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March 2024 Accolades

Carly Collette Steidl (2013) became a First Officer at United Airlines on the Boeing 737, Lillian Yu (2007) was a writer for the new movie Kung Fu Panda 4, Lawrence (Larry) Jia (2019) was selected as a Schwarzman Scholar, and more!

Alumni Connections March 2016

Coca-Cola and San Francisco Coca-Cola Scholars the Lunar New Year, and Lisa Sobajian and Joey Hurlocker, 2015 Scholars at Stanford who met during their Scholars Weekend, are leading a book drive for high schools in need in the Palo Alto area.

Alumni Accolades 2016 February

Shaan Patel (2007) appeared on Shark Tank and entered a partnership with Mark Cuban: $250,000 in exchange for a 20% stake in his SAT prep company, 2400 Expert! Watch the full episode, where he is the last entrepreneur to appear, here, or see just his introduction here. His experience was written about in Forbes magazine, and he…

Alumni Connections February 2016

Many thanks to the 17 alumni who interviewed Regional Finalists with our staff as part of the Regional Interview Committee and the over 45 alumni who visited with us in Los Angeles, Dallas, DC, New York, Philadelphia, and Atlanta. We love connecting with Scholars wherever we go! The Atlanta Regional Interview Committee Skyped with Regional…

Alumni Accolades December 2015 & January 2016

Christopher Gray (2010), Vicky Wu (2005), and Katherine Jin (2012) have been named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 List! Christopher, Co-founder of Scholly, a scholarship search app, is in the Social Entrepreneurs category, and Vicky, Global Partnerships Manager for Anheuser-Busch InBev, is in the Retail and E-Commerce category. Katherine, Co-founder of Kinnos, was in the Healthcare category for…

Alumni Connections December 2015 & January 2016

After an invitation from Jolene Loetscher (1997) and her husband Nate, TJ Abrams (2001) traveled to South Dakota to speak to the Advertising Federation about the race to 2020 and how global brands can prepare for the future. TJ discussed brand management and his experiences as Global Brand Director for Holiday Inn at InterContinental Hotels Group. Jason…