Soka University of America is a distinctive liberal arts institution in Aliso Viejo, California, built around a single animating mission: to foster a steady stream of global citizens committed to living a contributive life. With classes capped at 16 students, a fully need-blind admissions policy, and a student body drawn from more than 40 countries, SUA pairs intimate, high-engagement learning with a deep institutional commitment to the humanity of every student. All students complete two years of foreign language study, year-long faculty-mentored capstone research projects, and experiential block courses that take them from California to Indonesia, Ghana, Rwanda, Japan, and beyond. Three initiatives define SUA’s Coalition work:

• A faculty-led review of the General Education curriculum seeks to deepen students’ opportunities for identity formation, agency, and purpose within SUA’s signature interdisciplinary structure of Core courses, Modes of Inquiry, and experiential Learning Clusters.
• The Center for Race, Ethnicity, and Human Rights (REHR) sponsors visiting scholars, faculty and student fellows, and campus-wide dialogue events exploring social justice and the interconnectedness of all people.
• Alongside it, the Ambassador Andrew J. Young Dialogue Lab for Peace, Meaning, and Reconciliation provides a dedicated space for investigating the philosophy and practice of dialogue across cultures, religions, and communities, housing oral histories, civic leader conversations, and community programming. And the new Global Language and Culture Center serves as a vibrant campus hub for language practice, cultural celebration, and the cross-cultural encounter that SUA places at the heart of developing what its founder called “imaginative empathy” — the capacity to extend genuine compassion beyond one’s immediate world.