The Graduate Assistantship (GA) program is an opportunity for students to receive a stipend and discounted tuition in exchange for supporting SWC's administrative functions. Assistantships for $3,600 or $7,200 are typically awarded in the fall quarter for the entire year. The award funds are distributed equally over the course of three or four quarters. Part of the award is used to…
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Summer Beach Reading from the “Sea of Whiteness”
I remember seeing lists of books in magazines that were deemed appropriate for “summer beach reading," the assumption being that we all deserved a break from heavier reading material during the summer. I like that idea, in theory. But the truth is that I read what I…
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Pachamama is my teacher...........
by Candy Jones, student at Southwestern College
"I go among trees and sit still. All my stirring becomes quiet around me like circles on water. My tasks lie in their places where I left them, asleep like cattle." - Wendell Berry from A Timbered Chore Take Me to Bethlehem
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1984
Kat Duff wrote a book Alchemy of Illness and is now learning neuro-feedback techniques.
1985
Rick Cotroneo MA Counseling
The year was 1984. I was wrapped in a piece of beige linen. With leather sandals on my feet, I was holding an ancient slingshot. When…
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Counseling student Sylvan Schneider shares what it is like being a male at Southwestern College, and in the field of Counseling. …
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Counseling Graduate Student Sylvan Schneider discusses the loves of his life: Coffee, and Buddy...…
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Marna Hauk, PhD, catalyzes the catalysts at the convergence of the deep imagination, creative process, regenerative futures, and the living wisdom traditions as a founding faculty of the Doctoral Program in Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership at Southwestern College. She is a practicing terrapsychologist and Dream Tender who serves as a Facilitator of Joanna Macy’s…
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by Magdalena Karlick
I delved into this rag rug project at the beginning of the summer, wanting to recycle old, ill-fitting, and stained clothing to make a rug for my son’s new room. I imagined a place where he could sit comfortably while looking at his books or playing with his toy animals.
Here are…
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Marna Hauk, PhD, directs programs and innovates learning and scholarship in regenerative futures, climate justice education, ecological systems, and leadership and imagination. Dr. Hauk serves as founding faculty of the doctoral program in Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership at Southwestern College and New Earth Institute.
Dr. Hauk graduated with honors from Prescott College with a…
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There are many gems to be discovered in the summertime throughout New Mexico. The summer temperatures in lower elevation areas of New Mexico range from 80-100 degrees Fahrenheit. The higher elevation locations of NM reach the 70s in the peak of summer. These temperatures are perfect for shorts and tank tops with plenty of sunscreen!…
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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 into my new office/yoga space. It was a total room renovation. I strongly feel the energy of physical space arrangement and needed to make this…
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Each year, schools must provide to enrolled students a notice containing a list of the consumer information it must disseminate, and the procedures for obtaining this consumer information. Schools must also provide notice of student rights under the Right to Know and Family Educational Rights and Privacy Acts. The primary method of disseminating consumer information…
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Connect to your higher calling. Transform your work, your relationships, and your life. This is consciousness in action.
Features of the Program
Prepares graduates to affect change in their communities and/or field of study
On the ground in Santa Fe, NM or online/distance available
Integration of creative, multi-tiered method of learning and subject matter
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Dr. Sandra Johnson, PhD, is an Associate Professor, department chair, and senior faculty member with extensive experience in distance and technology-enhanced learning. Serving as a principal investigator and lead course designer, Dr. Johnson has significantly contributed to the development of online instructional curricula, professional development training, and mentoring of peers. She has taught various courses,…
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The following are links to full text eBooks, which are required reading for courses in the Summer 2018 quarter.
Upon clicking each link, you will be asked (on the page that loads) to provide an EBSCOhost User ID and Password to access the content, both of which can be obtained by contacting Quimby Memorial Library.
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Larry has a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Shippensburg University and a master’s degree in library and information science from Clarion University (both in Pennsylvania). He has been the Director of Library Services at Quimby Memorial Library at Southwestern College for three years, during which time he’s been engaged with the projects of diversifying…
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Overview and Application Process
The New Earth Institute of Southwestern College offers Certificate Programs to expand your scope of professional expertise and enhance your marketability as a Counselor or Art Therapist/Counselor.
The programs consist of a series of intensive offerings in clinically relevant areas of professional practice, including:
Addictions, Abuse and Recovery
Applied Interpersonal Neurobiology
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Dr. Nolan discusses combining Counseling and Coaching as a career option. …
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“Interesting how you are only using a black sharpie marker in your art today,” says my art therapist, as she gently points out my visible tension with perfectionistic, black and white thinking….…
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The following are links to full text eBooks, which are required reading for courses in the Summer 2018 quarter.
Upon clicking each link, you will be asked (on the page that loads) to provide an EBSCOhost User ID and Password to access the content, both of which can be obtained by contacting Quimby Memorial Library.
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In the the M.A. Art Therapy/Counseling program I find myself reading and/or studying quite a bit. Spending hours on end at home can be wearing. A simple change of location is enough to keep me energized and in the frame of mind to do my best work.
My top five places to study in Santa…
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Awakening the Soul of Education: A Journey through Southwestern College’s MA in Transformational Teaching, Learning, & Leadership
by Virginia Padilla Vigil, Program Director
“When we allow challenges to transform us, a little more of our genius and passion takes hold in the world.” – Richard Rudd
What if teaching wasn’t just a…
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The technology of the internet... what does it mean? Does the internet teach social skills? Does it matter? Can we make connections via the internet and are they real? What about personal narrative? How does digital media affect us?
In this video interview Dr. Natalie Carlton discusses the topic of digital media as narrative, people's…
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Admissions
If you have the motivation for self-discovery and the academic background to pursue a rigorous graduate degree in the field of consciousness, your graduate school search will lead you to Southwestern College.
Southwestern brings a holistic, multicultural perspective to this Master's degree program. We are an especially good fit if you are an adult…
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