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 February 2015
A great group of alumni came together at The Coca-Cola Company headquarters in Atlanta as part of our Regional Interview Committee. The group included: Torarie Durden (1994), Michael Hanley (1996), Andrea Camille Young (1990), J.J. Jaxon (1994), Valerie Love (1990), Darian Dabney (2005), Greg Melia (1989), and Kim Rash (1990). …and then Atlanta Scholars came together in a much more…
Alumni Connections January 2015
Coca-Cola Scholars at Brigham Young University came together for pizza and Coke! 2014 Scholars Emily Zhen, Bryan Rodriguez and Dawit Gebresellassie took a group picture at the University of Pennsylvania’s Yacht Night. Bret Bechis (2001), General Manager for Lyft in San Francisco, stopped by The Coca-Cola Company to visit with Foundation staff during a business trip in…
Alumni Accolades January 2015
2013 Scholars Madison Pfaff and Kassra Homaifar were Masters of Ceremonies at the TEDxUNC Talks last week. Kavita Shukla (2002), inventor of Fresh Paper and CEO of Fenugreen, spoke during the conference and Karsten Coates (2012) performed. Angelo Volandes (1989) recently published a book, The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-life Care. The book is a part memoir and part guide…