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Personal Reflection on MLK Day 2023, Ann Filemyr, Southwestern College President
As we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, January 16, I reflect on his life and words urging us to do better, to be better, as citizens of...
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A Researcher’s Blessing
Thank you provisioning creatrix power of the living universe, of which we are a deep part, for guidance in helping connect us with the next now and necessary node(s) in...
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My first week at SWC by Tya Bussell -Student and Graduate Assistant
The anticipation from July to September was immense, knowing grad school was a big life step for me. I prepped my spare room that was my old high school bedroom...
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2 new murals, a Capstone Process
Our Capstone process underwent a new iteration this year. With the class split in half with students who are learning at a distance, and students who are local to Southwestern...
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Murals, Relationship & Endings
As I move towards facilitating my last mural painting process at Southwestern College, I am thinking about relationships, legacy and love. Debbie Schroder and I have co-facilitated this process since...
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Hope’s Tree & New Beginnings at SWC
Jennifer Albright Knash joined the Southwestern College family as department chair of the Art Therapy & Counseling program this past spring 2022. She has brought diplomacy, kindness, creativity and a...
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The Healing Power of Words: an Interview
Here is a 50 minute interview of Dr. Ann Filemyr, Chair of the PhD Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership program being conducted by a PhD Program Faculty Mentor Dr. Marianela...
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Relatedness and Regeneration by Marna Hauk, PhD
adrienne maree brown, in Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds “Developing your capacity for adaptation can mean assessing your default reactions to change, and whether those reactions create space for...
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Pleasure and the Erotic in a Time of Emotional Winter
Looking out my window here in Minnesota, I see a lovely blanket of shimmering snow covering the ground. Here and there, the dried brittle skeleton of a plant pushes through....
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The Importance of Magic Pintos by Deborah Schroder, Program Chair
I’ve been with Southwestern College for almost 20 years. As I get ready to move on to a new position in northern New Mexico, I’m aware of what an...
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Calling All Visionaries!
Calling All visionaries! By Ann Filemyr, PhD. President and Founder/Director of the in PhD Visionary Practice & Regenerative Leadership The new transdisciplinary PhD in Visionary Practice & Regenerative...