"Matthew brought a great deal to the spelling team table when he joined us at HHS because he competed in the Scripps spelling bee in elementary and junior high school, and he also took Latin in junior high," Henrietta High School UIL coordinator and teacher Laurie Schaffner said.
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"It truly prepared me to be a good college student to know how to study and that allowed me to be successful in college." "UIL was one of the best experiences I've been a part of," Mitchell said. He qualified for three UIL state tournaments in all, including a runner-up individually in 2013. And Mitchell knows he came away with much more than three gold medals (two as team member, one individual). Mitchell won the 2014 UIL State Spelling and Vocabulary Championships in Class 2A in spelling. Long before he was representing MSU Texas nationally, Mitchell was displaying his smarts and competitive fire at Henrietta High School. I can't get that in a place that's too big." "It allows you to build those bonds with your professor, and they really care about me as a student. The research I do at MSU has directly prepared me to be at the NIH," he said.Īnd building relationships with his professors, thanks to smaller class sizes, is an opportunity that Mitchell can already see has paid dividends. "I've had to do tons and tons of reading on my primary literature since I've been here. His study habits would translate anywhere. Maybe at first glance, Mitchell was a little fish in a big pond. Other people around me have neurosciences as a major." Everybody around me had more experience (in neurology). "It was overwhelming at first," Mitchell said of his arrival to the NIH campus in Maryland. And he was accepted into the NIH with two internships, one at a clinical neuroscience lab and another with Health Disparities for Minorities. Just as incoming college students may apply for many scholarships to land the opportunity they want, Mitchell went to work applying for summer programs around the country. That led him on a path to bigger and better things. I was encouraged to apply for a national conference in Indianapolis." "It started when I did an internship at a medical school in Fort Worth. "I was lucky to get to go," Mitchell said. For Mitchell, it was a process of working, networking, and being ready to seize upon a chance. It wasn't as easy as finding a destination spot. This summer has been special to Mitchell. I'm thinking about others and not just myself. “One area I really have grown in during my time at MSU is being very in touch with my friends. When I came back, and I’m taking all of these difficult classes, I realized what I was missing was my family. “It took me a while to figure myself out. “I think one of the main things I learned coming back was how much I rely on my social support system,” Mitchell said. He loves being near his family and has found MSU Texas to be a perfect place for him to thrive. He found a group that encourages him and holds him accountable. Going home facilitated more growth for Mitchell. Mitchell said his summer at the NIH has been a “life-changing experience.” He’s thankful for those who helped give him this chance and the land of opportunity that MSU has been for him on his journey. Mitchell has flourished academically and had the chance this summer to work as an intern at the National Institutes of Health near Washington, D.C. Mitchell, a junior chemistry major from nearby Henrietta, realized upon his return home that MSU Texas was the best path forward for him.Ī return home wasn’t the end of his big dreams or adventures. Matthew Mitchell didn’t make Midwestern State his first choice coming out of Henrietta High School.
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