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 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…
Alumni Accolades October 2014
5 Coca-Cola Scholars are included in Forbes 30 Under 30 List! Roger Lee (2004), Co-Founder, PaperG Kavita Shukla (2002), Founder, Fenugreen Joshua Sommer (2005), Executive Director, The Chordoma Foundation Vivek Ramaswamy (2003), Investment Analyst, QVT Financial David Demirbilek (2005), Minority Counsel, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Jenni Newbury (2006), Executive Director and founder of…
Alumni Connections October 2014
Receptions continued as Foundation staff visited Scholars in the Northeast, Pittsburgh, and California! Boston reception on October 6. Providence reception on October 7. New Haven reception on October 8. New York reception on October 9. Pittsburgh reception on October 15. Palo Alto reception on October 20. San Francisco reception on October 21. The Alumni Advisory Board traveled…
Alumni Accolades September 2014
2009 Scholar Lauren Kuhn, Miss Massachusetts, was fourth runner-up and the winner of a $10,000 scholarship in the Miss America Pageant on September 14th. She follows in the footsteps of many other Coca-Cola Scholars who have served as state representatives in Miss America Pageants over the years, including 2004 Miss America, Ericka Dunlap, a 2000 Scholar. 2013…