Saniku Gakuin College
{{Short description|Private university in Japan}}
{{Infobox university
| name = Saniku Gakuin College
| native_name = {{Lang|ja|三育学院大学}}
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| motto = To Make People Whole Through Christ's Love{{cite web|url=http://saniku.ac.jp/about/about_01.html|script-title=ja:モットー|language=Japanese|trans-title=Motto|accessdate=2012-11-21}}
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| established = Founded 1898
Chartered 2008
| type = Private
| president = Katsumi Higashide
| academic_staff = 40 (May 2012)including junior college and seminary. {{cite web|url=http://saniku.ac.jp/pdf/1-5_yakuin.pdf|script-title=ja:役員及び教職員に関する情報|language=Japanese|trans-title=Information about board members and staff|date=2012-05-01|accessdate=2012-11-21}}
| administrative_staff = 22 (May 2012)
| students = 210 (May 2012)excluding junior college and seminary. {{cite web|url=http://saniku.ac.jp/pdf/2-2-3_gakusei.pdf|script-title=ja:学生に関する情報|language=Japanese|trans-title=Information about students|date=2012-05-01|accessdate=2012-11-21}}
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| city = Ōtaki
| state = Chiba Prefecture
| country = Japan
| campus = Suburb
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| website = {{URL|http://www.saniku.ac.jp}}
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{{Seventh-day Adventism}}
{{nihongo|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 Church (SDA) institutions of higher education, the world's second largest Christian school system.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."{{cite web |url=http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/denominations/seventh_day_adventist.htm |title=Seventh-day Adventists - Christian Denomination | Religion Facts |accessdate=2016-03-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323223151/http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/denominations/seventh_day_adventist.htm |archivedate=2015-03-23 }}{{cite web
|title=Department of Education, Seventh-day Adventist Church
|url=http://education.gc.adventist.org/about.html
|accessdate=2010-06-18
|archive-date=2017-10-17
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017005947/http://education.gc.adventist.org/about.html
|url-status=dead
| url =http://news.adventist.org/2003/04/worl-church-a-closer-look-at-higher-eucatio.html
| title =World Church: A Closer Look at Higher Education
| first1 =Wendi
| last1 =Rogers
| first2 =Mark A.
| last2 =Kellner
| date =April 1, 2003
| publisher =Adventist News Network
| accessdate =2010-06-19
}}
History
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The history of the college began in 1898 when William C. Grainger, an SDA missionary, founded {{nihongo|Shiba Bible School|芝和英聖書学校|Shiba waei seisho gakkō}}{{cite web|url=http://www.adventistarchives.org/docs/TMM/TMM18990901-V11-09__B.pdf|title=OUR WORK IN JAPAN|author=W. C. GRAINGER|work=The Missionary Magazine. Vol.XI.|publisher=Foreign Mission Board of Seventh Day Adventists|date=September 1899|accessdate=2012-11-21}} in Azabu, Tokyo.Azabu, Tokyo according to {{Cite web|url=http://www.saniku.ac.jp/about/about_03.html|script-title=ja:三育学院大学の概要 > 沿革|trans-title=Overview of Saniku Gakuin College > History|language=Japanese|accessdate=2013-11-04}}
Shiba, Minato, Tokyo according to {{Cite web|url=http://sda-amanuma.jimdo.com/%E6%95%99%E4%BC%9A%E6%A1%88%E5%86%85/%E6%AD%B4%E5%8F%B2/|script-title=ja:天沼教会の歴史|trans-title=History of Amanuma Church|language=Japanese|accessdate=2013-11-04}} 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 ({{Lang|ja|三育}}), combination of {{Lang|ja|三}} ({{Lang|ja-latn|san}}, 'three') and {{Lang|ja|育}} ({{Lang|ja-latn|iku}}, 'to nourish, to bring up'), means 'to make people whole' in physical ({{Lang|la|corpus}}), intellectual ({{Lang|la|mens}}) and spiritual ({{Lang|la|spiritus}}) attributes.{{cite web|url=http://saniku.ac.jp/about/about_03.html|script-title=ja:沿革|trans-title=History of the College|language=Japanese|accessdate=2012-11-21}}. See also Seventh-day Adventist education#Asia{{Broken anchor|date=2024-07-21|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Seventh-day Adventist education#Asia|reason= The anchor (Asia) has been deleted.}}
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.{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Dijitaru daijisen | title = San'iku Gakuin Daigaku | url = http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | accessdate = 2012-04-02 | year = 2012 | publisher = Shogakukan | location = Tokyo | language = ja | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | archivedate = 2007-08-25 }}
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,{{cite web|url=http://saniku.ac.jp/campus/campus_01.html|script-title=ja:キャンパス紹介＞東京校舎|language=Japanese|trans-title=Introduction to Tokyo Campus|accessdate=2012-11-21}} 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
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References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{Official website|http://www.saniku.ac.jp}} {{in lang|ja}}
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Category:Private universities and colleges in Japan