Founders Hall at night

President's Message: WSCUC Accreditation Reaffirmed for 10 Years

Mar 05, 2021

Dear SUA Community, I am pleased to announce that the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) acted to reaffirm the accreditation of Soka University of America for a period of 10 years

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Soka Performing Arts Center Announces A Three-Concert Livestream Series With Blues Great Taj Mahal

Feb 25, 2021

(Aliso Viejo, CA, February 25, 2021) – Soka Performing Arts Center is pleased to partner once again with the legendary Taj Mahal for a series of livestream performances from UC Theatre in Berkeley

Hortense Spillers and Andrew Young via Zoom

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

Founders Hall at dusk

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

Founders Hall and Peace Lake calm and blue

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