Summer Honorary Scholarships

Summer Scholarships

Henry David Thoreau Award (2 units)
Henry David Thoreau, protégé of Ralph Waldo Emerson, and author of Walden and Civil Disobedience, had a profound impact on Gandhi and on Martin Luther King, Jr. One could say that Thoreau was dedicated to awakening consciousness and breaking trances. But well beyond being merely a philosopher, Thoreau was a man of action and was jailed for holding to his principles. (Click here to apply)

The Southwestern College Staff Scholarship (2 units)
This award is offered by the staff of Southwestern College, in appreciation of the commitment made by students to pursue a difficult course of study, staying conscious and respectful as they do so. Staff and students are in a dance together the whole time students are here, and even beyond. (Click here to apply)

The Ellavivian Power Award (2 units)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

The Ellavivian Power Award honors one of the early influences of the Quimby Light Center and Quimby College. She worked with Neva Dell Hunter to develop the healing practice of aura balancing. In her book, The Auric Mirror, she brings forward the healing potential of what may be referred to as “energy medicine.” (Click here to apply)

Black Elk Visionary Award (2 units)
Black Elk is a medicine man of the Oglala Lakota people. He had a vision where he saw all nations cooperating together in a grand procession. He said “I saw myself on the central mountain of the world, the highest place, and I had a vision because I was seeing in the sacred manner of the world.” (The sacred mountain he saw was Harney Peak in South Dakota), and he said “But the central mountain is everywhere.” This award recognizes the efforts by the student to embrace multiculturalism in their lives and in their career aspirations, and to carry a vision for all peoples. (Click here to apply)