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Posts Tagged PhD Cohort; Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership; Southwestern College

The Joy of Mentoring Doctoral Students by Dawn Wink, PhD

As a Faculty Mentor in the transdisciplinary Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership (VPRL) PhD program at Southwestern College, I bring the experience of 20 years in higher education in mostly traditional settings. I intentionally chose a transdisciplinary doctoral program myself. I bring both lenses - traditional and transdisciplinary – to my work in VPRL.  I…
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Learning with Nature, by Nena Martinez Anaya, Doctoral Student

In the Visionary Practice & Regenerative Leadership PhD Program at Southwestern College, we understand the natural world and more-than-human beings are partners in our learning. Of course, nature is not simply an external construct, human beings are nature, embedded in natural systems and cycles, and are themselves expressions of Earth systems. Through our doctoral program…
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The Gift by Jamie Moon, PhD student

Doctoral student and artist Jamie Moon shares her journey and what influenced her to collect and make sand-painted stones and gift them to the Visionary Practice & Regenerative Leadership doctoral program faculty and her fellow doctoral students. Enjoy her unique story in her words and images. Growing up in Tennessee, in a very traditional gift-giving…
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Finding My People and Coming Home

In the following quotes from their self-reflections, doctoral students entering in Fall 2024 share their experiences of finding community with each other and the faculty of the Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership PhD Program at Southwestern College. Genell Howel: "Within my cohort and faculty, I found a group of like-minded individuals whose ultimate aim is…
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Snowflake: Reflection on the PhD Cohort by Susanmarie Oddo

Snow is beginning to accumulate, and as my border collies race outside for their last evening jaunt before bed, their paw prints pepper the snow.  I delight in watching them discover the first snow of the season.  In the mountains of Colorado, the scene of dogs romping in deep powder is ubiquitous, and joy inducing. …
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