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Princess Astrid of Belgium Visits Ewha

Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium and dignitaries of the Belgian delegation visited Ewha Womans University on Tuesday June 13, 2017. The 13-member delegation led by Princess Astrid, who came to Korea as special envoy for the King of Belgium, consisted of six ministerial-level personnel, business people and officials of the monarchy. The princess’s visit was able to be arranged thanks to the special ties between Ewha and Belgium. In 2014, Ewha successfully brought in Solvay Research & Innovation Center, the national company of Belgium and international chemistry group, to Ewha campus. At the time, Solvay's total investment amounted to $21.5 million, which is the first case of a global multinational overseas company establishing a global research center in domestic universities, and it is considered one of the most representative accomplishments of the university-industry collaboration at Ewha Womans University. The princess and the dignitaries first visited Solvay Korea in University-Industry Cooperation Building and participated in the medal award ceremony for Kim Sun-Uk, the former President of Ewha Womans University, who contributed greatly in bringing in Solvay to Ewha campus. The delegation also took a short tour of the Ewha Womans University Museum to see some major artifacts. Afterwards, they had an informal meeting with students and a campus tour with Kim Hei-Sook, and then headed to Ah-Ryoung-Dang to participate in the luncheon prepared by the president of Ewha. With this visit, Ewha, as one of the most representative and excellent universities in Korea, is expected to build a more strategic and solid relationship with Belgium by strengthening international exchanges and educational cooperation while further solidifying the ongoing university-industry collaboration with Solvay.
- No.401
- Writer홍보실
- Date2017.06.23
- Views5572
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Ewha’s 131st Anniversary and the 16th Presidential Inauguration

Ewha’s 131st anniversary and the 16th presidential inauguration were held at Welch-Ryang Auditorium of Ewha Womans University at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 31st, 2017. Amid celebrations from over 3,000 attendees, the occasion took place to mark Ewha’s 131st anniversary where Professor Kim Heisook was inaugurated as the 16th president of Ewha Womans University on the final day of this May. She was appointed as new president by the board of directors on May 26 (Friday) after having gained the largest number of votes of professors, staff, students and alumnae in a direct election held for the first time in the university’s 131-year history, The ceremony was followed by an event, “Get Together & Go for New Ewha“, held at ECC Valley where Ewha students shared with the new president their expectations and hope of the university. Students also discussed various issues and sought ways to cope with them with their new president, which include curbing tuition increases while expanding scholarships, realizing their six demands, providing a place for better communication, expanding support for those preparing for state examinations, and diversifying class registration methods.
- No.399
- Writer홍보실
- Date2017.06.16
- Views5690
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Ewha Holds Special Lecture by Chinese Writer Yu Hua

The Center for Chinese Cultural Studies hosted a special lecture by Chinese writer Yu Hua, who is well known for his novel Chronicle of a Blood Merchant, on Wednesday, May 24. Ewha Womans University is the only university that the writer visited during his trip to Korea. Under the theme of “How does literature affect our lives(文学给予生活什么)?” Yu exchanged opinions on the value and influence of literature with Ewha students, faculty, staff, and about 200 audience members. Since its foundation in 2008, the Center for Chinese Cultural Studies has played a pivotal role in promoting academic exchanges with China and taken the lead in research on China in Korea by establishing Chinese Studies in a Korean perspective. The Center for Chinese Cultural Studies is focusing on gathering information for Chinese Studies, increasing academic exchanges between two countries, hosting academic conferences and publishing book series.
- No.397
- Writer홍보실
- Date2017.06.09
- Views5707
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Ewha Language Center Holds a Bazaar for UNICEF Children’s Education Fund

Ewha Language Center (ELC) held a bazaar to raise UNICEF Children’s Education Fund, called “The 3rd Sharing Happiness Bazaar”, on Tuesday, May 2, 2017. In celebration of Ewha’s 131th anniversary and ELC Korean Language Program’s 30th anniversary, this year’s Sharing Happiness Bazaar was arranged to continue the spirit of sharing of those have been dedicated to Ewha for all those years. It was thronged with about a thousand people from overseas exchange students, international students, faculty and staff to ELC foreign students. The bazaar provided goods donated by Ewha’s faculty and staff as well as partner corporations or institutions. It also ran food stands serving diverse foods and beverages prepared by ELC students from all over the world and various programs to promote donations. All the proceeds from the 3rd Sharing Happiness Bazaar will be used for educational support projects run by UNICEF to help children in desperate need of access to education all around the world.
- No.395
- Writer홍보실
- Date2017.05.23
- Views6338
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Embassy of China in Korea Donates Chinese Books to Ewha

On April 14, Friday, the Office of Global Affairs, Ewha Womans University, participated in the Chinese Embassy Open House and a book donation ceremony held at the Chinese Embassy in Seoul for enhancement of friendship between Korea and China. At the event held under the theme of “Building friendship in the scent of books,” Chinese ambassador to Korea, Qiu Guohong, donated about 500 books to Ewha and decided to make efforts to promote mutual friendship. The donated books composed of various genres including Chinese classics are expected to be of good help in getting a deeper understanding of China. The Chinese Embassy donated 10,000 books to Seoul National University in 2014 when the Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Korea, and ever since it has been donating the same number of books to many Korean university libraries and media organizations in Korea each year. This year as well, the Chinese embassy donated 10,000 books to over 20 organizations including Ewha Womans University. There are about 900 Chinese students currently studying at Ewha Womans University. Ewha will continue to work closely with the Chinese Embassy in Korea in various fields, including attracting outstanding Chinese students to Ewha Womans University.
- No.393
- Writer홍보실
- Date2017.05.19
- Views5646
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Ewha holds 2017 Spring Study Abroad Fair

Ewha Office of Global Affairs held 2017 Spring Study Abroad Fair on Tuesday, April 25 for Ewha students who want to study abroad as exchange students. The Study Abroad Fair has been held every semester since 2015 with the aim of encouraging Ewha students to learn abroad and of providing a meeting place between the students and foreign exchange and visiting students overseas. The event was attended by 70 foreign exchange student representatives from 87 universities of 20 countries, including German, the U.S., Switzerland, Italy, Japan, and France as well as by 42 Ewha student representatives who had experience of studying abroad as an exchange student. In the booths arranged by country, they provided useful information on their campus life and their country’s culture, along with various activities like presenting self-made school profiles and giving quizzes. Meanwhile, the British Council also joined the event and promoted Chevening Scholarship, the nation’s global scholarship program, which appealed to students planning to study in Britain.
- No.391
- Writer홍보실
- Date2017.05.12
- Views6072
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Happy Hour and Social Gathering Held for International Students

The Office of International Affairs (Dean: Park In-Hwi)held “Happy Hour” and “Social Gathering” for international degree-seeking students, exchange and visiting students for two days between March 28 and 29 with an aim to help them get used to the campus life and to understand how they are doing at Ewha. Happy Hour was held on March 28 where international students and their peer mentors had a chance to increase interaction with each other while sharing lunch and chatting together. In this event, international students studying at Ewha could meet their mentors and those from the Office of Global Affairs and socialize with other international students, which is a rare opportunity. Through the Happy Hour event, the international students could receive support in living and studying in Korea. Social Gathering was held on March 29 for exchange and visiting students from around the world. The event was attended by about 80 exchange and visiting students at Ewha and members of PEACE Buddy (Professional Ewhaians at Cultural Exchange) which is a student club designed to support international students in adapting to life at Ewha. Having lunch together, the participants enjoyed recreational programs as well. About 1,300 international students are studying at Ewha for this semester, among which 400 are exchange and visiting students. The Office of Global Affairs is planning to actively assist international students in living in Korea by continuing to organize events like Happy Hour and Social Gathering.
- No.389
- Writer홍보실
- Date2017.04.28
- Views6154
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Professor Supaporn Boonrung, a Graduate of Korean Studies from Ewha, Establishes Korean Major at Most Prestigious Chulalongkorn University in Thailand

Chulalongkorn University, the only royal university and the most prestigious university in Thailand, adopts the Korean language as its official major from next year. This feat is attributable to the hidden effort of Thai Professor Supaporn Boonrung who was appointed at Chulalongkorn University upon graduating from the Department of Korean Studies of Ewha Womans University, and full support from the Graduate School of International Studies at Ewha Womans University (Dean Prof. Kim Eun-mee). Chulalongkorn University adopted Korean as a minor, and the Korean language course started with five students 10 years ago when Supaporn Boonrung came to this university upon graduating from Ewha. She received a master’s degree in Korean Studies at Ewha Womans University in 2007 and was appointed as professor of the Korean language course at Chulalongkorn University, which made headlines at the time. After becoming a professor at the Thai university, she entered the Ph.D. program at Ewha Womans University in March 2010 and went back and forth from Korea to Thailand until she completed her studies in 2012, devoting herself to Korean language education and research. At Chulalongkorn University, over 500 students are taking the Korean language as one of their liberal arts courses. Korean language education has made a remarkable growth over the past decade, producing 60 students who minored in Korean. The establishment of the Korean language major has opened an opportunity to produce Korean language graduates from the most prestigious university in Thailand, which is garnering much attention from relevant organizations in Korea as well as Thailand.
- No.387
- Writer홍보실
- Date2017.04.18
- Views6010
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Thailand’s Silpakorn University Expands International Exchange with the Department of Korean Language & Literature at Ewha

The faculty and students from Silpakorn University of Thailand and its Department of East Asian Studies visited Ewha Womans University on Thursday, March 23. This visit was made according to MOU established in October 2016 between the Liberal Arts College of Silpakorn University and Ewha Womans University. Silpakorn University, especially renowned for its art programs in Thailand, accommodates a total of 25,000 enrolled students and has extensive academic and research exchanges with overseas universities. Several Silpakorn students already completed the courses of Ewha Graduate School of the Department of Korean Language & Literature and the Department of Korean Studies and now a number of Silpakorn students are studying degree courses at Ewha. This visit is significant in that it allows the two universities to expand their exchange consistently and effectively and thus helps the globalization of Korean culture with greater understanding of Korea.
- No.385
- Writer홍보실
- Date2017.04.14
- Views5984
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Dept. of Early Childhood Education Holds a Workshop to Develop a Training Course for Early Childhood Teachers in Cambodia

To help establish a training course for early childhood teachers in Cambodia, Ewha’s Early Childhood Education Department at the College of Education invited the faculty of Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) and held the “Ewha-RUPP workshop to develop a training course for early childhood teachers”. During the workshop which ran from March 19th (Sunday) through 31th (Friday), the visitors from RUPP made academic exchanges with the professors of the Early Childhood Education department and got a glimpse of Korea’s advanced educational models by joining both undergraduate and graduate classes and visiting the Ewha Kindergarten and Ewha Institute of Childhood Education and Care, both of which are affiliated institutes of the College of Education. They were also invited to related organizations to explore the cooperation system between university and the local community. As the nation’s first educational institution to produce early childhood teachers, Ewha’s Early Childhood Education department will provide continued support based on its academic and educational capabilities to help promote early childhood education in Cambodia and other developing countries as well.
- No.383
- Writer홍보실
- Date2017.04.11
- Views5867

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