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Completion Ceremony is Held for the School of Medicine’s New Campus and Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital

A new milestone is set for the training of future female medical scientists by the establishment of “the School of Medicine’s new campus” equipped with the state-of-the-art system for education and research and “Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital,’ a truly new concept of a patient-oriented hospital. Ewha held the dedication ceremony to mark the completion of the School of Medicine’s new campus and Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital in Magok District, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, on November 12 (Monday). The ceremony was also to celebrate the restoration of “Boguyeogoan,” which was the first women’s hospital and medical school in Korea. The completion ceremony, which was held at the auditorium located in the 3rd floor of the School of Medicine, took placed in the following order: dedication worship, briefing on the construction, commemorative and congratulatory speeches of the outside and Ewha’s esteemed guests, introduction of HI (Hospital Indentity) of Ewha Medical Center, award ceremony of the plaques of appreciation and contribution and new building tour. President Kim, Heisook said in her speech, “ ‘Boguyeogwan,’ a medical school established ‘for women and by women’ in 1887, played a role in breaking down the wall of discrimination and became the basis of Ewha Womans University School of Medicine,” and added, “The completed construction of the School of Medicine’s new campus and Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital would make it possible to conduct the state-of-the-art medical education, research and treatment at top-notch facilities by expanding spaces for education, research and medical treatment.” Jihee Lee, dean of the School of Medicine, showed a feeling of expectancy on the Esther Building which comprises medical complex where cutting-edge medical science research and converged clinical research can be conducted, and also mentioned, “Ewha School of Medicine will do its best to grow as a research-focused medical school to conceive advanced converged studies.” The new campus of the School of Medicine, which is scheduled to formally open in the first semester of 2019, was built with a capacity of 12 above-ground floors and five basement floors across a total land area of 3,000 pyeong (around 9,920 square meters), and equipped with the most advanced lecture rooms and medical library for education and practices as well as medical school dormitories, etc. In addition, the new campus has advanced educational systems including Ewha Medical Simulation Center (EMSC) for preparing practical test of the National Medical Licensing Examination, the integrated management system, the Ubiquitous Based Test (UBT) for taking medical examinations using a tablet PC, the Learning Management System (LMS) which is an online learning platform, along with the auditorium and international conference room with simultaneous interpretation facilities. Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital plans to formally start in February 2019, with a capacity of 1,014 patient beds across ten above-ground floors and six basement floors in a total land area of 10,091 pyeong (around 33,360 square meters). The Hospital aims to diminish the risk of infection and provide a pleasant unit environment by establishing the standard general care unit as three-person rooms and all intensive care units as one-person rooms. On top of that, it will be operated as a global hospital with promoting specialization for severe and complex diseases including top five cancers, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and organ transplantations, etc.; strengthening the capability of academy-industry joint research on future diseases; and having the most advanced international medical center and a premium health promotion center.
- No.441
- Writer홍보실
- Date2018.11.27
- Views4685
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Scranton College Holds a Lecture by Irina Bokova, the Former Director-General of UNESCO

Scranton College (Dean: Seahwa Kim) held a lecture by Irina Bokova, the former Director-General of UNESCO at the LG Convention Hall in the International Education Building on Thursday, November 1, 10:30 a.m., as the 18th Scranton College Global Lecture Series. Irina Bokova, a Bulgarian politician and the former Director-General of UNESCO, has worked in the field of international relations for more than 20 years. She served as Bulgaria’s ambassador to France and to Monaco, Bulgaria’s Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, and the Deputy Minister of foreign affairs and the Minister of foreign affairs. Since she took office as the first female Director-General of UNESCO in 2009, she has dedicated herself to working for the international community over nine years. In 2010, she was awarded an honorary doctoral degree of politics from Ewha for her highly appreciated accomplishments in the promotion of women’s rights and interests. In this lecture given under the theme of “Global Citizenship and UNESCO Spirit,” Bokova introduced the Agenda for Sustainable Development that includes 17 sustainable development goals (no poverty, good health and well-being, quality education, gender equality, climate action, industry, innovation and infrastructure, partnerships to achieve the goal, to name a few), and said that the world is being faced with crises and challenges in multiple aspects. Citing one of the famous Nelson Mandela’s quotes, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,” she emphasized the importance of education, to which all countries around the world need to pay particular attention. In addition, Bokova introduced Incheon Declaration, “Education 2030: Towards inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning for all” adopted at the 2015 World Education Forum, and mentioned that education is the most powerful and sustained investment to foster “global citizens” with the capacity of resolving various issues facing mankind. In addition, she said that a large number of female students around the world including developing countries have not been provided with educational opportunities for various reasons and we should endeavor to improve “education for girls.” She wrapped up her lecture by stressing once again that “global citizenship education” is the opportunity of and the key to resolving a number of challenging issues of the world. Meanwhile, Scranton College has three undergraduate programs: Scranton Honors Program, Korea’s first open-major program; Convergent & Interdisciplinary Studies, which established Brain & Cognitive Sciences major in the undergraduate program for the first time in Korea; and Division of International Studies, Korea’s first English-exclusive undergraduate program. Since its establishment in 2007, this college has made strenuous efforts to foster global professionals who will lead the knowledge and information society.
- No.439
- Writer홍보실
- Date2018.11.19
- Views4798
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Ewha Awards Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia, an Honorary Doctorate

The woman leader contributing to digital innovative nation Ewha granted an honorary doctorate degree in politics to Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia, at LG Convention Hall in the International Education Building on Wednesday, October 10, 2018, 2 p.m. President Kim, Hei-sook said “President Kersti Kaljulaid made Estonia a digital innovative nation drawing attention from the world through aggressive digital-sector reforms, for example, by establishing the electronic government and fostering start-ups, and has been dedicated to the health and welfare of the world, so we grant an honorary doctoral degree in politics to her,” adding “It is more meaningful in that she is the youngest and the first female president of Estonia.” President Kaljulaid said in her speech accepting the degree, “Both Korea and Estonia have the best education system, and many countries including Estonia shaped a society where women can equally have university education which was only possible thanks to the continued efforts by women in the past, and therefore, we need to support people who cannot enjoy such opportunities.” In her acceptance speech, she said “I hope Ewha students change the world through a world-class research capacity, and the future of the world would be bright if you students work together with international solidarity for sustainable development for mankind.” After the conferment ceremony, Ms Kaljulaid talked with students about “the digital innovation, entrepreneurship and the future society” in a session of “Conversation with Ewha Global Leader”. In the session with the Distinguished Professor Go Geon, she elaborated on Estonia’s issues such as the digital innovation and major services of the Estonian government, reasons and effects of deregulation of block chains, keys of astonishing economic growth after the independence from the Soviet Union. In addition, in responses of students’ questions relating to the cyber security, the technology industry, and prerequisite for a digital leading country, she referred to the digital ID system of Estonia and stressed the need of systems and education that are suitable for a new cyber environment. Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia, was selected as the first and youngest female head of state of Estonia in its history at the age of 46 in 2016. She majored biotechnology and graduated with a Master’s degree in business administration. From 2004 to 2016, she was the representative of Estonia in the European Court of Auditors for 12 years, and served as a chairperson of the board of directors at University of Tartu.
- No.437
- Writer홍보실
- Date2018.10.26
- Views4434
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Institute for Development and Human Security (IDHS) Holds Academic Events for Discussion on Girls’ Health and Health Promotion in Developing Countries

The Institute for Development and Human Security (IDHS) (Director: Kim Eun Mee) held the “International Girls’ Health Student Writing Competition,” “Policy Forum: Children’s Vulnerability and Humanitarian Support” and “International Conference: Global Health Cooperation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),” in order to improve health in developing countries and seek ways to fulfill the SDGs, for two days from September 18 (Tuesday) to 19 (Wednesday) at the LG Convention Hall of the International Education Building. This event is the first program in Korean universities which is planned based on results of ongoing studies: Advocacy for Korean Engagement in Global Health Development (2013-2016); and Korea Global Health Strategy (2016-2019). These two studies have been conducted by the IDHS with two research funds from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s largest charity organization. On September 18 (Tuesday), the first day, the “International Girls’ Health Student Writing Competition” began at 9:00 a.m., which was co-hosted by the Ewha Global Health Institute for Girls and the UNESCAP Subregional Office for East and North-East Asia. This conference, with aims to let people know issues related to girls’ health emerging as an important matter in international society through voices of young adults across the world and to encourage leadership of young generation in the fields of international development cooperation and healthcare, was sponsored by various domestic and foreign institutes including the Gates Foundation, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the Asia Foundation and the Korea Association of International Development and Cooperation. At 1:30 p.m. on the same day, the “World Vision-Ewha IDHS Policy Forum” was held with the theme of vulnerability of children in conflict areas and humanitarian support, and the relevant photo exhibition took place simultaneously in front of the Ewha Womans University Museum. On September 19 (Wednesday), in the “International Conference: Global Health Cooperation of the SDGs” held with the support of the KOICA, an awards ceremony of the student writing competition, the plenary meeting and round table session progressed, and ways to improve effectiveness of health cooperation in developing countries with roles of Korea were discussed. Director Kim Eun Mee, the organizer of this conference, said, “All the girls and children in the world have the same rights and the rights are valid wherever they are,” and added, “I hope that diverse discussions on the approaches toward new international development cooperation are conducted considering features of girls and children, and based on which the government, academic circles and civil society cooperate more actively.”
- No.435
- Writer홍보실
- Date2018.10.19
- Views4329
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Ewha’s OIA Holds the First Ewha International Students Day

The 1st Ewha International Students Day was successfully held in the Lee San-bong Hall of the ECC building on Tuesday, September 18, 2018. The Office of International Affairs (Vice President Choi, Won Mog) arranged the event for the first time this year with an aim to boost a sense of belonging and fellowship of international students studying at Ewha. On the day, an awards ceremony was held for international students who made a great contribution to building up a strong reputation of Korea and Ewha and there was a time to retrace the course of the school’s efforts to lead globalization. Opening the event, Vice President of the OIA Choi, Won Mog said in his brief opening address, “Since we have the first international student in 1951, we have produced a total of 1,955 proud international graduates until August 2018,” and added, “Female students from 96 countries including China, Japan, and even far-away countries in Africa such as Ethiopia and Ghana graduated from Ewha and returned home and play a significant role as a woman leader.” President Kim, Heisook said in her welcoming address, “Our international students are at the center of the world’s women’s higher education history that Ewha will make further, and through you, we will try to give back to the world the fruit of love we have received, by expanding mutual cooperation and exchanges crossing boundaries between countries and regions.” Zhou Yubo, a representative of the Korean branch of people.com operated by People’s Daily of China also delivered a congratulatory message, saying “Korean university education promotes a free academic atmosphere while requiring high standard of scholarly attitudes including profound theoretical exploration and critical mind and thinking, and therefore, international students need to quickly adapt to this learning environment to produce successful academic achievements.” She also asked students to make this time studying in the overseas country as a valuable opportunity to cultivate multicultural communication abilities. The highlight of the whole event was the Ewha Award for Global Ambassadors, in which Professor Supaporn Boonrung (37) in the Department of Korean Language at prestigious Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, was gladly honored to be the first winner of this award. Professor Supaporn Boonrung obtained Master’s degree and completed Ph.D. course from the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) at Ewha University as a scholarship student invited by the South Korean government. Returning home, she was appointed as a professor in the Department of Korean Language at Chulalongkorn University in 2007, and since then, she has made a considerable contribution toward education, research, and dissemination of the Korean language. In addition, she was a member of the Multilingual Dictionary Compilation Committee of the National Institute of the Korean Language and a member of the Korean Language Textbook Compilation Committee for Thai middle and high school students. Supaporn Boonrung had a distinction to win Companion (Fourth Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant from the King of Thailand. Following the award ceremony, there was a time to listen to thoughts of international and exchange students on this event, and the event was wrapped up with a giveaway and a banquet. Before the event, a space for cultural exchanges with traditional costumes, ornaments and foods was prepared in the Multipurpose Hall of the ECC building by international student associations of different countries including Malaysia, Vietnam, Japan, China, Thailand, and Hong Kong and Ewha Mate, a mentor group for international students.
- No.433
- Writer홍보실
- Date2018.10.11
- Views5210
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Deputy Executive Director of UN WOMEN Asa Regner Held Her Lecture

Ewha Womans University invited Asa Regner, Deputy Executive Director of UN WOMEN and held a lecture titled “Economic and Political Empowerment of Young Women around the World” at Emerson Chapel of Graduate School Building on Friday, September 14, 10 a.m. Behind Ms. Regner’s visit was that the university as one of the biggest institutes for women rights and women leader education is recognized its contribution to the world women education. UN WOMEN was founded in 2011 to dedicate to the abolition of gender inequality, enhancement of women’s rights and interests, and gender equality in economic development, human rights, and security sectors, and is the biggest international organization for a single issue of women that has helped over 1.5 billion women and girls across the total 52 nations. Ewha signed the first MOU with this UN agency in 2012 for gender equality and women education cooperation, and has cooperated with the agency for six years, and in 2015, Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN WOMEN, visited Ewha and discussed various exchange activities, including internship programs. Ms. Regner pointed out in the lecture many social issues including the Me Too movement arising around the world and discrimination against women labor force while young women makes efforts to recognize their values and develop their abilities through their jobs, and discussed with students about what women and the UN can do. In particular, she defined the Me Too movement as a women right movement arising from efforts to protect women’s dignity and resolving real-life problems, not something abstract or superficial, and stressed that the UN is taking seriously gender equality based on human rights under the circumstances that the world is not equipped to manage gender matters. In addition, she remarked that we need to tackle difficulties such as the wage gap between men and women and discontinuity of women’s career, which are caused by perceptions that labor of women is less valuable than that of men, adding that in order to address the issue, it is also important that how many women can enter the political field that makes policies.
- No.431
- Writer홍보실
- Date2018.09.20
- Views4495
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2018 Ewha-Harvard Summer School Being Held at Ewha’s Campus

Ewha Womans University Graduate School of International Studies (Dean Kim Young-hoon) successfully ended the ‘2018 Ewha-Harvard Summer School Program’ in collaboration with Harvard University, in which students of Ewha and Harvard University jointly participated, and held the closing ceremony on August 3 (Friday). ‘Ewha-Harvard Summer School’ is the summer education program which is hosted by the Graduate School of International Studies and conducted by Harvard, the prestigious US university. This is the only occasion where Harvard co-organizes a summer session program with a Korean university. It has been held every year at Ewha’s campus since 2006 when the two universities strengthened the partnership. Participants in this program commenced on June 25 (Monday) included Ewha and Harvard students, and other students from universities entering into a credit exchange agreement with Ewha and Harvard. The Korean language class for Harvard students opened until August 18 (Saturday). Ewha-Harvard Summer School organized focused on Korean culture and history carried out this year joint research projects, under the theme of ‘Viewing the Social (developmental) history of Korea since the Korean War through Movies,’ concerning ‘political, commercial and artistic presentations on Japanese comfort women,’ ‘criticism of marriage’ and ‘the culture of Goryeojang (meaning “ancient burial practice whereby an elderly is left to die in a tomb”) in the past and the problem of elders who live alone today.’ Students watched the movies describing modern Korean society such as Aimless Bullet (1961), Chilsu and Mansu (1988) and To the Starry Island (1993), and had a time to discuss them. Director Lee Jang-ho and leading actor Ahn Sung-ki of the film Good Windy Day (1980) were invited and gave lectures. Every week, students visited main attractions in Seoul such as Changdeokgung Palace, a historical site, and the National Assembly Building, the War Memorial of Korea, Namsan Mountain and Cheonggyecheon Stream, in order to experience Korean culture. They also went field trips to DMZ (Korean Demilitarized Zone), and Naksansa Temple and Seoraksan National Park in Sokcho-si. In Ewha-Harvard Summer School, students shared daily lives alongside learning by living together in the dormitory while taking one-to-one language and culture exchange partner program, which was a deepening summer session program. Seong Mun-gyeong (majoring in French Language & Literature, incoming class of 2016), a participant in Ewha, said, “It was a good experience to share positive energy with versatile Ewha and Harvard students through interesting classes and field trips.” Another participant Alyn Wallace, a Harvard student, remarked as well, “I learned a lot not only in class but by getting around various places and cities in Korea including Seoul through this program, and hope other students also utilize this opportunity.”
- No.429
- Writer홍보실
- Date2018.08.23
- Views5009
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Ewha Language Center and Overseas Koreans Foundation Successfully Holding “2018 Training for Korean Teachers Coming from the CIS Region”

Ewha Language Center (Director Shim So-hee) has successfully run “2018 Training for Korean Teachers Coming from the CIS Region” offered for five weeks from Wednesday, June 13 to Wednesday, July 18, 2018. This training program, organized by Overseas Koreans Foundation and sponsored by ELC, was provided for 28 Korean teachers who are ethnic Koreans coming from four CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) countries: Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Ukraine. The program aimed at improving Korean language skills of the Korean teachers and enhancing their understanding of Korean history and culture. In the program, the trainees took Korean classes for their level to improve their Korean, which is their mother tongue, and attended other classes to enhance their teaching skills such as a special lecture “Practice of Korean Language Teaching” tailored for each teaching target and “Micro Learning” where they could experience various teaching materials and methods. In addition, they studied Korean history by visiting various historical sites including Changdeokgung Palace and Jongmyo Shrine, both of which have been listed as World Heritage, the Independence Hall of Korea, the War Memorial of Korea, and Dora Observatory, and felt beautiful nature of Korea in Jeju, a gorgeous island selected as World Natural Heritage. Furthermore, the trainees had opportunities for experiencing Korean culture including folk painting, double-headed drum, and calligraphy to strengthen their identity and a sense of roots as Koreans. Unlike previous years, this year, local training was first given in the CIS region including Moscow and Vladivostok in Russia, Almaty in Kazakhstan, and Tashkent in Uzbekistan, and in the training, a special lecture “Korean Language and Korean Culture Teaching Method” was delivered not only for trainees for 2018 but also those for 2016 and 2017.
- No.427
- Writer홍보실
- Date2018.08.09
- Views5036
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Ewha-Luce International Seminar 2018 for US-Asia Next Women Leaders in STEM

“Ewha-Luce International Seminar 2018: Expanding Horizons” held in Ewha Womans University on June 26 (Tue) was successfully finished its 18 day-journey on July 13 (Fri). In this seminar co-held by Ewha Womans University and the Henry Luce Foundation of the U.S., female graduate students who major in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields (STEM) at universities in South Korea, the U.S., India, China, and the Philippines participated in research exchanges and discussions. Renowned figures held lectures in this seminar. In the keynote speech session held at the Lee San-bong Hall of the ECC building on June 28 (Thu), Chang Pilwha, an emeritus professor of Department of Women’s Studies at Ewha delivered her message titled “Rethinking Women Leadership”, and Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, a former Apple engineer, CEO of Instrumental Inc., and a founder of Women in STEM Mentorship Program, addressed her speech titled “Building a Network of Allies, Mentors, and Advisors”. In addition, Kim Young-Kee, a distinguished professor at the University of Chicago of the U.S. delivered her lectures titled “My Way to Become a Scientist” on July 3 (Tue) and “An Atom as an Onion” on July 10 (Tue). Chang Hasok, a distinguished professor at the University of Cambridge of Britain, gave a public lecture under the theme of “Humanism and Science” on July 11 (Wed). Besides, on July 3 (Tue) to 4 (Wed) open forums were held with diverse subjects of ▲ Women in History of Science ▲ Emerging Issues in Science ▲ Social Responsibility and Science ▲ Science Unlocking Future. On July 12 (Thu), Michael Gilligan, President of the Henry Luce Foundation, officially announced in the graduation ceremony that the foundation will give an additional grant of $750,000 for two years, saying that he highly evaluates Ewha’s unwavering dedication to women’s ability development and empowerment, academic excellence and contribution to the international partnership. The Henry Luce Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in 1936 by Henry R. Luce, a co-founder of Time and Life, American magazines, and has chosen Ewha Womans University as its first Asian partner institute and has funded $1,655,000 for the past four years in a leadership development program for U.S. and Asian women in STEM.
- No.425
- Writer홍보실
- Date2018.07.24
- Views4891
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Ewha Womans University Delivered Donation and Personal Hygiene Items for African Girls to World Vision

Ewha Womans University offered chapel donations of 10 million won to World Vision, an international relief NGO, for the purpose of giving African girls personal hygiene items. On June 19 (Tue.), our school and the non-governmental organization held a ceremony in the reception room in Pfeiffer Hall to deliver the donation of 10 million won and 1,000 personal hygiene items to support “Basic for Girls” in Africa. President Kim Hei-sook, CEO of World Vision Korea Yang Ho-seung, and graduate students of our school who sewed by hand sanitary pads for African girls participated in the ceremony. The donation was collected at Ewha faculty’s Easter service, chapels held at the Welch-Ryang Auditorium, the University Church, and Upper Room Mission Association’s meeting during the first semester of 2018, and cotton sanitary pads made by 250 Ewha fellows were delivered together with the donation. President Kim said that Ewha would “continue to seek to contribute to the society by protecting the health of children, mothers and girls as a world-class women’s higher education institution with a great infrastructure, including Korea’s first Social Welfare Department (formerly, Christian Social Work Department), Child Development Department, and the university-affiliated hospital.”
- No.423
- Writer홍보실
- Date2018.07.06
- Views4924

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