This was first posted on the Sophia University website. The Sophia School Corporation Board of Trustees convened on September 30, 2024, and resolved to appoint Professor Miki Sugimura, from the Faculty of Human Sciences, as the next President of Sophia University. Her term of office will be from April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2029.…

AJCU-AP CEOs at the opening session. The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities in Asia Pacific (AJCU-AP) convened from 25 – 27 August 2024 in China for the AJCU-AP Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) Meeting 2024. Representing 15 member institutions from 8 countries, 28 meeting participants composed of CEOs, senior leaders, and international networking officers (INOs)…

Building Bridges Across Asia Pacific brings together students from across the Asia Pacific region for small group dialogues, reflections, and discernment around their shared social concerns. Student representatives from these groups will dialogue with Pope Francis via Zoom on June 20, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. (Rome). The livestream of the encounter hosted on YouTube will…

On December 1, 2023, the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities in Asia Pacific (AJCU-AP), a consortium of Jesuit institutions of higher education in Asia including Sophia University, held its annual meeting of the International Networking Officers (INOs) at Sophia University. The meeting is a gathering of faculty and staff of each institution who are…

The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities in Asia Pacific (AJCU-AP) convened from 27 – 30 August 2023 at the Mirador Jesuit Villa and Retreat House, Baguio City, Philippines, for the AJCU-AP Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) Meeting 2023

Ateneo de Manila University, through the leadership of University President Fr. Roberto Yap, S.J., current President of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities-Asia Pacific (AJCU-AP), welcomed 16 delegates from 10 member institutions across 7 countries in the region for the International Networking Officers (INO) annual meeting from November 30 to December 2, 2022. Three…

The AJCU-AP held a Short Video Competition for Students of AJCU-AP member institutions from February to June 2022 with the theme, “Covid-19 pandemic as a cannonball moment.” Each member institution was invited to send up to three short videos with a duration of a maximum of 5 minutes per video. The competition enabled the students…

The Communication Advising Committee contributes to making IAJU communications more effective, global and rooted in the universal mission of this network and its priorities. The tasks of the CAC are: Offer advice to the IAJU communications team at a strategic and operational level. Facilitate for IAJU a more fluid communication and connection with the higher…