August 2024 Accolades
Gabriel Nagel (2023) was selected as the Chairperson of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s National Environmental Youth Advisory Council, making him the youngest Chairperson of an official U.S. federal advisory council.
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August 2024 Connections
Coke Scholars connected all over the world last month, including in France, Italy, Germany, and South Africa.
July 2024 Accolades
2023 Scholars Reya Singh and Mandy Zhang created New Roots Financial, an organization dedicated to helping immigrants and refugees become financially literate, after they connected at the 2023 Coca-Cola Scholars Leadership Development Institute.
July 2024 Connections
Coke Scholars enjoyed a picnic in NYC’s Central Park and the CCSF team met students from around the world at the Keystone conference held by the Boys and Girls Clubs of America in Atlanta.
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.
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October 2019 Accolades
Kofi Frimpong (2007) won a pitch competition and a $10,000 investment from Will Smith, and Saad Amer (2012) was featured on the cover of NewsDay.
October 2019 Connections
Jacob Absalon (2003) met Jorge Casimiro (1994) at the 2018 Leadership Summit and asked Jorge to speak to his class at West Point, where he’s an instructor.
September 2019 Accolades
Mike Woodward (2004) was selected as 2019 Young Leadership Council Role Model and Arian Simone Reed (1999) has have launched a $5 million investment fund with actress Keisha Knight Pulliam.
September 2019 Connections
Coke Scholars who work at Earth Justice met up to share a Coke in San Francisco, and Joey Hurlocker (2015) met up with a friend from his local bottler, Coca-Cola Kokomo’s Brandon Bishop.