Carolyn Norton of Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation: Become a Coke Scholar and Join the Family.
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Carolyn was a Second Grade School Teacher in Virginia with a desire to do more in non-profit education. She moved to Atlanta and in a few years landed a role as the Alumni Relations Manager at the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation.
\\nThe Foundation has awarded $78M in scholarships to 6600 Scholars since its founding in 1986. Carolyn gives us an overview of The Coca-Cola Scholarship, How Students can Apply, What they look for in their Scholars, Alumni Network, and Advice for High Schoolers. #CokeScholars.
\\nIn particular, we discuss the following with her:
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- About Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation \\n
- What the Foundation is looking for in the Scholars \\n
- How to Apply \\n
- What the Scholars receive \\n
- Advice to Applicants \\n
Topics discussed in this episode:
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- Introducing Carolyn Norton, Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation [0:48] \\n
- Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights [2:02] \\n
- Carolyn\\u2019s Background [4:16] \\n
- Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation [8:01] \\n
- Role at the Foundation [9:16] \\n
- How to Apply for the Scholarship [11:29] \\n
- What does Coca-Cola look for in the Scholars? [16:53] \\n
- Changes over the last 2 Decades [18:41] \\n
- Kinds of Alumni Programs [19:47] \\n
- What do Scholars get? [24:08] \\n
- Success Stories - Alumni [26:52] \\n
- Advice to High Schoolers [32:13] \\n
- Benefits while in College [35:18] \\n
- Close: Chronicling Your Activities from 9th Grade [39:44] \\n
Our Guest: Carolyn Norton is the Alumni Relations Manager at Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation based in Atlanta. Carolyn graduated from Randolph College with a Bachelor\\u2019s degree in Psychology.
\\nMemorable Quote: \\u201cWe\'ve done all kinds of impact studies over the years with them, like surveys and things like that, where we\'ve found that it\'s, like 80% or so consider the Coke Scholars family, like one of their favorite their top three networks, even more so than college...\\u201d Carolyn Norton.
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