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 Gender of Mitchell Scholars men women 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. 1 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 Universities Attended by Mitchell Scholars 25 20 15 10 5 0 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 2 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 3 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 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Mitchell Scholars community travel in Ireland/NI travel in Europe academic program internships univ. faculty univ. community 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 4 P a g e
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 5 P a g e
PROFESSIONS OF MITCHELLS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR EDUCATION 16 14 12 10 8 6 Education Government Law Domestic non-profits Business Int'l non-profits US military Journalism Medical Misc. 4 2 0 Number 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. 6 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 7 P a g e
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 8 P a g e
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 9 P a g e