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.
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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.
February 2025 Accolades
Hali Borenstein (2003) was named to the 2024 Time100 Next list, Jack Lohmann (2015) and Simon Boehme (2010) released new books, Nyamekye Wilson (2014) was highlighted in Yahoo’s Built By Girls, and more.
January 2025 Accolades
Asahi Pompey (1990) was recognized on the inaugural ForbesBLK 50 list, Travis Gayles (1997) was named CEO of Howard Brown Health, and Julie Gehrki (1998) was named President of the Walmart Foundation.
November 2024 Accolades
Harvard Coke Scholars Aneesh Muppidi (2021) and Ayush Noori (2020) were named 2025 Rhodes Scholars.
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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…
Alumni Accolades December 2014
Yash Gupta (2014), pictured left with host Nick Cannon and other recipients, received a 2014 Teen Nick HALO award for his organization Sight Learning, which donates glasses to students in need. Yash was also the previous recipient of a 2013 CNN Hero Award. Zachary Certner (2014) received a Teen Nick HALO Award for July in honor of his non-profit SNAP, Inc., which he…
Alumni Connections December 2014
Harvard 2014 Coca-Cola Scholars reconnected and reminisced about their Scholars Weekend. Around the table: Jessica Zhao, Emily Zauzmer, Raj Vatsa, Eric Chen, Neel Mehta, Cole Scanlon, William Wu, and Nina Srivastava. Tess Maggio (2012) brought together a group of Coca-Cola Scholars at Yale University. The Coca-Cola Company invited Scholars Nathan Sharp (2004), Jack McKinstry (2000) and Angela Harrell (1991) to…
Alumni Accolades November 2014
November 4 was a big night for Elise Stefanik (2002) in New York and Ben Sasse (1990) in Nebraska – Elise became the youngest woman ever to be elected to Congress and Ben is now the first Scholar to be voted into the U.S. Senate! Neha Gupta (2014) became the first American to receive the International Children’s Peace…