May 2025 Scholar Accolades
Joel Bervell (2013) won a Peabody Award, Rita Ng (1996) was inducted into the BGCA Alumni Hall of Fame, Ari Krasner (2014) released a new song, and more.
Alumni Connections 2014
Coke Scholars in Atlanta got together for a night at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra recently! This spring, FSU Professor and 1997 Coke Scholar Wendi Adelson led a team of Florida State University law and medical students on a service learning trip to Immokalee, Florida. Wendi connected with Tori Bawel (2010) at last fall’s Coke Scholars…
Alumni Celebrations March 2014
Chris La (2009) married her college sweetheart, Andrew Wong, on December 28, 2013 in Cedar Hill, Texas at Hillcrest Baptist Church where they currently serve. They met during her freshman year (his sophomore year) at Dallas Baptist University. They now live in Dallas, Texas, where Chris is pursuing her master’s degree in occupational therapy and…
Alumni Accolades February 2014
Congratulations to Derrius Quarles (2009), author of “Million Dollar Scholar”, who won the Tavis Smiley Social Innovation Competition! He will also be pitching at SXSW as a finalist in the Student Startup Madness. Congratulations to Gabby Mitchell (2008) who has been invited to join Teach for America in New York City as an Early Childhood Educator! A recruiter reached out to her…
Alumni Connections February 2014
Coca-Cola Scholars in San Francisco were invited to be part of the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade in February. Several local Scholars, family and friends joined Coca-Cola employees to celebrate the “Year of the Horse” in this annual parade. This year, they were especially proud to feature Jason Pate (2005) and Lily Mai (2011) on…
Alumni Accolades Winter 2014
FOUR COCA-COLA SCHOLARS MAKE IT INTO THE FORBES ‘30 UNDER 30’ LIST! Kavita Shukla (2002) under Social Entrepreneurs category: David Demirbilek (2004) under Law category: Josh Sommer (2005) under Science category: Vivek Ramaswamy (2003) under Finance category: Miss Chinese Las Vegas wins 3 major awards Congratulations Elisa Chan (2007) who won the title of “Miss Chinese…