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Estimated reading time: 2 minutes, 48 seconds   Like college students everywhere, Travis Hosea had heard the longstanding career-development advice: One of the best ways to gain job-specific experience and strengthen a resume is to complete an internship. Hosea, the 2020 Mitchell Scholar from Messalonskee High School and Accounting major at Babson College, needed no… Read more »

In the latest episode of the Scholars Speak podcast, host Michele Martin, the 1999 Mitchell Scholar from Scarborough High School, catches up with Dakotah Dugan, the 2003 Mitchell Scholar from Fryeburg Academy and Psychology–Pre-Med graduate of the University of Southern Maine. Listen up as Dugan speaks about the importance of understanding one’s transferable skills and… Read more »

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes, 17 seconds Melina Masselli (second from left) and some of her fellow International Medical Aid interns pause for a photo after their first day of rotations at Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital in Mombasa. It’s hard to say who among the more than 3,400 Mitchell Scholars and alumni has… Read more »

Just weeks ahead of his 90th birthday, Senator George J. Mitchell did something that the pandemic and his bout with leukemia have prevented him from doing over the past five years: personally congratulate new Mitchell Scholars at the annual Welcome Celebration and share some life wisdom as they begin their college journeys. To the surprise… Read more »

In the latest episode of the Scholars Speak podcast, host Michele Martin, the 1999 Mitchell Scholar from Scarborough High School, catches up with perhaps the only Mitchell Scholar currently in the employ of the National Basketball Association. Listen up as Leo Wing, the 2015 Mitchell Scholar from Cape Elizabeth High School and Economics and English… Read more »