Giving the 2024 Mitchell Scholars a Warm Welcome by Mitchell Institute

Footnotes The Mitchell Institute gives special thanks to Kennebec Savings Bank for generously funding the 2024 Welcome Celebration and to the University of Maine Dining Services & Conferences and Events teams for their hospitality and help in making the event a success. We thank special guests Amanda Cooley, Vice President & Marketing & Communications Officer at Kennebec Savings Bank, Mitchell Institute Board Chair Sara Burns, Senator’s Circle member Margie Bride, Board Second Vice Chair Abby Diaz, Board member and 1995 Mitchell Scholar Christina Lemieux, Board member Elyse Pratt-Ronco, and Mitchell Institute Alumni Council member and 2019 Mitchell Scholar Hunter Steele for attending. Among Maine’s higher education leaders, we welcomed Lynne Coy-Ogan, President of Husson College; Debbie Cunningham, Senior Vice President of Student Success at Thomas College; Joan Ferrini-Mundy, President of the University of Maine, Dan Kane, Executive Director of Athletics and Recreation at the University of Maine at Presque Isle; and Hahna David Patterson, Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs at the University of New England. We thank Clayton Durepos, the 2022 Scholar from Massabesic High School, and Pethuel Mutalenu, the 2019 Scholar from Westbrook High School, for delivering highly engaging remarks. We are also grateful to three current Mitchell Scholars who serve as ambassadors on their college campuses for giving of their time on Saturday, Aug. 3, to welcome new Scholars and usher them and their families to their tables: Deklin Fitzgerald, a 2022 Mitchell Scholar from Oceanside High School; Jasper Makowski, the 2022 Scholar from Foxcroft Academy, and Sara Robinson, the 2022 Mitchell Scholar from Greely High School. They were joined by Mayinga Mukinayi, a 2023 Mitchell Scholar from Deering High School.

Giving the 2024 Mitchell Scholars a Warm Welcome

Connections and congratulations were served up alongside brunch at the annual Welcome Celebration for new Mitchell Scholars on Aug. 3, 2024.

Gala 2024 featured a record number of sponsors, attendees, and dollars raised for Mitchell Scholars and Maine’s future

For Mitchell Scholar Deklin Fitzgerald, the early June trip was the first time on a plane, the first time overseas, the first stamp on a first passport, and the first time traveling alone.

At The Roux Institute, Mitchell Scholars engage with design thinking experts to learn entrepreneurship and solve a backyard environmental challenge

Thanks to event sponsor Bangor Savings Bank, the new college graduates were celebrated and welcomed into their new roles as Mitchell Scholar alumni.

Thanks to our generous hosts, Becky and Bruce Epstein, Mitchell Scholars and Alumni connected again this year at Earls Kitchen + Bar in Boston

The annual Mitchell Institute Leadership Experience (MILE) II reconvenes at Unum in March 2024 to provide Scholars and Alumni with a different perspective on career opportunities

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Gala 2024 featured a record number of sponsors, attendees, and dollars raised for Mitchell Scholars and Maine’s future

For Mitchell Scholar Deklin Fitzgerald, the early June trip was the first time on a plane, the first time overseas, the first stamp on a first passport, and the first time traveling alone.

At The Roux Institute, Mitchell Scholars engage with design thinking experts to learn entrepreneurship and solve a backyard environmental challenge

Thanks to event sponsor Bangor Savings Bank, the new college graduates were celebrated and welcomed into their new roles as Mitchell Scholar alumni.

Thanks to our generous hosts, Becky and Bruce Epstein, Mitchell Scholars and Alumni connected again this year at Earls Kitchen + Bar in Boston

The annual Mitchell Institute Leadership Experience (MILE) II reconvenes at Unum in March 2024 to provide Scholars and Alumni with a different perspective on career opportunities