California Lutheran University dedicated a peace pole last Friday outside Samuelson Chapel on Campus Drive.

The monument is inscribed with “May Peace Prevail on Earth” in Arabic, Braille, Chinese, Chumash, English, Hebrew, Japanese, Norwegian and Spanish.

The public ceremony featured prayer, music and reading the inscription in all nine languages. Presenters read the names of every nation in the world and shared quotes about peace. Chumash representatives also participated.

The university plans to rededicate the pole each year.

The peace pole project was launched in Japan in 1955. More than 200,000 poles have been erected in more than 200 countries and on every continent.

For details, call Linda Boberg, assistant director of multicultural and international programs, at (805) 493-3323.