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2013 Ewha Family Christmas Prayer Service

2013 Ewha Family Christmas Prayer Service The Ewha Family Christmas Prayer Service was held in the Welch-Ryang Auditorium on December 5. Some 2,500 faculty members, students, and alumnae of Ewha, as well as local residents participated in the service. President Kim Sun-Uk delivered a Christmas greeting, saying: “At this year’s prayer service ruminating on the true meaning of the day with the Ewha family, I wish you a Merry Christmas.” In celebrating Christmas, the event was arranged with special performances, including the Ewha Chorus’ rendering of Betelehemu, a Nigerian Christmas song; Ewha Traditional Korean Music Orchestra’s Osaektaryeong (Korean ballad for five colors); and singing carols with Ewha Womans University Kindergarteners. Offerings collected at the service will be used to prepare Christmas presents for alumnae missionaries around the world to share the joy of the day.
- No.203
- Writer홍보실
- Date2013.12.17
- Views6237
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Research Team from the Graduate School of International Studies Receives Research Grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Research Team from the Graduate School of International Studies Receives Research Grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation The research team of Professor Kim Eun Mee, Dean of the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS), has become Korea’s first recipient of research grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world’s largest philanthropic organizations. The GSIS was selected as a recipient institution to execute research under the theme of “Advocacy for Korean Engagement in Global Health & Development,” and will receive a total grant of 400,000 USD over three years starting from September 2013. The team consists of Ewha faculty members from a range of disciplines including the Graduate School of International Studies, the School of Medicine, the Department of Women’s Studies, the Department of Public Administration, and the Division of International Studies. The team aims to carry out multidisciplinary and convergent research, and will research policies regarding official development assistance related to Korea’s international healthcare.
- No.201
- Writer홍보실
- Date2013.12.10
- Views10708
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13th Kim Okgill Memorial Lecture

On November 22, Ewha held the 13th Kim Okgill Memorial Lecture at the LG Convention Hall under the theme of “Beyond the Market Society: Community Economies and Gender.” Organized by the Korean Women’s Institute, the lecture was arranged to point out problems related to capitalism and to discuss various community economies as alternatives and their prospects. In the lecture, Katherine Gibson, an Australian women’s studies scholar who has studied globalization and non-market community economies from a feminist viewpoint, provided a special lecture titled “Take Back the Economy: Ethics and Methods for Constituting Community Economies.” After Professor Gibson’s lecture, Sisters’ Garden Plot, a Korean women peasants’ community, Hanbat LETS, and Center for Grassroots Empowerment, under the theme of “Experiments of New Community Economies,” presented their experiences in the efforts to realize community economies. The Kim Okgill Memorial Lecture has been annually held since 2001 to provide special learning opportunities to today’s youth in memory of Kim Okgill, the 8th president of Ewha who devoted her life to women’s education and social justice.
- No.199
- Writer홍보실
- Date2013.12.03
- Views5951
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Ewha Operates 'School Me' with Save the Children

On November 15, Ewha signed an agreement with Save the Children, an international non-governmental organization that provides relief and development, to operate the “School Me” campaign. Ewha also agreed to lead the education of 60,000 children in Africa including 35,000 girls until 2016. The “School Me” campaign is a project that will provide educational opportunities for girls in four African countries: Sierra Leone, Liberia, the Republic of Cote d’lvoire, and Uganda. Support through this campaign will provide resources for girls who cannot afford to be educated due to various factors such as domestic duties, early marriage, and poverty. Ewha and Save the Children plan to make joint efforts into industry-academic research and publicity activities to promote a better educational environment for girls in Africa. At the declaration ceremony for the campaign which was held at the ECC Valley after the agreement ceremony, the “Bells of Ewha” event was held along with an exhibition of ad balloons and “School Me” campaign posters. In addition, Ewha students participated in the event by writing supportive messages on sticky notes, spelling out the words “School Me” by sticking pencils, and posting the photos of the event on social networking services.
- No.197
- Writer홍보실
- Date2013.11.26
- Views6219
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Ewha Womans University Hosts “Innovative Sweden”

“Innovative Sweden,” an event that aims to show the country’s various innovations, is being held for the first time in Korea for 20 days from November 11th to 30th. Ewha Womans University is co-hosting this event with the Embassy of Sweden in Korea and the Swedish Institute. “Innovative Sweden” is a traveling exhibition that started in 2011 at Stanford University in the U.S., and has moved to Brazil, China, Germany, and Japan, attracting a total number of over 40,000 attendees. Now it has arrived for the first time in Korea at the Ewha campus. The exhibition introduces Sweden’s innovative technology such as IT, life science, and clean technology. It takes place at the ECC Multipurpose Hall along with an exhibition of contest-winning photographs. In addition, a product exhibition by the global home furnishing company IKEA is being held in the ECC Theater. The opening ceremony for the Swedish film festival that introduces seven recent Swedish movies will be held on November 21st at Art House MOMO located in the ECC. Along with these cultural events, seven academic seminars will take place at various venues on the Ewha campus. There will be a variety of topics related to the advanced welfare nation of Sweden, including: relations between a creative economy and universities; the gender equality model; female entrepreneurship; design; small and medium-sized companies; IT technology; and smart cities. Click here for more photos
- No.195
- Writer홍보실
- Date2013.11.19
- Views6148
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Ewha Holds “RUPP-Ewha Golden Bell Challenge” for Cambodian university students

The Korean Studies Department of the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) at Ewha successfully organized the quiz event titled “RUPP-Ewha Golden Bell Challenge” held on October 31st at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) in Cambodia for 150 RUPP students majoring in Korean. At this event, the RUPP students had to answer not only Korean language-related questions but also various questions about Korean history, culture, and society. During the intermission, a group of RUPP students majoring in Korean language danced and performed plays, making the event more enjoyable. Ewha Womans University has been selected as a partner for the “Program for Fostering and Supporting Leading Universities in International Cooperation” run by the Ministry of Education and Science Technology (MEST), and it has participated in the Official Development Assistance (ODA) educational project for RUPP. To support this project, Ewha professors from various departments including the Graduate School of Social Welfare, the Graduate School of International Studies, Environmental Science & Engineering, and Eco Science are working together to expand ODA in Cambodia to reach higher basic education levels, as well planning to build the Cambodia Development Research Institution.
- No.193
- Writer홍보실
- Date2013.11.05
- Views6104
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President Kim Sun-Uk Visits the US to Strengthen Global Cooperation and Ewha’s Network

During October, President Kim Sun-Uk visited leading universities in the US to promote international cooperation and strengthen Ewha’s global network. On October 13, President Kim attended the inauguration of Peter Salovey as Yale University’s 23rd president. President Kim and her counterpart at Yale discussed collaboration between the two universities in the field of global education including women’s education. Yale invited President Kim Sun-Uk as a special guest, thinking highly of Ewha Womans University, one of the top women’s universities in the world aiming to become the global hub for women’s education. On October 22, President Kim signed an MOU with Cornell University and agreed to a faculty exchange and sharing of educational and academic resources. Under the agreement, Ewha will send a faculty member to Cornell each semester to lecture on topics related to Korean Studies including Korean politics, economics, and women’s studies. In addition to signing the agreement, President Kim Sun-Uk gave a special lecture at Cornell University Law School and discussed the university-level collaboration with the staff of Cornell related to various research areas and educational programs. Through the only joint partnership in Korea with Harvard University, Ewha is operating the Ewha-Harvard Summer School, and Ewha-Harvard College in Asia Program (HCAP), an exchange student program. Likewise, Ewha is expanding exchanges with other Ivy League schools and many other leading universities in the US. Meanwhile, from October 17 to 28 in Washington D.C., President Kim took part in the 44th meeting of the Board of Directors of the International Foundation for Ewha Womans University and the 2013 plenary session of Ewha’s North America Alumnae Association. On the 18th, the president was invited to the Korea Society to give a lecture. President Kim also met Steve Knapp, the president of George Washington University on October 24. Keeping up with her busy schedule in the US, the president strengthened Ewha’s position as the global hub for women’s education.
- No.191
- Writer홍보실
- Date2013.10.28
- Views6385
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Ewha Holds “Traces of Power” an Exhibition Featuring Angela Merkel

In celebration of the 130th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Korea and Germany, “Traces of Power,” a photo exhibition displaying changes in German Chancellor Angela Merkel over the past 21 years, was held at the Hoyune Esther Cho Gallery in the ECC from October 15 to 25. Co-hosted by Ewha and the Embassy of Germany in Korea, this exhibition displayed 28 photos of Angela Merkel taken by German photographer Herlinde Koelbl over 21 years from 1991 to 2012. Since Koelbl chose 15 political elites in 1991, including Gerhard Schroder and Angela Merkel, she has photographed them every year to see how their positions of power changed them. At the exhibition, the photo of Merkel taken in her 30s when she had just entered politics, and the one taken in 2010 when Merkel was awarded an honorary doctorate from Ewha were displayed. The 28 pictures show her history as a person in power who was consecutively appointed Chancellor in 2005, 2009, and as recently as 2013. The photo taken in 2012 was particularly meaningful since it was unveiled to the world for the very first time. The opening ceremony on October 15 was attended by President Kim Sun-Uk, Rolf Mafael, the German ambassador to Korea, and the photographer Herlinde Koelbl.
- No.189
- Writer홍보실
- Date2013.10.22
- Views6164
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President Kim Sun-Uk Participates in the 150th Anniversary of the Solvay Group, Ewha’s Global Industry-Academic Cooperation Partner

Ewha Womans University President Kim Sun-Uk participated on October 9th in the 150th anniversary celebration of the Solvay Group, the university’s industry-academic cooperation partner in Brussels, Belgium. To celebrate the 150th year of its foundation, the Solvay Group invited almost 1,000 partners around the world including the king and queen of Belgium. President Kim was the only Korean who had received a direct invitation from the group. In 2011, Ewha Womans University signed an industry-academic cooperation deal with the Solvay Group and established a global R&D center regarding specialty chemicals on the Ewha campus. Solvay Group’s investment in Ewha amounts to 21.5 million dollars, and the establishment of Solvay’s global R&D center in a Korean university is the first case of its kind and considered to be a successful example of industry-academic cooperation. During this visit, President Kim shared opinions with the Solvay Group on the continuous expansion of industry-academic cooperation, and reconfirmed the will for further collaboration on nurturing female scientists and promoting research and education for the Solvay Group and Ewha Womans University.
- No.187
- Writer홍보실
- Date2013.10.15
- Views7334
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Ewha Establishes Strategic Partnership with UC Irvine

Ewha Establishes Strategic Partnership with UC Irvine On September 26, 2013, Ewha President Kim Sun-Uk visited the University of California, Irvine to discuss plans to strive at becoming the best universities in the world both as partners in student and faculty exchange and in a wide range of academic research. In April 2013, Ewha and UC Irvine signed an MOU to collaborate on research and student and faculty exchange. Additionally, UC Irvine President Michael V. Drake invited President Kim to establish a strategic partnership with Ewha. During this visit, President Kim discussed student and activity exchange with the UC Irvine School of Humanities and Clair Trevor School of the Arts. Also discussed was the establishment of a resident student and faculty exchange program with the School of Medicine. In addition, the president introduced the achievements of “Science Ewha” at a meeting with the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences; she also visited the School of Law to discuss an agreement between the law schools of the two universities. The Ewha delegation also visited the UC Irvine Medical Center, Simulation Lab, and Stem Cell Research Center. At the dinner held at the office of the President of UC Irvine, the Ewha delegation and President Michael V. Drake reconfirmed the will for further exchange and collaboration between the two universities.
- No.185
- Writer홍보실
- Date2013.10.04
- Views7795

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