Second-year SUA student Mark Okuda was one of 16 leaders from US colleges and universities named a 2022 Frederick Douglass Global Fellow. Co-sponsored by the government of Ireland and the Council on
Soka University is open to the public again. Beginning April 4, visitors from the community could again enjoy Soka’s 103-acre campus perched above Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. The one-mile
To anyone feeling hopeless about the many crises facing humanity, brand futurist and author Simon Mainwaring believes that taking intentional, collective action is the antidote. In “Rewiring
As a young woman growing up in Nepal, Aakriti Adhikari ‘22 had a vague idea of her own biology. With no one around her willing to explain what the word “menstruation” meant, she was in for a
A montage of 19 photographs of Black faculty and staff accompanied by the caption, “We Are Here,” opened SUA’s second annual Black History Month panel discussion on February 25. The program continued
In her 1987 essay, “Mama’s Baby, Papa’s Maybe: An American Grammar Book,” Hortense J. Spillers, distinguished visiting professor of literature at SUA, dismantled prevailing ideas about gender and
Soka University of America has named former US Ambassador Andrew Young recipient of the 2022 Soka Global Citizen Award in recognition of his numerous achievements as a transformational leader in the
Soka University of America announced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi as keynote speaker of the 2022 commencement ceremony. The ceremony, which will be SUA’s first in-person commencement since
The City of Aliso Viejo has recognized Soka University of America as a “Trusted Partner” supporting the city, which was founded in July 2001, months before SUA’s first undergraduate students moved
SUA athletic teams have been demonstrating their resilience since campus reopened after being closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. As students returned to campus this fall, Lion athletes resumed
