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3,510 Ewha Graduates on an Ambitious Path Toward the Wider World

The commencement ceremony for 2013 Ewha graduates was held at Welch-Ryang Auditorium on February 24, 2014. A total of 3,510 degrees were awarded, including 2,243 bachelor’s, 1,145 master’s and 122 doctoral degrees. President Kim Sun-Uk said in her address during the ceremony, “The degrees conferred upon you are the results of your hard work and effort.” Furthermore, she added words of encouragement to graduates; “All of you have overcome obstacles and challenges to obtain outstanding results; now you will advance into society as intellectuals necessary to face the demands of this era.” A total of ten graduates were selected for top honors consisting of one from each college, while Yun Hye-mi (English Language and Literature, freshman class of 2008) and Yang Ji-won (Life Sciences, freshman class of 2010) were tied for the highest academic result at a score of 4.28 GPA out of the perfect GPA score of 4.3. In addition, Ewha conferred bachelor’s degrees upon some 40 international students from a diverse range of countries including Russia, Singapore, Japan, China, Cambodia, and Congo.
- No.213
- Writer홍보실
- Date2014.03.04
- Views6060
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Strengthening Global Capacity: Ewha’s Faculty-led Study Abroad Program

During the Winter Faculty-led Study Abroad Program in January and February 2014, a total of 22 teams of Ewha students strengthened their global capacity by participating in a number of experience programs including expert lectures, seminars, and field training in Asia, the United States, and Europe. The Faculty-led Study Abroad Program is a short-term intensive study program designed and accompanied by Ewha faculty. Students and faculty visit universities and organizations around the world during school vacations to participate in lectures and seminars with renowned scholars overseas. The program is popular among undergraduate students since they both take part in field training and earn course credit or transfer credit for their participation. During the 2013-14 winter vacation, the program was offered to students from a wide range of disciplines including the arts, humanities, natural sciences, education, and business administration. In particular, this winter’s program was attended by 249 students, the largest number since its launch in 2008. Destinations spanned from the United States to countries across Asia and Europe. Since its launch in 2008, the Faculty-led Study Abroad Program has marked its 12th event after being offered twice a year during each semester break. A total of 135 teams of over 1,800 students have thus far enjoyed the opportunities for global education through this program. Now as one of Ewha’s representative global programs, the Faculty-led Study Abroad Program provides students with opportunities to experience different areas in various fields overseas and expand their perspective and knowledge as leaders of the future.
- No.211
- Writer홍보실
- Date2014.02.26
- Views6181
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Ewha Global Startup Visit Program Fosters Spirit of Entrepreneurship at Ewha

Six selected teams returned in January from their visit to overseas startup companies, having been inspired by the strong spirit of entrepreneurship. Organized by the Ewha University-Industry Collaboration Foundation (EUICF), the Ewha Global Startup Visit Program is designed to support Ewha students to become global leaders by providing opportunities to expand their experience and knowledge in various countries’ culture, technology, history and cutting-edge science, thereby enhancing their capacity as startup entrepreneurs. This year, a total of 11 students in six teams were offered opportunities to improve their startup skills in Spain, the U.S., Indonesia, France, the U.K., and China. Each team was hosted on on-site tours at leading startup companies in various fields, such as eco-friendly car rental services, party consulting, advertising and marketing communications, logistics systems, and social enterprises. Destinations for the program included a diverse range of locations across the U.S., Europe and Asia. In addition to student support programs such as the Ewha Global Startup Visit Program, the EUICF provides university-industry programs to foster global female experts, striving to establish networks for university-industry cooperation in the strategic pursuit of mutual success across academia and industry.
- No.209
- Writer홍보실
- Date2014.02.18
- Views6266
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Ewha Volunteers Share Love with Korean Residents in Japan

Ewha’s volunteer team centered on overseas education visited Osaka, Japan, for 12 days from January 13 to 24. The team staged volunteer activities for first- and second-generation Korean immigrants in Japan including teenagers. Ewha has become the first university in Korea to dispatch an educational volunteer group for Koreans in Japan. There were 13 participants including Prof. Miho Honda (Div. of Liberal Arts) and Ewha students. Ewha Volunteers took part in regular classes at the Korea International School in Osaka as assistant teachers and mentors, and prepared afterschool programs to provide the opportunity for students to experience various aspects of Korean traditional culture. In addition, the volunteers visited Eruhwa, a welfare facility for senior citizen Koreans living in Kyoto, and performed a Korean fan dance and sang as entertainment. These overseas volunteer activities are considered to have opened a new avenue in international volunteering programs in that they broadened their reach from underdeveloped countries in Southeast Asia and Africa to Korean expatriate communities. Each summer and winter vacation, Ewha Volunteers has dispatched volunteers to many countries around the world as well as within Korea. During this winter vacation, Ewha Volunteers sent a total of 12 teams for domestic educational volunteer activities and four medical and educational teams to Vietnam, Japan, and Uzbekistan.
- No.207
- Writer홍보실
- Date2014.02.12
- Views6364
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5th Ewha Global Empowerment Program

The 5th Ewha Global Empowerment Program (EGEP) was held on January 15. This kicked off a two-week schedule with the EGEP open forum. The forum was conducted under the theme of “Our Voice, Our World: Women’s Activism and Empowerment in Asia and Africa,” and was attended by 25 EGEP participants from 21 countries. Sunita Danuwar, who was given the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2013 for her contribution to the promotion of women’s rights in Nepal, was invited as a keynote speaker. The event brought together professors from around the world to retrain women activists. In addition, in collaboration with UN Women this year, Ewha EGEP organized a program called “Action Day with UN Women.” EGEP is a complimentary education program that provides its international participants with support for their education expenses, accommodation and stay in Korea, and has so far produced 80 female activists from 29 countries. With the competition rate for admission this year at 10:1, the EGEP program has truly become the venue for the education of women activists in Asia and Africa as well as the place to be for networking among participants.
- No.205
- Writer홍보실
- Date2014.01.21
- Views6086
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New Year’s Greetings to the Ewha Family

New Year’s Greetings to the Ewha Family Marking the beginning of the new year, Ewha held the 2014 New Year’s Greeting with the Ewha family at the ECC Lee San-bong Hall at 10 a.m. on January 2, 2014. 2014, the Year of the Blue Horse, coincides with the 128th anniversary of Ewha Womans University. Chairperson Chang Myong-Sue of the Board of Trustees of Ewha Womans University, President Kim Sun-Uk, Ewha’s faculty and staff, student representatives, and members of Ewha Haktang and affiliated schools gathered to celebrate the new year and share plans and visions for the year ahead. In her New Year’s address, President Kim Sun-Uk asked members of the Ewha community to “gather all our wisdom and join our hearts to develop and grow Ewha and realize our communal values by completing projects due this year and initiating new tasks.” This year’s greeting was attended by the largest number of Ewha family thus far, and Chairperson Chang and President Kim greeted every Ewha member at the meeting to celebrate the New Year and share good tidings.
- No.203
- Writer홍보실
- Date2014.01.07
- Views6064
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Ewha Website Wins Web Award Korea for the Best University Website

Ewha Website Wins Web Award Korea for the Best University Website On December 16, Ewha was given the 10th Web Award Korea in the category of the best university website. Hosted by the Korea Internet Professional Association, the Web Award Korea (www.webaward.co.kr) is a website competition where judges composed of 2,000 experts select the most innovative and excellent websites. The Ewha website, renewed in August last 2013, provides differentiated services and content by applying a dual head format, enhancing the unified search engine, introducing related link services, and strengthening video clips of courses, special lectures, and school events. In addition, in the pursuit of a Global Ewha, multilingual homepages (offering English, Chinese and Japanese services) provide various content including photos and video clips as well as basic services such as Notices and News.
- No.201
- Writer홍보실
- Date2013.12.31
- Views5985
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Faculty Noon Concert with Sejong Soloists

Faculty Noon Concert with Sejong Soloists The College of Music held its “Faculty Noon Concert with Sejong Soloists” at the Emerson Chapel on December 11. Through the Faculty Noon Concert, a free event, Ewha faculty members and world famous musicians offer the Ewha family a feast of music and an opportunity for communication. Marking its 12th ceremony, the concert was held in collaboration with the Sejong Soloists, a chamber music ensemble comprising of young artists from around the world. Sejong Soloists was established in 1994 by Professor Hyo Kang from the Juilliard School along with other 11 artists from eight nations including Korea with the purpose of presenting a model for string orchestras. Sejong Soloists is an internationally renowned orchestra that has performed more than 400 concerts in approximately 100 cities. During the event, 15 string musicians played George Gershwin’s Lullaby, for String Quartet, H. Léonard’s Sérénade Humoristique á l’espagnole, a Korean song, Daffodils, and Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op.95, Serioso. After the performance, they returned for an encore by playing a medley of carols that delivered the joy of Christmas.
- No.199
- Writer홍보실
- Date2013.12.24
- Views5812
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[Ewha Voice] Memorable moments of 2013

[Ewha Voice] Memorable moments of 2013 From the 1.5 percent tuition cut to the new Student Government Association presidential election, Ewha has undergone countless events, accomplishments and changes in the year of 2013. With the year closely ending its chapter, the Ewha Voice has looked back at significant news of the year through numbers. The College of Music established the first university philharmonic orchestra in Korea. The Ewha Philharmonic Orchestra is composed of 80 members of currently enrolled Ewha students and alumnae with professor Sung Ki-sun (Orchestral Instruments) as the conductor. The orchestra’s main goal is to spread high quality music culture to those in local and marginalized areas and ultimately become a leading music college in the nation. Ewha ranked 11th in JoongAng Ilbo’s 2013 College Evaluation, scoring 188 out of 300. The evaluation was conducted on 100 four-year universities in Korea. The criteria for this year’s evaluation were professor research, globalization, condition of education, social reputation and entry into society. Ewha ranked 10th in globalization, 12th in professor research, 13th in condition of education and 20th in both social reputation and entry into society. Remodeling and replacements of old and inconvenient facilities within campus took place over the spring semester and summer vacation in 5 buildings. Tables, chairs and boards in the Ewha-POSCO buidling, female bathrooms on the first floor of the Student Union Building, and sofas and sleeping beds in the Ewha Campus Complex have been replaced and remodeled. In the Hanwoori Hall, facilities including door locks, televisions, walls and office areas were repaired and relocated. The Ewha Womans University Library had changes made in both their floor structures and facilities. An opening ceremony for the Ewha Donor’s Wall was held at the Ewha Campus Complex on May 9. The wall was constructed as one of the events for Ewha’s 127th anniversary in order to pay a greater tribute as well as gratitude toward the donors. Ewha Donor’s Wall consists of two walls: the Digital Wall and the Analogue Wall. On the Digital Wall, all 18,733donors’ names and Ewha’s vision to become a hub for women leaders are included. On the Analogue Wall, 221 large sum donors’ names were inscribed on wooden blocks, each name glowing with light. Ewha further reduced tuition by 1.5% for 2013. The decision was reached as a means to relieve students’ and their partents’ financial burden in today’s economically pressing time. It has been two consecutive years in which a reduction in tuition has been implemented at Ewha. Ewha celebrated its 127 ceremony at the Welch-Ryang Auditorium on May 31. The Ewha Womans University Alumni Association’s Homecoming Day was held after the awards ceremonies and special guests of honor who graduated Ewha 30 or 50 years ago were invited. Students’ payment rate concerning the student union fee decreased substantially this year. Compared to 77.91 million won for last year’s spring semester, the student union fee for this year’s first semester amounted to only 582,000,000won, showing a decrease of approximately 25 percent. The student union fee is paid selectively by Ewha students during the tuition payment period. Usually about 70 to 80 percent of the registered students pay the student union fee. However this year, only 8,314 out of 16,083 Ewha students made the payment, resulting in a low payment rate of about 50 percent. The Office of Student Affairs (OSA) thinks this phenomenon may be a result of recent negative publicity. Following the substantial decline rate of the fee, the SGA is suffering from financial difficulties. According to the results in the analysis of accumulated money and educational expenditures for schools presented by a member of the National Assembly under the Education, Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee on Aug. 29, Ewha has the highest amount of accumulated money, recording over 758,700,000,000. The Office of Financial Affairs states that the accumulated money has its own use for distinct categories. The accumulated money will be used for building and reconstructing architectures on campus, student scholarships, research, university employees’ retirement fund and other school management purposes. The greatest amount is placed under scholarship funds with 212.8 billion won; approximately 200 billion won is placed under building funds, which will most likely be used to build the new Ewha Residential College dormitory; 61 billion won is placed under research funds, followed by 6.3 billion won for university employees’ retirement funds. The remaining 200 billion won is categorized as other funds. 66 public figures visited Ewha. These include Quentin Bryce, the first female Governor-General of Austrailia, Drew Giplin Faust, the first woman president of Harvard University, and Tarha Halonen, former first woman president of Finland. Hanwoori Hall has abolished its roll call system on Feb. 26 due to the continuous complaints from the students. The roll call system, in which Hanwoori Hall residence tutors supervise residents by visiting each student’s room every day at 11 p.m., received 47 percent of replies from residents agreeing on abolishing the roll call system and 46 percent replying that the system was in need of improvement in a survey conducted in April 2012. Accordingly, Hanwoori Hall lessened the number of roll calls from seven times to five times a week in May 2012 as a trial operation. Instead, Hanwoori Hall implemented a new system, the Weekly Check-up. As the roll call system is lifted, the curfew is now 12. - By Ewha Voice(Volum 59 / December 2, 2013) - For more articles, http://evoice.ewha.ac.kr
- No.197
- Writer홍보실
- Date2013.12.20
- Views6577
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Ewha key driver of women’s empowerment

The following article is the full text of the interview printed in The Korea Herald on December 12, 2013. ‘Ewha key driver of women’s empowerment’ President pushes to expand global partnership, enhance scientific research Foreigners are often perplexed by the English name of Korea’s first, top and fast-globalizing university for women, Ewha Womans University. The modified singular form is not a misspelling, but an embodiment of the proud founding spirit of the school. Ewha was established in 1886 when women were still regarded as second-class citizens, forced to sacrifice themselves to family, but on the verge of challenging male dominance in the wave of Westernization. In choosing “womans” instead of “women,” the founders believed that every individual woman should be respected and her values and ideas should be cherished, its president Kim Sun-uk said in an interview with The Korea Herald. For the past 127 years, Ewha has been a key driving force of Korea’s progress in terms of gender equality and women’s empowerment through education. It has produced generations of leaders in diverse fields, including Kim herself, who is the nation’s first female minister of the Ministry of Government Legislation. Another possible misperception about the school which Kim wants to clarify is its size. “Many foreign visitors assume Ewha is just a small liberal arts college for women. They are often surprised by the fact that we have now about 25,000 students, 1,000 faculty members on campus and have more than 200,000 alumnae,” Kim said in her office in the campus in Seoul. “I don’t think there is any women’s university that offers more majors than we do.” Consisting of 11 colleges and 15 graduate schools of 67 disciplines, Ewha is the world’s biggest women’s university in terms of numbers of courses. Kim is pushing ambitious projects to make the school the global center of women’s education, and to enhance Korean women’s competence in science and technology, in a country where gender gaps still run deep. “Globalization has always been our priority,” the 61-year-old president said. Since Kim took the helm of the school in 2010, she has been working hard to extend networks with leading foreign institutions. This year alone, Kim signed more than a dozen partnerships, increasing its global collaborative networks to 871 institutions in more than 72 countries. Each year about 3,800 international students study at the university, and more than 1,600 students from Ewha participate in various short- and long-term overseas programs at its partner universities, according to the president. “Through the partnerships we aim to build more research ties with leading institutions,” Kim added. Ewha hopes to contribute a better education for women, especially in developing countries, in which women’s participation in the workforce is key to fighting poverty and promoting growth. The school started the Ewha Global Partnership Program in 2006, offering select students full tuition and monthly living allowances to attain degrees at the Ewha campus ― about 150 women from 33 countries have benefited from the program so far, she said. It has also provided scholarships to female government officials through the Ewha-KOICA Master’s program in international studies and has run Ewha Global Empowerment Program, a non-degree course, targeting female civic activists and NGOs from Asian and African countries. Another priority for Kim is breaking still-high glass ceilings in science and technology. Despite having one of the nation’s top medical schools and general hospitals, her goal to build “Science Ewha” faces tough challenges, including shortages of female researchers. “We’re especially short of Ph.D. students in science,” she said. Cultural stereotypes often make female students too nervous to pursue a career in science fields, she said. “But we’re trying to change the norm, to remedy the dearth of women scientists for the development of the country,” Kim added. Ewha is currently working to build world-class infrastructure for research on campus. Notably, the school signed an agreement in 2011 with Solvay, the international chemical company, for joint technology development. The Belgium-based company has pledged a total investment of $21.5 million to build the Korean Research, Development and Technology Center on Ewha’s campus and to provide its students with scholarships and research funding. The R&D center, which will focus on pioneering research, such as lithium-ion batteries and photoelectric cells, is aiming to open in January next year, according to the president. “Solvay is a global corporation that has produced numerous world-renowned scientists including Marie Curie, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize,” Kim said. “I anticipate that the collaboration will create a great synergetic effect. I believe we’ll produce the next Marie Curie in Korea.” In addition, the school is currently building student dormitories, Ewha Residential College, to accommodate all first-year students from 2015. The purpose, Kim said, is to provide students with “total education.” “By studying and living together in the residential college, students will be offered a wide range of opportunities to develop their character, creativity and leadership,” Kim said. The president is confident of her projects, based on Ewha’s long-established experience and know-how in women’s education ― which are not comparable to any other institution in the world, she said. The school’s graduates have been seen contributing greatly to improving the status of women and the development of the nation. Among the best known are Esther Park, the country’s first female physician; Chang Hai-won, the first female chemist; and Lee Tai-young, the first female lawyer in Korea. “You can find role models and mentors in our university who can guide your paths, to nurture your dreams to be future women leaders.” Profile of Kim Sun-uk ● Kim was inaugurated as president of Ewha Womans University in 2010. She has worked as a professor at the school of law since 1995. ● She worked previously as the first female minister of the Ministry of Government Legislation from 2005-2007. ● Kim also served as president of the Korean Association of Gender and Law from 2008-2009, and has been working as chairperson of the Ministry of Justice’s Policy Committee. ● Kim graduated from the university with a bachelor’s degree in law in 1975, and earned her doctoral degree in the same field at the University of Konstanz in Germany. By Oh Kyu-wook, The Korea Herald
- No.195
- Writer홍보실
- Date2013.12.20
- Views7245

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