CCSF Named Large Scholarship Provider of the Year by NSPA
This award honors organizations that use their unique resources to expand college access, foster student achievement, inspire innovation, and strengthen communities.
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November 2025 Scholar Accolades
Accolades featuring Coke Scholars Linda Yao (2006), Dr. Scott Hale (2004), Brandon Cardet-Hernandez (2003), Leia Schwartz (2014), TJ Abrams (2001), and Olivia Sally (2020).
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.
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New Alumni Advisory Board Members
The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation Alumni Advisory Board (“A.A.B.”) was formed in 2006 by alumni Scholars to help support the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation’s mission and goals. Currently 15 alumni serve on the A.A.B. on a three year rotation. This year they voted on five new members, Rudy Fernandez (1991), Mary Kathryn Covert Steel (2003), TJ Abrams (2001),…
Alumni Accolades October 2013
Mansfield wins two national awards At a ceremony held at the Georgetown University Hotel & Conference Center in Washington D.C., Alison Mansfield (2013), a Yale freshman and Homestead High School graduate was presented two scholarships by Claes Nobel, a senior member of the family that founded the Nobel Prizes and the National Society of High…
Alumni Accolades July 2013
Can one Coca-Cola Scholar’s startup become the consumer’s hub for online shopping? A group of investors led by Google Ventures believes that Nifti, founded by 2004 Coke Scholar Nathan Sharp (pictured above), has the potential to become just that. With $800,000 in seed funding, Nifti recently unveiled a new shopping service designed to help consumers save…
National Service Day
Coca-Cola Scholars are passionately dedicated to serving others. To continue this tradition, Scholars hold a National Service Day, usually in April, to get together with other Scholars and Coca-Cola employees in their area and give back to their local communities. Below is a recap of the National Service Day projects that took place this year.…