Larry Harkcom, MLS

Larry has a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Shippensburg University and a master’s degree in library and information science from Clarion University (both in Pennsylvania). He has been the Director of Library Services at Quimby Memorial Library at Southwestern College for three years, during which time he’s been engaged with the projects of diversifying voices and ideas represented in the library’s collections and the fluid and anticipatory integration of library resources into students’ academic journeys at Southwestern College. Larry has served as adjunct instructor for Research Methods and Program Evaluation for students in the Southwestern College MA clinical programs (Counseling and Art Therapy/Counseling). He has been a member of the Online Learning Leadership Team at the College. His second report on original research into intellectual humility and its role in igniting action-based information literacy skill is currently in peer review. He has presented at multiple library conferences and consortiums on intellectual humility in information seeking and disinformation in online environments.

Larry provides assistance to all SWC students and How will your vision seed invite others to envision and enact?faculty in the use of APA and in information-seeking for curriculum development and academic papers.

"Southwestern College has been an amazing part of my journey. This education endeavor as an art therapist has been a series of miracles for me. I've seen such a shift in myself. It's been a beautiful experience."

Crystal Hoffman, Graduate

"I'm honored to be applying myself in a clinical environment and my experience at Southwestern enabled me to not only work as an art therapist but to facilitate mindfulness groups. A dream within a dream job I had not even fathomed."

Anna Mills, Graduate

"My experience at Southwestern has been truly transformational. From the lessons learned in Consciousness class to my light figure project and vision quest. The impact on me and on my soul has been absolutely profound."

Stephanie Albury. Graduate 2012

"I'm thankful for everyone at Southwestern College...The deeper sense of myself has been seen, heard, honored and found. I'm so grateful to be able to share it with other people."

Cynthia Alexis, Graduate

"I chose to go back to school for my 50th birthday. Little did I know I would be re-birthed... This is sacred work for me. May the work that we do be of service and benefit to all."

Eliza Buck, Graduate

"This is the place that empowered me to do things the way that I do them, the way I'm good at doing them. I've come to surmise that to be an art therapist; to me means being an artist at therapy so the therapy is the art. The creative engagement with another, with each other, that is the art. "

Renee Borsberry, from Art Therapy Capstone Presentation

"The New Earth Institute of Southwestern College offers an array of educational and transformational opportunities to the community. It has been a rich and rewarding experience, enabling the college to grow and expand our mission of transforming consciousness through education. True education engages and awakens all parts of one’s being, allowing for the integration of mind, body and spirit. It cultivates reverence for life and nurtures us in the journey of the soul.”

Katherine Ninos, Vice President

"It has been an extremely amazing journey; the past two years. There has been a lot of pain, a lot of joy and a lot of learning. I think the thing I've learned the most about this experience is trusting the process."

Denise Moore, Graduate

"I feel so much gratitude for being part of this caring, supporting, reflective, soulful community."

Linnea Knoespel, Graduate

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