Please welcome us in congratulating Drake senior, Tyler Bartolome, for being announced as a George J. Mitchell Scholar, Class of 2025.

Overseen by the U.S.-Ireland Alliance, the Mitchell Scholarship has become one of the country’s most prestigious postgraduate awards. This year, about 350 applicants competed for the 12 scholarships, which cover educational expenses for a year of graduate study—including all tuition, room and board and a monthly stipend to cover living expenses at one of several participating universities in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Tyler is planning to study Biotechnology at University College Cork.

Tyler’s Accomplishments

Originally from Lincoln, Neb., Tyler is currently a Drake senior and an impressive quadruple major studying Biochemistry, Cell & Molecular Biology; Mathematics; Biology; and Chemistry. He is interested in using biotechnology research and international public policy to address climate change, and he won a highly competitive Barry Goldwater Scholarship for his research and academic achievements.

Tyler also led Drake University’s Semi-Passive Algae Rooted Carbon Caption (SPARCC) team to compete in the international OpenAir Carbon Removal Challenge, where they were the sole U.S. team in the finals. He conducted successful biotechnology research as an undergraduate at the University Nebraska-Lincoln, Drake University, and Johns Hopkins University. As the first two-term President of the Drake Chapter of Beta Beta Beta, an honor society for the biological sciences, Tyler and his team doubled the size and funding of the organization.

Tyler is also President and Founder of The Oral Record Institute, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that collects and curates “oral histories” of individuals who have experienced military conflict, to better understand the effect that major historical events have on individuals. In his free time, he trains for triathlons, studies Arabic, and plays the mandolin.

To learn more about the George J. Mitchell class of 2025 here.