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Adele Edelawit, the 2023 Mitchell Scholar from Greely High School in Cumberland, has a clear vision of where she wants to be in five years: standing on a Nashville stage, an acoustic six-string slung around her neck, singing one of her original “coastal cowgirl” hits to a packed arena—and there’s a Grammy on the mantle… Read more »

In the latest episode of Scholars Speak, we catch up with Ethan Pierce, the 2009 Mitchell Scholar from Gardiner Area High School, Harvard University graduate, and Cambridge, Mass.-based artificial-intelligence entrepreneur. Listen up as Pierce tells us about why he launched Adaptive Reader, an AI-assisted platform that reinterprets literary classics into more accessible versions for educators… Read more »

Going Out of Bounds to Explore New Career Paths by Mitchell Institute on on Exposure

Scholars and Alumni, if you have enjoyed a MILE II event at Unum over the past eight years, Mitchell Scholar Michelle Henaire is among those deserving of your thanks. Henaire, the 2012 Scholar from Thornton Academy, has the distinction of being one of the most steadfast leaders of the Mitchell Institute Alumni Council’s MILE II… Read more »

New Scholarship Director Casey Near is already getting to know and advise Mitchell Scholars and Alumni through no-agenda coffee meetings and attending events like MILE II and campus-based receptions. In this “Meet the New Scholarship Director” video, Casey shares what drew her to the Mitchell Institute, what motivates her to support young people as they… Read more »