Important Announcement
The Won Institute is CLOSED to visitors until further notice.Clinic patients, students, faculty, and staff must check-in at the reception desk on the first floor. For more updates on our COVID-19 news click here.
Behind The Scenes
Footage from Won Institute of Graduate Studies’s exclusive documentary film, “Behind The Scenes with Lawrence Fishburne”. This segment features students and faculty working together in one of the nation’s most respected acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine graduate programs. It also provides viewers with a sense of acupuncture’s role in complementing traditional western biomedical approaches to patient care, specifically highlighting pain management and recovery.
Our Statement of Support for the AAPI Community
With the tragic Georgia shooting of Asian American women, other recent reports of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans being attacked in public, and the general increase in hate crimes over the last four years, I want to clearly state that Won Institute strongly denounces all forms of racism and discrimination. We mourn for and stand with the victims of these crimes. Such incidents are not new in the United States, but this alarming rise is troubling. That is why we must recognize such hateful acts and condemn them – strongly.
The Won Experience
UPCOMING EVENTS
Daily Virtual Chanting
Tai Chi Meditation
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1993
Third head dharma master Daesan talks to senior disciples regarding starting an educational institute in the United States.
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1999
The development team of The WON Institute submits its first application to the Pennsylvania Department for Education for Won Buddhist Studies.
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2001
The Won Institute of Graduate Studies received final approval from the township zoning hearing board for Glenside location and location was purchased.
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2002
The Won Institute of Graduate Studies opens its doors.
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2004
First graduating class of four students – one Applied Meditation and three Won Buddhist Studies.
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2005
First Acupuncture Class Starts!
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2008
Middle States Commission on Higher Education grants regional accreditation after successful candidacy term.
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2009
The Accrediting Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine grants program accreditation to the Acupuncture Studies program after a successful candidacy.
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2011
The certificate program in Chinese Herbal Medicine began.
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2013
Middle States accreditation was renewed until 2023.
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2014
ACAOM accreditation was renewed until 2021.
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2015
Centennial of Master Daesan’s birth. His vision founded the Institute
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2016
The Institute offers a new Certificate in Buddhist Pastoral Care.
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2016
Centennial Celebration of Won Buddhism
