Historic Santa Fe Foundation Announces
The HSFF High School Fellowship
Historic Santa Fe Foundation (HSFF) is excited to launch a Fellowship for high school juniors and seniors. Applications for the 2024-2025 Fellowship are now open through August 2, 2024. The HSFF High School Fellowship enables regional high school students to discuss New Mexico’s history with local historians, archeologists, and preservation trades professionals while working on their own research project. The program will culminate with a reception in April of 2025.
The Organization
Since its founding in 1961, the Historic Santa Fe Foundation (HSFF) has been an active participant in the preservation efforts in the city of Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico and a contributor to the historic narrative told through the region's people and architecture. Our mission is to preserve, protect and promote the historic properties and diverse cultural heritage of the Santa Fe area, and to educate the public about Santa Fe's history and the importance of preservation.
For donations by check: Please indicate that you are donating to the HSFF High School Fellowship and mail the check to Historic Santa Fe Foundation, 545 Canyon Rd Ste 2, Santa Fe NM 87501. Thanks!
ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIP
the inaugural group of Fellows (2023-2024) visiting the museum of spanish colonial arts,
The Historic Santa Fe Foundation’s High School Fellowship provides high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to examine New Mexico’s history and related contemporary issues with local historians, archeologists, and preservation trades professionals. Participating students will spend the academic year 2024-2025 meeting in historic properties across Santa Fe where they will take part in discussions on history while working on a research paper. The topics of the meetings will include Northern New Mexico’s built environment, cultural events, and contemporary discourse on history and preservation. Students will publicly deliver their capstone project at the end of the program.
The Fellowship runs from September to April. Students will present their work at a reception on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. Students must commit to attending six meetings and the reception in April of 2025.
For more information on the HSFF High School Fellowship, contact: Education Programs and Publications Manager Hanna Churchwell at 505-983-2567 or hanna@historicsantafe.org.
Description
The Historic Santa Fe Foundation (HSFF) announces the availability of a fellowship established in 2023 for the purpose of encouraging regional high school upperclassmen to engage with Santa Fe’s history and present-day preservation efforts. The Fellowship will be awarded to high school juniors and seniors enrolled in Santa Fe, Los Alamos, San Miguel, and potentially Mora and Taos counties who are interested in exploring career fields including museum studies, historic preservation, architecture, and allied disciplines. Fellows will work with HSFF staff, committee members, and guest speakers to complete a research project on New Mexico’s history and present it at a reception in April of 2025. Upon successful completion of their responsibilities Fellows will be awarded a sum of $500 for college tuition.
Program Goals
The HSFF High School Fellowship exists to provide:
A deeper understanding of Santa Fe’s broader history and historic resources
A space where young people drive the dialogue on the future of historic preservation
Exposure to preservation-related careers and connection to professionals in those fields
Mentorship and experience in developing, researching, writing, and presenting an academic work
Responsibilities of the Fellow
Attend six sessions of the Fellowship
Present a completed research project at the reception in April of 2025
Participate fully in the educational activities of the program: complete assigned readings before each session,
actively engage in thoughtful discussion, and meet research project deadlinesSubmit an evaluation of the Fellowship program
2024-25 Project Guidelines Coming Soon
Terms of the Fellowship Award
Fellows shall be awarded a sum of $500 for college tuition and materials once they have attended six sessions, submitted their final research paper, and presented their work at the final reception.
2024-2025 Session Schedule
A hybrid meeting option is available for students who reside outside of Santa Fe County.
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 | 5:30-7:30 pm
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 | 5:30-7:30 pm
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 | 5:30-7:30 pm
Wednesday, December 11, 2024 | 5:30-7:30 pm
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 | 5:30-7:30 pm
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 | 5:30-7:30 pm
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 | 5-7 pm | Final Presentations at San Miguel Chapel
2023-2024 Speakers, Topics, and Locations
Rob Martinez, NM State Historian | The Role of State Historian | El Zaguán
Bradford Epley, NM Museum Resources Division Head of Conservation | Conservation and Contested Monuments | The Edwin Brooks House
Lisa Nordstrum, Santa Fe Prep Teacher and Creator of NM Historic Women Marker Program | Mara Saxer, Preservation Trades Professional | Historic Women of New Mexico | Olive Rush Memorial Studio and Art Center
Jana Gottshalk | Curator | History of the Spanish Colonial Arts Society and Museum Ethics and Curation | Museum of Spanish Colonial Art
Jeff Pappas | State Historic Preservation Officer | The Impact and Implications of Historic Preservation and a Case Study on Duran, New Mexico | El Zaguán
APPLY FOR THE FELLOWSHIP - APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2024-2025 FELLOWSHIP NOW OPEN
HSFF welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds. HSFF provides equal opportunity to all prospective fellows and does not discriminate because of an applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other factor irrelevant to the fellowship. If a fellow requires accommodations, they should contact HSFF’s Education Programs and Publications Manager Hanna Churchwell at hanna@historicsantafe.org to initiate this process.
Application Requirements
High School Fellowships are awarded to 11th and 12th graders enrolled in Santa Fe, Los Alamos, San Miguel, and potentially Mora and Taos counties. Students must be in good academic standing with a minimum GPA of 3.0. Those interested in the Fellowship must fill out an application; although, filling out an application does not guarantee a spot in the Fellowship. The application process is competitive, and Fellows will be selected based on their demonstrated interest and ability to complete all of the required elements of the program (meetings, capstone, presentation, discussion leader, etc.). A maximum of 8 Fellows will be accepted into the program.
Applications for 2024-2025 open now. Fill out the application online and email the writing sample and letter of recommendation to hanna@historicsantafe.org, or mail to or drop off at: 545 Canyon Road, Suite 2.
The application consists of several short answer questions. Submission of a writing sample and letter of recommendation from a secondary teacher or guidance counselor is also required for a complete application. Applications close August 2, 2024.
Request additional information and/or send your completed application packet to:
Hanna Churchwell, Education Programs and Publications Manager
Historic Santa Fe Foundation
545 Canyon Road, Suite 2
Santa Fe, NM 87501
hanna@historicsantafe.org
GRADUATED FELLOWS
To receive a payment request form for eligible educational expenses please email HSFF Education Programs and Publications Manager at hanna@historicsantafe.org.
Click on either of the above images to download the Fellowship brochure.