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In this next installment of the Mitchell Institute podcast Scholars Speak, Host Michele Martin, the 1999 Mitchell Scholar from Scarborough High School, catches up with Keri Lyle, the 2002 Scholar from Massabesic High School. Listen up as Lyle, a UMaine graduate with a degree in Communications, shares insights on running the executive coaching program at… Read more »

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes, 30 seconds PORTLAND, Maine — Jared Cash, President and CEO of the Mitchell Institute, announced today that Alex Carrier Hitchcox will join Maine’s premier scholarship organization in early December as the External Relations Associate & Operations Coordinator. Among her responsibilities, Hitchcox will partner with the President and CEO to manage… Read more »

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes, 53 seconds Made in honor of longtime John T. Gorman Foundation board member Weston Bonney, the grant will fund scholarships and programming for an annual cohort of Mitchell Scholars who have overcome extraordinarily challenging circumstances. The Mitchell Institute, a nonprofit scholarship organization founded by Senator George J. Mitchell to improve… Read more »

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes, 42 seconds Ask most donors why they choose to support the Mitchell Institute, and you’ll hear a heartwarming refrain: helping hardworking, bright, young people in Maine afford a college education and reach their potential is a truly satisfying way to invest in the state’s future. The same is true for… Read more »

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes, 55 seconds Ellen Sabina has a lot of Maine on her mind these days — nearly 1.5 million acres, give or take, as well as the people who farm it. Sabina is the Director of Farmer Engagement and Organizing for the Maine Farmland Trust, a statewide nonprofit organization that protects… Read more »