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- A Message from the President of Nanzan University
education and research at Nanzan University. Academic excellence is defined by a focus on personal growth and community service. The ultimate purpose of undergraduate studies is not just to get a good (and lucrative) job, but to foster a spirit of service that helps to create a better and more humane society. The creation of new knowledge in graduate schools and research institutes is not driven by the need for personal fame or profit, but rather pursued with a view to bringing real benefits for a global society. At Nanzan we take special pride in helping our students develop an international perspective. Contact with foreign-born or foreign-educated faculty members and students as well as opportunities for study abroad help all Nanzan students to develop internationally-oriented attitudes. Such openness to the international community is especially important for this region, with its economy so heavily dependent on foreign trade. Nanzan’s area studies centers, institutes and research centers also contribute to the efforts to internationalize the city of Nagoya and central Japan by providing seminars, symposia, lectures, and publications for scholars, business and civic leaders, as well as interested members of the public. The purpose of all Nanzan education, whether at the University, our high schools, or our primary school, is to provide educational quality with a difference, a broad, Christian, international, and academic education with the aim of increasing each person’s awareness of human dignity, not only the dignity of oneself as an individual, but the dignity of all people. The promotion of human dignity, by necessity, produces a sense of social responsibility and a commitment to the needs of others. This is, after all, the basis of Christ’s law of charity, the source of Nanzan’s motto: “Hominis Dignitati—for the dignity of all human beings.”
Robert Kisala, SVD President of Nanzan University
FATHER ROBERT KISALA, the eighth President of Nanzan University, discusses a number of key issues relevant not only to the University but to Nanzan education as a whole.
Founded in 1946 as a college of foreign languages, Nanzan University has grown into one of the most prestigious universities in the Tokai region. The addition through the years of new faculties, departments and research centers has not changed the basic purpose and thrust of Nanzan education—to provide an education rooted in Christian values across all fields of knowledge. The gist of Nanzan University’s education is expressed in the motto common to all Nanzan educational institutions: “Hominis Dignitati— for the dignity of all human beings.” All undergraduate and graduate programs have required courses on religion, Christianity, or ethics, promoting the objectives and character of Nanzan as a Catholic university. These specific courses on religious and moral values: the spirit of “Hominis Dignitati,” shared by faculty members and students, serves as the common ground for
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