In the latest episode of the Scholars Speak podcast, host Michele Martin, the 1999 Mitchell Scholar from Scarborough High School, catches up with Adam Fortier-Brown, the 2015 Mitchell Scholar from Gardiner Area High School. Listen up as Fortier-Brown, who graduated from the University of Maine with a degree in Economics and Political Science, shares insights… Read more »
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On the World Stage Again, 25 Years Later: Senator George Mitchell Visits Northern Ireland
Estimated reading time: 1 minute, 22 seconds As reported by local, national, and international media outlets (see links below), Senator George Mitchell, chair of the negotiations that led to Northern Ireland’s historic 1998 accord and an end to decades of sectarian bloodshed, was overseas in early April to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good… Read more »
Gibbs Joins the Truc Huynh Alumni Giving Society
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes, 14 seconds As announced at Gala 2022, the Mitchell Institute has formed a new Alumni giving society to recognize Mitchell Scholar Alumni who have followed the example of the late Truc Huynh, a remarkably gifted and altruistic Scholar Alumnus, who passed away at the age of 40 in mid-June of… Read more »
Senior Scholar Reflection: Osage Crie
As he concludes his degree in Applied Social and Cultural Studies, University of New England senior Osage Crie has some wisdom to impart to current and future Scholars: “Being a Mitchell Scholar is pretty much like everything else in life. You get out of it what you put into it.” That’s why the 2019 Mitchell… Read more »
Senior Scholar Reflection: Hunter Steele
With the requirements for a bachelor’s in Economics and Religion nearly done, Bowdoin College senior Hunter Steele, the 2019 Scholar from Lewiston High School, says he was first drawn to apply for the Mitchell Scholarship by the potential of receiving $10,000 for college. Four years on, his appreciation for the Mitchell Institute’s wrap-around supports matches his… Read more »