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Welcome Ceremony Held for the 2017 First Semester International Exchange and Visiting Students

A welcome ceremony was held at the ECC Theater at 11 am on February 24 to greet international exchange and visiting students for the first semester of 2017. For this semester, a total of 398 international students enrolled in the exchange and visiting student program, and they consist of 77 male students and 326 female students. The students came from 205 universities in 27 countries. The program had the most students from France (65 students), followed by the U.S. (63 students), Japan (53 students), China (49 students) and Germany (33 students). The welcome ceremony featured introductions of Ewha Womans University and Ewha Peace Buddies. In addition, a sexual harassment prevention video was shown, and the celebration music was played by students from the Department of Korean Music. Associate Dean of Global Affairs Lee Jong-guk encouraged the exchange and visiting students who chose to study at Ewha by saying that he hopes that they will be devoted to their studies, which is the basis of university life, and that they can utilize help from Ewha’s excellent faculty, the Office of Global Affairs and Peace Buddies and learn as much as possible while they study at Ewha.
- No.391
- Writer홍보실
- Date2017.04.07
- Views5531
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Arthur Kleinman, a Professor and Medical Anthropologist, Talks about the Value of Care at Ewha

On March 15th, Wednesday, Arthur Kleinman, a renowned Harvard professor and medical anthropologist, visited Ewha Womans University and gave a special lecture on his book entitled “A Passion for Society.” As a medical doctor and anthropologist, professor Kleinman is a leading researcher in a range of fields including medical anthropology, cultural psychiatry, global health, and social medicine. He is now a professor of medical anthropology and psychiatry at Harvard Medical School’s Department of Global Health and Social Medicine. His visit to Ewha was arranged to introduce his book entitled “A Passion for Society” and to discuss how social action through caring for others affects the discipline of social science. Professor Kim Eun Mee of the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) said “The importance of care is ever increasing as Korea enters a super-aged society. I found this lecture significant and impressive as in the era of artificial intelligence and the fourth Industrial Revolution it provided important implications for how we can spread the value of care in various academic fields, especially in health and medical areas.”
- No.389
- Writer홍보실
- Date2017.04.04
- Views5219
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2017 Matriculation Ceremony and New Students Welcome Events

Ewha Womans University welcomed 3,410 freshmen at the matriculation ceremony for the 2017 school year at the Welch-Ryang Auditorium at 10 am on February 24. Song Tuck-soo, acting president of Ewha Womans University, said, "Starting with only one student, today’s Ewha has now become a world-renowned university that has produced more than 200,000 alumni." He also added, “Ewha has had some difficulties recently but I believe that with the spirit of Ewha that has made the history of Ewha, we will be able to overcome difficulties and take another leap forward." On behalf of all freshmen, Yoon Su–yeon from the Elementary Education Department of the College of Education, and Mun Dana from the College of Business Administration recited a Student Pledge. "I did not want to forget that I am of Korean descent. That is why I decided to enter Ewha Womans University to study the Korean language and business administration,” Mun Dana from Kazakhstan whose father is a Russian Korean said. “After graduation I want to become a business person who contributes to the exchange between Kazakhstan and South Korea." The new students admitted on the day include eight students from six countries including Vietnam and Thailand. They are the beneficiaries of EGPP (Ewha Global Partnership Program) scholarship. EGPP is Korea’s first full scholarship program for female talents of developing countries. Ewha started this program in 2006 to foster female talents from around the world. So far, 224 students from 39 countries have been selected and 128 graduates have benefited from this program. This year, four undergraduate students and four graduate students have been selected for this program. Immediately after the matriculation ceremony, the Ewha Sarang program titled “Welcome to Ewha” was held in the same place at 11:00 am to welcome new students. Some Ewha students came as guests and shared their lively campus life as well as their university life know-how. This event provided a variety of information about campus tours, exchange student programs, volunteer activities, overseas exploration programs, the teacher training program, club activities and mentoring programs in order to help the new students enjoy their campus life.
- No.387
- Writer홍보실
- Date2017.03.24
- Views5240
386
Ewha Declares War against Malicious Comments

As part of the New Year’s resolutions for 2017, Ewha Womans University has declared war on its haters’ vicious postings by deciding to take strong legal actions against hateful comments, false slanders, and sexual insults on the school, its students and members and opening an online menu tab, “Report Malicious Online Postings.” Via the new menu created on its official website (http://www.ewha.ac.kr/) on January 23th (Mon.), Ewha plans to effectively gather supporting evidence for cyber bullying in order to file legal action in a timely manner. By engaging in a battle against malicious comments, Ewha intends to protect the human rights of all its members including students and alumnae and sound an alarm over misogyny, which has rapidly spread through the internet. It is hoped that the launch of the “Report Malicious Online Postings” menu serves as a momentum to eradicate bias and discrimination against Ewha and by extension, women as a whole.
- No.385
- Writer홍보실
- Date2017.02.14
- Views4851
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The 11th Round of EGEP Was Held as Feminists from Asia and Africa Gathered in Ewha

The 11th round of Ewha Global Empowerment Program (EGEP), an educational program for women from Asian and African countries in non-governmental and public sectors, started on Sunday, January 8. EGEP aims to theoretically and practically empower female talents in the non-government and public interest sectors of Asia and Africa, internationally improve woman’s right by education, and contribute to the development of global community. It has turned out 215 people with diploma from 42 countries so far, and 19 participants from 15 Asian countries two African countries are now attending a two-week program of the 11th EGEP. Pamela Philipose, public editor, and Lee mikyeong, Chairperson of Korea Sexual Violence Relief Center, gave a lecture and held a discussion on the topic of “New Challenges of Feminisms for Anti-GBV Transnational Activism” in an open seminar on Tuesday, January 10. After the seminar, the participants joined action plan activities, workshops, lectures, group talks and the 1266th weekly protest rally held every Wednesday to solve the issue of Korean comfort women for the Japanese army. They also tried to find ways to end sexual discrimination and violence against women and share how to practice them in the field through these activities.
- No.383
- Writer홍보실
- Date2017.02.07
- Views5076
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Ewha held “Ecrire 2017”

Ewha Womans University held “2017 Ewha Ecrire” at the ECC Theater from 2 p.m to 5:30 p.m, Monday, January 6, to foster its students' reading and writing skills and cultivate their critical and reflective thinking on society and themselves. “Écrire” means writing in French. First held in 2016, Ecrire replaces annual Ewha Reading Competition which first started in 2012 by including travel essay category, and is now hosted by HOKMA Liberal College (Dean Prof. Kim Jeong-seon), an exclusive organization of liberal education. Participants should handwrite a book review or a travel essay on given or free topics for three hours without the help of any portable electronic devices, such as a mobile phone or a laptop. This year, about 100 undergraduates attended the competition either in the book review category or the travel essay category. The winner of this year’s award who will receive small prize is going to be announced on January 24th (Tuesday), and the awards ceremony will be held on January 25th (Wednesday).
- No.381
- Writer홍보실
- Date2017.01.24
- Views5179
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Ewha Holds “New Year’s Greetings with the Ewha Family 2017”

To welcome the new year together, Ewha Womans University held the “New Year’s Greetings with the Ewha Family 2017” at the Lee San-bong Hall and the Multipurpose Hall of the ECC building at 10:00 a.m., Monday, January 2. All members of Ewha joined the event to recommit themselves to taking another leap based on the 130 years of Ewha’s history. Chairperson Chang Myong-Sue said, “We, as the members of Ewha, should not forget the lessons learned from the hardships we went through last year and make the most out of them to enable Ewha to grow further.” She also encouraged attendees, saying, “As the first fruit of our efforts to heal and resolve a variety of traumas and problems, the General Faculty Council was established at the end of the last year. I believe that the launch will mark the start of mutual respect and trust, healing of wounds, and restoration of dignity of the Ewha community.” Vice President Song Tuck Soo offered New Year’s wishes to the attendees saying, “The year 2017 is the Year of the Rooster. I wish, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, Ewha members will embrace each other, work together, heal our wounds together, and raise the status of Ewha.” On the election of the president, he remarked, “I will strive to stabilize Ewha by electing the president as soon as possible after collecting opinions from all Ewha members.” The greetings were followed by the special performance prepared by the College of Music: Professor Shin Ji Hwa (Voice) performed “As if spring comes across the river” and “Mattinata” to the piano accompaniment of Professor Jeong Ho Jeong (Keyboard Instruments). After the performance, the attendees exchanged New Year’s greetings and had pleasant conversations while enjoying refreshments.
- No.379
- Writer홍보실
- Date2017.01.17
- Views5693
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Ewha Establishes General Faculty Council

New body launched to represent the entire faculty at Ewha The General Faculty Council of Ewha Womans University was established and incorporated into the office organization of Ewha as of December 14, 2016. As a body representing the entire faculty, the Council consists of members elected by each college and graduate school with a chair, two vice chairs, two auditors and several secretaries as its officials. The Council has authority to propose matters concerning university operation and academic affairs to the president and the Board of Directors of Ewha Haktang; to participate in the Planning Committee and other key committees at Ewha; to recommend dismissing the president; and to propose the dismissal of a school business official. With the establishment of the Council, the University Headquarters is to seek the opinion from the Council before it makes decisions on the establishment and abolishment of any college, graduate school, department and/or division of studies. It also must obtain an agreement from the Council when it makes any decision on matters such as tenure and rehiring systems that may bring material changes to the faculty status. The office of the President is currently vacant. At the request from Ewha Haktang for an opinion on regulations for selecting president candidates, Ewha has asked the Council to seek opinions from the faculty. Those subsequently collected from the faculty, students and staff at Ewha will be communicated to Ewha Haktang to be used as a basis for establishing regulations and procedures for the selection of candidates for the 16th president.
- No.377
- Writer홍보실
- Date2017.01.10
- Views5215
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Professor Eun Mee Kim and her Colleagues at Ewha to Receive Gates Foundation Grant Twice in a Row for the First Time in Korea

The Research Team led by Professor Eun Mee Kim at the Ewha Womans University Institute for Development and Human Security and the Ewha Medical Center Global Health Institute for Girls has been selected as the recipient institution to execute research on the theme of “Korea Global Health Strategy” from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (hereafter the “Gates Foundation”) and will receive a total of 400,000 dollars (approximately KRW 470 million) for three years starting November, 2016. The grant is the second one following 400,000 dollars received for three years in 2013 for the first time in Korea. This acknowledges that the team, comprised of professors from various fields such as international development and cooperation, medicine (preventive medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics & gynecology, emergency medicine, medical education, etc.), women’s studies, public administration, sociology, international studies, showed outstanding performance and achieved excellent results from 2013 to 2016 in the field of Official Development Assistance (ODA). “We are thrilled to receive funding once again from the Gates Foundation following the grant in 2013,” said Professor Kim, Dean of Graduate School of International Studies. “Given that Korea, as a donor country, should contribute more to international health and medical treatment, international development and cooperation, and to the empowerment of women’s capacities in developing countries in the age of sustainable development goals, we feel great responsibility in receiving this grant.”
- No.375
- Writer홍보실
- Date2017.01.03
- Views5905
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GSIS Holds 2016 Ewha-KOICA Korean Speaking Contest

The Graduate School of International Studies (Dean Prof. Eun Mee Kim) held the “2016 Ewha-KOICA Korean Speaking Contest” on November 25th (Fri.) at 6:30 p.m. at the SK Telecom Building Convention Hall. Run together by Ewha Graduate School of International Studies and Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the Ewha-KOICA Master’s Program commemorates its tenth anniversary this year. It is a regular degree program that selects women civil servants from developing countries and fosters global female leaders who contribute to the development of their own countries and international cooperation. Twenty Ewha-KOICA students have regularly participated in Korean language classes for the last 16 months while studying in the GSIS International Development Master’s Program designed to strengthen the capacity of female leaders. This Korean Speaking Contest proceeded in the order of Ewha-KOICA students’ Korean presentations, Korean role-play, and congratulatory performances. The participants promoted friendship and shared their thoughts as international students at Ewha by giving presentations they had prepared wholeheartedly under such themes as what they newly learned while living in Korea and how they interpret Korean culture.
- No.373
- Writer홍보실
- Date2016.12.23
- Views5002

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