November 4 was a big night for Elise Stefanik (2002) in New York and Ben Sasse (1990) in Nebraska – Elise became the youngest woman ever to be elected to Congress and Ben is now the first Scholar to be voted into the U.S. Senate! Neha Gupta (2014) became the first American to receive the International Children’s Peace…

The Foundation wrapped up a fall filled with receptions in St. Louis. While visiting St. Louis, Alumni Relations Manager Carolyn Norton and her nieces enjoyed dinner at LuLu Seafood, owned by Julia Li (2006) and her family. Celeste Bottorff, VP, Global Health and Well-being at The Coca-Cola Company visited Purdue as one of the school’s “Old…

5 Coca-Cola Scholars are included in Forbes 30 Under 30 List! Roger Lee (2004), Co-Founder, PaperG Kavita Shukla (2002), Founder, Fenugreen Joshua Sommer (2005), Executive Director, The Chordoma Foundation Vivek Ramaswamy (2003), Investment Analyst, QVT Financial David Demirbilek (2005), Minority Counsel, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Jenni Newbury (2006), Executive Director and founder of…

Receptions continued as Foundation staff visited Scholars in the Northeast, Pittsburgh, and California! Boston reception on October 6. Providence reception on October 7. New Haven reception on October 8. New York reception on October 9. Pittsburgh reception on October 15. Palo Alto reception on October 20. San Francisco reception on October 21. The Alumni Advisory Board traveled…

2009 Scholar Lauren Kuhn, Miss Massachusetts, was fourth runner-up and the winner of a $10,000 scholarship in the Miss America Pageant on September 14th. She follows in the footsteps of many other Coca-Cola Scholars who have served as state representatives in Miss America Pageants over the years, including 2004 Miss America, Ericka Dunlap, a 2000 Scholar. 2013…