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Peace given pole position

28 May 2008

Bachelor of Science graduate Tomoko Hyakumura, Vice-President Advancement Ron Fairchild, Masako and Kazushi Hyakumura, Manager Monash University Venues Pamela Peters, and Bachelor of Science graduate Michiko Hyakumura with the peace pole.

Bachelor of Science graduate Tomoko Hyakumura, Vice-President Advancement Ron Fairchild, Masako and Kazushi Hyakumura, Manager Monash University Venues Pamela Peters, and Bachelor of Science graduate Michiko Hyakumura with the peace pole.

Monash has joined the worldwide message of peace and prayer via the Peace Pole project.

Monash was offered a peace pole as a sign of thanks and friendship by sisters and Monash science graduates, Tomoko and Michiko Hyakumura from Japan, who have made Monash and Melbourne their home.

The Peace Pole, which was presented to Vice-President Advancement Ron Fairchild, will be installed in an official ceremony at the Clayton campus.

"This is a wonderful and symbolic gift to the University that complements one of our key themes of peace and security," Mr Fairchild said.

The Peace Pole movement was started by Masahisa Goi in 1955.

The Peace Pole carries the message "May Peace Prevail on Earth", and has been translated into four different languages displayed on each of the pole's four faces, promoting the global message of world peace.

The Peace Pole had been dedicated by both political and religious leaders including Jimmy Carter, Pope John Paul II, Mother Teresa and the Dalai Lama.