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Orientation: A Virtual Welcome for the Class of 2024

Oct 05, 2020

SUA’s Most Global Class Ever Enjoyed a Week of Engagement, Dialogue, and Friendship From their homes in 19 countries around the world, the 102 members of the Class of 2024 listened as President Edward

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Honoring Our Scholarship Recipients

Oct 02, 2020

The recipients of the Ikeda Scholarship and the John D. Montgomery scholarship gathered September 4 for a virtual award ceremony. President Ed Feasel, Dean of Students Hyon Moon, and Vice President of

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Apply to be a Junior Scholar

The application for the Pacific Basin Research Center’s Junior Scholars Program will open soon.

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Student Photo Contest 2020

The Pacific Basin Research Center is accepting submissions for its annual Student Photo Contest, open to all SUA undergraduate students.

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Soka Continues to Rank High Among National Liberal Arts Colleges

Sep 14, 2020

U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges 2021,” published today, ranks Soka University of America in a tie for 28th among national liberal arts colleges, fourth among liberal arts colleges in

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Soka Launches New Life Sciences Concentration

Sep 01, 2020

Soka University of America is officially opening its Life Sciences concentration this fall, offering a unique, research-based science program for undergraduate liberal arts students. Life Sciences at

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Daisaku Ikeda Welcomes New Students to the Soka Community

Aug 12, 2020

I would like to express my heartfelt felicitations to the proud and poised members of the Undergraduate Class of 2024 and Master of Arts in Educational Leadership and Societal Change Program of Soka

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Office of Admission: Connecting Creatively to Adapt to New Reality

Aug 12, 2020

As the number of Covid-19 cases continue to rise in the US and around the globe, institutions of higher education have had to drastically change how they conduct classes, recruit new students, and

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A Message to the Community From President Edward M. Feasel

Jul 31, 2020

Dear Soka Community, May 3, 2021, will mark the 20th Annivers​ary of the Soka University of America, Aliso Viejo campus. This August, we will be launching our year-long 20th anniversary project under

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Edward M. Feasel Named President of Soka University of America

Jul 17, 2020

Edward M. Feasel has been appointed the second president of Soka University of America, the SUA Board of Trustees announced. Feasel, who most recently served as executive vice president and chief