Saniku Gakuin College

Saniku Gakuin College
三育学院大学
Motto To Make People Whole Through Christ's Love[1]
Type Private
Established Founded 1898
Chartered 2008
President Katsumi Higashide
Academic staff
 40 (May 2012)[2]
Administrative staff
 22 (May 2012)[2]
Students 210 (May 2012)[3]
Location Ōtaki, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Campus Suburb
Website www.saniku.ac.jp
Main buildings and the baptismal pool at Otaki campus
Tokyo Adventist Hospital next to Tokyo Campus

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]


History

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

The university has no graduate schools as of April 2012.

Undergraduate schools

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

Affiliated schools

See also


References

  1. ↑ モットー [Motto] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-11-21.
  2. 1 2 including junior college and seminary. 役員及び教職員に関する情報 [Informations 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. ↑ http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/denominations/seventh_day_adventist.htm
  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. 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.
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