Ewha Holds Its 135th Anniversary Commemoration and Vision Proclamation Ceremo
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Ewha Holds Its 135th Anniversary Commemoration and Vision Proclamation Ceremony
Ewha hosted its 135th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony and proclaimed “Ewha Vision 2030+” at the Welch-Ryang Auditorium at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 31. Following last year, this year’s ceremony was livestreamed on YouTube due to the risk of spreading COVID-19. The event began with a commemorative speech by President Eun Mee Kim, followed by the official commendation for faculty members and staff in their 30th, 20th, and 10th years of employment at Ewha, and the conferment of the Pride of Ewha Award and the Ewha Academic Achievement Award.
In her speech, President Kim first reflected on the meaning of universities today and Ewha’s path. She remarked, “Ewha must go beyond simply providing educational opportunities for women in order to foster competitive female talents that stand above all other universities through the highest standard of research and innovative education,” and added, “We will reaffirm Ewha’s original calling by gaining insight into the coming era, while establishing and executing our new vision and development plans accordingly.”
To this end, President Kim added that Ewha would reinforce its research and educational capabilities through the “Frontier 10 - 10 Project,” which focuses on cultivating ten leading research fields equipped with international competitiveness and ten future-oriented challenging research areas. In addition, she expressed Ewha’s commitment to the “establishment of Korea’s first College of Artificial Intelligence for undergraduates” as part of efforts to build an innovative education platform in response to digital transformation, the establishment of “Ewha Leading-Edge Medi·Healthcare Cluster (ELEC)” that links the Ewha Sinchon Campus, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital and Seoul Hospital, and expanded cooperation among global bio-health and pharmaceutical companies located at M-Valley Complex in Magok district, Ewha University-Industry Collaboration Foundation, and Ewha Womans University hospitals. She also emphasized that such efforts would create an environment where Ewha students will grow into creative talents.
Conferment of the “19th Pride of Ewha Award” and the “17th Ewha Academic Achievement Award”
After the commemorative speech, a conferment ceremony was held for employees including faculty members in their 30th, 20th, and 10th years of employment at Ewha, the Pride of Ewha Award, and the Ewha Academic Achievement Award. Chang Pil-wha, the first-generation women’s studies scholar and Professor Emeritus of the Department of Women’s Studies, and Choe Jae-chun, an ecologist, evolutionary biologist, and Invited Chair-Professor of the Department of Life Sciences, were selected as the recipients of the 19th Pride of Ewha Award. The Pride of Ewha Award is a prize granted to Ewha alumnae or long-term employees who aptly embodied Ewha’s spirit by achieving outstanding accomplishments in various fields of society. Professor Han Ja-kyoung of the Department of Philosophy at the College of Liberal Arts, Professor Ko Eung-il of the Department of Mathematics at the College of Natural Sciences, and Professor Ha Hun-joo of the Department of Pharmacy at the College of Pharmacy were honored with the 17th Ewha Academic Achievement Award. The Ewha Academic Achievement Award is a once-in-a-lifetime award given to faculty members for their contributions to the development of academia and the school through outstanding research achievements.
Proclamation of the Ewha Vision 2030+, “A Creative and Innovative Platform Leading to a Sustainable Society”
Following the anniversary ceremony, the “Ewha Vision 2030+ Proclamation Ceremony” was held, where President Kim read Ewha’s vision statement and declared, “In commemoration of its 135th anniversary, Ewha is proclaiming a new vision, ‘A Creative and Innovative Platform Leading to a Sustainable Society,’ under the spirit of beop-go-chang-shin (法古創新) in bringing together the old and the new as well as continuity and changes, and establishing the Ewha Vision 2030+ as a way to articulate Ewha’s future development plan. A slogan reflecting Ewha’s new vision, “Ewha, The Future We Create,” was also announced.
The “Alumnae Association’s Homecoming Day” Event
The Homecoming Day event was hosted by the Ewha Alumnae Association at 2 p.m. on the same day. This year’s event was held without an audience except for a limited number of attendees due to the COVID-19 pandemic and livestreamed on the association’s YouTube account (https://bit.ly/ewhaalum). The event opened with a prayer by missionary outreach manager Seong Hye-ok and proceeded in the following order: a commemorative speech by the President of Ewha Alumnae Association Nam Sang-taek, the “Light of Ewha Award” ceremony, conferment of the “2021 Pride of Ewha Award recipient” certificate, conveyance of gifts for the alumnae reunion, remarks by the reunited alumnae representative, and updates on news from Ewha by President Eun Mee Kim.
The Ewha Alumnae Association has been presenting the “Light of Ewha Award” to alumnae in various fields of society who serve as role models for others through exemplary deeds based on the spirit of Ewha and contribute to society through their outstanding capabilities. At this year’s 6th Light of Ewha Award ceremony, Shin Hai-rim (Korea’s first WHO director, Department of Medicine, graduated in 1981), Na Hyo-shin (composer, Department of Composition, graduated in 1982), Park Shin-jung (managing director and museum director at Haslla Art World, Department of Sculpture, graduated in 1985), and Song Myeong-ju (senior vice president at Samsung Electronics, Department of Science Education, graduated in 1992) were honored with the award.