Dahkota Kicking Bear Brown (2016) became the youngest person to be appointed to a White House administrative post by a president, and Robert Accordino (1999) was appointed by the White House to the class of 2016-2017 White House Fellows.

Alumni volunteers were trained how to support young Scholars as they transition to college, and Nola Weinstein (2001) hosted a #CokeScholarsPro professional networking event at Twitter in New York City.

Holly Sanchez Perry (2009) joined with U by Kotex and DoSomething.org to start “The Power of the Period” project. It’s the first-ever, national period products drive and second installment of the Period Projects – a series of projects, each inspired and led by a woman who has passion for creating change.

Scholars who work at US Aid in Washington, D.C., got together for lunch, and Chicago Scholars and alumni met up for pizza at Xoco.

Jolene Loetscher (1997) and her husband Nate Burdine, owners of Mud Mile Communications in South Dakota, won a Telly award for the 2015 Scholars Weekend video they produced for the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation, and Sulekha Ramayya (2012) graduated as Valedictorian from USC.