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“Science Ewha” Ranks Top Tier for Environmental Science & Engineering and Nutritional Science & Food Management in Nationwide Evaluation

“Science Ewha” Ranks Top Tier for Environmental Science & Engineering and Nutritional Science & Food Management in Nationwide Evaluation The 2013 Annual JoongAng Ilbo University Rankings has placed Ewha Womans University in the top tier of two academic fields in the science and engineering category: Environmental Science & Engineering, and Nutritional Science & Food Management. Following in its tradition of pioneering new fields of science, Ewha has continued investing and forming collaborative partnerships towards a vision for “Science Ewha.” This year’s outstanding ranking in science and engineering is the latest in a series of achievements by Ewha, including the hosting of Solvay’s global R&D headquarters on campus, being selected for the Institute for Basic Science’s project to lead research in basic science, and undertaking leading initiatives in creative brain studies. Recognized for its unrivaled competence in the study of climate change, a key environmental issue of the 21st century, the Department of Environmental Science & Engineering at Ewha has ranked in the top tier for three consecutive years. For its leading education and research capacity through the Department of Nutritional Science & Food Management, Ewha ranked 4th and 1st out of 58 universities in terms of the sum of intramural and extramural research grants received per faculty member, respectively. Ewha also ranked high in the humanities and social sciences category for the fields of English Language & Literature, Sociology and Mathematics.
- No.191
- Writer홍보실
- Date2013.09.09
- Views10552
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Graduation for the Class of 2012 Held

Ewha held a graduation ceremony for the class of 2012 on Aug. 30 th (Fri ‧ 10a.m.) in the auditorium for 1,854 graduates (932 bachelor’s degrees, 827 master ’ s degrees, 95 doctoral degrees). At the event, President Sun Uk Kim emphasized that the degrees that the students received were symbolic of their new status as mature adults, capable of surmounting any challenge in their lives. She encouraged students, saying “ I hope you become masters of many possibilities and opportunities that lie ahead of you. ” She also expressed gratitude to parents for protecting and raising the students and to professors for guiding them to succeed academically. Additionally, the President imparted three messages to graduates about to start their new lives. The first message was “ become responsible professionals full of patience. ” She used “ the law of 10,000 hours ” as an example, saying that one can succeed if one spends 3 hours everyday for 10 years. Her second message was “ get an accurate sense of your own capability, status, and role. ” She added, “ Don ’ t let others ’ criticisms and evaluations break you. Also, don ’ t be offended by little mistakes and failures. I hope you all possess the true meaning of pride. ” Her last message was “ do not forget about justice which will allow you to achieve true meaning and value in the long race of life. ” This is the ‘ Jin ∙Seon∙Mi( 眞善美 ) spirit ’ that stands for Ewha. She asked students to keep thinking deeply about justice, and to let it be the standard for their behavior and judgments. President Kim also said that she hopes students pave new ways for social change by withstanding social stereotypes. She did not forget to add that Ewha will be always on their side to offer encouragement. On the graduation day, there were several students who were publically spotlighted. Top graduate Min Su Jo (economics ‧ 10), the youngest graduate Jung Min Park (environmental engineering ‧ 10), graduates who overcame their handicap Hye Jin Lee (food science and engineering ‧ 08) and So Jung Kim (fiber arts ‧ 08), and 10 foreign students from Russia, China, Japan, U.S., Canada were all spotlighted during the ceremony. For graduates, family, and friends of Ewha who could not attend the graduation, the event was broadcast through the recently re-designed school homepage and YouTube channel ' Ewha Woman ’ s University Brand Site ’ .
- No.189
- Writer홍보실
- Date2013.09.06
- Views6767
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Cambodia’s First Social Welfare Program ‘Ewha-RUPP’ Spotlighted as Successful International Cooperation Model

Ewha has been spotlighted in national media and the New York Times for its role in a highly impactful social welfare program entering its fourth year of existence. The Department of Social Welfare established the Social Welfare masters program, ‘Ewha-RUPP’, in the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) in Cambodia in 2009. As social work was a previously unknown field in Cambodian universities, the country was able to establish the first Department of Social Welfare thanks to Ewha’s expertise and support. Ewha provided instrumental support in developing the curriculum over the course of two years, and began to send Social Welfare professors to teach in the program in December 2009. Now in its third year of existence, the academic program is fully operational, and this summer four professors are lecturing at the university. Ewha-RUPP has thus far shown great results. Last March, 14 students formed the first class of graduates, and 12 students are currently enrolled in the masters program, set to become the second class of graduates in 2014. Of this year’s graduates, three are employed as social workers, and the others are working as professors or NGO administrators in Cambodia or Singapore. As tales of the program’s success spread, Ewha-RUPP has been spotlighted in various media, including the New York Times and Chosun-ilbo. The New York Times reported on Ewha’s role in capacity building and training social workers in Cambodia. The Chosun-ilbo praised the professors who dedicated their time and expertise to building the excellent program and improving society. Professor Kim Mihye, Dean of the College of Social Welfare, stated that ‘Ewha’s Department of Social Welfare was established with the help of an American missionary, and Cambodia’s current situation is very similar to ours back in the 1950’s.’ She also noted that Ewha is putting its ‘best efforts into leading and working toward improving the status of developing countries.’
- No.187
- Writer홍보실
- Date2013.08.12
- Views7505
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Ewha Selected as a Target of 2013 Educational Policy Analysis

Ewha was selected for inclusion in the 2013 Educational Policy Analysis, which provides specific funding to universities deigned to have high educational capacity and excellent performance. The Ministry of Education announced the results of its first 2013 Educational Policy Analysis on July 10th. This year, 150 universities sent applications to receive the funding, and 90 of them were chosen and classified into 9 categories. The top 72 universities will receive support after passing the initial evaluation, while the remainder will be required to pass a second round of evaluations, the results of which will be announced at the end of July. Ewha was classified within a group of private schools in the Seoul metropolitan area. Ewha is one of universities subject to the final confirmation at the first level, with outstanding grades in the quantitative evaluation composed of results and educational environment indices. To improve career development and learning capability of students, Ewha plans to implement various programs. The amount of the support funding will be determined based on each university’s employment rate, enrolled student recruitment rate, teaching staff evaluation, education management system, curriculum operation, scholarships, educational investment, financial burden of college tuition, and other factors. The exact amount of funding allocated to each university will be announced at the end of July 2013. ‘Educational Policy Analysis’ provides educational funding to universities. Recipients are selected based on a formula consisting of various indices measuring each university’s educational capacity and achievements. Universities can use the funds according to their own developmental strategies in order to strengthen educational competency. The Ministry of Education is in the process of reforming and improving its programs that consider qualitative aspects of education in order to support both character and quality evolution of universities, and is expected to introduce new metrics in the coming year. In particular, Artistic and Physical Departments and Arts and Humanities Departments will be excluded when calculating employment rate, in order to realize the essential pursuit of studying and manifestation of creativity.
- No.185
- Writer홍보실
- Date2013.08.02
- Views6944
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The 4th EGEP ends with a closing ceremony

On July 16th, Ewha held the closing ceremony of ‘the 4th EGEP (Ewha Global Empowerment Program)’, a program created to empower women working in non-governmental public sectors in Asia and Africa. The closing ceremony marked the successful completion of the program. EGEP is a short-term intensive education program which Ewha introduced first among domestic universities in January 2012 to support female NGO activists. The program has gained much interest due to its reported admission rate of 10 to 1 this year. Based on this, the 4th EGEP was expanded from Asia to include participants from both Asia and Africa. President Kim encouraged EGEP participants, saying, “I’m sure that you will advance and have had many enriching new experiences here at Ewha. Perhaps your greatest achievement is the strong friendships and solidarity you have formed here. Supporting each other, you will together continue to make progress and create more equal societies in your home countries and around the world. The two-week program began on July 3rd, and included ten invited lecturers from seven countries including Prof. Chang Pilwha, the director of Asian Center for Women’s Studies, Prof. Hyeon Kyeong, Professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York, and Prof. Abha Bhaiya, Jagori, a feminist activist. This edition of EGEP attracted much attention from the media due to its focus on broad multi-disciplinary education. Ms. Erna Ratnaningsih, an EGEP participant leading the Indonesian Association of Legal Aid Societies for Women, said, “Thanks to EGEP, I have been able to form a strong network here with other activists. I hope to create a new network based on activities and information related to women’s rights when I return to Indonesia.”
- No.183
- Writer홍보실
- Date2013.07.26
- Views7184
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Ewha Volunteer Team Holds Opening Ceremony

The “2013 Summer Ewha Volunteer Team” announced their dedicated summer volunteer activities during an opening ceremony held at the Student Union Building on Friday, June 28th. The Ewha Volunteer Team pledged to take a leading role in creating a more harmonious society in which humans help one another, as well as to become role models through dutiful and consistent volunteer efforts. This summer, the national volunteer team will take part in community service activities related to education and architecture, while the international volunteer team will actively serve in education and health care related activities in Cambodia. Ninety-nine members of the national volunteer team are planning to go to Kangwondo, Kyungsangdo, Junlado, and other farming areas around Korea to help educate disadvantaged children and adolescents from Tuesday, July 30th to Saturday, August 10th. The architecture volunteer team will participate in the program launched by Korea Habitat, ‘Building Homes for Hope’, for 4 nights and 5 days, beginning on Tuesday, July 23rd and Monday, July 29th, respectively. ‘Building Homes for Hope’ is an architectural organization that aims to bring an end to homelessness. Through this program, students will serve 12 families on 3 blocks throughout the Chuncheon area and 8 families in 2 blocks throughout the Jinju area. The international volunteer team will spend 2 weeks in Phnom Phen, Cambodia. Twenty-one students and volunteers will take part in a variety of cultural exchange, education, and volunteer programs with Professor Jeong Hye-Jung (Sociology) between Sunday, July 7th and Friday, July 19th. Twenty-three members of the international medical service team (made up of 5 students, 5 medical students, 2 professors, and 11 medical center workers) will work on public service of medical care as well as assist with a business to improve medical services throughout the Kanpong Speu region in Cambodia from Tuesday, July 23rd to Tuesday, July 30th. The Ewha Volunteer Team, which began in the summer of 2000, has 72 members. It has held its annual summer and winter ceremonies with its enrolled student body volunteers and has worked actively in educational, medical, and architectural public service both nationally and internationally.
- No.181
- Writer홍보실
- Date2013.07.16
- Views6674
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Ewha President Sun-Uk Kim Strengthens Collaboration and Exchange with Northern European Universities and Government Agencies

President Sun-Uk Kim reinforced Ewha Womans University’s role as the ‘Global Hub for Women’s Education’ through a 10-day visit to Northern European countries commencing on June 20th to establish collaborations with a number of top universities in the region. From June 20th to 21st, President Kim participated in the ‘Deutsch-Koreanisches Forum,’ held in Goslar, Germany, as a delegate from Korea. During the Korea-Germany Forum, about 70 Korean and German participants discussed various subjects and enjoyed commemorative events, such as the ‘130th anniversary of the Establishment of Korea-Germany diplomatic relations’ and ‘the 2nd Korea-German Junior-Forum.’ In addition, President Kim signed an MOU with University of Rostock to promote various forms of collaboration, including exchanging up to four students each year. On June 24th, President Kim visited Konstfack University in Sweden to discuss collaboration between the Colleges of Art. She later signed an MOU with Eva Akesson, the President of Uppsala University, to establish student and faculty exchange and carry out joint research over the course of the next five years. As a result of the trip, Ewha will also establish collaborations with Gluntens Montessori School and Stockholm University, both in Sweden. During her trip, President Kim also visited Lund University and Chalmers University of Technology to explore collaboration in various academic fields, including technology. Dr. Mats Viberg, Vice president of Chalmers University of Technology, stated that, “I was able to assure the excellence of Ewha’s progressive spirit and educational capabilities”, proposing possible collaboration in joint masters degrees in technology. President Kim visited Sophiahemmet University College to discuss extending the scope of exchange of Ewha’s School of Nursing. She also discussed collaboration with the University of Gothenburg’s President, Prof. Pam Fredman, in the fields of women studies, design and education. During her trip, President Kim met with many other key organizations and governmental figures, including the Swedish Equality Ombudsman, Swedish Ministry of Gender Equality, Finnish Equality Ombudsman, and The National Council of Women in Finland, in order to explore present gender policies in Northern Europe and share views on achieving gender equality.
- No.179
- Writer홍보실
- Date2013.07.09
- Views6255
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Rectors and Presidents of Brazilian Universities Visit Ewha to Expand Collaboration in Natural Sciences and Engineering

ABRUEM, which is composed of from forty different public universities in Brazil, visited Ewha on June 17th (Mon) to expand collaboration with the university. ABRUEM is an organization founded by presidents from forty state and city universities in twenty two states of Brazil. Its goal is to reinforce partnerships and exchanges in the fields of education, academic research, and administration. ABRUEM sends a delegation every year to promote interaction with universities abroad. South Korea was chosen this year. During the two-week visit from June 17th to 29th, ABRUEM held meetings with the Korean Council for University Education and visited Korean universities, beginning with Ewha and following with Seoul National University, Yonsei University, Korea University, and KAIST, among others. These universities are participating in Science without Borders, a scholarship program of the Brazilian government. The Science without Borders program was founded in June 2011 by the Brazilian government with the goal of educating students with skills needed for Brazil’s future development. The program seeks to send 100,000 students majoring in science, math, physics, and engineering to study in the world’s top 150 universities by 2014. Currently, six Brazilian students are studying at Ewha with help from this program. “Ewha is the only women’s university among the eleven universities participating in Science Without Borders program. This clearly shows the strength of Science Ewha,” remarked President Sun-Uk Kim at the welcoming ceremony held at ECC Lee San-Bong Hall. She added that she hoped to expose ABRUEM to Ewha’s outstanding science education through the university’s introductory presentation and lab tours, and expected the visit to be a good opportunity to commence a deeper relationship between the universities. ABRUEM learned the history of Ewha’s science education and its successes in various research areas through Environmental Engineering Professor Sun Ki Park’s presentation. After that, delegates had a tour of Ewha’s remarkable laboratory facilities within the Science Building and Asan Engineering Building, as well as a brief tour of the Ewha Campus Complex (ECC). The visit is expected to establish collaboration between Brazilian universities, which are working hard to foster talented youth, and Ewha, which is supporting a number of projects to produce the first Korean female Nobel Prize recipient in science.
- No.177
- Writer홍보실
- Date2013.07.02
- Views6501
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Farewell Ceremony of ‘2012 Ewha-KOICA Master’s Program in International Studies’ Held

Ewha held a farewell ceremony of ‘2012 Ewha-KOICA Master’s Program in International Studies’, which produced its 6th class of graduates consisting of 28 students. The ceremony was held in the LG convention hall of the International Education building on Wednesday, June 12th. ‘Ewha-KOICA Master’s Program’ is a 4 semester program within the Graduate School of International Studies providing female government officials and researchers from developing countries with top quality education for free as a collaboration with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). Since it began in 2007, it has produced 177 graduates from 39 countries as an internationally renowned program training students in the field of development studies. 28 students from 21 countries including Ghana, Nigeria, Iraq, Mongolia, and Honduras received the certificate for completing the 16-month- curriculum they began last February. President Kim encouraged the graduates, offering her congratulations “on your graduation to all of you who completed ‘2012 Ewha-KOICA Master’s Program’ successfully adapting to new environment in unfamiliar foreign country”. She added that “I expect you to contribute to the development of your own countries by engaging in various policies and programs as female experts in the field of women and development.” Ewha launched this program to produce women leaders in developing countries, especially contributing to improving women’s rights. Students can gain a firm foundation in the field of women and development through intensive education with practical activities such as conferences, workshops, and field trips. After finishing this program, graduates return to their own countries and contribute to developing their countries and elevating women’s rights in various fields as women leaders such as professors, NGO officers, and public officials. Women leaders from the ‘2012 Ewha-KOICA Master’s Program’ are expected to make great contributions in various fields. Indeed, Ms. CHEMJONG, Gomadevi from Nepal has been promoted to the position of chief in Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority(CIAA) thanks to ‘Ewha-KOICA program’ and Ms. SHOBNOM, Sheren from Bangladesh has been employed as an officer at the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP), one of the UN-affiliated organizations.
- No.175
- Writer홍보실
- Date2013.06.26
- Views6376
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Ewha opens ‘Ewha Welcome Center’, the first public affairs office in Korean Universities

Ewha launched the first domestic public affairs office in Korea, ‘Ewha Welcome Center’, which is officially open from June. Public affairs offices for visitors are common in ivy league schools abroad such as Harvard University and Stanford University, however this is the first Korean university to open one. The Ewha Welcome Center, which held an opening ceremony on May 31st (Fri. 11:15am), is now on a trial run. It is designed to function as an overall integrated campus information center as well as a place of global promotion open for Ewha graduates, domestic and foreign visitors, middle and high school students, and local residents. Ewha’s president Kim Sun-Uk said in the opening ceremony “the Ewha Welcome Center will become the ‘front door’ of Ewha and base for active promotion of Ewha’s brand value”. Utilizing 681.5㎡ area of newly constructed underground area located near the Ewha’s front gate (exhibition and gift shop 394.8㎡), the Ewha Welcome Center consists of an information desk, media exhibition room, photo zone, and a souvenir shop. A history gallery shows ‘Ewha Spirit’ which introduces the name, motto, and emblem of Ewha, a ‘History Wall’ which introduces the periodical history of Ewha by video monitors and exhibition on the wall, and ‘Ewha Now‘ featuring the past and present of Ewha in numbers and outcomes. Ewha inside consists of ‘Ewha People (First Ewha graduate, Ewha and global leader, principals of Ewha)’, ‘Ewha Power (Introducing each college and graduate school, Ewha research competence, global Ewha, Ewha campus)’ and provides ‘Ewha Video’ which shows view of Ewha campus in four seasons, as well as promotional historic videos on 16m wide screen. In the photo zone visitors can take commemorative photographs of their visit to the Ewha welcome center which can be received instantly or sent by emails. All profits from the photo zone are used for providing scholarship to support global women intelligence. After the trial run ends the Ewha Welcome Center will remain open from 9:30am to 5pm, Monday to Friday starting on June 10th (Mon.).
- No.173
- Writer홍보실
- Date2013.06.17
- Views7467

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