Volume 6, Issue 6 | March 2026
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President Feasel on the Enduring Mission of Soka University of America
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As the 30th anniversary of founder Daisaku Ikeda's landmark lecture on global citizenship at Teachers College, Columbia University, approaches, President Edward M. Feasel reflects on what SUA's mission of cultivating wisdom, courage, and compassion looks like 25 years after the founding of its Aliso Viejo campus.
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| How Issei Takino '07 Built a Robotics Unicorn
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Issei Takino '07 left a corporate job to co-found Mujin with no funding and no customers. Today, it's a robotics unicorn — and he credits SUA with teaching him how to think.
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A Semester of Discovery: Students Reflect on What They’re Learning at SUA
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From refugee studies and behavioral neuroscience to ceramics and “The Tale of Genji,” step inside the spring semester through the eyes of five SUA students.
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"Those who have awakened to their mission in life are truly formidable. The great champion of human rights, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. declared: 'I have a dream.' To follow these immortal words, I wish to call out clearly, alongside the students of SUA: 'We have a mission!'"
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— Daisaku Ikeda, Message to the 6th Student Festival
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Rosa Parks and SUA: A History Worth Knowing
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In 1993, Rosa Parks met Daisaku Ikeda at SUA’s graduate school campus in Calabasas and later chose a photo of that meeting as one of the images that mattered most in her life and work. Today, SUA students are exploring what that legacy means for them, and for all of us.
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| Taylor Kushner Is Turning First-Time Players Into Lifelong Teammates
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In just its second season, Soka men’s volleyball is building momentum — and a powerful team culture led by Coach Taylor Kushner. Read how this young team is creating a culture that’s changing lives.
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Two Exhibitions Ask What We Owe the Natural World
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How do artists help us see our impact on the planet more clearly? Two new exhibitions at Founders Gallery — (Re)Formation and Divergence of Birds — explore climate change, responsibility, and what we stand to lose.
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A Morning With Bertha Lopez
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Meet Bertha Lopez, a member of the facilities team whose early mornings and quiet dedication have helped make SUA feel like home for more than 20 years.
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![Two men wearing suit jackets and dress shirts and a third man wearing a jacket with "Mujin" embroidered on it smile and pose for a photo together at the 2025 International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo.](https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20260319/7e/31/d9/36/6f8af379f531589dd41e0878.jpg "Two men wearing suit jackets and dress shirts and a third man wearing a jacket with "Mujin" embroidered on it smile and pose for a photo together at the 2025 International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo.")
