Clinton School student Ivanley Noisette has received one of 12 Mitchell Scholarship, a nationally competitive fellowship sponsored by the U.S.-Ireland Alliance.
Noisette will spend a year in Ireland studying human rights law and transitional justice at the University of Ulster. A native of Philadelphia and a graduate of Villanova University, Noisette is in his second year in the Clinton School’s two-year Master of Public Service (MPS) degree program. Follow the link for a press release from the Mitchell Scholarship Program announcing the 2010 winners: Mitchell Scholars Release.
Named to honor former U.S. Senator George Mitchell’s pivotal contribution to the Northern Ireland peace process, the Mitchell Scholarship Program is designed to introduce and connect generations of future American leaders to the island of Ireland, while recognizing and fostering intellectual achievement, leadership, and a commitment to public service and community.
Applicants are judged on three criteria: academic excellence, leadership, and a sustained commitment to service and community. The scholarship provides tuition, housing, a living expenses stipend and an international travel stipend.
Noisette becomes the second Arkansas student to receive the prestigious scholarship. UALR student Georgia Mjartan was named to the 2002-03 Mitchell Scholarship class.
At the Clinton School, Noisette has worked with the Arkansas Community Foundation to conduct leadership training for foundations based in three rural Arkansas counties. He traveled to Kigali, Rwanda, this summer to work with the international nonprofit Bridge2Rwanda and the Rwanda Ministry of Education.
Noisette, whose family is originally from Haiti, founded Hope for Haiti, a nonprofit organization that partnered with the Red Cross and the Clinton Foundation to raise money and supplies in the aftermath of the recent earthquake.
As an undergraduate at Villanova, he served as executive editor of The Culture magazine of the Greater Philadelphia area, a monthly nonprofit social justice magazine, and volunteered at local after-school programs.