Wendy Harder smiles as she stands in front of Peace Lake

Employee No. 7 Is Retiring: Wendy Harder Served SUA With Unfailing Optimism and Positivity

Feb 25, 2022

Wendy Harder was working for Mission Viejo Company, which built planned communities including Aliso Viejo, when one of her colleagues heard about a university that was facing long delays getting

Central values of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø, Wisdom, Courage, and Compassion displayed on a wall in front of clouds and silhouetted mountains in the background

A Message on Ukraine From President Feasel

Feb 25, 2022

Dear ºÚÁÏÉçÇøCommunity, Over the last two days, the Russian military buildup on the border escalated to a full-scale invasion of its neighbor, Ukraine. Just as many of you have expressed, I am also

Twelve students and their professor pose together in front of green rolling hills.

Learning Cluster Students Find Meaning in the Wilderness of Orange County

Feb 24, 2022

Twelve ºÚÁÏÉçÇøstudents and their professor recently scaled a 4,513-foot mountain and faced a vast expanse of green and silence stretching for miles below. This elevated experience in nature was neither

Bonnie Boswell and The Power Broker promotional poster

Civil Rights Leader Whitney Young’s Fight for the Soul of America

Feb 09, 2022

In 2013, to mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, Michelle Obama held a White House screening of The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil Rights. She described the documentary

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James O’Neil Spady Co-Authors Essay About Fight Against Gang Injunctions and Other Faculty News

Dec 10, 2021

ºÚÁÏÉçÇø of America faculty advance knowledge in their fields through their research and scholarship outside the classroom. Here is a sampling of recent faculty publications and notable

Lauren Ng

Lauren Ng ’19 Is Following a Sustainable Career Path

Dec 09, 2021

A project with SUA faculty during her sophomore year had the unexpected benefit of setting Lauren Ng ’19 on her career path. Before that opportunity, Ng, who is the sustainability coordinator at

Dignitaries in front of the Marie Curie statue at Curie Hall

Curie Hall Dedication Marks a Major Milestone in Soka's Growth

Dec 07, 2021

Erica Koyama ’23 was in awe when she first set foot inside Marie and Pierre Curie Hall on the first day of class. However, studying there this semester has taught her that the new Life Sciences

ºÚÁÏÉçÇøstudents holding plate and wine glass during networking practice

B2B Etiquette Event: Making Connections with Confidence

Dec 07, 2021

Impressing a potential employer while trying to remember which fork is used for the salad can be nerve-racking. Bridges to Business helped prepare SUA students for those moments through its networking

Looking over Peace Lake to Founders and Curie halls

ºÚÁÏÉçÇøGlobal Citizen Award Nominations Are Open

Nov 17, 2021

ºÚÁÏÉçÇø is opening nominations for its second ºÚÁÏÉçÇøGlobal Citizen Award. The award, inaugurated last May in honor of the 20th anniversary of SUA’s Aliso Viejo campus, is presented to an

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Challenging New Students to Consider Humanity's Enduring Questions

Nov 09, 2021

It is one of SUA’s signature experiences, a rigorous introduction to university-level intellectual work during which first-year students delve into the works of some of humanity’s most profound