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Ewha Newly Opens Classes that Provide Series of Special Lectures of the Leaders

Ewha Newly Opens Classes that Provide Series of Special Lectures of the Leaders Ewha has newly opened two classes for students that provide series of special lectures of the leaders of today. The two classes are ‘Meeting the Leaders of Today’ which is composed of series of lectures of the leaders of various fields and 'Special Lectures on Culture and Arts' which is composed of lectures of best professionals in culture and arts. Ewha students will have the opportunity to learn from the leaders of various fields including academics, politics, business, culture, and arts as the lecturers share their specialties and experiences throughout these classes. The classes are of 1 credit per semester and total of four hundred students have registered for these two classes. The class 'Meeting the Leaders of Today‘ initiated its first class with the special lecture of president Bae-Yong Lee. She gave a lecture titled 'Future Leadership and Historical Consciousness’ and talked about creative leadership putting Queen Sunduk and King Sejong as good models. "I hope these classes will make a good opportunity to share the rich experiences, in-depth knowledge, and unique values of the leaders with the students," said president Lee as she started the lecture. Leading figures including Ewha president Lee Bae-Yong as well as the movie director Lee Gwang-Mo, the president of KonKuk University Oh Myung, GyeongGi-do provincial governor Kim Moon-Soo, Mountain Climber Oh Eun-Sun will give lectures in the lecture 'Meeting the Leaders of Today.' 'Special Lectures on Culture and Arts' is consisted of lectures of the best professionals in the culture and art fields including the director of Ewha Womans University Museum Kim Bo-Hee, director of National Museum of Contemporary Art Bae Soon-Hoon, director of National Museum of Korea Choe Kwang-Shik, Photographer Kim Jung-Man, actor Ahn Sung-Kee, architecture Seung Hyo-Sang. Students will have more opportunity for a closer look at culture and art through this class. Kim Kwang-Mi(Law, 04), who is taking 'Meeting the Leaders of Today‘ class showed anticipation and said, "This is the last semester for me and I thought it would be a valuable experience to meet the successful leaders of today in class. I expect to learn from the leaders what distinguishes them from general people." Opening the two classes was a part of 'Ewha Renaissance Project', which Ewha has proceeded since 2008 to nurture future leaders armed with cultural literacy and humanistic values.
- No.61
- Writer홍보실
- Date2009.09.16
- Views5368
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Ewha fosters global women leaders

Ewha Womans University has actively fostered globalization in the campus. Following are the interviews of President Bae Yong Lee with JoongAng Daily(AUG, 28). - Ewha fosters global women leaders(JoongAng Daily, August 28) - Ewha preparing for a growth spurt(JoongAng Daily, August 28) Ewha fosters global women leaders After becoming president of Ewha Womans University in July 2006, Lee Bae-yong launched “Global Ewha 2010.” With less than a year left before the deadline, the nation’s top women’s university is close to achieving the project’s key goal of establishing ties to 20 overseas campuses. Overseas campuses refer to clusters of universities overseas that have formed partnerships with Ewha for student exchange programs. For example, New York, Columbia, Rutgers and Long Island universities belong to Ewha’s New York base campus, where Ewha not only sends its students but also its professors. Ewha alumnae across the world spare no efforts to provide necessary support, according to Lee. “As a historian myself, I believe the zeitgeist for the 21st century is globalization,” Lee said in an interview Monday at Ewha’s campus in western Seoul. “Regional balance is considered a top priority in the global base campus project. Students are not supposed to be sent to a single destination en masse, because they should have diverse experiences from diverse regions.” Lee said that next year almost 60 percent of freshmen at Ewha are expected to spend varying periods studying at overseas universities. As of this month, the number of global campuses stands at 15. Adding five more by the end of this year won’t be a problem, the president said. The remaining five may include Shanghai and locations in Spain and India. Data supports Ewha’s efforts at globalization. In the annual QS.com Asian University Rankings unveiled in June, Ewha ranked tops among Korean universities in both “Student Exchanges Outbound” and “Student Exchanges Inbound.” Lee said she believes the world’s largest women-only university assumes a major responsibility for fostering female leaders not only at home but also in the third world. To that end, the school launched the Ewha Global Partnership Program in 2006, a scholarship program covering tuition, Korean language training, plus living expenses for 24 students from underdeveloped and developing countries who entered Ewha three years ago. This year, a Kenyan student became the first graduate. “Ewha started with just one student in the first year of its foundation in 1886 by one female Methodist missionary who came here with the spirit of devotion, sharing and love,” Lee said. “Today, with some 170,000 students who have graduated so far and another 24,000 students presently enrolled, it’s our turn to spread the founding spirit. That spirit is also the very driving force behind producing the country’s first female doctor, government official and judge,” she said. Lee earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history from Ewha and earned a Ph.D. from neighboring Sogang University. She became a professor of Korean history at Ewha in 1985 and was announced as president of Ewha in August 2006. Lee was appointed president of the Korean Council for University Education in June, becoming the first female leader of the 27-year-old association. By Seo Ji-eun JoongAng Daily, August 28, 2009
- No.59
- Writer홍보실
- Date2009.09.03
- Views5262
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1,760 Ewha Graduates, Heading Toward the Wider World

Class of 2008 Fall(2nd) Commencement was held at Welch-Ryang Auditorium, on August 28th (Friday 10:00 AM). Ewha has conferred 1,760 degrees including 888 bachelor‘s, 800 master’s, and 72 doctoral degree. President Bae-Yong Lee said during the ceremony, "The opportunity is given to those who dream of it. We hope you perform the positive and passionate power and the warm and truthful leadership as you go out into the world." Among the graduates, two students who were conferred a master's degree and the first doctoral degree of EGPP(Ewha Global Partnership Program) attended the commencement. EGPP was initiated in 2006 to foster women from developing countries with full scholarship as a commemoration project of Ewha's 120th Anniversary. The first EGPP doctor, Wahhida Shumi(31, Bangladesh) will go back to her home country and teach environmental micro-biology at Chittagong University, one of the most prestigious universities in Bangladesh. Pei Gu(29, China), who has been conferred masters degree in Communication is planning to build her career in China. Pei Gu said, "I was able to learn a lot from the students from all over the world while I studied in Ewha. I will do my best to become a true global leader armed with various knowledge and experiences."
- No.57
- Writer홍보실
- Date2009.09.02
- Views4980
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Joan Ruddock, the British Minister of State for Energy Gave a Special Lecture

Joan Ruddock, the British Minister of State for Energy Gave a Special Lecture Joan Ruddock, the minister of state for energy at the British Department of Energy and Climate Change held a special lecture titled, 'A Change for the Better : the Importance of Taking Action on Climate Change' for students at ECC on August 11. Through this lecture, she summarized the climate change issue into three key words : threat, choice, and action. She insisted that we still have chances for change although human kind is under threat from the climate change and emphasized the necessity of actions of individuals. Despite the vacation period, 230 students filled the lecture room and expressed great interest on the environment issue. During the Q&A session after the lecture, so many questions were brought up concerning the roles of Korean government on the issue and how to motivate people to participate in actions for climate change. Choi Yoon Jung(06·International Studies) asked, "What would be the future prospect for women's involvement in environmental decision-making processes?" and showed her wish for women to act as an influential and responsible environmental change agent. Joan Ruddock said, "Even the British parliament, which is also called the mother of parliaments, allocates only 20% of the total seats for women" and insisted that we should strengthen strategy, education, and alliance of young and bright women to increase participation of women on decision making. Seo Yoo Jin(07·Computer Science & Engineering) said, "I was surprised to find out such passion for environment issues of Ewha students. I could learn the seriousness of the climate change and the importance of actions of individuals through this lecture." This lecture was held at Ewha in response to minister Joan Ruddock's wish to meet the students of Ewha, for it has fostered many women leaders of Korea.
- No.55
- Writer홍보실
- Date2009.08.17
- Views5181
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Ewha Strengthens Campus Networks in Germany

President Lee Bae-Yong visited prestigious universities in major cities in Germany including Berlin and Frankfurt this July. The purpose of the visit was to attract more exchanges through partnerships and strengthen global campus networks with the partner universities in Germany. President Lee successfully launched a new exchange partnership with Tubingen University. Therefore, Ewha has partnerships with six universities in Germany that includes the University of Göttingen, the Free University of Berlin, Humboldt University, Frankfurt University, and the University of Cologne. This signifies a broader foundation for students and the professors to study and research in the Europe area making Germany the focal-point. (Left) President Lee Bae-Yong and Kurt von Figura from University of Göttingen (Right) President Lee Bae-Yong and president Bernhard Engler from Tubingen University. Ewha has expanded the contents of the exchange partnerships and agreed on ▲expanding the number of exchange students up to ten and newly establishing Korean Studies major in the University of Göttingen ▲ increasing exchanges with the Free University of Berlin ▲ a joint research on Women Studies with Humboldt University ▲ a joint research with the Research Center for Women's Studies of Frankfurt University ▲ initiating student exchange programs with Tubingen University. (Left) The visit to the Free University of Berlin (Right) President Bae Yong Lee carrying special lecture In addition to expanding exchange programs with the universities, president Lee Bae-Yong gave a special lecture on "The Past, the Present, and the Future of Korean Women" on July 8th at the Free University of Berlin and introduced 'Women in Korean History'. In the lecture, students and professors from Korean Studies participated and expressed deep interest on history of Korea and women in Korea. The global campus network is a part of 'Global Ewha 2010 Project', which is building Ewha's exclusive knowledge networks with universities in 14 major cities of the world.
- No.53
- Writer홍보실
- Date2009.08.14
- Views5475
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Ewha Participated the US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology, & Entrepreneurship

Ewha Participated the US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology, & Entrepreneurship President Lee Bae-Yong Gives a Keynote Speech at 2009 UKC Ewha participated in the 'UKC, the US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology, & Entrepreneurship' from July 16 to 19. UKC is an annual conference of KSEA, the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association where scientists and engineers gather and exchange research results and strengthen networks in order to seek for better ways to cooperate. Ewha participated as a sponsor university for the conference along with KAIST, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and POSTECH, Pohang University of Science and Technology. President Lee Bae-Yong was invited to give a keynote speech for the conference and she addressed the speech on 'Global Sustainability and the Role of Women'. In the speech, Lee said, "Fostering creative talents has become an important mission of the knowledge-based society. Women talents can play the role of the new source of the national competency in the science and engineering field. We should try to enhance the role and the status of women scientists and engineers in order to foster more women talents in the field." The conference was held under the theme of ‘Creative Minds for Global Sustainability.’ During the Conference, about 30 symposiums and forums were held with various sub-topics of aviation science technology, renewable energy, nano science technology, life science technology, applied pure mathematics, and communication network technology under five main topics of energy, natural resources, life, basic industries, and basic science. 1200 Eminent scholars of Korea and the U.S. including Nobel laureates attended and presented 600 competitive research papaers of international level in the field of science, engineering, and technology. In addition to symposiums, ‘Young Generation Forum’ and 'Women in Science Forum' was held during the conference. More than 100 U.S. professors and students participated in the Forum and strengthened networks with Korean scientists.
- No.51
- Writer홍보실
- Date2009.08.03
- Views5449
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Ewha Ranked Second in the Quality Assessment of Journal Citaiton

Ewha Ranked Second in the Quality Assessment of Journal Citaiton According to the latest report from the Korea Research Foundation, Ewha was ranked second in the quality assessment of research papers posted in journals listed in Science Citation Index(SCI). Ewha scored 2.86 in the 'impact factor' category which is slightly behind University of Ulsan(2.95) and was followed by Postech(2.77), Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology(2.76) and Seoul National University(2.74). The report ‘2009 Performance Analysis Issue Report : In-depth Analysis Report on University Research Performance in 2007’ analyzed the 'impact factor' of all the research papers of 2007 in the journals in Science Citation Index(SCI), which includes the world`s leading scientific journals. 'Impact factor' is a measure of the citations to science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. In addition to this result, Ewha received excellent evaluation from the Korea Research Foundation last year for ranking third in qualitative assessment of journals posted in Science Citation Index and first in the impact factor category among Korean universities. Ji Hyung Cho, the Dean of Research Affairs said, "Ewha has been putting forth its best efforts to improve the quality of the university's research in various fields and to strengthen the university's competitiveness. I believe our efforts have been reflected in the latest analysis of the Korea Research Foundation."
- No.49
- Writer홍보실
- Date2009.07.27
- Views7406
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Enjoy Various Global Summer Programs of Ewha!

Ewha provides various summer programs that will help students experience the global world this summer. The summer programs are composed of 'out-bound programs' that send students abroad for various experiences and 'in-bound programs' through which students from around the world visit Ewha to engage in various activities and study. Out-bound Programs: 'Faculty-Led Program', 'EGI Culture Exploration', and 'Ewha Volunteer Group' The 'out-bound programs' provide students various activities abroad which consist of taking classes, volunteering, and exploring the foreign culture. 'Faculty-Led Program' is an in-depth academic activity with an objective to learn and experience certain subjects about the country the team is visiting. A professor leads a group of six to ten students abroad and carry research and seminars with the local prominent scholars for 7 to 10 days. This summer, 170 students and 13 professors are participating. 'Social Welfare Policy of Sweden', 'Art in New York', 'Modern Ceramic Art of England', 'Bio-environment and the Culture of Hokkaido Japan' are among the subjects of the 'Faculty-Led Program' this summer. 'EGI', also known as 'Ewha Global Initiative Scholarship Program' is making its third departure this summer. Its intention is to systematically sponsor the next global leaders develop sense of global competitiveness. 36 Ewha students leave for 14 days. 'EGI Europe Team' left on June 28 for 8 cities in 6 countries including Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Swiss, France, and Italy. They will visit major universities, companies, and international organizations and submit reports on politics, cultures, and the society of Europe. Lastly, 150 Ewha students of the 'Ewha Volunteer Group' will carry out volunteer activities in various places in and out of Korea. The 'Ewha Volunteer Group' will be volunteering in places like Hunchun of China, Chiang Mai of Thailand, and Urgench and Bukhara of Uzbekistan. The volunteering activities include education, construction, and medical support. In-bound Programs : 'Ewha International Summer School' & 'Ewha-Harvard Summer School' Through 'Ewha International Summer School' and 'Ewha-Harvard Summer School', Ewha students studied with the foreign students who have come to Ewha from all over the world to learn about Korean society and the culture. Every participant had the chance to have exchange with students from various countries in a little global community in Ewha Summer School. 'Ewha International Summer School' is a summer school program founded 38 years ago, the first of its kind in Korea. It is an international exchange program that enables Ewha students to earn global competitiveness without stepping outside of Korea. Students take lectures of prominent professors of the world in English. This year, 'Ewha International Summer School' provided 200 various lectures in the field of art, economy, media, history, and law. In addition to regular lectures, every weekend, there were extra-curricular activities like temple stay, watching B-boy performance and traditional percussion quartet performance, making Korean food, and learning Taekwondo. 230 students from 12 countries including the U.S, China, England, Canada, Germany, Hongkong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand have come to Ewha. 'Ewha-Harvard Summer School', which initiated in 2006 is a program that students from Harvard and Ewha learn about Korean history and culture together. Ewha is the only university that has exchange partnership for summer school with Harvard University. 30 students including 14 students from Harvard, 11 Ewha students, and 5 students from schools with exchange partnership with Ewha participate the Ewha-Harvard Summer School this year. The theme of the summer school was 'Adventures in Early Korean History and Archaeology'. Mark Byington, the professor of Korea Institute from Harvard is led the program.
- No.47
- Writer홍보실
- Date2009.07.15
- Views5381
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President Lee Bae Yong, Inaugurated as the 15th Chairman of the KCUE

President Lee Bae Yong, Inaugurated as the 15th Chairman of the Korean Council for University Education(KCUE) Lee Bae Yong, President of Ewha Womans University, was inaugurated as the 15th Chairman of the Korean Council for University Education(KCUE), a body that decides key university policies, on Tuesday, June 30th at the central lounge of KCUE headquarters. Presidents from KCUE member universities and officials from the government and other relevant organizations attended the inauguration ceremony. Lee said in the inaugural speech, "I feel a heavy sense of responsibility as the council head in this transition period of university education. Together with the insight and wisdom of member university presidents, we will do our best to enhance public credibility of KCUE and position it as the organization that will lead the development of Korea's higher education." She also announced three key strategies for strengthening 'self-regulation‘ and 'responsibility’ of universities, which are ▶increasing cooperation among universities, the government, and the business, allowing universities to concentrate on its intrinsic function ▶ ensuring stable financial foundation for universities to enhance their competitiveness ▶ hosting ‘University President's Forum’ to construct more global partnerships of higher education in Korea. President Lee, who is the first woman chairman of KCUE, had served as the vice-chairman andcontributed in advancing university admission system as the chairman of University Admissions Deliberation Committee of KCUE in 2008.
- No.45
- Writer홍보실
- Date2009.07.01
- Views5365
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Ewha Produced Two Successful Candidates from the 43rd Diplomatic Service Exam

According to the final round results of the 43rd Diplomatic Service Examination announced on June 22, Kim Ah-Young and Kim Bo-ram from Political Science & International Relations major have become successful candidates. 20 out of 41 final successful candidates are women, which is 48% of the total candidates, showing decreased rate than last year's 66%. However, Ewha has produced two successful candidates for two consecutive year this year. Kim Ah-Young said, "Double majoring Political Science & International Relations and Economics and the experience of exchange student helped me prepare for the exam a lot. I want to become an Asia-Pacific economic cooperation expert." Another successful candidate Kim Bo-ram said, "I could reaffirm my dream of becoming a diplomat in my freshmen year when I attended the special lecture of Oh Young-Ju who is a Ewha Alumni diplomat." She added that living in Soseul residence, the dormitory for students preparing for bar exam helped her study more efficiently. Ewha has produced 14 women diplomats since 1988.
- No.43
- Writer홍보실
- Date2009.06.26
- Views5222

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