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Office of International Affairs Holds 2nd Ewha-HCAP Homecoming Day

The Office of International Affairs at Ewha held the 2nd Ewha-HCAP (Harvard College in Asia Program) Homecoming Day on December 22, 2015. The Ewha-HCAP is an academic and cultural exchange program between Ewha and Harvard University. This year celebrated the 2nd Homecoming Day where alumni and students involved in the program gathered together. Park Ihn-hwi, Vice President for Office of International Affairs, offered words of encouragement, saying, “I believe the Ewha-HCAP has become one of the representative international exchange programs of Ewha thanks to our brilliant students who exerted great efforts to host the program on behalf of our school.” Jin Seo-yun, student president of the 2015-2016 Ewha-HCAP, expressed her gratitude, “Great support and love of our alumni and the Office of International Affairs enable Ewha to become and remain the only partner university in Korea of HCAP.” At the ‘session with seniors,’ alumni shared their experiences and values earned through their activities in the program with other students. The session was followed by a variety of events including a cake cutting ceremony, gift presentations in lotteries and a photo exhibition, which were held to intensify solidarity between alumni and students. Since Ewha was selected in 2007 as the only domestic university with the partnership of HCAP, which is the academic and cultural exchange program of Harvard University, Ewha has held the program annually, with the number of students participating in the program reaching nearly 190 as of 2016. This year, 15 Ewha undergraduate students and 13 Harvard students are expected to participate in the 2016 conference, which will be held between March 12 and March 20.
- No.321
- Writer홍보실
- Date2016.01.12
- Views4976
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Professor Nam Wonwoo Wins the Korean Science Prize

Professor Nam Wonwoo (Chemistry & Nano Science) was named the winner of the 15th Korean Science Prize in 2015. The biennial prize, hosted by Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and the National Research Foundation of Korea and awarded by the President of Korea, is one of the nation’s most prestigious awards. Professor Nam was selected as the prize laureate in recognition of his works, which identified the structure and chemical properties of oxygenase intermediates and thus raised the international status of the Korean science, as well as his reputation as a world-renowned scientist achieved through his participation in various academic activities around the world. Professor Nam has published to date a total of 261 articles in international chemistry journals of the U.S., Germany, the UK, etc. including one published by Royal Society of Chemistry, and currently works as an editor of various international journals. He also serves as a chief organizer of several international academic conferences held in Korea, contributing to advance of chemistry in Korea and enhancing national prestige.
- No.319
- Writer홍보실
- Date2016.01.08
- Views5665
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President Choi Kyunghee Visited Ochanomizu University in Japan

President Choi Kyunghee visited Tokyo, Japan, from December 19 to December 20, 2015, on the invitation of Ochanomizu University. In celebration of the 140th anniversary of the foundation of the Japanese women’s university, the university’s Institute for Global Leadership hosted a symposium under the theme of “Present and Future of Leadership Education: How to Foster Global Female Leaders” on December 19, 2015. At the symposium, President Choi delivered a keynote speech entitled “Strengthening Women’s Capacity via Education: From the Perspective of the History and Vision of Ewha Womans University of Korea.” Director Kang Min-ah of Career Development Center at Ewha Womans University also participated as a panelist in the symposium, along with five Japanese professors including a professor from Waseda University who made presentations and engaged in discussion on women’s leadership education offered by each school. Director Kang presented “Present and Future of Women’s Leadership Education: Leadership Education and Career Development at Ewha Womans University” and introduced Ewha’s education on women’s leadership. Later, President Choi met with President Kimiko Murofushi of Ochanomizu University and proposed to expand academic exchanges between the two universities including encouraging Japanese students to participate in Ewha University’s Summer College Programs and to initiate exchange between the research institutes on women’s leadership of the two universities.
- No.317
- Writer홍보실
- Date2016.01.05
- Views5066
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2015 Ewha Winter Volunteers Held an Opening Ceremony

The volunteer team of the Office of Student Affairs held an opening ceremony for “2015 Ewha Winter Volunteers” at the little theater of the Student Union on December 22 (Tue.) in the afternoon for some 200 volunteers including undergraduate students, professors and university staff members to embark on winter vocation volunteer activities. The 88 enrolled students who take part in the domestic volunteer education program will carry out volunteer education, mentoring, special activities and camping activities at 18 organizations such as local children’s centers and primary, middle and high schools around the country, including Yeongwol in Gangwon Province, Haenam in South Jeolla Province, Wanju in North Jeolla Province, and Taean in South Chungcheong Province from January 4 (Mon.) until January 30 (Sat.). With regard to the overseas education volunteer work, three teams which consist of undergraduate students and professors and staff members in charge will visit Vietnam, Cambodia, and Japan for two weeks between December 28 (Mon.) and January 29 (Fri.) in order to engage in volunteer education and cultural exchange activities. In Vietnam and Cambodia, the teams will carry out volunteer education, drawing fresco, and classroom improvement activities, while in Japan, they will provide volunteer education for middle and high school students who are the fourth and fifth generation Korean Japanese, as well as volunteer services for the elderly and disabled seniors who are the first and second generation Korean Japanese. The two overseas medical volunteer teams which consist of undergraduate students, graduate students of the School of Medicine, professors in charge, and professors and nurses from the Ewha Womans University Medical Center will visit Cambodia and Vietnam respectively to provide medical services for those in need and health services for the local communities as well as missionary activities from January 12 (Tue.) until January 23 (Sat.). The “Ewha Volunteers,” which was founded in 2000, has taken the initiative in forming a society where people live together and in practicing Ewha’s founding “Christian spirit of neighborly love” through volunteer activities during summer and winter vocations.
- No.315
- Writer홍보실
- Date2015.12.31
- Views5247
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2015 Achievements of Ewha

Under the slogan, “Innovation Ewha: Leading Global Excellence,” Ewha Womans University has pursued endless changes with the aim of placing amongst the top 100 ranks in the world over the past year. As a result, it made following remarkable achievements in various fields: 1. Power Verified by Outstanding Results o Ranked Top among Domestic Universities in the Leiden University Ranking for Three Consecutive Years (2013-2015) Ewha Womans University ranked 1st among Korea’s universities in the “Leiden Ranking 2015,” which evaluates the quality of the theses of 750 major universities worldwide, for three consecutive years (2013-2015), taking firm root as one of Korea’s best universities. o Selected for ACE Ewha Womans University has been designated for the “2015 Advancement of College Education (ACE)” by the Ministry of Education and will have been supported by nine billion won for the next four years, which shows Ewha’s reputation as the “quality education provider.” Ewha will work hard to train “THE Talent” who will lead the world in the future, developing the TELOS Track system, opening the HOKMA Liberal College, and operating E³ Extracurricular programs. o Acquired Level A in the College Structural Reform Evaluation Ewha Womans University acquired level A in the “College Structural Reform Evaluation 2015” by the Ministry of Education, which is a comprehensive evaluation of Korea’s domestic 298 universities as a higher educational institution. Ewha received a perfect score in the category of educational environment, which consists of quantitative indicators, and it got an almost perfect score in other categories consisting of both quantitative and qualitative indicators, which cover various matters such as education management, students support, and education achievements. 2. Excellence in Various National Examinations o Greatest Performance in Legislative Examination for General Administrative Position (August) Kim Na-yun, undergraduate student who entered Ewha in 2006 (law major), passed the 2015 Legislative Examination for General Administrative Position with the highest score. o Greatest Performance in Higher Civil Service Examination for Educational Administrative Position (November) Kim Hyo-ra, alumna who graduated in 2013 (business major), passed the 2015 Higher Civil Service Examination for Educational Administrative Position, scoring the highest marks. Ewha generated nine successful candidates, including Kim, among a total of 280 candidates who passed an open recruitment for higher civil service (public administration) of this year. o Top-Four Achiever in Producing Successful Candidates for National Bar Examination ( November) Ewha Womans University ranked 4th in terms of producing successful candidates for the 2015 National Bar Examination, following Seoul National University, Yonsei University, and Korea University. Among 153 successful candidates for the 57th National Bar Examination, 13 are alumnae of Ewha Womans University, which accounts for 8.5% of the total number of successful candidates and 22% of female ones. 3. Recognized Global Partner in the World o Joint-Research with the Jackson Laboratory, the World-Famous Biomedical Research Institution Early this year, Ewha Womans University appointed Charles Lee, the strongest candidate for the Nobel Prize and director of the Jackson Laboratory renowned as a leading institution in the biomedical field, as a visiting chair professor and established the “Ewha-Jackson Research Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer” to support actively relevant research, which has contributed to the improvement of Ewha’s global research capacity. It is expected that the joint research by Ewha Womans University and the Jackson Laboratory will serve as an innovative role in raising the level of anticancer immunotherapy research of Korea on the world stage. o UN Secretary General to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Ewha Ewha Womans University awarded an Honorary Doctoral Degree in Philosophy in Women’s Studies to Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, in May 2015. Ewha awarded the degree to him for his contribution to the improvement of gender equality and woman’s rights as the 8th successive Secretary General of the United Nations, and he has become the first male to receive an honorary doctorate in Philosophy in Women’s Studies from the prestigious women’s university. o Three Major Foreign Figures’ Visit to Ewha Major foreign figures, such as Cherie Blair (September), wife of the former British prime minister and chancellor of the Asian University for Women, Daniela Schadt (October), domestic partner of the President of Germany, and French President François Hollande (November), visited Ewha Womans University. The visit of the French president is especially significant in that Ewha is his first visiting school among Korea’s universities since 1886 when Korea established diplomatic ties with France.
- No.313
- Writer홍보실
- Date2015.12.29
- Views5496
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Office of Admissions Held “Soar up toward Your Dream with Ewha I” for Prospective Ewha Students

The Ewha Office of Admissions held an event titled, “Soar up toward Your Dream with Ewha I (SDE I) at the Office of Admissions’ hall between December 10 (Thur.) and 11 (Fri.) for 200 program applicants among the students who passed the 2016 early admissions. The event, which was divided for successful applicants for the Division of Liberal Arts to be held on the 10th and for those for that of Sciences on the 11th, consisted of fruitful programs including sample listening of college lectures, lunch with the seniors, a campus tour with the Ewha Campus Leader, know-how on college life from seniors, and a conversation with the Dean of Admissions. Pre-Ewha students experienced beforehand a variety of college life and know-how, including how to utilize Ewha 100 percent, how to enjoy a fruitful college life, and other various matters of the university, and carefully listened to the professors’ college lectures. Through the question and answer session with the Dean, the prospective students asked in detail about the issues they had had in mind on Ewha, such as the flexible school system about double/minor major, interdisciplinary major, and change of major, admission to the dormitory, and application for student exchange program. The SDE program, which began in 2011, is aimed at providing the opportunity for the successful applicants of Ewha University to experience college life through the meeting with seniors and professors and instilling pride into their minds as a new comer to Ewha, receiving heated responses from freshmen every year.
- No.311
- Writer홍보실
- Date2015.12.24
- Views5043
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President Choi Kyung-hee’s Visit to China to Accelerate International Exchange

Choi Kyung-hee, President of Ewha Womans University, visited Beijing on December 7 (Mon.) until 8 (Tue.) and gave an impetus to cooperation in the fields of education and research. First, she had a meeting with Cao Shihai, Deputy Secretary General of the China Scholarship Council (CSC), on the first day of her visit to China. The CSC, a non-profit institution with legal person status affiliated with the Ministry of Education, selects young talent to send them abroad to study at prestigious schools of higher education and gives scholarships to foreign students studying in China. It is expected that the visit of Choi to China will facilitate the opportunity for more Chinese students to study in Ewha Womans University through the CSC. In the afternoon of the first day, the president was invited as a special guest to the concert titled “Sound of Peace: Korea-China Joint Concert” held in the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCCP) in Beijing. Many major figures, such as Li Zhaoxing, Honorary President of the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs and Chairperson of the China Association for International Friendly Contact, and Kim Jang-soo, Korean Ambassador to China, attended the magnificent concert performed under the theme of “Beautiful Relations and Happy Partnership” by Korean and Chinese musicians. In particular, “Ewha Orchestra” composed of students majoring in Orchestral Instruments in the College of Music of Ewha Womans University was invited by the Korea-China Association for Cultural Exchange and they boasted great performances. In the morning of the second day (December 8), Choi visited Beijing University, China’s most prestigious university which concluded a college-wide exchange agreement with Ewha in 1996, and she discussed with President Lin Jianhua of Beijing University in order to boost cooperation between the two universities. They had a deep talk about many issues including expansion of a student exchange program, further cooperation for academic exchange in various fields, and a joint project among Korean, Chinese, and Japanese universities. Later in the afternoon, the president met with 20 alumnae from a Beijing-based Ewha alumni association. They presented several proposals for their alma mater and detailed advice about seeking internship and jobs in China for Ewha students and delivered the school development funds raised by alumnae to Choi.
- No.309
- Writer홍보실
- Date2015.12.22
- Views5085
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Ewha Established Hokma Liberal Arts College, Exclusive Institution for Liberal Education

Ewha held the foundation ceremony of Hokma Liberal Arts College, the exclusive institution for general education as well as an academic forum at LG Convention Hall on Friday, December 4. Derived from a Hebrew word meaning ‘wisdom,’ ‘getting wise,’ ‘diverse knowledge,’ Hokma does not simply mean theoretical knowledge, but rather practical wisdom. Ewha established Hokma Liberal Arts College by expanding and reorganizing the existing Center for General Education, with the aim of cultivating ‘THE Talent (Leading Talent, Wise Talent and Practicing Talent)’ through an enhanced liberal arts education focusing on strengthening students’ core capabilities. During the foundation ceremony, Suh Hyuk, the General Director for ‘THE Talent’ cultivation, said “I am confident that Hokma will develop into the world’s best college of liberal arts, producing talent that meets the demands of the future by expanding liberal arts courses customized for education users, strengthening creative convergence-integration education and self-driven general education.” President Choi Kyung-hee explained the purpose and meaning of the establishment of Hokma Liberal Arts College, and said “I will spare no effort to offer systematic and specialized general education that can foster the kind of talent Ewah pursues.” The ceremony was followed by an academic forum, where professors with a profound knowledge of general education presented the historical implications of Ewah’s liberal arts education as well as leading vision under the theme of ‘Hokma, a new horizon of Ewha’s general education.’ Starting from the first semester of 2016, Hokma Liberal Arts College is scheduled to provide a new liberal arts curriculum, with a view to cultivating 1) creative global talent with convergence-integration capabilities, 2) practical talent capable of meeting social needs and 3) sympathetic talent capable of leading harmony in communities.
- No.307
- Writer홍보실
- Date2015.12.18
- Views10220
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2015 Ewha Family Christmas Service Was Held

2015 Ewha Family Christmas Service was held at Welch-Ryang Auditorium in the afternoon of Thursday, December 3, when Christmas mood was in full swing with the snow that started falling in the morning. The service was attended by students, former and current faculty, Ewha graduates, and especially by President Choi Kyung-hee and President of Ewha Alumnae Association Kim Yeong-ju. The service began with “Prayer by Ewha” given by University Chaplain Yang Myeong-su, and then reading of Philippians 2:5-11 by President of Ewha Alumnae Association Kim Yeong-ju. College of Music Chorus and Professor Kim Eun-hee (Voice Major) sang praise, “O Holy Night.” Deoksu Church’s elder pastor Son In-woong gave a sermon under the theme of ‘God who empties everything and stays empty-handed,’ saying we all should lower ourselves and reach out to those in poverty and hardship, emulating Jesus who gave up his authority and came into the world with empty hands to save us. The sermon was followed by Ewha Alumnae Association Mission’s special hymn, “King of Love” and then the collection of offerings for Ewha-graduated missionaries serving in every corner of the world including South America, Central Asia and Africa. College of Music Chorus directed by Professor Park Shin-hwa (Voice Major) sang “Let It Snow” and “Jingle Bells” along with a dance routine that heightened the mood, and then Ewha Korean Music Orchestra led by Professor Won Young-seok (Korean Music Major) played “Christmas Song Medley” and “Festival” with Korean instruments in a glamorous and grand oriental melody, which drew enthusiastic response from the audience. Lastly, every attendee sang ‘”Joy to the World,” meditating the meaning of Christmas.
- No.305
- Writer홍보실
- Date2015.12.15
- Views5248
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100th Anniversary Commemoration of the Ewha Teacher Education Program and International Academic Conference Were Held

Ewha’s College of Education held a ceremony to celebrate the 100th anniversary of teacher education and an international academic conference at Education Building on Friday, November 27. The morning celebration drew about 150 attendees including President Choi Kyung-hee; President of Ewha Alumnae Association Kim Yung-ju; President of Ewha College of Education Alumnae Association Shin Kyung-hee and other College of Education students; former and current professors; and alumnae. Dean of College of Education Kim Sung-won presented the main accomplishments achieved through the centennial history of teacher education and its future vision, and then awarded Plaques of Achievement to Professors Emeritus An In-hee, Kim Tae-ryeon, Lee Eun-wha, and Kang Soon-ja along with President of Ewha Alumnae Association Kim Yung-ju, in recognition of their devotion to the development of teacher education. The commemorative ceremony was followed by an international academic conference, a venue for uniting and joining forces to seek ways to strengthen teachers’ capacity and lead teacher education home and abroad in the 100 years to come. Ewha’s teacher education originated from the Kindergarten Training School established at Ewha Hakdang in 1915. The foundation was a groundbreaking event in the modern history of Korean women that represents women’s changing roles in education from beneficiaries to agents. Ewha’s College of Education, Korea’s first private college of education which was founded in 1951, has continuously evolved, writing the history of Korea’s teacher education. As a result, Ewha’s College of Education established itself as a leader in teacher education: it won the prestigious title of "The Most Outstanding College of Education" in the National Evaluation of Colleges of Education, hosted by Ministry of Education, for three consecutive years in 1998, 2004, and 2010, and was selected as the biggest beneficiary of Ministry of Education’s Assistance Program for Leading Colleges of Education in Teacher Training for the four years from 2011 to 2014.
- No.303
- Writer홍보실
- Date2015.12.11
- Views5438

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