June 2024 Accolades
2020 Coke Scholars Rohan Krishnan and Olivia Sally were highlighted by Yale News as exceptional members of the graduating class, Ben Schafer (2015) was awarded a Prize Teaching Fellowship, and D’Schon Simmons (2023) was elected President of Princeton’s Class of 2027.
Alumni Accolades June 2014
Steven Olikara (2008) has been named “Millennial of the Year” for his work founding the Millennial Action Project! Read about the Millennial Action Project and his award in the Washington City Paper. Thomas King (1989) and his a cappella group DeltaCappella won Contemporary A Cappella League Best Album and tied for Best Country Song at…
Alumni Connections June 2014
Colby Lufkin (2012) is spending his third summer working with 4th and 1 (an organization founded by 1997 Scholar, Daron Roberts) as a football coach for their camp in East Texas. Here they are with the Powerade coolers that were generously donated by their local Coca-Cola bottler. Tyler Sanchez (2006), on the left, and Alex…
Alumni Accolades May 2014
Congratulations to Dr. Robert Accordino (1999), U.S. Founder of Music for Autism, for being named New Yorker of the Week. Click here to watch the segment about Music for Autism and an interview with Robert. Congratulations to Stacey Edmondson (1989), who will become Dean of the College of Education at Sam Houston State University this July! Karissa Jackson…
Alumni Celebrations May 2014
Congratulations to Heidi Koester Olivera who married Augusto Olivera in Atlanta on May 2! Jane Hopkins (CCSF), Carolyn Norton (CCSF), Ryan Rodriguez (CCSF), Kelsey Tainsh (2008) and Kim Rash (1990) from the Coke Scholars family attended.
Alumni Connections May 2014
Chelsea Rawe (2010) will be serving in the Peace Corps in Nepal for two years and Anna Delamerced (2012) will be interning in Hong Kong this summer – both would love to connect with any Scholars who visit the area! Email Carolyn Norton to connect with Chelsea or Anna. Coke Scholars in Seattle got together…