The recipients of Soka University of America’s top academic honors—the Ikeda Scholarship, the John D. Montgomery Scholarship, the Soka Merit Award, and the Academic Excellence Award—met with President
On a crisp autumn day in 1950, Josei Toda revealed his vision for a university rooted in the principles of value-creating education to his 22-year-old protégé, Daisaku Ikeda. Thirty-seven years after
“Four years from now, what kind of person do you want to be?” asked Soka Student Union president Julia Miyagawa Braga ’25, addressing the newly arrived Class of 2028. On August 6, over 120 first-year
This summer, SUA welcomed more than 2,000 visitors from the Southern California community to its annual Summer at Soka series. From June to August, the campus hosted a Shakespeare production and
SUA students will soon have the opportunity to experience hands-on learning in one of the most biodiverse places on the planet: the Amazon rainforest. In July, SUA President Ed Feasel signed a
Soka University of America has named Dr. Mirian Vilela recipient of the 2024 Soka Global Citizen Award for her work championing sustainable development and education for global citizenship. Vilela
“We cannot dismiss the potential of young people,” said Ramon Paras ’08 to a room of fellow SUA alumni and educators, many of whom nodded in agreement. A middle and high school teacher at Soka
Nuclear war is closer than ever, but we have the power to prevent it, Dr. Ira Helfand warned a group of students at Soka University of America’s Nuclear Politics 2024 summer program. This stark, but
More than 1,000 visitors are welcomed onto campus during commencement weekend each year, greeted by a pristine campus, delicious meals, tour guides at the ready, and a myriad of Soka faculty and staff
As a gray canopy of clouds blanketing Aliso Viejo parted to reveal a brilliant, sun-lit afternoon, the skies seemed to join in the celebration of this year’s Soka University of America graduates. More
