Community Lectures Fall 2026

New Earth Institute

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Please select the lecture option with the fee if you want the CEs.

Southwestern College & New Earth Institute is approved by the New Mexico Counseling and Therapy Practice Board (#CEU2025065) and the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC ACEP No. 7520) as a Continuing Education Provider. If you are not licensed as a mental health professional in New Mexico, please check with your state’s licensing board to see if they will accept approved CEs from these two accrediting bodies.

CE POLICY

CEs will only be issued for 100% attendance of scheduled sessions with Zoom camera’s on to verify student presence. No CEs will be awarded for partial attendance, or if the student’s camera is not turned on.

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We ask that all students participating in NEI offerings follow the guidelines for Student Conduct and demonstrate the qualities outlined in the Dispositional Rubric located in the current College Catalog. Failure to adhere to dispositional and conduct guidelines may result in a student being removed from the learning environment at the discretion of the instructor or facilitator. Students who are removed or asked to leave an NEI offering will not receive credit or tuition reimbursement.

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Acceptable Conduct statement*

We ask that all students participating in NEI offerings follow the guidelines for Student Conduct and demonstrate the qualities outlined in the Dispositional Rubric located in the current College Catalog. Failure to adhere to dispositional and conduct guidelines may result in a student being removed from the learning environment at the discretion of the instructor or facilitator. Students who are removed or asked to leave an NEI offering will not receive credit or tuition reimbursement.

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Lecture 2

(CE OPTION) HISTORY AND LEGACY OF COUNSELOR EDUCATION AT SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE: A CONVERSATION WITH KATHERINE NINOS ($20.00)
Open to the Public or $20 for 2 CEs (Choose this section to receive CEs)

Synchronous ZOOM

Wednesday, November 11, 6-8pm; via Zoom

Southwestern College applied for initial “incorporation” as an educational institution 50 years ago, in 1976. Since its doors opened to receive its first cohort of students three years later, Southwestern has served as a center for consciousness, transformation, and healing in New Mexico. As part of our 50th Anniversary celebration, the New Earth Institute invites you to join New Institute Director, Kate Latimer, MA, LPCC, for a conversation with Katherine Ninos, who has been with the college since its inception. Kate and Katherine will discuss the history of the college, including the first transmission of the mission and vision as a light action, and the evolution of Southwestern’s unique “Consciousness-based” curriculum. Katherine will also share how
pioneers in the field of energy work, consciousness, anthroposophy, theosophy, metaphysical teachings, and the new thought movement contributed to the creation of Southwestern College, and the development of its unique counseling and art therapy degrees.

Katherine Ninos, MA, LPCC, is the Executive Vice President and Director of MA in Consciousness in Action. She is an experienced clinician, ceremonialist, and consciousness teacher.

Kate Latimer, MA, LPCC, is the Director of the New Earth Institute and faculty in the Consciousness in Action MA Program at Southwestern College.
(NO CE OPTION ) HISTORY AND LEGACY OF COUNSELOR EDUCATION AT SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE: A CONVERSATION WITH KATHERINE NINOS ($0.00)
Open to the Public (NO CEs OPTION)

Synchronous ZOOM

Wednesday, November 11, 6-8pm; via Zoom

Southwestern College applied for initial “incorporation” as an educational institution 50 years ago, in 1976. Since its doors opened to receive its first cohort of students three years later, Southwestern has served as a center for consciousness, transformation, and healing in New Mexico. As part of our 50th Anniversary celebration, the New Earth Institute invites you to join New Institute Director, Kate Latimer, MA, LPCC, for a conversation with Katherine Ninos, who has been with the college since its inception. Kate and Katherine will discuss the history of the college, including the first transmission of the mission and vision as a light action, and the evolution of Southwestern’s unique “Consciousness-based” curriculum. Katherine will also share how
pioneers in the field of energy work, consciousness, anthroposophy, theosophy, metaphysical teachings, and the new thought movement contributed to the creation of Southwestern College, and the development of its unique counseling and art therapy degrees.

Katherine Ninos, MA, LPCC, is the Executive Vice President and Director of MA in Consciousness in Action. She is an experienced clinician, ceremonialist, and consciousness teacher.

Kate Latimer, MA, LPCC, is the Director of the New Earth Institute and faculty in the Consciousness in Action MA Program at Southwestern College.

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Workshops @ SWC CAMPUS If Not By Zoom
Address
3960 San Felipe Rd, Santa Fe, NM, 87507 US
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