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August 2025 Scholar Accolades

Celebrating Crystal Sanders (2001), Lydia Hollon (2017), Mukta Dharmapurikar (2022), Shiva Rajbhandari (2023), Cordelia Van der Veer (2022), Joelle Murchison (1991), David Spicer (2019), Nzinga Tull (1993),

Alumni Leadership Summit

Celebrating 25 Years with CCSF: Looking Back with Mark Davis

December 21, 2012, is Mark Davis’s 25th anniversary with the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation. He’s the one person who’s met EVERY scholar—and there are more than 5,000. He reads every finalist application. And he can tell you the secret to the program’s success. What are Mark’s most memorable moments? How have Scholars inspired him? How did…

Celebrating Choices

Celebrating Choices

By J. Mark Davis (President, Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation) |  We have just concluded the initial application phase for the 2012-13 Coca-Cola Scholars Program. More than 110,000 high school seniors chose to submit applications for our scholarship award. It is very gratifying to know that so many students want to be Coca-Cola Scholars, but it is…

Patti Ros

Thoughts from Patti

By Patti Ross |  I am about to leave on my first trip to Africa on October 26th and for those of you who have traveled extensively, my thoughts will probably resonate with you.  For those who have yet to travel outside of the U.S. specifically, here is what has been on my mind. I…

Mark Davis in the Chihuahuan Desert of Texas

What I Learned This Week

By J. Mark Davis (President, Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation) | I consider myself a lifelong learner. I think learning is essential to growth, success and satisfaction. I read extensively, listen to NPR (sports talk radio too) and love the History Channel. In all my travels I always try to learn something about the place I am…

C5

Coca-Cola Scholars Team Up with C5 as College Advisors

View the story on the C5 Association website!