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 News March 2013
After a rigorous weekend of reading 2,100 Semifinalist applications, our Program Review Committee chose the 2013 Scholars, our 25th Class of Coke Scholars! This year we surprised the 2013 class with a Coke Bottle in the mail to tell them they had won (their own “mailbox moment“)! Click here to see the full list sorted…
Regional & Global Connections March 2013
Coke Scholars gathered in San Francisco to celebrate the Chinese New Year Festival and Parade! A big thanks to Dora Wong (Coca-Cola Refreshments) for inviting Coke Scholars to be part of this! View for more pictures from the parade. Becky Pope (2008) visited Bita Emrani (2006) for dinner at UC-Berkeley recently. Coke Scholars at Brown…
Accolades March 2013
Inspired by the meaningful impact that leaders like fellow Coke Scholars have made in communities around the world, Nina Vasan (2002) has written a groundbreaking guide to social change for students and young adults. Already a #1 Amazon Best Seller and praised by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus as “the primer for social innovation,…
Celebrating “25 Years of Positive Leadership”
This year, as we celebrate our 25th class milestone, we’ve launched a new site that will highlight stories on 25 remarkable Coke Scholars through our new “25 Years of Positive Leadership” site (taking the place of “Quest”). Click here to see all of the stories, and we encourage you to post them on Twitter, Facebook…