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 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…
Alumni Connections November 2014
The Foundation wrapped up a fall filled with receptions in St. Louis. While visiting St. Louis, Alumni Relations Manager Carolyn Norton and her nieces enjoyed dinner at LuLu Seafood, owned by Julia Li (2006) and her family. Celeste Bottorff, VP, Global Health and Well-being at The Coca-Cola Company visited Purdue as one of the school’s “Old…