News and updates from Soka University of America
Volume 6, Issue 2 | October 2025
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How a Week in the Amazon Changed 13 Students' View of Nature
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Amid the lush biodiversity of the Amazon, SUA students learned alongside local communities, discovering lessons about leadership, coexistence, and the shared future of our planet.
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| Honoring Scholarship and Service: SUA Students Receive Prestigious 2025 Academic Awards
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This year's academic awards celebrate students whose learning and leadership embody Soka's values of wisdom, courage, and compassion.
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Meet Foroogh Farhang, Assistant Professor of Middle East and North African Studies
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She started in marine engineering and ended up studying refugee communities across the Middle East. Meet SUA’s newest assistant professor of Middle East and North African Studies and discover what drives her work.
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"A central stage of our lives is the local community. Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, the father of Soka education, realized that the local community was in fact a microcosm of the world itself. He thus urged people, while rooted to the sites of their daily lives, to broaden their awareness that they are equally citizens of a nation and the world."
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— Daisaku Ikeda, Message to the 8th Annual International Festival
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| Celebrating Connection and Campus Spirit at Welcome Back Community Event
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In-N-Out burgers sizzling, laughter echoing across the Green, and friendly class rivalries unfolding over lawn games: SUA celebrated the start of the new academic year in style.
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| Erica Baldaray Recognized as NAIA Female Trailblazer of the Year
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From mentoring student-athletes to shaping national policy, SUA’s Erica Baldaray is blazing a trail for women in sports — and earning national recognition for it.
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| SUA Faculty Textbook Reaches New Audiences with Korean Translation
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The Pacific Basin: An Introduction has reached new audiences with its Korean translation, expanding Soka’s vision of global, interconnected learning.
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