News & Events

In the first Scholars Speak episode of 2025, we’re joined by an all-star lineup of Mitchell Scholars, including Nancy Billings ’15, Caleb Cullen ’15, Andy Estrada ’08, and Adam Fortier-Brown ’15. Listen up as these members of the Mitchell Institute Alumni Council’s Alumni Engagement Committee take questions about the increased number of events they are… Read more »

ICYMI, here’s a sampling of what was liked, loved, and shared on our social media channels in December 2024. Alumni Holiday Social fills the Mitchell Institute with Holiday Cheer Thanks to the Mitchell Institute Alumni Council and our Events Manager, Alex Carrier Hitchcox, the organization’s headquarters on Washington Avenue in Portland were brimming with holiday… Read more »

Thanks to the support from our many loyal donors, 2024 was a year of progress and momentum at the Mitchell Institute. As you explore the month-by-month Year in Review, we hope you will see that we work with young people from every corner of Maine who face uphill battles on their way to college, and… Read more »

As the Mitchell Institute’s Board of Directors recently approved the third phase of the organization’s plan to increase the number of $10,000 Mitchell Scholarships awarded to college-going Maine high school seniors, the Mitchell Institute’s Scholarship Selection Committee will be able to say yes to 15 more applicants statewide this year, bringing the total number of… Read more »

With the 2025 edition of MILE II coming up on Saturday, March 1, at Unum, we catch up with Kayla Girardin, the 2013 Mitchell Scholar from Presque Isle High School and chair of the Mitchell Institute Alumni Council’s MILE II Planning Committee. Listen up as Girardin talks about why attending MILE II can help fast-track… Read more »