1 | P a g e STATISTICS – FIRST 10 YEARS OF THE GEORGE J. MITCHELL SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM
There have been 117 George J. Mitchell Scholars 91% responded to a ten-year survey on the program 100% said they would recommend the Mitchell Scholarship
30% are part of a ‘protected class’
25 Mitchells on the basis of race/color/ethnicity 10 on the basis of religion/creed
6 on the basis of gender identity/sexual orientation 4 with disabilities
8 have served in the US military
33% are of either Irish or Scots Irish heritage.
56% had no connection whatsoever to Ireland before becoming a Mitchell Scholar.
men women
Gender of Mitchell Scholars
2 | P a g e Mitchell Scholars obtained their undergraduate degrees in 36 different US states and Washington, DC. Universities with the most Mitchell Scholars:
11 Georgetown University 5 Harvard University
0 5 10 15 20 25
Universities Attended by Mitchell Scholars
Queen's Trinity UCD NUIG DCU UL UCC UU Maynooth
NB: 3 students attended the Queen’s/NUIG cross-border program and are counted as attending both universities
61% obtained Honors Degrees at their Irish Universities
The most popular areas of study in Ireland and Northern Ireland are Human Rights/International Studies/Peace & Conflict with the Arts being second most popular. For specific fields of study, bios on every Mitchell Scholar is found on our website at www.us-irelandalliance.org under the scholarships section.
Internships or Volunteer activities
More than half the Mitchell Scholars held internships or volunteered. While this is not required, the Alliance encourages internships as a way to meet people in the community and become an active participant in Irish life, often outside the university setting. Some examples (these do not include activities related to their universities):
Irish Aid
Irish Film Board Irish Pages
3 | P a g e Fine Gael, Foreign Affairs Spokesman's Office
Finglas For Diversity BBC/NI
Department of the Taoiseach Habitat for Humanity of NI
NASC – Irish immigrant support centre Saint Bartholomew's Church
Christian Union at Limerick Garda Siochana
Participation and the Practice of Rights Project, Belfast The Abbey Theatre, Literary Department
Art for Amnesty Banulacht Fighting Words
Cork International Film Festival
Rainbow Rehoming animal shelter/Derry US Embassy in Ireland
AkiDwA
Barretstown Camp Science Gallery Dublin
Committee on the Administration of Justice, Northern Ireland Suas, Kenya
Fatima Mansions
Refugee Association in Galway
Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission Progressive Democrats
Front Line
Public Achievement in Belfast British Red Cross in NI
a refugee program teaching English to political refugees in Belfast Mark Durkan's constituency office
PeacePlayers, coaching cross-community basketball for youth in NI
ECONI, (later became the Centre for Contemporary Christianity in Ireland) Special Olympics
Irish Theatre Magazine Media Lab Europe
Equality Commission for Northern Ireland Irish Hospice Foundation
CONCERN
Irish Human Rights Commission National Museum of Ireland
Forthspring Inter-Community Center, Belfast Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
Dublin City Council, Homeless Agency RTE Cork
ILEX, Economic Rejuvenation for Derry/Londonderry
4 | P a g e St. Johns Ambulance, Northern Ireland
ESRI
Irish Government, Dept. of Communications Dublin Fire Department
Irish Government, analysis of poverty reduction programs
Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture & Rural Development Sustainable Energy Division of the Department of Public Enterprise
FAVORITE ASPECTS OF THE MITCHELL SCHOLARSHIP EXPERIENCE
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travel in Ireland/NI travel in Europe academic program internships
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After their Mitchell Scholarship year, 68% went on to obtain postgraduate degrees -- JD PhD, MA, MBA, MPH, MSc. They attended the following universities:
University No. of Mitchells
Harvard 15
Stanford 6
Columbia 5
Georgetown 4
UC Berkeley 4
University of Pennsylvania 4
Yale 4
Cambridge 3
Duke 3
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Case Western 2
Princeton 2
Trinity Ireland 2
UCD Ireland 2
University of Michigan 2
Vanderbilt 2
Boston University 1
Edinburgh 1
Emory 1
Glasgow 1
GWU 1
Johns Hopkins 1
Missouri University 1
MIT 1
Notre Dame 1
NYU 1
Oxford 1
Queen's Belfast 1
Sorbonne 1
Syracuse 1
UCLA 1
Univ. of Maryland 1
Universidad Externado de
Colombia 1
University of Florida 1
University of Idaho 1
University of Iowa 1
6 | P a g e PROFESSIONS OF MITCHELLS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR EDUCATION
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Number
Education Government Law
Domestic non-profits Business
Int'l non-profits US military Journalism Medical Misc.
70% of have already returned on a visit to Ireland or Northern Ireland since their year as a Mitchell Scholar.
48% say their Irish or NI friends have come to visit them since they’ve returned to the US.
While in Ireland virtually every Mitchell Scholar received numerous visits of friends and family from the US.
7 | P a g e 82% have visited a US university (or more than one) to talk about their year
studying in Ireland and Northern Ireland. List of universities visited/meetings with officials by Alliance staff or alums:
University of Arkansas Little Rock Arkansas
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo California
Cal Tech Pasadena California
Claremont McKenna College Claremont California
Claremont McKenna College Claremont California
Loyola Marymount Los Angeles California
Occidental Los Angeles California
Pepperdine Malibu California
Pitzer College Claremont California
Pomona College Claremont California
San Diego State University San Diego California
San Francisco State University San Francisco California
Santa Clara University Santa Clara California
Scripps Claremont California
Stanford Palo Alto California
UC Berkeley Berkeley California
UC Irvine Irvine California
UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara California
UCLA Los Angeles California
University of Southern California Los Angeles California
Whittier Whittier California
Colorado College Colorado Springs Colorado
University of Colorado Boulder Colorado
University of Denver Denver Colorado
Wesleyan Middletown Connecticut
Yale New Haven Connecticut
American University Washington DC
George Washington University Washington DC
Georgetown Washington DC
Howard University Washington DC
University of Delaware Newark Delaware
University of Florida Gainesville Florida
University of Miami Miami Florida
Emory Atlanta Georgia
University of Georgia Athens Georgia
Boise State University Boise Idaho
University of Idaho Moscow Idaho
College of Lake Country Grayslake Illinois
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DePaul University Chicago Illinois
Elmhurst College Elmhurst Illinois
Loyola University Chicago Illinois
Northwestern University Evanston Illinois
University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois
University of Chicago Chicago Illinois
Notre Dame South Bend Indiana
Grinnell Grinell Iowa
University of Louisville Louisville Kentucky
Loyola University New Orleans Louisiana
Tulane New Orleans Louisiana
Johns Hopkins Baltimore Maryland
Loyola College Baltimore Maryland
University of Maryland College Park Maryland
US Naval Academy Annapolis Maryland
Boston University Boston Massachusetts
Harvard Boston Massachusetts
MIT Boston Massachusetts
Tufts Medford/Somerville Massachusetts
Wheaton College Norton Massachusetts
Michigan State East Lansing Michigan
University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan
Mississippi University for Women Columbus Mississippi Mississippi Statue University Starkville Mississippi
Dartmouth College Hanover New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire Durham New Hampshire
Princeton Princeton New Jersey
Barnard College New York New York
Columbia New York New York
CUNY New York New York
Fordham New York New York
NYU New York New York
Duke University Durham North Carolina
North Carolina State and all the state schools
in NC Raleigh North Carolina
UNC Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina
Wake Forest Winston-Salem North Carolina
Lewis & Clark Portland Oregon
Willamette Salem Oregon
Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania
Haverford Haverford Pennsylvania
Penn State University State College Pennsylvania
Swarthmore Swarthmore Pennsylvania
Temple Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Villanova Philadelphia Pennsylvania
St. Joseph's Philadelphia Pennyslvania
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Furman Greenville South Carolina
University of South Carolina Columbia South Carolina
University of Vermont Burlington Vermont
Hamden-Sydney College Hamden-Sydney Virginia
University of Richmond Richmond Virginia
University of Virginia Charlottesville Virginia
University of Washington Seattle Washington
70% have maintained professional relationships with Irish/Northern Irish
88% have attended a US-Ireland Alliance/Mitchell Scholars alumni event, either in the US and/or Ireland and/or NI.
2004 alumni gathering in Washington, DC
