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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 »

As we reported this past fall, Mitchell Institute Scholarship Director Casey Near (pictured upper right) made an ambitious offer to Maine high school leaders in September: to visit their school with a Mitchell Scholar and provide students with guidance on the college search and admission process as well as help with opening Mitchell Scholarship applications…. Read more »

ICYMI, here’s a sampling of what was liked, loved, and shared on our social media channels in February 2025. Shared Values, missions were on the menu at our Community organizations BreakfasT With heavy snow in the forecast on February 6, we were delighted to have nearly 20 representatives from Maine schools, colleges, scholarship programs, and… Read more »