Winter Quarter Honorary Scholarships

Winter Quarter Honorary Scholarships

Katherine Ninos Light Figure Scholarship 
Katherine Ninos created the Psychology of Consciousness course sequence at Southwestern College, and has dedicated much of her adult life to helping students find inspiration through their own Light Figure. A Light Figure is someone who acts or has acted in such a way as to inspire others by making a significant difference and contribution in the world.

Rudolf Steiner Award 
Rudolf Steiner was a pivotal influence in the early days of Southwestern College. Steiner was a monumental and creative thinker across such diversified areas as spirituality (founding Anthroposophy), philosophy, education (founding Waldorf Schools) biodynamic agriculture, movement and sound (Eurhythmy) architecture, and much more.

Creativity and Soul Scholarship 
Creative expression has always been the way that humans access and nurture the soul. At SWC we believe creativity is “soul-in-action.” Creativity and soul are rooted in the traditions here, and they are an integral part of the classroom experience.

Robert Waterman Founder Award 
Robert Waterman is the founder of Quimby/Southwestern College. Influenced by Neva Dell Hunter, Phineas Quimby, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Dewey and Carl Jung, he created the first curriculum for an inaugural class of twelve students in 1979. Robert still teaches at Southwestern College.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Award 
Ralph Waldo Emerson, powerful influence on Robert Waterman and the founding of Quimby/Southwestern College, was himself influenced heavily by Hindu scripture. He in turn was a mentor to Henry David Thoreau, whose writings (especially his essay Civil Disobedience) powerfully influenced Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mohandas Gandhi. The wheel goes round and round. Dr. King, of course, championed non-violent protest and will be an influence on every generation of Americans well into the future. We hope he also influences Southwestern College students who are interested in Social Justice and non-violent action.

Transformational Learning Award
This award is to honor the transformational journey students undertake during their time at SWC. 

Henry David Thoreau Award
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.

The Southwestern College Staff Scholarship
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.

The Ellavivian Power Award
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.”

Black Elk Visionary Award
Black Elk is a medicine man of the Oglala Lakota people. He had a vision where he saw all nations cooperating 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.