2018-2020 Academic Calendar

2019-2021 Academic Calendar

Summer Quarter 2019
Quarter Begins June 21, 2019
Quarter Ends September 8, 2019
Fall Break September 9–19, 2019

Fall Quarter 2019
New Student Orientation September 19-20, 2019
Quarter Begins September 20, 2019
Graduation, Saturday, November 2, 2019
Thanksgiving Break November 25–29, 2019
Quarter Ends December 8, 2019
Winter Break December 9, 2019–January 2, 2020

Winter Quarter 2020
New Student Orientation January 3, 2020
Quarter Begins January 6, 2020
Quarter Ends March 15, 2020
Spring Break March 16–26, 2020

Spring Quarter 2020
Quarter Begins March 27, 2020
Quarter Ends June 7, 2020
Summer Break June 8–18, 2020

Summer Quarter 2020
Quarter Begins June 19, 2020
Quarter Ends September 6, 2020
Fall Break September 7–17, 2020

FALL QUARTER 2020
Classes Begin September 21, 2020
Graduation, Saturday, November 7, 2020
Thanksgiving Break Nov. 23–27, 2020
Classes End December 16, 2020
Winter Break Dec. 7, 2020–January 3, 2021

WINTER QUARTER 2021
Classes Begin January 4, 2021
Classes End March 14, 2021
Spring Break March 15–25, 2021

SPRING QUARTER 2021
Classes Begin March 26, 2021
Classes End June 6, 2021
Summer Break June 7–17, 2021

SUMMER QUARTER 2021
Classes Begin June 18, 2021
Classes End September 5, 2021
Fall Break September 6–16, 2021

"Southwestern College has been an amazing part of my journey. This education endeavor as an art therapist has been a series of miracles for me. I've seen such a shift in myself. It's been a beautiful experience."

Crystal Hoffman, Graduate

"I'm honored to be applying myself in a clinical environment and my experience at Southwestern enabled me to not only work as an art therapist but to facilitate mindfulness groups. A dream within a dream job I had not even fathomed."

Anna Mills, Graduate

"My experience at Southwestern has been truly transformational. From the lessons learned in Consciousness class to my light figure project and vision quest. The impact on me and on my soul has been absolutely profound."

Stephanie Albury. Graduate 2012

"I'm thankful for everyone at Southwestern College...The deeper sense of myself has been seen, heard, honored and found. I'm so grateful to be able to share it with other people."

Cynthia Alexis, Graduate

"I chose to go back to school for my 50th birthday. Little did I know I would be re-birthed... This is sacred work for me. May the work that we do be of service and benefit to all."

Eliza Buck, Graduate

"This is the place that empowered me to do things the way that I do them, the way I'm good at doing them. I've come to surmise that to be an art therapist; to me means being an artist at therapy so the therapy is the art. The creative engagement with another, with each other, that is the art. "

Renee Borsberry, from Art Therapy Capstone Presentation

"The New Earth Institute of Southwestern College offers an array of educational and transformational opportunities to the community. It has been a rich and rewarding experience, enabling the college to grow and expand our mission of transforming consciousness through education. True education engages and awakens all parts of one’s being, allowing for the integration of mind, body and spirit. It cultivates reverence for life and nurtures us in the journey of the soul.”

Katherine Ninos, Vice President

"It has been an extremely amazing journey; the past two years. There has been a lot of pain, a lot of joy and a lot of learning. I think the thing I've learned the most about this experience is trusting the process."

Denise Moore, Graduate

"I feel so much gratitude for being part of this caring, supporting, reflective, soulful community."

Linnea Knoespel, Graduate

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