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Hans Modrow, Former Prime Minister of East Germany, Discussed Reunification at Ewha

Hans Modrow (88), the last Communist premier of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), visited Ewha Womans University on 21 September (Wed.) and delivered a special lecture titled the State of Affairs during German Reunification and Subsequent Circumstances. He was the last premier of East Germany when the Communist Party (Socialist Unity Party) was a governing party of GDR, and after the German reunification he served as a member of the European Parliament and of the Bundestag. He is one of the best-known German politicians and currently is the honorary Chairman of the Left Party. Arriving at Ewha at two thirty, he looked around the campus and met Seok Hyang Kim, director of the Ewha Institute of Unification Studies and professor of North Korean Studies Department. Then from three thirty, Hans Modrow shared his experiences over German reunification and discussed unification of the Korean Peninsula under the theme of the State of Affairs during German Reunification and Subsequent Circumstances with Ewha students at the Ewha-POSCO Building. The former prime minister explained in detail the German reunification process and the rapidly changing internal and external circumstances before and after the reunification and gave a good deal of advice for the two Koreas to achieve peaceful unification. According to him, the South and the North should end the ideological confrontation and phase in preparation for mutual reconciliation and concord. He also advised that not only the two Koreas but also the neighboring countries should make collaborative efforts.
- No.373
- Writer홍보실
- Date2016.10.19
- Views5576
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Ewha, Selected as a Partnership School of “the Harvard College in Asia Program” for Ten Consecutive Years

Ewha Womans University is honored to be selected for ten consecutive years as a partner of the Harvard College in Asia Program (HCAP), which provides academic and cultural exchange between the two schools. HCAP, one of the largest academic and cultural exchange programs in Asia, was founded in October of 2003 at Harvard University with the goal of fostering leaders with a mutual deep understanding of the U.S. and Asia. Seven or eight prestigious schools in major Asian countries are selected as the partners for this program every year, and the delegates have conferences in Harvard and the partnership schools. In Korea, only Ewha has participated in the program since 2007, so it is selected as one of the longest partners along with the University of Tokyo and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Harvard delegates are highly satisfied with well-organized and various programs Ewha provides. Ewha-HCAP has been receiving such good responses that a total of about 189 Ewha students have participated in it for the last ten years. As part of 2016-2017 Ewha-HCAP, 16 delegates from Ewha participated in the first Boston conference organized by Harvard from January 15 to 22 (eight days). In the future, from March 11 to 19 of 2017 (nine days), the second conference organized by Ewha will be held in Seoul on the subject of “Mind, Body, and Society: Global Health Challenges of the 21st century.”
- No.371
- Writer홍보실
- Date2016.10.18
- Views5799
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Ewha, Completing Cyber Campus Enhancement and Its Mobile App Development

Ewha Womans University completed the enhancement of Cyber Campus in time for the fall semester, and opened the Cyber Campus mobile application on September 19. Above all, Cyber Campus’s stability and functionality have been improved through system upgrades. Also, the educational system has been integrated to improve the system’s operational efficiency and become more user-friendly. Before this integration, it was separately operated for regular and extra-curricular courses including Global Online Campus and Open E-learning Courses. In addition, any Ewha student can open an e-class on Cyber Campus to use it as a learning community, and customize the layout and function setting of the courses they take or are in charge of. As part of this project, Ewha officially opened a newly developed mobile app for Cyber Campus on September 19. This app guarantees faster response speed and better stability than the existing mobile web version. Also, it provides a wide range of services including real-time push notification, chatting among the users, video clips with the functions of loop playback and playback speed control, class progress check, and automatic attendance check. The users who have not installed the mobile app can use those improved functions through the existing mobile web version.
- No.369
- Writer홍보실
- Date2016.10.05
- Views6266
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2016 Ewha-Harvard Summer School Closing Ceremony Held

On August 4 (Thur.), Ewha-Harvard Summer School Program, a joint summer session program co-hosted by the Graduate School of International Studies at Ewha and Harvard University, celebrated the completion of its six-week program in a closing ceremony at the LG Convention Hall. Student Documentary Festival was held alongside the closing ceremony and documentaries that Ewha and Harvard students filmed in teams were played. The Ewha-Harvard Summer School is Korea’s only joint summer session program with Harvard University, aiming to help Ewha and Harvard students develop global attitudes while studying and interacting together at the Ewha campus and taking lectures on Korean history and culture. Since launched in 2006, the annual program has been held a total of 11 times. The Ewha-Harvard Summer School was held under the theme of “Cinema Korea: Documenting Korean Society through Film,” and participants in this year’s program consisted of 11 students from Harvard and 13 students from Korean universities including Ewha. Based on theories learned through six-weeks of lectures, the students produced short films reflecting their thoughts on Korea and Korean society, and received good reviews at Student Documentary Festival for the quality and unique perspectives in their works.
- No.367
- Writer홍보실
- Date2016.09.30
- Views5663
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Welcome Ceremony Held for the 2016 2nd Semester International Exchange and Visiting Students

On August 29 (Mon.) at 11 a.m., a welcome ceremony was held in Lee San-bong Hall of the ECC building to greet students participating in 2016 2nd Semester Exchange and Visiting Student Program for International Students. A total of 507 foreign students enrolled in the program this semester, recording the highest number ever and hitting a 500 mark for the first time. The international students are comprised of 95 males and 412 females from 236 universities in 30 countries including Germany (79), China (63), the U.S. (58), France (57) and Japan (51). The orientation held in the afternoon offered academic resources including course registration along with information about a stay in Korea and a certificate of alien registration. During the following Q&A session, students freely asked additional questions. Lastly, the international students took a campus tour guided by Professional Ewhaians at Cultural Exchange Buddy or PEACE Buddy. PEACE Buddy is a volunteering club and its members serve as a mentor to international exchange and visiting students and help them adapt to the life in Korea and at Ewha. A total of 67 buddies are active this semester and they will provide foreign students with practical help for their adjustment by offering information on campus life and performing various activities such as Buddy Lunch and Farm Experience.
- No.365
- Writer홍보실
- Date2016.09.27
- Views4810
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High-Ewha, Hi-Ewha Held for Prospective Ewha Students

The 10th High-Ewha, Hi-Ewha, a major-exploration program jointly organized by Ewha Womans University and high schools, was held for prospective Ewha students. The program has been held a total of 10 times since its launch in February 2012, and has helped high school students find their dreams and talents by providing opportunities to explore careers related to each major. In particular, the 10th High-Ewha, Hi-Ewha consisted of two programs: High-Ewha, Hi-Ewha Special Camp for Future Leaders, a two day and one night program aimed at students from areas where relatively little college admission information is available and Hi-Ewha Special Program of the ELTEC College of Engineering designed to introduce various majors at Ewha’s engineering college and related careers. High-Ewha, Hi-Ewha Special Camp for Future Leaders was held for students from 66 high schools located in the areas that are classified as disadvantaged areas in terms of college admission information, such as small towns in provinces, excluding metropolitan cities, as well as gun and myeon districts. Participants gained in-depth information on campus life in general, and had opportunities to strengthen their resolve and aspiration in deciding their major and career plans. Hi-Ewha Special Program of the ELTEC College of Engineering, a major-exploration program offered by the College of Engineering, was held in celebration of the launch of the ELTEC College of Engineering. Participants selected one of the newly established majors and learned about its curriculums and related careers. In addition, they had time to become well-prepared prospective Ewha students by experiencing real campus life in advance through a lab tour for each major, a campus tour and a meeting session with Ewha students.
- No.363
- Writer홍보실
- Date2016.09.13
- Views5892
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Korea Center for Meridian 180 at Ewha Cohosts International Conference with Cornell University and University of Tokyo in Japan

The Korea center for Meridian 180 at Ewha (Professor Eunice K. Kim at Ewah Law School in charge) cohosted “Developing Proposals for Risk Mitigation in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Global Summit” in Okinawa, Japan, with Cornell University and University of Tokyo from July 8th to 10th. Meridian 180 is a global community of intellectuals which focuses on the Pacific Rim region, and was founded in 2012 at Cornell University for the purpose of opening new perspectives in the multinational and interdisciplinary conversation on issues of the Asia-Pacific region. Since then, Meridian 180 has done various activities such as hosting multilingual online forums and offline international academic conferences, and organizing a working group, an expert group in a specific issue. As a partner university in the Asian region, Ewha and University of Tokyo actively have been operating each center for Meridian 180 in Korea and Japan, respectively. In this international conference, about 60 scholars, experts, staff, NGO leaders, and policymakers from Korea, Japan, the U.S, Australia, China and Belgium exchanged and discussed their creative opinions on crisis. With the discussion, they could develop a new insights and approaches on various future crises in the Asia-Pacific region, and plans to publish a book of the insight and thoughts derived from this conference.
- No.361
- Writer홍보실
- Date2016.09.09
- Views5166
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Ewha Volunteer Teams for Overseas Educational Programs Visit the US and Cambodia

Ewha’s volunteer teams for overseas educational programs practiced neighborly love of serving and sharing, the spirit of Ewha, through volunteer work during 2016 summer vacation in the US and Cambodia. The education volunteer team for the US region was composed of twelve volunteers including the team leader Professor Cho Sabang (Composition major), students, and staff members in charge. They visited Camp Choson, held at Camp Lakamaga in Minnesota, and Korean Heritage House in St. Paul and provided educational volunteer programs for Korean adoptees in the US to experience the Korean language, art, and culture for fifteen days from July 1st to 15th. Another volunteer team provided children from low-income families in underdeveloped countries with various educational programs and cultural exchange activities. The education volunteer team of Ewha, composed of twenty-three members including Professor Shin Nana (Children Education), students, and staff members in charge visited Ewha Social Services Center located in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for thirteen days from July 11th to 23rd. Since its first service in 2000, the Ewha Volunteer Team, mainly comprised of enrolled students, has provided various volunteer programs during summer and winter vacations at home and abroad.
- No.359
- Writer홍보실
- Date2016.09.06
- Views5902
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10th Ewha Global Empowerment Program Held

The 10th Ewha Global Empowerment Program (EGEP), aimed at empowering women activists who are NGO leaders in Asia and Africa, was held from Monday, July 11 until Friday, July 22. A two-week educational program launched in 2012 by Ewha with the aim of nourishing women civil society activists, the EGEP has attracted 190 participants from 40 countries around the world. The 10th event was attended by 26 select individuals from 22 nations, including those in Africa and Asia. The participants took part in a variety of educational activities, such as an international open forum, seminars, field research and action planning. In addition to the EGEP, Ewha has been operating other programs to promote education for women around the world, such as the Ewha Global Partnership Program (EGPP), under which full-tuition scholarships and living expenses are provided for a select group of talented women from developing countries, and the Ewha-KOICA Master's Program for women civil servants from Third World countries.
- No.357
- Writer홍보실
- Date2016.07.22
- Views5640
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Ewha-Rostock 2016 SARU Program Held to Discuss Issues Involving Korea’s Reunification

The opening ceremony for the “Ewha-Rostock 2016 SARU” program, co-organized by Ewha Womans University and University of Rostock in Germany, took place on July 7 (Thur.). The program, bringing together about 40 students from a total of seven countries including Korea and Germany and nearly 20 renowned scholars from home and abroad, was held for two weeks from July 6 (Wed.) to July 17 (Sun.). The SARU (Summer Academy Reunification) is a summer school program that University of Rostock designed to cover a wide range of interdisciplinary topics, including politics, history, demographic changes, economic systems, human resource cultivation and language problems, in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the reunification of Germany. With almost 600 years of history, University of Rostock is not only one of the prestigious universities representing the former East Germany, but also a leading research-oriented German university with around 15,000 students. Ewha sent 13 undergraduate and graduate students to the first SARU program held in July 2015 at the German university, who successfully completed the educational course. Students of both Ewha and University of Rostock visit each other’s school every two years so as to take part in the program, and thus, ten students and seven professors from the German institution visited the Ewha campus in 2016. The second SARU program held at Ewha was focused on applying the experience and lessons of German reunification to the situation on the Korean Peninsula and actively publicizing the necessity for peaceful Korean reunification and commitment to preparing for it to university students who will lead the international community in the future. A number of experts on the reunification of the Korean Peninsula as well as professors from the two schools participated in the program and had in-depth discussions through a variety of seminars, workshops and panel debates; the participants also went on a field trip to sites regarding reunification, including the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and Imjingak, and experienced Korean culture.
- No.355
- Writer홍보실
- Date2016.07.19
- Views5510

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