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Amidst all of the celebration at Fall Gala 2022 was a more solemn announcement: the formation of a special Mitchell Institute alumni giving society named in honor of Truc Huynh, a remarkably gifted and altruistic Scholar, who passed away at the age of 40 in mid-June of 2022. “At the time of his passing, Truc… Read more »

In the first episode of 2023, host Michele Martin, the 1999 Mitchell Scholar from Scarborough High School, catches up with Amarinda Keys, the 2010 Scholar from Noble High School, Executive Director of the Children’s Discovery Museum of Central Maine — and, at the time of her appointment — the youngest executive director of a children’s… 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 Sean Findlen, the 1995 Scholar from Fort Fairfield Middle/High School and now AVP and Head of Enterprise Communications at Unum. Listen up as Findlen, who graduated from Bates College with a degree… Read more »

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes, 50 seconds Every April, the Mitchell Institute Scholarship selection committee faces a perennial challenge: how to select one Mitchell Scholar from each of Maine’s public high schools when there is often more than one worthy applicant from the school. “The quality of finalists is so impressive that the longstanding tradition… Read more »

In December 2022, Mitchell Scholar Patrick Luizzo accomplished what his parents were unable to do at Northeastern University Estimated reading time: 3 minutes, 30 seconds For many Mitchell Scholars, one of the greatest celebrations of the holiday season is graduation. That’s how it was for Patrick Luizzo, the 2018 Scholar from Edward Little High School… Read more »