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.

The 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.

In particular, we discuss the following with her:

• About Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation
• What the Foundation is looking for in the Scholars
• How to Apply
• What the Scholars receive
• Advice to Applicants

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introducing Carolyn Norton, Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation [0:48]
• Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights [2:02]
• Carolyn’s Background [4:16]
• Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation [8:01]
• Role at the Foundation [9:16]
• How to Apply for the Scholarship [11:29]
• What does Coca-Cola look for in the Scholars? [16:53]
• Changes over the last 2 Decades [18:41]
• Kinds of Alumni Programs [19:47]
• What do Scholars get? [24:08]
• Success Stories - Alumni [26:52]
• Advice to High Schoolers [32:13]
• Benefits while in College [35:18]
• Close: Chronicling Your Activities from 9th Grade [39:44]

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’s degree in Psychology.

Memorable Quote: “We'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...” Carolyn Norton.

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