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Scholars Speak Podcast: Dr. Sarae Sager

In the latest episode of Scholars Speak, we catch up with Dr. Sarae Sager, the 2012 Mitchell Scholar from Caribou High School and a graduate of the University of New England School of Medicine. Listen up as Dr. Sager tells us about her third year of residency at one of the nation’s leading rehabilitation research… Read more »

Building the Mitchell Scholar Community in 2024, From One Scholar to Another

At high school senior award ceremonies and graduations statewide, a beautiful thing happened once again this year: Mitchell Scholars who are now enrolled in college came home to present the Mitchell Scholarship to the 2024 recipients and welcome them into the Mitchell Institute family. And by the look on the faces of the new Mitchell… Read more »

Mitchell Scholar Cole Ellis Helps Keep Maine’s Heat Pumps Clean

If there’s one thing Mainers take seriously, it’s their home heating systems. And increasingly, the heat source of choice in the Pine Tree State is a heat pump. In fact, according to a recent Bloomberg article, Maine leads the U.S. when it comes to installing energy-efficient electric heat pumps and heat pump water heaters. “Nationwide,… Read more »

Four Scholars Elected to the Mitchell Institute Alumni Council

Elliott Simpson, the 2014 Mitchell Scholar from Hampden Academy and incoming President of the Mitchell Institute Alumni Council (MIAC), announced today that four fellow Mitchell Scholars have been elected to serve two-year terms on the alumni service organization. Adam Fortier-Brown, Sadie Libby, Lauren Turcotte Seavey, and Hunter Steele will begin serving on the Alumni Council… Read more »