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
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

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

• Christianity portal
• Japan portal

• List of Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities
• Seventh-day Adventist education

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. "Seventh-day Adventists - Christian Denomination | Religion Facts". Archived from the original on 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
6. "Department of Education, Seventh-day Adventist Church". Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. 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^{[broken anchor]}
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.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)

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