McDonnell International Scholars Academy
McDonnell Academy is acceptable on second reference. Third reference should be either McDonnell Academy or the academy, depending on how many times McDonnell has been used. Never use acronyms.
The people paired with a scholar in the McDonnell Academy are ambassadors: She is a McDonnell International Scholars Academy ambassador. McDonnell Academy Ambassador Sandra J. Jones made introductory remarks. Ambassadors also serve as mentors (lowercase).
The official name for the universities affiliated with the McDonnell Academy is University Partners (uppercase “U” and “P”). Within text, it is permissible to refer to them as partner universities (lowercase). University Partners should be listed alphabetically by the city where the university is (not by country) and then alphabetically within a city (not by date of the university’s founding).