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.
2017 Red Cord Graduates
We are proud to honor our Coca-Cola Scholars graduating from college with a Coca-Cola red cord. Congratulations!
May Accolades 2017
Philip McAdoo (1989) published a book dedicated to honoring the lives and stories of youth in foster care and LGBTQ families, and Jolene Loetscher (1997) and her husband Nate Burdine received a Silver Telly Award for a video they produced for our 2016 Scholars Banquet.
May 2017 Connections
2017 Scholars present their Educator of Distinction awards and Scholars in Dallas host a rooftop get-together with Mark Davis.
April 2017 Accolades
Kathryn Minshew (2004), published a book, The New Rules of Work: The Modern Playbook for Navigating Your Career, and Daria Torres (1992) advised a team of students who were named as global finalists for the Hult Prize.
April 2017 Connections
Scholars and alumni cheered on the Boston Bruins as guests of The Coca-Cola Company, and Starts with Soap, a nonprofit founded by 2016 Coke Scholars, hosted a fundraiser in Nashville.