Saniku Gakuin College

Saniku Gakuin College (三育学院大学, San'iku gakuin daigaku) is a co-educational, Christian, private university in Japan. The main campus is located in Ōtaki, Chiba, Japan. The college is a part of the world-wide network of Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) institutions of higher education, the world's second largest Christian school system.[4][5][6][7]

Saniku Gakuin College
三育学院大学
MottoTo Make People Whole Through Christ's Love[1]
TypePrivate
EstablishedFounded 1898
Chartered 2008
PresidentKatsumi Higashide
Academic staff
40 (May 2012)[2]
Administrative staff
22 (May 2012)[2]
Students210 (May 2012)[3]
Location
Ōtaki
,
Chiba Prefecture
,
Japan
CampusSuburb
Websitewww.saniku.ac.jp
Main buildings and the baptismal pool at Otaki campus
Part of a series on
Seventh-day
Adventist Church
History
Theology
Organization

Divisions

Periodicals
Service
Media ministries
People
Adventism

History
Cafeteria
Grainger Memorial Auditorium (left) & Teruhiko Okohira Memorial Hall (right)

The history of the college began in 1898 when William C. Grainger, an SDA missionary, founded Shiba Bible School (芝和英聖書学校, Shiba waei seisho gakkō)[8] in Azabu, Tokyo.[9] In 1914 the school was moved to Suginami and renamed Amanuma Gakuin. In 1926 the school was moved to Sodegaura, Chiba and renamed Nihon San’iku Gakuin. The name San’iku (三育), combination of 三 (san, "three") and 育 (iku, "to nourish, to bring up"), means "to make people whole" in physical (corpus), intellectual (mens) and spiritual (spiritus) attributes.[10]

In 1943, during World War II, the school was forcibly closed. The school was resumed in 1947 after the war. In 1971 the school foundation established Saniku Gakuin Junior College with one department (Department of English Language). In 1978 the college was moved to the present Otaki Campus. In 1987 the college added the Department of Nursing, which became a four-year college in 2008.[11]

Organization

As of April 2012, the university has no graduate schools.

Undergraduate schools
  • Faculty of Nursing

The students study at Otaki Campus during their first 2.5 years, then move to the Tokyo Campus next to the Tokyo Adventist Hospital in Suginami. After a one-year clinical study in Tokyo,[12] they move to Otaki Campus again.

Affiliated schools
  • Saniku Gakuin Junior College
    • Department of English Communications
  • Saniku Gakuin College (technical college)
    • Department of Theology
    • Department of Christian Education

See also

References
  1. モットー [Motto] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-11-21.
  2. including junior college and seminary. 役員及び教職員に関する情報 [Information about board members and staff] (PDF) (in Japanese). 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2012-11-21.
  3. excluding junior college and seminary. 学生に関する情報 [Information about students] (PDF) (in Japanese). 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2012-11-21.
  4. http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/1115/For-real-education-reform-take-a-cue-from-the-Adventists"the second largest Christian school system in the world has been steadily outperforming the national average – across all demographics."
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2016-03-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Department of Education, Seventh-day Adventist Church". Retrieved 2010-06-18.
  7. Rogers, Wendi; Kellner, Mark A. (April 1, 2003). "World Church: A Closer Look at Higher Education". Adventist News Network. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
  8. W. C. GRAINGER (September 1899). "OUR WORK IN JAPAN" (PDF). The Missionary Magazine. Vol.XI. Foreign Mission Board of Seventh Day Adventists. Retrieved 2012-11-21.
  9. Azabu, Tokyo according to 三育学院大学の概要 > 沿革 [Overview of Saniku Gakuin College > History] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-11-04.
    Shiba, Minato, Tokyo according to 天沼教会の歴史 [History of Amanuma Church] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  10. 沿革 [History of the College] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-11-21.. See also Seventh-day Adventist education#Asia
  11. "San'iku Gakuin Daigaku". Dijitaru daijisen (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
  12. キャンパス紹介＞東京校舎 [Introduction to Tokyo Campus] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-11-21.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.