News from Soka University, Japan:
On Saturday, October 8, 2011, the 41st Soka University and 27th Soka Women’s College graduation ceremony was held at the Ikeda Auditorium. Student representatives and their guardians, faculty members, administration staff, and donors attended the event. The ceremony was originally scheduled to be held in March this year, but was delayed due to the giant earthquake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011.
In conjunction with the graduation ceremony, Soka University presented an honorary doctorate to Tu Weiming, Research Professor and Senior Fellow of Harvard University’s Asia Center and Lifetime Professor of Philosophy and founding Dean of the Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies at Peking University. Professor Tu then delivered a commemorative lecture on Confucianism and the significance of what it means to be human.
Source: http://www.soka.ac.jp/en/newstopics/2011_1008.html日本创价大学报道：
2011年10月8日星期六，日本创价大学和创价女子学院在池田礼堂举行毕业典礼。学生代表、他们的家人、教师、管理人员以及捐助者参加了此次盛会。仪式原定在今年三月举行，但因2011年3月11日于日本东北部发生的巨大的地震和海啸袭击而改期。
在举行毕业典礼的同时，创价大学隆重授予杜维明教授名誉博士学位。杜维明先生是哈佛大学亚洲研究中心的终身哲学教授，并任北京大学的高级人文研究学院的创始院长。杜教授在毕业典礼上发表了纪念演讲， 探讨儒学以及身为人类意义何在。
