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Ewha Holds HCAP Seoul Conference 2016

The Ewha-Harvard College in Asia Program (HCAP) Seoul Conference 2016, an academic and cultural exchange program for students of Ewha Womans University and Harvard University, was held from March 12 to 20 of this year. HCAP is the academic and cultural exchange program that Harvard University has conducted since October 2003 with an aim to foster global leaders fully conversant with both the U.S and Asian countries, and it boasts the largest scale among Harvard’s exchange programs with Asian institutions. Ewha has been the first and only partner of Korea for nine executive years since 2007. The program consists of two conferences: at the first conference selected students from Asian partner universities are invited to the Harvard, and at the second conference the delegation of Harvard students is dispatched to Asian countries. Now eight Asian prestigious universities including Ewha are holding the second conference where students themselves plan and run such events as a variety of academic lectures and cultural experience. Eight Ewha students participated in the first Boston Conference hosted by Harvard from January 16 to 24. And this second conference was held by Ewha in Seoul. Under the theme of “Equality, Tolerance and Freedom,” an in-depth discussion regarding the North Korea and the reunification of Korea was taken place at this Ewha-HCAP Seoul Conference. As part of the program, the students visited to the Institution for Unification Education and the Joint Security Area (JSA), other than going on a field trip to experience Korean traditional culture. In addition, there was a public lecture not only for Ewha-HCAP participants but also for the entire Ewha students.
- No.341
- Writer홍보실
- Date2016.04.05
- Views5123
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Human Genome Organization (HUGO) Opens at Ewha

The headquarters of Human Genome Organization (HUGO), a world-class leader in human genome research, is to be moved to the Ewha campus in Seoul, South Korea in the first half of 2016. Founded in 1988 as an international nonprofit organization, HUGO has served to promote and coordinate international research on the human genome, fostering collaborations among scientists and to establish a database of joint research, thus facilitating the development and exchange of new technologies. The relocation of the HUGO office has been promoted since Ewha appointed Prof. Charles Lee, Scientific Director of the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, as a distinguished professor of Life Sciences at the Graduate School in March 2015. In particular, this distinguished biomedical scientist was selected as HUGO’s new president at its recent annual meeting and will succeed to the presidency in January 2017. Therefore, the HUGO headquarters is decided to move from Singapore, its current base to Seoul on the Ewha campus. Prof. Lee became the world’s first scientist to prove the existence of structural genetic variations in human genomes, or the “copy-number variation,” thus leading to wining the Ho-Am Prize in Medicine in 2008. In 2014, Thomson Reuters selected him as a promising candidate for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Following the establishment of Ewha-JAX International Research Center for Cancer Immunotherapy with the Jackson Laboratory, a renowned genetic research institute in 2015, Ewha has attracted the headquarters of HUGO. This achievement is expected to serve as an innovative opportunity to elevate current human genome research of the nation to another level.
- No.339
- Writer홍보실
- Date2016.04.01
- Views5287
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Ewha Selected for CORE Project

Ewha is selected for CORE (initiative for COllege of humanities’ Research and Education) by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea according to an announcement on March 17, thereby receiving financial support up to 9.6 billion won over three years. The CORE project is the first government-funded program designed to assist universities in developing educational programs in the humanities. With a total budget of 60 billion won for three years, the project aims not only to reinforce humanities as a fundamental field of study, but also cultivate interdisciplinary talents who correspond with the social needs. With 46 universities applying for the newly introduced project, the two-stage evaluation process—document screening, and presentation and a Q&A session—selected a total of 16 universities: seven from Seoul metropolitan areas and nine from provincial regions. Under this project, universities are allowed to devise its own education model in an autonomous way based on five categories: university self-initiated development; global regional studies; humanities based convergence; advanced fundamental studies; and basic liberal arts education so as to operate their own specialized program that strengthens research and education of humanities. With the vision of “developing into a world-class LUCETE college of liberal arts,” Ewha is determined to cultivate outstanding talents in the humanities to be equipped with creative and interdisciplinary capabilities that can meet the demands of the 21st century, by focusing on global regional studies, humanities based convergence, and advanced fundamental studies. The term “lucete” means brightly shine in Latin, which represents Ewha’s hope to foster ‘shining’ talents in the field of liberal arts.
- No.337
- Writer홍보실
- Date2016.03.29
- Views5190
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Beverley McLachlin, First Woman Chief Justice of Canada, Visits Ewha

On March 11, 2016, Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, the first woman to hold the position, paid a visit to Ewha Womans University. McLachlin, who was sworn in as a Chief Justice in January 2000 and has since been holding the position over the last 16 years, met Ewha President Choi Kyunghee on Friday. Other participants in this meeting included Frank McArdle, McLachlin’s husband and executive director of the Canadian Superior Courts Judges Association; Oh Soo Geun, the dean of Ewha Law School; Choi Kyung-suk, the head for planning and evaluation of Ewha Law School; Park Ihn-hwi, the director for the Office of International Affairs at Ewha; and Hwang Inseong, the Director General for International Affairs of the Office of Court Administration in the Supreme Court of Korea. Chief Justice McLachlin delivered a special lecture titled “Gender Equality: The Canadian Experience” at Ewha Law School at 3 p.m. on the same day. In this lecture, she talked about political rights, right to hold public office, and substantive equality rights and explained the history of women's struggle for suffrage in the West.
- No.335
- Writer홍보실
- Date2016.03.25
- Views5059
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Career Development Center Holds Career Design Exposition for Freshmen

On March 8 and 9, the Career Development Center (led by Kang Min-a) held a Career Design Exposition for Freshmen at the multipurpose hall of the Ewha Campus Complex (ECC). First started in 2014, this year’s exposition provided a mentorship program connecting freshmen and seniors in order to help the newcomers actively explore their career choices. While the event was designed to support mainly freshmen, the second- and third-year students were also welcomed if they liked to join. There were 36 booths across 14 areas including domestic and foreign internship, state exam preparation, career club, exchange student, volunteering, and off-campus activity. The exposition also featured various programs like a chance to try out a Career Card and e-Quest, a career roadmap designed to help Ewhaians build their career effectively and make a successful entry into society. Besides, about 90 registered Ewha students, including those who passed the Civil Service Examination, started their own business, returned to Ewha after studying in an Asian, European, or American university as an exchange student, or have been developing their career successfully, shared their experiences and knowhow at the exposition. The Ewha Career Development Center provides a wide range of programs that are customized to the types of occupations and each grade. For instance, the center provides the upper grades with recruitment information and state exam preparation support, helps them prepare for actual exams and interviews for better performance, and runs programs for the lower grades to explore their career choices.
- No.333
- Writer홍보실
- Date2016.03.22
- Views5016
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Graduate Music Therapy Major Engages in Training and Academic Activities at University of Sharjah in UAE

The Department of Music Therapy at the Graduate School (led by Professor Chong Hyun Ju) dispatched a team to the United Arab Emirates for two days from February 6 to provide music therapy training to teachers for disabled students in Arabian countries. In 2013, the department concluded an educational agreement with the College of Medicine at the University of Sharjah and has since provided music therapy training at the Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services (SCHS), the largest special education school and therapy training center in the Middle East. Professor Chong Hyun Ju, the head of the Department of Music Therapy, and two students who completed their doctoral course participated in this training session, holding an educational program for local special education teachers and medical experts to talk about cases of music therapy and its effect. On February 10, Professor Chong and the training team participated in the Sharjah 1st Arts Therapy Conference, the first-of-its-kind held in the Middle East. At the conference, Professor Chong delivered a keynote speech and held a seminar about music therapy cases in Korea and their therapeutic effects, receiving significant attention from major local media including Al Khaleej. She was also awarded with an achievement award from the Chancellor of the University of Sharjah and Dean of the College of Medicine in recognition of her contribution to advancing and disseminating the discipline of music therapy within the UAE.
- No.331
- Writer홍보실
- Date2016.03.18
- Views6603
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Office of International Affairs Holds the Spring 2016 Welcome Ceremony

On February 25, the Office of International Affairs held the Spring 2016 Welcome Ceremony in Lee San-bong Hall of the ECC building to greet international exchange and visiting students for the spring 2016 semester. This event was attended by over 400 participants, including exchange and visiting students from overseas and the volunteers of the Professional Ewhaians at Cultural Exchange (PEACE), a volunteering club for international students. A total of 429 international exchange and visiting students will be studying at Ewha this spring semester, recording the highest number for a spring semester, and the 86 male and 343 female students are from 221 universities in 38 countries. Comprised of a welcome ceremony and orientation session, the event was begun with a welcome speech delivered by Park Ihn-hwi, Vice President for Office of International Affairs, to greet the new students to Ewha. The following sessions included a recital of Ewha students majoring in Korean music and a role play by PEACE Buddy. An official volunteering club under the Office of International Affairs, PEACE Buddy members serve as mentors to international exchange and visiting students and help them adapt to the life in Korea and at Ewha. The club staged a role play and received positive response by introducing a variety of support activities for international students. The orientation session offered tips for university life and education to prevent crimes and sexual harassment. Lastly, the international students took a campus tour around the buildings they would frequently visit during the semester. The Office of International Affairs holds a welcome ceremony prior to each semester to greet incoming international students to Ewha and help them adapt to a new environment.
- No.329
- Writer홍보실
- Date2016.03.15
- Views5192
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Ewha, Holding the 2016 Commencement Convocation, Welcome to EWHA, and Welcome to the EWHA Family Events

Ewha Womans University held the 2016 commencement convocation and greeted 3,424 incoming students in Welch-Ryang Auditorium at 10 a.m. on February 26 (Fri.). President Choi Kyunghee offered words of encouragement through the commencement speech by saying, “Ewha Womans University celebrating its 130th anniversary this year has grown into a truly global hub for women’s education, and has become one of the world’s prestigious universities that produced about 210,000 alumnae.” And she added, “I hope that you Ewha freshmen will pursue your dreams and ideals on the basis of what the great graduates of Ewha have pioneered.” After the president’s speech, Snow White and the Brothers, a choir consisting of male professors of Ewha, sang, and Ewha Brass Ensemble performed for the freshmen. Also, Kim Dayeon, an incoming student of College of Liberal Arts, and Tariq Sahrish Riaz took an oath as representatives for all of the new students. Tariq is an incoming student of EGPP (Ewha Global Partnership Program), which is a Bachelor, Master, and Ph.D. degree program for women talents from developing countries, run by Ewha Womans University. She will major in Division of Christian Studies, which is an unprecedented case for foreign students. As a Christian, unlike her catholic parents, Tariq decided to apply for and enter Ewha through a Pakistani church. She said, “I am honored to have the opportunity to enter Ewha through this great program named EGPP in Korea, a very attractive and exotic country,” and added, “I am very happy and excited to meet new friends from different backgrounds and to study in a new environment.” After the commencement events, the Office of Student Affairs conducted Welcome to EWHA, a welcome ceremony for freshmen. In this event, students shared their know-how of college life, information about Ewha campus, and keys to a successful advance into society. During Welcome to EWHA, another welcome event named Welcome to the Ewha Family was held for parents of the freshmen at Samsung Hall in ECC. About 700 family members of the freshmen were invited to the event and were informed of visions, development plans, and support programs for outstanding students. During a talk with the president and appointed professors, parents and members of the students’ families had a satisfying communication time where they could ask questions in person about the university.
- No.327
- Writer홍보실
- Date2016.03.11
- Views5257
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Domestic Education Volunteer Team of Ewha Volunteers, Practicing Neighborly Love throughout the Country

The domestic education volunteer team of Ewha Volunteers practiced neighborly love of serving and sharing through volunteer work during winter vacation throughout the country. The domestic education volunteer team of Ewha Volunteers comprised of 87 enrolled students spent the meaningful winter vacation by carrying out education volunteer work at 18 organizations such as local children’s centers and primary, middle and high schools throughout the country from January 4 (Mon.) until January 30 (Sat.). The team who visited local children’s centers prepared various programs including scientific experiments, cake making, paper arts, and gymnastic activities for children requiring learning. The team who visited primary, middle and high schools carried out education volunteer programs tailored for grades including self-driven learning method coaching, career camp, and counseling. Students actively participated in the mentoring education programs, showing lots of interests in methods of writing learning planners and studying methods. The domestic and overseas education volunteer teams and the overseas medical volunteer team who completed all of the activities met and held a disbanding ceremony for the 2015 Ewha Winter Volunteers on February 18 (Thu.). Dean of Student Affairs Seok In Sun encouraged the volunteers by saying that she is proud of the volunteers who successfully finished the winter volunteer work based on Ewha’s differentiated volunteer programs and is hoping that they can learn to appreciate and to fully practice the spirit of sharing and serving through the volunteer work in the society. There were awards for North Korean Studies Department Prof. Kim Seok Hyang (Director of Vietnam Education Volunteer Team), College of Liberal Arts Prof. Kim Ji Sun (Director of Japan Education Volunteer Team), and Associate Dean of Student Affairs Kwak Eun Ah (Director of Cambodia Education Volunteer Team) participating as professors in charge, along with reports of volunteer activities including sharing volunteering experiences and matters to be improved for management of future programs.
- No.325
- Writer홍보실
- Date2016.03.04
- Views5863
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Ewha, Restructuring the 2016 Liberal Arts Curriculum for Innovation of Undergraduate Education

Ewha Womans University reorganized the entire 2016 curriculum as part of an effort to innovate undergraduate education for cultivation of “THE Talent” as future leaders. The reform aims to improve general education and strengthen its qualitative effectiveness, thereby enhancing five core competences of the curriculum including △knowledge quest, △creative convergence, △culture and arts, △coexistence and empathy, and △global citizenship, and flexibly coping with diversifying educational environments. Ewha reformed the existing liberal arts curriculum comprising △basic courses, △core courses, and △general courses into H·O·K·M·A, i.e. △H (Humanize Yourself) △O (Open Your Future) △K (Know The World) △M (Multiply Your Competence) △A (Analyze Your Thinking), according to specialized goals of each curriculum. In addition, HOKMA College of General Education has improved the system, strengthened capabilities, and developed general education programs necessary for future talents by establishing the evaluation system on general education programs of the HOKMA College and implementing the HOKMA Accreditation (the H-Accreditation) designed to prove talents with cultivated humanities and competences, in order to enhance effectiveness of liberal arts education.
- No.323
- Writer홍보실
- Date2016.03.02
- Views4638

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