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GSIS Holds Ewha-KOICA Master’s Homecoming Day

25 Graduates Gather in Hanoi, Vietnam Ewha’s Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) held the master’s homecoming day and an international academic conference of Ewha-KOICA GSIS in Hanoi, Vietnam to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of relations between Korea and Vietnam. The Ewha-KOICA GSIS master’s program was created to intensively educate developing countries’ researchers and women civil servants. Ewha and KOICA have been cooperatively operating the master’s program by selecting talented women from developing countries such as Guatemala, Honduras, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ghana, Sudan, and Iraq. The Ewha-KOICA GSIS Master’s Homecoming Day, held on September 20 (Thursday), was attended by Prof. Kim Eun-mi, Dean of GSIS, Prof. Yim Eun-mi, Prof. Kim Ji-young, and Vietnamese officials. Additionally, a total of 25 Ewha graduates from Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam participated in the event. Graduates shared their experiences in their post graduation jobs as well as how their experience in the Ewha-KOICA program helped them develop their talent and skills. The international academic conference, titled ‘Capacity Enhancement for Sustainable Development: Vision from Asia’, continued on September 21 (Friday). The international academic conference featured three sessions focused on capacity building with sustainable development, empowerment with capacity building of genders, and their applications in various job fields. Various graduates of KOICA-Ewha who are employed in governmental organizations highlighted their experiences, which accompanied speeches by Prof. Kim Eun-mi, Dean of GSIS, and Professor Yim.
- No.151
- Writer홍보실
- Date2012.10.05
- Views5563
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Architects Representing Korea, China, and Japan Discuss East Asia’s Architecture :

The twelfth memorial lecture of Kim Okgill was held in the auditorium of Ewha at 2:00 p.m. on September 20 under the theme “Rethinking Locality in Architecture.” The lecture, which takes place annually, focused on the globalization of Asian architecture through ‘locality’ along with the evolution of architecture cultures. Asian architecture has long been isolated from the Western-oriented paradigm of architectures. Around 3,000 people took part in this year’s Kim Okgill memorial lecture, including undergraduates, faculty members, architecture figures, and students studying architecture at other universities. In the opening address, Ewha’s President, Dr.jur. Kim Sun-Uk, said “I hope that these varied discourses will serve as a stepping stone for Korea’s architecture to develop into the leader of international architecture cultures based on Korea’s identity.” “I expect that the roles and contributions of women architects and architecture majors will be broadened in the future,” President Kim added. Following the opening address, Jeon Suk-hui, the first graduate of the architecture department and co-president of Wise Architecture, reflected on the meaning of this year’s theme in her introductory remarks. The speakers at the lecture, which was divided into two sessions, were representative architects from Korea, China, and Japan. Seung Hyo-sang, guest speaker at the Venice biennale in 2012, Nishizawa Ryue, the 2010 recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize (similar to a Nobel Prize), and Wang Shu, the 2012 recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Price winner, discussed ‘locality’ as a new trend in architecture. Their lectures suggested that Korea and East Asia’s architecture must break from the limits imposed by Westernized modern architecture that has traditionally confined it. Nishizawa Ryue, co-president of SANNA, introduced his various projects related to ‘locality’ and said, “It’s not easy to reflect local surroundings and cultures in architecture, but I always endeavor to incorporate them to the highest degree.” Seung Hyo-sang, the representative of Iroje, explained architecture in terms of the value of land, in which human beings and nature exist harmoniously and daily human life is projected through the combination of past and present architecture styles. Wang Shu, who is in the spotlight of the international architecture field due to his receipt of the 2012 Pritzker Prize and his role as a co-president of the Amateur Architecture Studio, visited Korea for the first time to take part in Kim Okgill’s memorial lecture. Wang’s lecture, titled ‘Return to the Picturesque World,’ emphasized that nature should be considered before human civilization and that we should use the principles of nature create harmonious architecture. The twelfth memorial lecture of Kim Okgill ran continuously as four consecutive programs including forums, lectures, and publications featuring relevant guests on Thursday, September 20, to continue the systemic study of architecture. Through this annual lecture series, Ewha contributes to progressing both women’s architecture and Korea’s architecture by producing graduates with superior abilities as part of the College of Engineering, the first of its kind at a women’s university.
- No.149
- Writer홍보실
- Date2012.09.25
- Views5517
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Ewha Receives Delegation from Chinese National Women’s Association

On Thursday, September 6th, a delegation from the People's Republic of China’s National Women’s Association visited Ewha Womans University. The Association promotes women's rights and gender equality from all parts of China and was founded by the nation’s Communist Party in 1949. The National Women’s Association aims to strengthen exchange and cooperation with universities and institutions abroad. To mark the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between South Korea and PRC, a women's forum was held centering on Chinese women’s education, fostering women’s competencies, culture, and academic and research exchange. Prof. Eunice Kim, Vice President for Global Affairs at Ewha, welcomed the delegation, stressing that “the 21st century will be the era of partnership for China and South Korea” and that together they would be able to make great contributions to women’s education in Asia, as Ewha has endeavored to do throughout its 126 year history. Through exchange and cooperation, said Prof. Kim, the university hopes to provide more education opportunities for women in China. Long a pioneer in the development of Women's Studies and the feminist network in Asia, Ewha is now expanding its influence to Southeast Asia and Africa through the Ewha Global Empowerment Program (EGEP) designed to train women working in non-governmental institutions and the public sector. Women from developing countries also come to Ewha through the International Summer College, semester and year-long exchange, and degree-seeking programs. Ewha currently has 117 active exchanges with Chinese universities and institutions, and as of September 2012 there are 63 international students from China studying at Ewha as exchange students. The visit from the delegation from the National Women’s Association is likely to further strengthen the relationship between Ewha and People's Republic of China.
- No.147
- Writer홍보실
- Date2012.09.20
- Views5546
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Four Ewha Departments Receive Top Ranking in JoongAng Ilbo Evaluation

The JoongAng Ilbo, one of Korea’s most influential newspapers, announced on Sept. 03 (Mon) ~ 4 (Tues) that Ewha’s Departments of Sociology, Mathematics, Physics, and Environmental Engineering rose to the top of a national evaluation carried out by the newspaper. Mathematics, Physics and Environmental Engineering departments were ranked exclusively on the top levels among all the other universities in Korea, indicating the success of 'Science Ewha' project of the university to strengthen competitiveness in these area. Sociology was highly ranked two year consecutively from 2011. In addition, departments of History, Nutritional Science & Food Management, Statistics are also ranked in high level this year cementing its reputation at the top of these fields in the nation. Among all private universities included in the evaluation Ewha received the number one ranking in Mathematics, Physics, and Environmental Engineering. In May 2011, Ewha signed an agreement with the global chemical company Solvay and became the first university to cooperate with an international industry. In August, Ewha also started ‘Ewha Global Top 5 Project’ by investing 100 billion won (around 88 million USD) over the course three years to base its special R&D and forced Science Ewha’s potential. The Department of Mathematics, which specializes in applied mathematics with a basis of pure mathematics, has been particularly successful in engaging in doctoral level research collaboration. As a result, the department is ranked number one in internal and external research funding among all other universities, and also received the high scores in scholarship and low attrition rate. The criterion used in the 2012 evaluation was different from past years, requiring the universities to have a high score across all areas in order to receive a high overall score. The four departments that received the top ranking-Physics, Environmental Engineering, Mathematics, and Sociology- are therefore shown to demonstrate consistent excellence across all areas evaluated.
- No.145
- Writer홍보실
- Date2012.09.10
- Views8159
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Ewha Womans University Graduation Ceremony Held

On Friday, August 31, at 10:00am, Ewha held the graduation ceremony for the 2011 academic year at the School’ auditorium. A total of 1,726 women students received their degrees, with 903 bachelor, 721 master, and 102 doctoral degrees conferred. Dr.jur. Kim Sun-Uk, President of Ewha, commended the graduates, saying "Ewha is founded on the values of caring and justice, based on the Christian spirit of sharing and serving. Young women of your age require the expertise and confidence, tolerance and sense of responsibility to be true intellectuals able to make a difference.“ Today's graduation ceremony will be a small knot in your life as you go on to the next step which you have prepared for over the past four to ten years of accomplishments at Ewha." Those who could not attend the graduation ceremony were able to watch it during a live broadcast on YouTube Edu, Ewha Womans University’s branded site (youtube.com/ewhauniv). During this year’s convocation, the honor of wearing the graduation cap was given to deaf Ewha alumna Lee Young Joo (Environmental Engineering, ‘08). The graduation ceremony reflected the diversity of Ewha, as masters and doctoral degrees were given to four graduates of the EGPP (Ewha Global Partnership Program) hailing from Nepal, Vietnam, Thailand, Mongolia. EGPP is a full scholarship program designed for degree-seeking undergraduate or graduate students from developing countries.
- No.143
- Writer홍보실
- Date2012.09.04
- Views5940
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Ewha Spreads Knowledge via YouTube EDU Service

Ewha Spreads Knowledge via YouTube EDU Service Ewha Womans University ( http://www.youtube.com/ewhauniv ) has launched a brand site as part of YouTube’s EDU service to make the university’s lectures available around the world and accessible from tablets, smartphones, PCs, and mobile devices. YouTube EDU is an educational page in the Google video uploading site designed to allow users to discover, create, and share educational videos. Educational and instructional videos are some of the most popular videos on YouTube. Already, some of the world’s leading universities, including Harvard, MIT, and Stanford, as well as global thought leaders such as TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design), are actively making content available using this service. In total, more than 750 partners provide educational content to YouTube EDU. YouTube EDU is now planning to launch a South Korean channel and begin cooperation with universities in the country, including Ewha Womans University. The university is eager to make its lectures open to the world in order to share knowledge as the global hub of women’s education and deliver the tools to promote social responsibility at local, national, and international levels. This year, Ewha will digitalize all educational materials in order to collect, manage, and disseminate to the rest of the world with the goal of enhancing professors’ teaching abilities and efficiently sharing knowledge and educational resources. As a first step, Ewha has opened the Ewha brand site within the YouTube EDU site, through which it will provide seven courses from its Global Online Campus (GOC), ten lectures from the Distinguished Fellows of Ewha Academy for Advanced Studies, and eight special lectures from renowned visitors and invited guests. In total, Ewha will provide more than 33 videos covering education topics, university information, and instructional manuals for the cyber-campus. At a later stage, Ewha will select additional courses and special lectures that communicate Ewha’s unique strengths and best serve international users. Ewha Womans University began to offer online courses from 1997 and has been providing intellectual content through the Global Online Campus (GOC) since March 2010. Through the GOS, students of Ewha and its 700+ partner universities can take online courses, earning credit toward their degrees.
- No.141
- Writer홍보실
- Date2012.08.31
- Views5243
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Ewha Orchestra Makes Grand Debut on International Stage

Ewha Orchestra Makes Grand Debut on International Stage The Ewha Womans University orchestra, composed of College of Music students, travelled to Saarbrücken, Germany from July 26 to August 9, 2012, to participate in the Musicalta Festival at the invitation of University of Music Saarland. During their two-week stay they gave several performances, including at the Hochschule für Musik (HFM) in Saarbrücken nd at the Alsace Rouffach. The all-female orchestra’s July 29th performance in Saarbrücken, at the Basilica of St. John, was led by conductor Prof. Ki Sung-Sun and featured a repertoire with works by JS Bach, WA Mozart and Richard Strauss. Soloists were the HFM oboist Maksym Malkov and Ewha’s Han Wang. Ewha Womans University has a long tradition at the forefront of music. It founded the first music department at a Korean university in 1925, expanding to become a College of Music in 1960. For many decades the College of Music has played a central role in the musical life of Korea and made an important contribution to training in Western as well as traditional Korean music. Since its inception, the Ewha Orchestra has performed numerous concerts throughout Korea, and this is its first international tour. In 2012 the orchestra was invited to the first annual festival of the Korean Symphony Orchestra at the Seoul Arts Center, and received rave reviews for its performances. The conductor of the orchestra, Prof. Ki Sung-Sun, has worked with many world renowned orchestras and conductors and is considered a viola virtuoso.
- No.139
- Writer홍보실
- Date2012.08.31
- Views5420
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President Kim Strengthens EU-Korea Science Collaboration During German Tour

President Kim Strengthens EU-Korea Science Collaboration During German Tour President Kim Sun-Uk participated in the EU-Korea Conference on Science and Technology (EKC) in Berlin, Germany from 26-28 July, 2012, co-hosted by the Korean Scientists and Engineers Association of Germany (VeKNI) and the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST). The EKC is held annually, bringing together engineers and scientists from nine European countries as well as Korea to discuss recent progress and future trends in science and technology. Approximately 500 people attended this year’s conference, which focused on future trends in science and technology. EKC 2012 was the 5th edition of the conference, which was launched in Heidelberg in 2008 at the co-organization of the Korean Scientists and Engineers Associations in Germany (VeKNI), in UK (KSEAUK), in France (ASCoF) and in Austria (KOSEAA). President Kim delivered the keynote address at the conference, using the occasion to communicate Ewha’s commitment to training top women scientists and outlining Ewha’s initiatives in the areas of science and technology that have made it the ‘Cradle of Future Leaders in Science & Technology’. In her keynote address, President Kim emphasized the importance of women’s participation in science and engineering, highlighting that Ewha has a number of excellent women scientists actively involved with training and supporting the next generation of women scientists and making advancements in the field. “It is our great hope,” she said, “that the future of science and technology is shaped by the brilliant minds of these emerging women leaders.” Ewha will continue to work tirelessly to champion the advancement and participation of women in science and to strengthen the network and support necessary to bring this dream to fruition. In addition to her role in the conference, on July 27 President Kim visited the Bertelsmann Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the common good through promotion of competition and civic engagement, where she participated roundtable discussion on university evaluation systems with Dr. Christian Berthold (CHE Consultants). To cap off her mission in Germany, she met with Dr. phil. Dorothea Rüland and Dr. Margret Wintermantel, Secretary General and President (respectively) of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and agreed to strengthen the network between Germany and Korea. President Kim Sun-Uk has a long-term connection to Germany, as a fluent speaker of German language and an alumna of the University of Konstanz (LL.D., Administrative Law). She is the current Chair of the Alumninetzwerk Deutschland–Korea (ADeKo), a network of alumni of German institutions residing in Korea.
- No.137
- Writer홍보실
- Date2012.08.31
- Views5565
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Bryn Mawr President McAuliffe Gives Lecture at Ewha

Bryn Mawr President McAuliffe Gives Lecture at Ewha On Thursday, June 7, Bryn Mawr President Jane McAuliffe visited Ewha to give a special lecture to Ewha students as well as sign a MoU and attend a luncheon hosted by the President of Ewha, Dr.jur. Kim Sun-Uk. Her lecture, titled The Next Wave: Disruption, Transition, and a New Global Era for Women’s Advancement, focused on the distinctive opportunities of the present moment for women around the world as well as the challenges still ahead, and various ways in which current momentum can be sustained and benefits more evenly distributed. Her lecture also explored the notable shifts in economic and political power, social structures and information flows that have taken place in the 21st century and the opportunities for women’s advancement that have resulted. According to President McAuliffe, these disruptions are evidence of a new era in women’s advancement at both a national and international level, presenting a unique environment for women’s advancement. In this lecture, President McAuliffe emphasized the need to strengthen women’s solidarity among nations, while observing that the purpose of higher education for women has radically shifted from cultivating women’s capacity as to help people in the margins of society to training women-power essential in the development of the society as a whole. The lecture, which was attended by around 70 students from the Department of English Language and Literature at Ewha, was followed by a question and answer session. In addition to delivering a thought-provoking lecture, President McAuliffe’s visit was also an occasion to formally sign a memorandum of understanding between Ewha Womans University and Bryn Mawr College. The agreement, signed by President McAuliffe and President Kim Sun-Uk, will bolster existing collaborations between the two universities as well as open a pathway for student exchange and further cooperation. Ewha and Bryn Mawr have enjoyed a close relationship and a shared history of excellence in women’s education. Bryn Mawr, founded just one year before Ewha in 1885, is a women's liberal arts college located in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. The school has an enrollment of about 1300 undergraduate students and 450 graduate students and is part of the Seven Sister colleges, a group of seven liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States that are historically women's colleges. Ewha shares a close bond with all seven sisters, collaborating on a variety of initiatives including student exchanges, teaching, and research. The Seven Sister colleges include Bryn Mawr College, Barnard College, Mount Holyoke College, Radcliffe College, Smith College, Vassar College, and Wellesley College. President Jane McAuliffe is the eighth President of Bryn Mawr College, beginning her tenure in July 2008. Before that, she served as Dean of Georgetown College at Georgetown University from 1999 to 2008.
- No.135
- Writer홍보실
- Date2012.06.14
- Views5450
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Student Activities Fair Encourages Ewha Students to Participate

Student Activities Fair Encourages Ewha Students to Participate The Student Service Center (SSC) held the Student Activities Fair for the first time from April 4 to 6 at the Student Union building. The fair was designed to encourage school centers and offices to advertise their official campus activities. Although the “Welcome to Ewha” event for freshmen has been held since last year, it offered no more than a brief introduction of the school activities. Thus, this year the Student Activities Fair was organized to solve this problem. “Before this fair was held, I only had a superficial knowledge of these activities through booklets,” Kim Sun-hee (Social Sciences, 1) said. The fair introduced 12 official student activities-Ewha Campus Leader, Ewha Today, Peace Buddy, Career Club, Ewha Volunteers, Campus Zikimi, Culture Designers, Ewha Global Initiative, Enjoy Volunteering in Ewha, Ewha Roume, Ewha Dawoori, and Support Center for Students with Disability. The fair encouraged interested students to gain indirect experiences in the activities that they wanted to join. Students who were unaware of school organizations were also satisfied with the event. “I was a bit surprised because I never knew that there were so many activities on campus,” Huh Ji-Soo (Molecular and Life Sciences, 1) said. The Student Activities Fair was beneficial to the school centers as well, giving them the chance to attract more students. The fair was not just for simple advertisement. All of the booths were designed by students, and each of them was full of unique attractions. Jung Ji-yoon (International Office Administration, 3), the president of Peace Buddy was busy playing quiz games with the students. “I expect to raise students’ awareness of Peace Buddy through this fair, as it would help us earn more participants,” Jung said. Although the SSC has no specific plans regarding the next Students Activities Fair, it is certain that the fair will be held annually. It will also be on a much larger scale with more helpful information. “We desire to improve the fair and plan to enlarge the scale of the it by inviting more centers and offices in Ewha. We hope more students welcome the upcoming fair,” said An Yoon-Jin, a staff member of the SSC.
- No.133
- Writer홍보실
- Date2012.06.14
- Views5162

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