Soka University, Soka Women's College hold entrance ceremonies
2008.04.02
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April 2, 2008: Soka University held the 38th Entrance Ceremony and two-year Soka Women's College's 24th Entrance Ceremony were held at the Ikeda Auditorium. Some 4,000 students, members of the faculty and administration, and guests attended the combined ceremony, including 1,829 newly enrolled undergraduates of the university and 107 international students from 24 countries and regions. President Katsuhiko Fukushima of Soka Women's College delivered the opening address, while Soka University President Hideo Yamamoto urged students to exert themselves in scholarship and develop into individuals worthy of service to world peace in his address. |
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Also in attendance was Soka University founder Daisaku Ikeda, who was conferred an honorary professorship from Tula Lev Tolstory State Pedagogical University (TSPU) in Tula, Russia, on the occasion. TSPU Rector Dr. Nadezda A. Shaydenko presented the honorary degree, citing Mr. Ikeda's work pioneering new paths of education founded on humanism and for his longstanding promotion of Russo-Japanese friendship.
Tula Lev Tolstory State Pedagogical University was founded in 1938 and named after the Russian literary giant Leo Tolstoy on its 20th anniversary by parliamentary decree. TSPU, which the Russian Federal Education Agency ranks among the top ten teachers training universities in the nation, currently has an enrollment of some 6,000 students.
Among the other Russian dignitaries who were present was Tula Governor Vitacheslav Dudka, Museum-Estate of Leo Tolstoy Director Vladimir Tolstoy, who is the grandson of the famed Russian author; and Professor Mikhail Sokolov of the M.V. Lomonsov Moscow State University. Other guests included a contingent led by Liu Weizhong, President of Bauhinia Magazine in Hong Kong; former Askov Folk High School Principal Hans Henningsen and his wife Ulla Henningsen; and a delegation from China's Jiaying University headed by President Cheng Biao.
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