The Alumni Advisory Board has welcomed 5 new members:   Micaela Connery (2004) Alice Park (1999) Daron Roberts (1997) Nola Weinstein (2001) Justin Pearson (2013)   The 15 member board was formed in 2006 by alumni Scholars to help support the Foundation’s mission and goals.

2013 Scholars Madison Pfaff and Kassra Homaifar were Masters of Ceremonies at the TEDxUNC Talks last week. Kavita Shukla (2002), inventor of Fresh Paper and CEO of Fenugreen, spoke during the conference and Karsten Coates (2012) performed. Angelo Volandes (1989) recently published a book, The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-life Care. The book is a part memoir and part guide…

Yash Gupta (2014), pictured left with host Nick Cannon and other recipients, received a 2014 Teen Nick HALO award for his organization Sight Learning, which donates glasses to students in need. Yash was also the previous recipient of a 2013 CNN Hero Award. Zachary Certner (2014) received a Teen Nick HALO Award for July in honor of his non-profit SNAP, Inc., which he…

Harvard 2014 Coca-Cola Scholars reconnected and reminisced about their Scholars Weekend. Around the table: Jessica Zhao, Emily Zauzmer, Raj Vatsa, Eric Chen, Neel Mehta, Cole Scanlon, William Wu, and Nina Srivastava. Tess Maggio (2012) brought together a group of Coca-Cola Scholars at Yale University. The Coca-Cola Company invited Scholars Nathan Sharp (2004), Jack McKinstry (2000) and Angela Harrell (1991) to…

November 4 was a big night for Elise Stefanik (2002) in New York and Ben Sasse (1990) in Nebraska – Elise became the youngest woman ever to be elected to Congress and Ben is now the first Scholar to be voted into the U.S. Senate! Neha Gupta (2014) became the first American to receive the International Children’s Peace…