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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Accolades March 2013
Inspired by the meaningful impact that leaders like fellow Coke Scholars have made in communities around the world, Nina Vasan (2002) has written a groundbreaking guide to social change for students and young adults. Already a #1 Amazon Best Seller and praised by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus as “the primer for social innovation,…
Celebrating “25 Years of Positive Leadership”
This year, as we celebrate our 25th class milestone, we’ve launched a new site that will highlight stories on 25 remarkable Coke Scholars through our new “25 Years of Positive Leadership” site (taking the place of “Quest”). Click here to see all of the stories, and we encourage you to post them on Twitter, Facebook…
Celebrating More New Alumni Advisory Board Members!
Last week in “Quest” we introduced you to three of our five new Alumni Advisory Board members, Jason Feldman (1990), Rosalyn Kennedy (1997) and Jamaal Barnes (2005). This week, we would like to introduce you to the other two new members, Carolyne Dilgard-Clark (1995) and Radhika Mitra (2010). Carolyne Dilgard-Clark, a corporate attorney, is a 1995 Coca-Cola…
Celebrating 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, Jamaal Barnes (2005), Jason Feldman (1990), Rosalyn Kennedy (1997), Carolyne Dilgard-Clark (1995) and…