Estimated reading time: 5 minutes, 22 seconds At the end of a 12-hour shift and before heading home for some hard-earned shuteye, traveling nurse Caleb Cullen pauses for a photo at daybreak, outside Maine Medical Center in Portland. For many newly minted college graduates, the pandemic forced a delayed entry into the job market or… Read more »
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Mitchell Scholar Heidi Harrison Builds a Career in Brand Strategy on a Foundation Made with LEGO
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes, 53 seconds. Given that Heidi Harrison has consulted on brand communications strategy for household names in footwear, consumer electronics, and even pet food, one might think she prioritizes products over people in her thinking and in her approach to life. Not so. “Early on, I realized I had an interest… Read more »
Three New Leaders Join the Mitchell Institute’s Board of Directors
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes, 45 seconds Maine’s premier scholarship organization has announced the election of three new members to its Board of Directors, including two Mitchell Scholars: Brian Harris ’07 (left), founder and CEO of MedRhythms, a Portland-based digital therapeutics company focused on the intersection of music, neuroscience and technology; Christina Marie Lemieux ’95… Read more »
Scholars Speak Podcast: Keri Lyle
In this next installment of the Mitchell Institute podcast Scholars Speak, Host Michele Martin, the 1999 Mitchell Scholar from Scarborough High School, catches up with Keri Lyle, the 2002 Scholar from Massabesic High School. Listen up as Lyle, a UMaine graduate with a degree in Communications, shares insights on running the executive coaching program at… Read more »
The Mitchell Institute Names Experienced Higher Education Administrator External Relations Associate & Operations Coordinator
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes, 30 seconds PORTLAND, Maine — Jared Cash, President and CEO of the Mitchell Institute, announced today that Alex Carrier Hitchcox will join Maine’s premier scholarship organization in early December as the External Relations Associate & Operations Coordinator. Among her responsibilities, Hitchcox will partner with the President and CEO to manage… Read more »