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Lunar New Years Day Festival for International Students Held

Lunar New Year's Day Festival was held at the auditorium in Ewha-Samsung Education Culture Building on February 9. 350 students from Ewha International Graduate School, Ewha Language Center, and Ewha Global Partnership Program participated and had memorable time experiencing Korean traditional recreation. The students had the chance to play large sized yut, and jegi, the classic Korean games played on holidays. Dressed in Hanbok, the Korean traditional dress, students cooked and shared Korean traditional food like japchae, and rice-cake soup and experienced Korean traditional holiday. There was also a performance program during the festival and students boasted their singing and dancing to celebrate the New Year's Day. President Lee Bae-Yong said in the congratulating speech, “We have prepared this event for the international students who are apart from their family to study in Korea. I hope this festival has provided a pleasant time to be united by experiencing Korean culture although we are all from different cultural backgrounds."
- No.77
- Writer홍보실
- Date2010.02.10
- Views4540
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Ewha Donates Fifty Million Won for the Haiti Earthquake Victims

Ewha Donates Fifty Million Won for the Haiti Earthquake Victims Ewha Womans University President Lee Bae-Yong and the faculty gave a donation of fifty million won for helping the victims of the earthquake in Haiti through International Aid Development NGO, Good Neighbors, on January 19 . President Lee said, "We hope that our donation can help the people who are suffering from the earthquake in Haiti." Ewha had sent a donation to support rebuild an elementary school in Sichuan Province after the earthquake in China in 2008. Lee Bae-Yong Ewha Womans University President(Left) and Lee Il-Ha President of Good Neighbors(Right)
- No.75
- Writer홍보실
- Date2010.01.22
- Views4542
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Ewha Founder Mary F. Scranton, Mugunghwa Medal Awarded

Ewha Founder Mary F. Scranton, Mugunghwa Medal Awarded Mary F. Scranton, the founder of Ewha Womans University was given the Order of National Service Merit, known as the Mugunghwa Medal, for her dedication for instituting modern education for Korean women. Mugunghwa Medal is the highest honor awarded by the government. Mary F. Scranton devoted herself to enhance the status of Korean women. She came to Seoul in 1885, when she was 52, and started to teach a student in 1886. She started a Sunday school at Ewha Haktang, the first-ever girl's school in Korea in Jeongdong from 1888. Through the school, she fostered a number of talented women in various fields of medicine, education and missionary work. The girl's school has today developed into Ewha Womans University, the largest women's university in the world. In October, Ewha hosted a series of events prepared to observe the works of Mary F. Scranton and commemorate the her spirit that include memorial chapels, memorial services, and an academic symposium. Ewha also invited eight descendants of Scranton after having searched over the past 20 years.
- No.73
- Writer홍보실
- Date2010.01.19
- Views4994
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Ewha Top 10 News of the Year 2009

The year 2009 has reached the end. The year 2009 was full of delightful news. The Office of Communications has selected the Top 10 news of the year. Ewha ranked 4th among universities in Korea and 42nd among universities in Asia this year, boasting excellent research quality and degree of globalization from Asia's university evaluation compiled by the Chosun Ilbo and global university evaluation institute QS of the U.K. Ewha ranked 4th among Korean universities in the number of selected projects of WCU(World Class University) Project announced by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology this year. Research and lectures at Ewha are expected to reach that of international levels following its selection as a WCU project, making the university a hub for human networks connecting home and abroad. Ewha has signed exchange partnerships with the universities in major cities of the world including Hong Kong, Singapore, Berlin, and Frankfurt. Ewha has established global campus network in 18 cities by this year. The global campus network is a part of 'Global Ewha 2010 Project', which is building Ewha's exclusive knowledge networks with universities in major cities of the world. In addition, Ewha has strengthened exchanges with prestigious universities like Harvard and Cambridge. Ewha has hosted a series of events to remember Mary Fletcher Scranton, the founder of Ewha, who passed away one hundred years ago, on October 8, 1909. Scranton memorial chapels, a memorial services, and an academic symposium were prepared to observe the works of Mary F. Scranton and commemorate the spirit of Scranton who has sowed a seed for the poor and the sick in Korea. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton held a town hall meeting with 2,000 Ewha Students on February 20 at the Welch-Ryang Auditorium. Secretary Clinton received the title, 'Distinguished Honorary Ewha Fellow' from Ewha on that day for her extraordinary contributions to the cause of human rights and the protection of the interests of women, children, and the family. The year 2009 can also be called the year of Nobel scholars at Ewha. Professor George F. Smoot, Robert H. Grubbs, Le Clezio, Muhammed Yunus, Jose Ramos Horta, and Rigoberta Menchu visited Ewha and gave lectures to the students. In March 2009, Ewha has newly opened a service called the 'Tuition Fee Ombudsman Service' to support students who are in desperate need of help for paying tuition fee. The prospective recipients include students who are living on the minimum wage as well as whose household is under bankruptcy. Warm hearted Ewha students helped a lot of underprivileged people and moved our hearts. A volunteer group, 'A-ga Ppoppo' has been volunteering to foster the children at Holt Children's Services. Some students gathered to plan the 'Happy Wedding Project' and held a wedding ceremony for foreign labor workers who could not afford such ceremony. Many programs were held as a part of Ewha Renaissance Project' this year. 'The Historic Site Exploration with the President' was held in October. In addition, two classes, ‘Meeting the Leaders of Today’ and 'Special Lectures on Culture and Arts' were opened for students and provided series of special lectures of the leaders of today. Ewha has launched the 'Ewha Brand Power Campaign' and the 'Ewha With You' campaign this year to boost up the morale of the members of Ewha.
- No.71
- Writer홍보실
- Date2009.12.28
- Views6970
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Outstanding Performance in the Judicial, Patent Bar, and Civil Service Examinations

Outstanding Performance in the Judicial, Patent Bar, and Civil Service Examinations Ewha students and graduates showed outstanding performance, producing many successful candidates in the judicial, patent bar, and civil service examinations. According to the results of the final round of the 51st National Judicial Examination announced on November 24, 55 Ewhaians successfully passed the exam. There fore, Ewha has become the top five achiever in the performance of the National Judicial Examination. Kim Na-rae, a senior year in the department of law, recorded the youngest successful candidate. 11 Ewhaians passed the 46th Patent Bar Examination. A patent attorney is an attorney who has the specialized qualifications necessary for representing clients in obtaining patents and acting in all matters and procedures relating to patent law and practice. In addition, according to the results of the final round of the 51st Civil Service Examination announced on November 26, Ewha produced 14 successful candidates for the Civil Service Examination. The number of successful candidates Ewha produces has been steadily increasing as the studying environment for the students who prepare for national examinations is supported by the school.
- No.69
- Writer홍보실
- Date2009.12.15
- Views6369
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Ewha Christmas Service Held

Ewha has held the first Ewha Christmas Service celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ on December 3rd. 20,000 Ewha students and faculties gathered in the Welch-Ryang auditorium and shared the joy and the gratefulness of Christmas. The orchestra and the choir of college, dressed in red, green, and white, played and sang 'Oh, Holy Night', 'the Glory of Messiah by Handel', and 'Sleigh Ride'. White snowflakes came down on the stage as the department of dance performed the 'Snowflake Dance(from The Nutcracker)' and made the atmosphere of Christmas. After the performances, came the time for singing carols together. 36 students dressed in Santa Clause robes gave out presents to students and received a big cheer. Rice cakes provided by the alumni association were given out to everybody who came to the service. Ewha Christmas Service, which is the first service held to celebrate Christmas in Korea every year, is hosted by Ewha Womans University and the alumni association and has become the 14th this year. The offering gathered during the service is used to support missionaries who are Ewha alumni.
- No.67
- Writer홍보실
- Date2009.12.14
- Views4500
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Ewha-Harvard Strengthens Global Partnership

President Lee Bae-Yong and president Drew Gilpin Faust of Harvard University had a meeting and discussed strengthening exchange cooperation between the two universities. President Lee's visit to Harvard was arranged in response to the invitation from president Faust. This is the second meeting after the first meeting at president Faust's inauguration ceremony in October 2007. The two presidents discussed various ways to enhance cooperation on international exchanges and shared consensus on the importance of strengthening liberal education. Ewha Womans University is the only Korean university to participate in Harvard College in Asia Program(HCAP), an exchange program with Asia run by Harvard University founded in 2003 and is also the only Korean university to run Ewha-Harvard Summer School since 2006. In addition to the visit to Harvard University, president Lee attended ‘the 8th Ewha Alumnae Regular Meeting of North America Region' in Denver, Colorado and 'the 40th International Foundation Council for Ewha Womans University'. More than 300 alumni attended the regular meeting and showed their love and support for Ewha. On November 15, president Lee also met the alumni in Los Angeles. On the same day, 16 Ewha students who were studying at California State University Fullerton, one of the partner university of ‘Ewha in California’ global campus network joined the meeting.
- No.65
- Writer홍보실
- Date2009.12.04
- Views4452
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Honorary Doctoral Degree on President of Chile

Ewha Womans University Confers Honorary Doctoral Degree on Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile Ewha has conferred an honorary doctoral degree on Michelle Bachelet, president of Chile at LG Convention Hall on November 11. President Lee Bae-Yong said, "She has performed excellent leadership as a female president. She also contributed in enhancing rights of the underprivileged and realizing the gender equality." Michelle Bachelet started her career as a medical specialist in the field of children and public health care at the Protection of Children Damaged by States of Emergency(PIDEE) in 1983. In 2000, she improved the public health care policy to benefit mothers and children as a Health Minister and in 2002, she cleared the remnants of the military dictatorship as the first female Minister of Defense in Chile. On these political backgrounds, she won the 2006 presidential election as the first female president of Chile. A moderate socialist, she increased social benefits to help reduce the country's gap between the rich and the poor, one of the largest in the world. President Michelle Bachelet said, "It is an honor to be awarded the honorary doctoral degree at Ewha Womans University, the largest women's university that has lead the development of women rights and enhanced the status of women in Korea." In her acceptance speech she also said, "A good policy for women is the good policy for the nation. Although we have achieved gender equality comparing to the old days, the glass ceiling that has existed in various fields including politics will disappear and it will become the start of a better society where women can show thier potentials .
- No.63
- Writer홍보실
- Date2009.11.24
- Views4272
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Ewha Strengthens the 'Ewha in Beijing' Campus Network

Ewha Strengthens the 'Ewha in Beijing' Campus Network President Lee Bae Yong visited universities in Beijing China from October 17 to 18, and universities in Jiangsu from October 26 to 28. Through these visits, Ewha strengthened the 'Ewha in Beijing' network and installed a milestone for expanding numbers of partner universities in China. On October 17, Lee visited Peking University which is the focal point of 'Ewha in Beijing', to make agreements on increasing the number of exchange students and hosting more than ten students from Peking University in Ewha for 2010 international summer school. On October 18, President Lee gave a keynote speech at the 'International Women University President Symposium‘, which was held to commemorate 60th anniversary of Chinese Women's University. In addition, she visited the Ewha alumni in Beijing and many companies in China to strengthen networks of Ewha in China. From October 26 to 28, she was invited to Nanjing University and Yangzhou University in Jiangsu province. Through this visit, Lee made an agreement on international exchange agreement with Nanjing University which was ranked 5th among universities in China in 2007. On October 27, she met the president of Yangzhou University and discussed launching various exchange programs including dual-degree program. Ewha will continue to enlarge the Ewha Campus Network upto 20 major regions of the world.
- No.61
- Writer홍보실
- Date2009.11.13
- Views4307
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The 9th Kim Ok-Gil Memorial Lecture Held

The 9th Kim Ok-Gil Memorial Lecture Held : ‘Global Peace and the Future of Korean Peninsula’ Ewha Womans University held the 9th Kim Ok-Gil Memorial Lecture, ‘Global Peace and the Future of Korean Peninsula’ at LG Convention Hall on November 2nd. This commemorative lecture is to pay a tribute to the memory of Dr. Kim Ok-Gill who was the eighth president of Ewha and devoted her whole life for women's education and contributed to the common good of the Korean people. The host of the ceremony, Research Institute for Social Science invited Rigoberta Menchu, the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate for key note speech. She said, "It is an honor to participate in the memorial lecture of such a woman who has devoted her life to enhance women and Korean." Menchu, who has also devoted her life for the rights of women said, "We must earn equality in opportunity that will allow us to practice rights before we talk about human rights. 'Peace' is not an abstract dream. Strong will of individauls and the nation will make it come true." Rigoberta Menchu is an indigenous Guatemalan, of Maya ethnic group. Menchu has dedicated her life to publicizing the plight of Guatemala's indigenous peoples during and after the Guatemalan Civil War(1960–1996), and to promoting indigenous rights in the country. Menchu said, "I myself lived a life of being raised in hunger and lost my family from the violence of dictatorship. However, I thought that I should not live on in sorrow. We must believe in ourselves. All the young generation of today need positive prospective about our future." The following session after the lecture of Menchu was a series of lectures. Cho Key-sung, the chairman of Medical Peace Foundation, gave a lecture on 'Medical Mission for the Peace and Prosperity of Developing Countries'. Kamppeter Werner, the Representative of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Korea Cooperation Office, gave a lecture on 'Conceivable Lessons from the German Unification'. Park Myung Kyu, the director of Institute for Peace and Unification Studies at Seoul National University, gave a lecture on 'Peace and Unification from the Multicultural Perspective' and Ham Kwangbok, the director of Korea DMZ Research Center, gave a lecture on 'The Multi-cultural Attribute of the DMZ and Eco-political Approach to the DMZ'.
- No.59
- Writer홍보실
- Date2009.11.13
- Views4547

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