake Bernstein (2012), Salone Kapur (2006), and Ashley Chang (2006) took a break from their workdays and shared some Cokes at Google in New York City. Brad Galiette (2004) is also working at Google. Karli Guyther (year?) met Ben Obomanu (2002) in her legal writing class at the University of Alabama and quickly realized that they were both part…
Coke Scholars Social Hack Makes an Impact
The room was full of optimism as the first #CokeScholarsHack began at The Coca-Cola Company headquarters on Saturday, July 25. But this hack had nothing to do with computer programming – instead, it was an opportunity for over 50 participants, including 25 Scholars, mentors, judges and volunteers, to make a difference by helping 3 nonprofits. Partnering with Amplify 4 Good, a group…