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 June 2013
Sejal Hathi (2009) and Kavita Shukla (2002) won the same Mothers of Invention award for their inventions “Girltank” (Sejal) and “Fresh Paper” (Kavita) from Newsweek and Toyota. They met in person for the first time at the Women in the World Summit, where they received their awards. They had no idea they were both scholars! Both…
Coke Scholar Launches Scholarship App
One of our brilliant Coke Scholars Christopher J. Gray (2010) created the Scholly scholarship search app. It is already ranked as one of the top apps – #4 in Education. If you are interested download this app and spread the word.
Alumni Connections June 2013
Kaitlyn Chana, Laura Brown and Lauren Kuhn (all 2009 Scholars, in photo on right), close friends since their Coke Scholars Weekend four years ago, met up for a reunion in New York City recently.