Southwestern College Mission Documents
Southwestern College's mission is to transform consciousness through education, fostering a kinder, more compassionate world guided by values of partnership, empowerment, mindfulness, service, and love. The college aims to activate human potential and conscious awareness through transformational teaching, learning, and service, enhancing identity, belonging, and community. Key areas of focus include developing service-oriented professionals, promoting transformational consciousness through experiential graduate study and continuing education, creating mission-consistent programs, and serving local and global communities. The college's educational philosophy draws from the works of Quimby, Emerson, Steiner, Dewey, Jung, and Maslow, emphasizing person-centered, holistic, experiential, reflective, and somatic learning. The curriculum aims to develop skills in self-transformation, professional practice, and ethical conduct, fostering a conscious dialogue between theory and experience.