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Three Leaders Join the Mitchell Institute’s Board of Directors in 2024

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s premier scholarship organization has announced the election of three new members to its Board of Directors, including (left to right) Mitchell Scholar Tony DiSotto ’99, Maine Market President of KeyBank; Kate Wilkinson, Senior Vice President and Senior Client Advisor with Spinnaker Trust; and Jonathan Moody, Superintendent of Schools in MSAD 54…. Read more »

Maine Community College System Director of College Access Named Mitchell Institute Higher Education Professional of the Year

Mercedes Pour, the Mitchell Institute’s 2023 Higher Education Professional of the Year PORTLAND, Maine — The Mitchell Institute, a Maine-based college scholarship foundation created by Senator George J. Mitchell to improve college access and outcomes for students from every community in Maine, recently named Mercedes Pour as the organization’s 2023 Higher Education Professional of the… Read more »

Video: Mitchell Scholars Give Thanks to L.L.Bean for Sponsoring MILE I Weekend

Mitchell Scholars who attended MILE I Weekend in early October 2023 are grateful to L.L.Bean for sponsoring their adventures at the New England Outdoor Center and for helping each of them #BeanOutsider atop Katahdin, on the Penobscot River, and on the shore of Millinocket Lake. The Mitchell Institute encourages every Scholar to embrace gratitude in… Read more »

Bowdoin Scholars Continue the Ritual of Building Community over Cones and Cups

In what’s become an annual ritual for Mitchell Scholars at Bowdoin, members of the 2023 cohort gathered this fall to strengthen their fellowship over cones and cups at Gelato Fiasco in downtown Brunswick. Organized this year by Lilly Curtis, the 2022 Mitchell Scholar from Boothbay Region High School and sophomore Biology major, and Edie Salzig,… Read more »