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.
Alumni Accolades June 2016
Jolene Loetscher (1997) and her husband Nate Burdine, owners of Mud Mile Communications in South Dakota, won a Telly award for the 2015 Scholars Weekend video they produced for the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation, and Sulekha Ramayya (2012) graduated as Valedictorian from USC.
Alumni Connections June 2016
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (2002) shared her journey into government and stories of unexpected meetings with over 100 fellow Coke Scholars and alumni at our Washington, DC, reception, and Kevin Chung (1990) and Albert Lawrence (2003) met up for dinner in Los Angeles.
Alumni Accolades May 2016
Jennifer Bergman Harkness (2000) was elected to City Council in Cleveland, Texas, and Nadya Okamoto (2016) presented at TEDxPortland, speaking about the unaddressed needs of menstrual hygiene among poor and homeless women.
Alumni Connections May 2016
Our 2016 Scholars have been busy receiving year-end awards, but also have been presenting their Educator of Distinction Awards to the teachers and mentors who have had a significant impact on their intellectual and personal development.
Alumni Accolades April 2016
Roberta Capp (1999) won the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science, and Joelle Murchison (1991) has been named Associate Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer at the University of Connecticut.