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2025 Semifinalists

1,336 high school seniors have been selected from 105,000+ submitted applications from across the country to advance to the next stage of our selection process!

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The 2025 Semifinalists

1,336 high school seniors have been selected from 105,000+ submitted applications from across the country to advance to the next stage of our selection process!

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. 

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.

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Alumni Connections December 2015 & January 2016

After an invitation from Jolene Loetscher (1997) and her husband Nate, TJ Abrams (2001) traveled to South Dakota to speak to the Advertising Federation about the race to 2020 and how global brands can prepare for the future. TJ discussed brand management and his experiences as Global Brand Director for Holiday Inn at InterContinental Hotels Group. Jason…

Alumni Accolades November 2015

Kelsey Tainsh (2008) was featured in BYOU Magazine in their “Girls Making A Difference” section. In December she will also be featured in the National Speaker’s Association Speaker Magazine as one of their youngest professional members. Read the article here. Nicholas Cobb (2014) was featured on University of Texas – Austin’s website. He was interviewed about his…

Alumni Connections November 2015

The Alumni Advisory Board held their annual working retreat outside of Atlanta on November 13 and 14. The group welcomed new members, reflected on their work from 2015, and planned new alumni engagement activities for 2016. The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation Alumni Advisory Board was formed in 2006 by alumni Scholars to help support the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation’s mission and…

Alumni Accolades October 2015

Alumni Accolades October 2015

Award-winning playwright Katori Hall (1999) is now directing a short film! She will make her directing debut when “Arkabutla” is released in early 2016. Justin Pasquariello (1997), Executive Director, Children’s HealthWatch in Boston was honored as one of Ten Outstanding Young Leaders for the Boston Chamber of Commerce at their awards banquet in September.