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Alumni Profile: Shota Yoda (CMU '11)

Tuesday, August 16, 2011 @ 9:30 AM

Japan-native Shota Yoda came to CMU in early 2008 with a desire to study peacebuilding from a biblical perspective; after graduating from CMU in 2011, he begins graduate studies with an ignited passion and a clear sense of direction and purpose.

"My studies at CMU enabled me to look at pursuing peace and justice as compatible with God’s vision of the gospel of his kingdom," says Yoda, who graduated in April with a four-year Bachelor’s degree, majoring in Peace and Conflict Transformation Studies (PACTS), after first becoming interested through a peace and conflict-related course that he took at Langara College, Vancouver.

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