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Soka Performing Arts Center Postpones Remainder of 2019-2020 Season

Mar 19, 2020

(Aliso Viejo, CA, March 19, 2020) – Soka Performing Arts Center is closely monitoring the rapidly evolving events surrounding the recent outbreak of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19). In accordance with

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March 18: Campus Closure, Coronavirus Update

Mar 18, 2020

Dear Soka Community, Following the Orange County Health Officer order, we are required to minimize the number of people on campus as much as possible while maintaining the essential functions of the

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March 13, 2020: Coronavirus Update

Mar 13, 2020

Read the latest updates Dear SUA Students, Faculty, and Staff, This is an update on what SUA is doing to prevent and/or limit the spread of COVID-19 on our campus and within our campus community. Even

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Soka University of America Coronavirus Update and Precautions

Mar 12, 2020

The County of Orange, where Soka is located, declared a local health emergency on Feb. 26. No cases have been diagnosed at Soka. There have been 17 confirmed case of the virus – also known as Covid-19

O. Bradley Bassler lecturing on Hitchcock's Vertigo

What Makes a Movie? A Vertiginous Trip through Hitchcock and Hollywood

Mar 11, 2020

Oleg Gelikman, professor and director of the Humanities concentration, introduced visiting professor O. Bradley Bassler’s lecture on Hitchcock’s Vertigo with intrigue, referring to the classic as

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Stefan Milenkovich to Replace Elissa Lee Koljonen in Performance with Pacific Symphony Chamber Orchestra

Mar 05, 2020

(Aliso Viejo, CA, March 5, 2020) – Due to personal reasons, Elissa Lee Koljonen has withdrawn from the Sunday, April 5, 2020 concert with Pacific Symphony Chamber Orchestra. Replacing Koljonen will be

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Toni Morrison's Beloved and the Language of American Fiction

Mar 02, 2020

The internationally reputed American literary scholar Jonathan Arac gave Soka students and professors an insightful look into the tragic world of Toni Morrison’s classic novel Beloved. Arac explored

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UCI Collaboration Empowers B2B

Feb 27, 2020

Students of the Soka B2B program found out if there was “A Market for Their Product” at the fifth workshop hosted by the UCI Paul Merage School of Business. The workshop was held at the Beall Center

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Karamo Brown in Critical Conversations @Soka

Feb 21, 2020

Karamo Brown, three-time Emmy winner and culture expert on the Netflix reboot of Queer Eye, spoke at the Critical Conversations @Soka event on Feb. 19. The Critical Conversations series aims to ignite

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Teaching Tomorrow’s Scientists: Soka Hosting Life Science Conference

Feb 12, 2020

Update: The Teaching Tomorrow’s Scientists event is now a virtual event. Register at the ASCB website. Soka University is hosting the 2020 American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Regional Meeting