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Jared Cash, President and CEO of the Mitchell Institute, announced today that Erica Leighton (above) has joined Maine’s premier scholarship organization as Operations Manager. Among her responsibilities, Leighton optimizes team-wide operations and works closely with the organization’s Scholarship Director to help ensure the execution of the scholarship selection process and scholarship programs. Leighton’s primary areas… Read more »

The annual Mitchell Institute Leadership Experience (MILE) II reconvenes at Unum in March 2025 to help Scholars build networks and navigate change See the Picture Story

Thanks to our generous hosts, Becky and Bruce Epstein, Mitchell Scholars and Alumni connected again this year at Earls Kitchen + Bar in Boston. See the Picture Story

ICYMI, here’s a sampling of what was liked, loved, and shared on our social media channels in March 2025. With The Spring Fellowships Application Deadline Looming, we looked back at what Melina Masselli did in africa When it comes time to promote the twice-annual Mitchell Institute Fellowships application deadlines (the next is April 1, 2025),… Read more »

In the latest episode of Scholars Speak, we’re joined by Courtney Jurson, the 2014 Mitchell Scholar from Hodgdon Middle/High School, a Kinesiology graduate of the University of Maine, and, now, a full-time firefighter and paramedic with the Bangor Fire Department. Listen up as Jurson talks about how she came to a career in the fire… Read more »