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 June 2014
Colby Lufkin (2012) is spending his third summer working with 4th and 1 (an organization founded by 1997 Scholar, Daron Roberts) as a football coach for their camp in East Texas. Here they are with the Powerade coolers that were generously donated by their local Coca-Cola bottler. Tyler Sanchez (2006), on the left, and Alex…
Alumni Accolades May 2014
Congratulations to Dr. Robert Accordino (1999), U.S. Founder of Music for Autism, for being named New Yorker of the Week. Click here to watch the segment about Music for Autism and an interview with Robert. Congratulations to Stacey Edmondson (1989), who will become Dean of the College of Education at Sam Houston State University this July! Karissa Jackson…
Alumni Celebrations May 2014
Congratulations to Heidi Koester Olivera who married Augusto Olivera in Atlanta on May 2! Jane Hopkins (CCSF), Carolyn Norton (CCSF), Ryan Rodriguez (CCSF), Kelsey Tainsh (2008) and Kim Rash (1990) from the Coke Scholars family attended.
Alumni Connections May 2014
Chelsea Rawe (2010) will be serving in the Peace Corps in Nepal for two years and Anna Delamerced (2012) will be interning in Hong Kong this summer – both would love to connect with any Scholars who visit the area! Email Carolyn Norton to connect with Chelsea or Anna. Coke Scholars in Seattle got together…