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President Kim Sun-Uk Attends Annual Meetings of Board of Directors and North America Alumnae Association

President Kim Sun-Uk took part in the 43rd meeting of the Board of Directors of the International Foundation for Ewha Womans University(IFEWU), held in Vancouver, Canada on Saturday, November 3rd. IFEWU is a non-profit organization established in 1970 to further Ewha’s development through fundraising. Ewha supporters and alumnae and their families residing in the USA and Canada are invited to help Ewha through the organization. In the plenary session of the IFEWU, President Kim highlighted Ewha’s achievements during the past year, along with Ewha’s various programs to strengthen learning, study, and global ability under the vision of becoming a 'The Global Hub For Women’s Education.' During the meeting, Sharon Z. Rader, President of the IFEWU, introduced a new fundraising campaign called the ‘$1,000,000-Worth-of-Funds-Project,’ for Ewha’s development. The project is a small-sum campaign aiming to raise $100 in donations from each alumna annually, and will create a development fund of $1,000,000 using the money collected over the next 5 years. On top of that, President Kim attended the 11th plenary session and annual dinner of Ewha’s North America Alumnae Association on November 2-3. During the two day event, more than 300 alumnae had the opportunity to reunite and reaffirm Ewha’s strong network. Vancouver-based Ewha alumnae were able to raise $10,000 for Ewha’s development, with an additional $10,000 raised through ticket sales and auctions at the event.
- No.157
- Writer홍보실
- Date2012.11.13
- Views4699
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Yoon Hoo-Jung, Ewha’s Honorary President, Receives Mokchon Law Award

As the First Korean Scholar of Constitutional Law, Yoon Fought to Improve the Legal and Social Status of Korean Women Yoon Hoo-Jung, Ewha’s President Emeritus, has been announced as the 2012 recipient of the Mokchon Law Award. The selection committee of the award revealed that they chose Yoon Hoo-Jung as this year’s recipient because of her role in introducing a gender equality clause in Korea’s constitution and enacting laws related to prohibiting and eliminating sexual discrimination. The committee praised her pioneering efforts, which brought fundamental change to Korea’s legislation system and applied the field of Women’s Studies for the first time. For example, Yoon pointed out sexual discrimination in the constitution as well as the unconstitutionality of ‘hoju’, the traditional family registry system which only allows men to head the family. The Mokchon Law Award is given to individuals and associations for high impact contributions in the theory and application of constitutional and administrative law. Yoon, Ewha’s President Emeritus, graduated from Ewha’s law department in 1951 and worked for Ewha for approximately 60 years. From 1990-1996, she served as the university’s 10th President. In addition, Yoon has served as Chairwoman of the board of Ewha School, an educational foundation, since 2000. During Yoon’s time as President and Chairwoman of the board, she established the first women’s College of Engineering in the world and expanded the Department of Law to become a College of Law. As a result of her efforts, Ewha was able to make substantial progress in its 2nd century of existence; in 1995, during her tenure as President, Ewha ascended to the first place in the university evaluation system of the Korea Council for University Education. President Emeritus Yoon is not only a jurist and educator, but also a first generation leader of the women’s movement in Korea who combined theory and practice. She not only applied her full energy and intellect to her work teaching students, developing their education, researching, and improving social systems, but also greatly contributed to advancing women’s rights, the constitutional culture, and Korean women’s history.
- No.155
- Writer홍보실
- Date2012.11.09
- Views4651
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A+ Cheering Snacks Event Bolsters Spirits during with terms

Ewha’s Student Services (housed under the Office of Student Affairs) held an event called “A+ Cheering Snacks” on the first floor at the Student Union Building lobby on Tuesday, November 23rd to bolster the spirits of students studying for midterm examinations. The event served snacks on a first-come, first-served basis to 1,000 students. The Office of Student Affairs has held this event during exam periods since 2006 to cheer on Ewha students during the stressful midterm period, offering various snacks each semester. Relieved to take a study break, students waited in small groups in front of the Student Union Building to receive the so-called “A+ Snacks,” and the event was so popular that the snacks ran out in the first hour. "I waited about 30 minutes to get snacks after class,” said Jeon Min-Ji, a freshman majoring in Social Science. “As a freshman, this event was the first one that I took part in, and I feel refreshed and motivated."
- No.153
- Writer홍보실
- Date2012.11.02
- Views4749
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Ewha Korean Textbook Series Completed for Foreigners after Four Years

The Ewha Language Center (ECC) held a book launching in ECC’s Lee San-Bong Hall on October 18th (Thursday) to commemorate the completion of the ECC’s textbook, “Ewha Korean.” “Ewha Korean,” composed of 26 textbooks and workbooks, is a series of Korean language learning textbooks for foreigners. It was created by the Ewha Language Center and published by Ewha Press. The textbooks are widely used both domestically and abroad. Foreign universities using the textbook include Chinese Culture University, Japan’s Rikkyo University, and UAE University, and affiliated language education centers using the textbook include National Taiwan University, UK’s University of Manchester, and two others. Five domestic universities, including Anyang University, Inha University and Chosun University, also use the “Ewha Korean” textbook. The history of Ewha’s Korean textbooks goes back to ‘‘Pathfinder in Korean,’’ which was well-received as the first national communication textbook published in 1998. The ‘‘Ewha Korean” series was developed as a Korean textbook which incorporated the strengths of “Pathfinder in Korean” with a more systematic structure and colorful content more relevant to contemporary life in Korea. The textbooks were completed after approximately four years of trial use and revision since 2008 when the project was undertaken. “Ewha Korean” is designed to develop four key areas of language: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Specially designed to train speaking abilities intensively, “Ewha Korean” was selected as a Korean education textbook in Southeast Asia and Europe after its first publication. “Ewha Korean” has been leading Korean textbooks’ Korean Wave, and has sold more than 30,000 copies since 2010.
- No.151
- Writer홍보실
- Date2012.10.25
- Views5966
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Ewha to Receive 90 Million USD over 10 Year Period from Korea Institute for Basic Science

Ewha Selected by Korea Institute for Basic Science, Designated to Receive 10 Billion KRW Annually for 10 Years On October 8 (Monday), Ewha Womans University was selected as an ‘Institute for Basic Science’ by the Korea Institute for Basic Science. The Korea Institute for Basic Science (IBS) is a research organization established to develop knowledge and fundamental technology through world-class basic science research. It offers research funds of up to 10 billion KRW (approximately 9 million USD) per year for ten years to fifty Institutes for Basic Science, including Ewha, campus research organizations, and outside research organizations. The financial support is designed to stimulate the production of creative knowledge and fundamental technologies through world leading research. The institute initially selected ten research directors and later selected seven additional directors, including Dr. Gabriel Aeppli, who will lead Ewha’s research efforts. The seven directors, including three foreign scholars, are leading international researchers in the fields of basic sciences such as physics, life, and chemistry. Professor Aeppli is the fellow of the Royal Society and renowned expert in nanotechnology and physics. IBS’s research endeavors, which will be based at Ewha, include plans to establish the Seoul Institute for Atomic Scale Science and Engineering (SIASSE) under the initiative of Professor Gabriel Aeppli. The center will focus on the development of artificial intelligence systems through incorporating studies from various fields such as Electronics, Biotechnology, and Biological Systems. Ewha is benefiting from its established strength in science fields: its designation as an Institute for Basic Science comes after an agreement signed in May 2011 to collaborate with Solvay, an international chemical corporation, and an invitation to the Korea Basic Science Institute’s Seoul Western Center to study and develop technologies of NBPT in April 2012.
- No.149
- Writer홍보실
- Date2012.10.19
- Views8293
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Active CDC, Offering Customized Career Consulting, Gets Positive Response from Students

Ewha’s career development center held the ‘Active CDC (Career Development Center)’, offering customized career and career counseling, from September 10 (Monday) to 28 (Friday). The event was planned to advise students’ career plans and strengthen their ability to set out on their chosen career path. The event forms part of the ‘Ewha Care Network’ created to comprehensively support students in areas including schoolwork, post-graduation employment, career management, and graduate school entry. The Career Development Center set up mobile career and job consulting centers in front of ten of Ewha’s colleges for students who were restricted for time. In addition, the center deployed career advisors and specialized research agents and offered one on one customized career consulting services for students in every year of study. For senior students, the center offered job consulting services such as job search strategies, companies’ recruiting information, and a resume/cover letter writing clinic. Meanwhile, for students in other years of study the center offered career counseling services and advice on how to pursue careers that fit the students’ aptitudes and dispositions based on results from the Ewha CQ (Career Quotient). The Ewha CQ was created by Ewha’s career development center to assess students’ preparedness for their desired careers; the test is a numeric measurement of students’ aptitudes spanning eight spheres: Awareness, Passion, Problem-Solving, Positive Network, Global Orientation, Social Responsibility, and Effective Communication. The resulting career quotient enables career advisors to offer customized support to develop students’ stronger areas and compensate for their weaker areas. Yang Ok-Kyung, head of Career Development Center, said, “We have developed more convenient services in order to give students better access to career and job information.” “I expect that students can begin to develop their careers earlier during their time at Ewha if they are proactive and aware of their interests and passion after graduation.” Yang added.
- No.147
- Writer홍보실
- Date2012.10.12
- Views4667
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GSIS Holds Ewha-KOICA Master’s Homecoming Day

25 Graduates Gather in Hanoi, Vietnam Ewha’s Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) held the master’s homecoming day and an international academic conference of Ewha-KOICA GSIS in Hanoi, Vietnam to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of relations between Korea and Vietnam. The Ewha-KOICA GSIS master’s program was created to intensively educate developing countries’ researchers and women civil servants. Ewha and KOICA have been cooperatively operating the master’s program by selecting talented women from developing countries such as Guatemala, Honduras, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ghana, Sudan, and Iraq. The Ewha-KOICA GSIS Master’s Homecoming Day, held on September 20 (Thursday), was attended by Prof. Kim Eun-mi, Dean of GSIS, Prof. Yim Eun-mi, Prof. Kim Ji-young, and Vietnamese officials. Additionally, a total of 25 Ewha graduates from Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam participated in the event. Graduates shared their experiences in their post graduation jobs as well as how their experience in the Ewha-KOICA program helped them develop their talent and skills. The international academic conference, titled ‘Capacity Enhancement for Sustainable Development: Vision from Asia’, continued on September 21 (Friday). The international academic conference featured three sessions focused on capacity building with sustainable development, empowerment with capacity building of genders, and their applications in various job fields. Various graduates of KOICA-Ewha who are employed in governmental organizations highlighted their experiences, which accompanied speeches by Prof. Kim Eun-mi, Dean of GSIS, and Professor Yim.
- No.145
- Writer홍보실
- Date2012.10.05
- Views4856
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Architects Representing Korea, China, and Japan Discuss East Asia’s Architecture :

The twelfth memorial lecture of Kim Okgill was held in the auditorium of Ewha at 2:00 p.m. on September 20 under the theme “Rethinking Locality in Architecture.” The lecture, which takes place annually, focused on the globalization of Asian architecture through ‘locality’ along with the evolution of architecture cultures. Asian architecture has long been isolated from the Western-oriented paradigm of architectures. Around 3,000 people took part in this year’s Kim Okgill memorial lecture, including undergraduates, faculty members, architecture figures, and students studying architecture at other universities. In the opening address, Ewha’s President, Dr.jur. Kim Sun-Uk, said “I hope that these varied discourses will serve as a stepping stone for Korea’s architecture to develop into the leader of international architecture cultures based on Korea’s identity.” “I expect that the roles and contributions of women architects and architecture majors will be broadened in the future,” President Kim added. Following the opening address, Jeon Suk-hui, the first graduate of the architecture department and co-president of Wise Architecture, reflected on the meaning of this year’s theme in her introductory remarks. The speakers at the lecture, which was divided into two sessions, were representative architects from Korea, China, and Japan. Seung Hyo-sang, guest speaker at the Venice biennale in 2012, Nishizawa Ryue, the 2010 recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize (similar to a Nobel Prize), and Wang Shu, the 2012 recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Price winner, discussed ‘locality’ as a new trend in architecture. Their lectures suggested that Korea and East Asia’s architecture must break from the limits imposed by Westernized modern architecture that has traditionally confined it. Nishizawa Ryue, co-president of SANNA, introduced his various projects related to ‘locality’ and said, “It’s not easy to reflect local surroundings and cultures in architecture, but I always endeavor to incorporate them to the highest degree.” Seung Hyo-sang, the representative of Iroje, explained architecture in terms of the value of land, in which human beings and nature exist harmoniously and daily human life is projected through the combination of past and present architecture styles. Wang Shu, who is in the spotlight of the international architecture field due to his receipt of the 2012 Pritzker Prize and his role as a co-president of the Amateur Architecture Studio, visited Korea for the first time to take part in Kim Okgill’s memorial lecture. Wang’s lecture, titled ‘Return to the Picturesque World,’ emphasized that nature should be considered before human civilization and that we should use the principles of nature create harmonious architecture. The twelfth memorial lecture of Kim Okgill ran continuously as four consecutive programs including forums, lectures, and publications featuring relevant guests on Thursday, September 20, to continue the systemic study of architecture. Through this annual lecture series, Ewha contributes to progressing both women’s architecture and Korea’s architecture by producing graduates with superior abilities as part of the College of Engineering, the first of its kind at a women’s university.
- No.143
- Writer홍보실
- Date2012.09.25
- Views4815
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Ewha Receives Delegation from Chinese National Women’s Association

On Thursday, September 6th, a delegation from the People's Republic of China’s National Women’s Association visited Ewha Womans University. The Association promotes women's rights and gender equality from all parts of China and was founded by the nation’s Communist Party in 1949. The National Women’s Association aims to strengthen exchange and cooperation with universities and institutions abroad. To mark the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between South Korea and PRC, a women's forum was held centering on Chinese women’s education, fostering women’s competencies, culture, and academic and research exchange. Prof. Eunice Kim, Vice President for Global Affairs at Ewha, welcomed the delegation, stressing that “the 21st century will be the era of partnership for China and South Korea” and that together they would be able to make great contributions to women’s education in Asia, as Ewha has endeavored to do throughout its 126 year history. Through exchange and cooperation, said Prof. Kim, the university hopes to provide more education opportunities for women in China. Long a pioneer in the development of Women's Studies and the feminist network in Asia, Ewha is now expanding its influence to Southeast Asia and Africa through the Ewha Global Empowerment Program (EGEP) designed to train women working in non-governmental institutions and the public sector. Women from developing countries also come to Ewha through the International Summer College, semester and year-long exchange, and degree-seeking programs. Ewha currently has 117 active exchanges with Chinese universities and institutions, and as of September 2012 there are 63 international students from China studying at Ewha as exchange students. The visit from the delegation from the National Women’s Association is likely to further strengthen the relationship between Ewha and People's Republic of China.
- No.141
- Writer홍보실
- Date2012.09.20
- Views4850
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Four Ewha Departments Receive Top Ranking in JoongAng Ilbo Evaluation

The JoongAng Ilbo, one of Korea’s most influential newspapers, announced on Sept. 03 (Mon) ~ 4 (Tues) that Ewha’s Departments of Sociology, Mathematics, Physics, and Environmental Engineering rose to the top of a national evaluation carried out by the newspaper. Mathematics, Physics and Environmental Engineering departments were ranked exclusively on the top levels among all the other universities in Korea, indicating the success of 'Science Ewha' project of the university to strengthen competitiveness in these area. Sociology was highly ranked two year consecutively from 2011. In addition, departments of History, Nutritional Science & Food Management, Statistics are also ranked in high level this year cementing its reputation at the top of these fields in the nation. Among all private universities included in the evaluation Ewha received the number one ranking in Mathematics, Physics, and Environmental Engineering. In May 2011, Ewha signed an agreement with the global chemical company Solvay and became the first university to cooperate with an international industry. In August, Ewha also started ‘Ewha Global Top 5 Project’ by investing 100 billion won (around 88 million USD) over the course three years to base its special R&D and forced Science Ewha’s potential. The Department of Mathematics, which specializes in applied mathematics with a basis of pure mathematics, has been particularly successful in engaging in doctoral level research collaboration. As a result, the department is ranked number one in internal and external research funding among all other universities, and also received the high scores in scholarship and low attrition rate. The criterion used in the 2012 evaluation was different from past years, requiring the universities to have a high score across all areas in order to receive a high overall score. The four departments that received the top ranking-Physics, Environmental Engineering, Mathematics, and Sociology- are therefore shown to demonstrate consistent excellence across all areas evaluated.
- No.139
- Writer홍보실
- Date2012.09.10
- Views7309

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