Coca Cola Scholarships
Fortune 500 Company with a Big Heart
coca cola Corporation has been a mainstay of American culture since the unique beverage was first sold as a fountain drink from a pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia in 1886. What set the company apart quickly was its unique bottle and bottling system. Within the first decade, the stripling company was sold to Candler and Woodruff, both well-known Atlanta businessmen of the time whose entrepreneurial savvy invigorated the popular new drink. Coca Cola was being sold in every state in the nation before 1900, already paired with its perennial slogan, “Delicious and Refreshing” and its curly-cue name/logo.
No one could have dreamed then that the cola would have the international influence it enjoys today. Coca Cola is sold in nearly every country and is so ubiquitous a part of American history both past and present that visitors to Disney World may experience the international taste of the drink in the company-sponsored Club Cool, a popular spot in Epcot.
Corporate Ethos
Corporate responsibility and charitable giving are as much a part of the Coca Cola Corporation as the drink is far-reaching. The company has a history of corporate support for projects related to environmentally responsible design and marketing, sustainable development in countries where they operate, a commitment to support for the eradication of HIV/AIDS and monetary assistance in times of natural and man-made disaster.
Coca Cola Foundation
The “charitable arm” of the company is the Coca Cola Foundation. The organization’s monetary gifts have been instrumental in the development of educational programs around the world. Educational projects and programs thrive in Asia and Africa today, thanks to the generosity of Coca Cola.
The Coca Cola Scholars Program has been a key provider of college scholarships for the last two decades. Each year $3 million is awarded to U.S. college students, making this one of the most generous and highly competitive scholarship programs in the country:
- Coca Cola Scholars scholarships are awarded to 250 high school seniors who will be attending a four-year college anywhere in the U.S. These highly competitive awards go through three selection phases before the final recipients are chosen. Applicants must be high school seniors with a GPA of 3.0 and impressive leadership characteristics and extracurricular activities. Fifty scholarships deliver a whopping $20,000 and 200 scholarships of $10,000, all to be used for the duration of a four-year program.
- Two-Year Colleges Scholarships program provide 350-$1,000 scholarships to students in a two-year program at a degree granting college. Eligible applicants must attend at least half time and show their commitment to education and community by either devoting time for a community service program or balancing a job with school. Candidates must have a 2.75 GPA and be able to demonstrate significant leadership characteristics and community interest.
March 26th, 2010 at 2:05 am
Dear sir/madam
I am Gebremedhin Gebrezgabiher from Ethiopia one of the developing countries in the under the sub-saharan. I had graduaduated with veterinary medicine from Mekelle university, one of the higher institutions in the country, on July 18,2009. I had one of the top three students from my batch with a CGPA of 3.51. I am selected by the ministry of eduation of the country to teach in higher institutions of the country and I am currently employed as lectuerrer in Samara university in faculity of veterinary medicine.I want to pursue my future career with medical biotechnology or molecular epidemiology of diseases. However there are no such organized and well equiped universities in the country to continue in such disciplines. So i am kindly requesting to grant me scholarship in such fields of study if there are scholarshp grants from your institutions. Then after i can live my dreams and contribute my responsibity for wellbeing of humans as well as to the science as a whole.
with best regards
Gebremedhin Gebrezgabiher
February 23rd, 2011 at 7:03 am
am a ugandan and i want a scholarship but am in uganda yet i have 2.8 of ma GPA
March 18th, 2011 at 11:00 am
i am from one of the less privileged communities in ugandan and from a very hamble family under the management of un educated woman struggling with life, my two brothers had to surrender studying in my expense after finishing secondary level they could not afford to foot of my tuition fees so i joined factory work, after two years some organisation offered to pay off my tuition fees for the course since i had adminition, there financial support was fixed and i completed that course, i have the desire to study a degree but i have no financial support, please can your foundation pull me up from where iam, any financial assistance or advice is ablessing to me and my community.
February 3rd, 2012 at 4:35 pm
Hellow,
Im Amina from Tanzania, leaving in Dodoma from a lower family as you all know our country. Im pleasure to see this scholarships as i completed my Postgraduate Diploma in Finance Management and i would like to go futher for masters but my family can not afford that. Please can your organization help me in any how without considering the field of study, BUT I THINK WILL BE OF GREAT BENEFIT TO BOTH OF US IF I WILL TAKE SUBJECTS RELATED TO YOUR ORGANIZATION BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE ONE DAY TO BECOME ONE OF YOUR MEMBER IN COCA COLA PROJECT. In Tanzania coca cola is the biggest organization that offers a sweetest and quality soft drink that is most used all over the country. BIG UP COCA COLA ORGANIZATION, I LIKE YOU AND I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN YOU. Please may you give your support. THANKS.