At the Davis New Mexico Scholarship, not only are we driven by the work that we do, but we also find it deeply intellectually engaging. Our blog serves as a space to share some of the conversations we’ve been having internally about our assumptions, practices, and ideologies. Check back often to see what’s on our minds.
Race, Rurality, & College Access in New Mexico
Watch Davis New Mexico Scholarship Deputy Director, Hanna Negishi Levin, and Upward Bound Española Director, Dr. Tobe Bott-Lyons, in conversation with Deputy Cabinet Secretary of Higher Education in NM, Dr. Patricia Trujillo at Collected Works Bookstore in Santa Fe.
Press Release: Davis New Mexico Scholarship & ROCA NM Present the Rural College Access Bus Tour
Davis New Mexico Scholarship and ROCA NM Present the Rural College Access Bus Tours – An Eye-Opening Experience for Aspiring Students
Interactive: Where Are Davis New Mexico Scholars From & Where Do They Go To College?
Explore our new data visualization tool to see where scholars are from, where they are going to college, and how that distribution has changed over time.
Vulnerability & College Access
Beneath the surface of every college application and between the lines of every essay prompt, there are much deeper questions that ask students to consider their own sense of worthiness and value, to grapple with their hopes and fears, and to articulate their desires, passions, and weaknesses.
Davis New Mexico Scholarship Provides Boost to College Dreams
Breakthrough Santa Fe tenth grader, Josué Solís, covers the Davis New Mexico Scholarship deadline in the Santa Fe New Mexican.
Through new partnership, Occidental welcomes Davis New Mexico Scholars
Occidental College features its new partnership with the Davis New Mexico Scholarship by highlighting four first-year scholars on campus in its student-run newspaper, ‘The Occidental.’
Early Reflections on the 2021-22 DNMS Alumni Survey
At the Davis New Mexico Scholarship, we aim for our alumni to become economically self-sufficient adults who give back to their communities. To assess our progress toward this goal, we conducted a survey of our 49 alumni in the spring of 2021.
Reflections on Paul Tough’s ‘The Inequality Machine’: College, COVID, and the power of “scrambling” a personal narrative
“There are certain moments in our lives,” writes Tough, such as ”enrolling in college, that are so deeply disorienting that they scramble our personal narrative– the story we tell ourselves about who we are.” These disorienting episodes, however, can become opportunities for a change in framing that solidify students in their new realities.
‘We’re still here’: Life as Native American at the University of Portland
Four Indigenous Davis New Mexico Scholars are profiled in UP’s student newspaper, The Beacon.
ROCA NM is Ready for its Second Summer
Meet Mary– she's a Springer High School senior, an incoming Davis New Mexico Scholar, and a member of the inaugural ROCA NM cohort. Learn more about her experience and how we're working to serve rural communities in New Mexico.