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 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…