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Andrew Young and Hortense Spillers Speak to Universities’ Role in Building on MLK’s Legacy

Feb 18, 2021

About three hundred friends and members of the Soka community came together virtually on January 22 for “Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.—A Conversation,” the first event co-sponsored by SUA’s newly

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Soka’s Center for Race, Ethnicity, and Human Rights Begins Fulfilling Its Mission

Feb 18, 2021

Announced last summer, Soka University’s Center for Race, Ethnicity, and Human Rights has begun fulfilling its mission to “provide space and resources for students and faculty of Soka University of

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Soka Performing Arts Center Presents Virtual Programming Series

Feb 18, 2021

(Aliso Viejo, CA, February 18, 2021) – Soka Performing Arts Center is pleased to announce the Signature Encore Series, Jazz Interview Series, Manager’s Choice Series and Expanding Horizons Series

Impactathon Zoom session

B2B Impactathon: Incubating Ideas to Change the World

Feb 09, 2021

Join UC Irvine’s New Venture Competition Through participation in the Bridges to Business program, Soka students and alumni now have access to the UC Irvine New Venture Competition at UCI’s Beall

Karen Moran Jackson

Prof. Karen Moran Jackson Awarded AERA Fellowship to Study Deeper Learning

Feb 08, 2021

Karen Moran Jackson, assistant professor of educational psychology and assessment, has received a fellowship from the American Educational Research Association to advance her research on deeper

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From Disneyland to Data Analysis: 2021’s Learning Clusters

Feb 08, 2021

Would you like to take close-up pictures of distant galaxies? Do you wonder how US colleges plan to reopen after the pandemic? Ever contemplate Bigfoot’s relationship to the Kraken? Can you imagine a

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Soka Announces Search for Black Studies Professor

Jan 15, 2021

Soka University of America has announced a search to appoint a professor in Black Studies. The senior-level position will help in the effort to create a new program in Race and Ethnic Studies. “The

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President's Message: Return to Campus Delayed

Jan 07, 2021

Dear Soka Community, First of all, Happy New Year. I know that we continue to live in unprecedented times with the pandemic and most recently the unrest and tragic events in our nation’s capital

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Soka University of America Marks 20th Anniversary Year in Aliso Viejo

Jan 05, 2021

In honor of the 20th anniversary of its Aliso Viejo campus, Soka University of America will be celebrating throughout 2021 with the theme of “Soka Global Citizens: Embodying Wisdom, Courage and

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President's Message Regarding the Spring 2021 Semester

Dec 14, 2020

Dear SUA Community, This has been an extremely difficult year especially since we moved to deliver education remotely in March. I know that some of us have lost loved ones and friends or are