Seafood, Sparks & Scholarships Returns
Support Mitchell College students by watching New London’s premier fireworks display—the Mashantucket Pequot Thames River Fireworks Extravaganza— from a private viewing area on Mitchell Beach at Mitchell College’s 2nd Annual Seafood, Sparks & Scholarships on Saturday, July 12.
Psychology Majors Sweep Commencement Achievement Awards
Psychology majors from the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences “swept” the awards for highest academic achievement at the 2025 Commencement ceremony. Isabella “Bella” Avalos was named Valedictorian, and Allison Blum and Thomas Progano tied as Salutatorians.
Middle School Healthcare Academy Program Launches Summer 2025
Mitchell College invites New London County residents entering grades 6–9, with an interest in science, health, and wellness, to enroll in a summer program on campus, July 7–18.
Mitchell Partners with High Hopes to Offer Equine-Assisted Wellness Course
For the Spring 2025 semester, Mitchell College students from diverse majors had the extraordinary opportunity to travel weekly by school van to an equine facility in Old Lyme to work with Rolex, Blessing, and several other horses for a new general education course
Eversource’s Hopkins-Staten to be Commencement Speaker; Braxton Receives Honorary Degree
Mitchell College marks its 81st Commencement Exercises for 101 graduates on Saturday, May 17, at 10 a.m. on the Mitchell College Green. Theresa Hopkins-Staten, president of Eversource Energy Foundation and vice president of corporate citizenship and equity at Eversource, will deliver the keynote address. Lonnie Braxton II, retired senior assistant state’s attorney for the State of Connecticut, will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws.
Mitchell Partners with New Haven Promise
Mitchell College is launching a scholarship in partnership with New Haven Promise, a scholarship and support program, making four years of college more affordable for soon-to-be high school graduates living in New Haven.
Legislative Internship Solidifies Work Goals
When senior Matthew Keatley talks about his internship with the Connecticut General Assembly, he describes the way he and the other 37 legislative interns feel about their opportunity: “…we’re excited to be there and excited to have work to do.”
Mitchell’s ‘Understanding Neurodiversity’ Course Expands Perspectives
With the terms ‘neurodiversity’ and ‘neurodivergence’ gaining prominence in conversations today, Dr. Nancy Parent’s Introduction to Neurodiversity course offers a comprehensive overview of the concepts to her students.
Mitchell College Receives Autism Community Impact Grant
The STAIRs Program (Skills Training, Advancement, and Individual Readiness) at Mitchell College recently received the Autism Community Impact Grant from the Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism.
Student Organizes Blood Drive to Answer Community Need
Understanding the vital need for blood donations motivated senior health science major Marissa Luna to do something about it.
2nd Annual ‘Letting OUR Voices Be Heard’ Celebrates Black Culture
Mitchell College invites the community to attend the 2nd Annual Letting OUR Voices Be Heard, a free event celebrating Black heritage, and culture, on Sunday, February 23, 1:00–5:00pm in the Clarke Center at Mitchell College.
Alumna Pays Forward Care, Compassion, Support
When Lisa McCann ’09 became a mother during her first year at Mitchell College, she knew life would be challenging. Today she pays forward the care, compassion, and support that she received at Mitchell to others in need.
Nursing Program Welcomes Inaugural Director
Mitchell College recently welcomed Dr. Martha Kershaw as the inaugural director of its Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program. The first cohort of nursing students will begin in Fall 2025.
Fall 2024 Academic Honors Recipients
Congratulations to the following Mitchell College students named to the Fall 2024 Dean’s List (3.50+ GPA) or Commendable Scholar List (3.0-3.49 GPA).
Radio Mitchell Earns College Radio Award
Radio Mitchell recently won the Spirit of College Radio Awards 2024, ranked #5 best college radio station globally by organizers of World College Radio Day. One of 10 winners out of hundreds of stations that participated in the outreach event of the College Radio Foundation, they were chosen as embodying “the passion and mission of college radio.”
