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U.S. Ambassador Kathleen Stephens visited Ewha Archives

U.S. ambassador Kathleen Stephens and Assistant Secretary of US Department of Labor Shinae Chun(Ewha alumnae), president Lee Bae Yong, and Ewha students visited Ewha Archives on October 20. President Lee Bae Yong invited Stephens to Ewha Archives in advance of the 'Ewha-Wellesley Global Leadership Conference' from Oct 21 to 23 to introduce the history and the vision of Ewha. Ewha Archive is a replica of Ewha Haktang, the first Ewha building built in Jeongdong in 1886. As a woman ambassador, Stephens has interest in the history of Korean women leaders and women leadership. After being introduced the 122 years of Ewha history from president Lee, Stephens said, "I thought I knew well about Ewha Womans University and Korea. However, today I believe I have come to a better understanding of the relationship between Korea and the U.S. by learning about the history of Ewha." When a student asked Stephens to give a tip on how to become a global woman leader, Stephens said, "I believe it is important to try to look at situations with bigger perspectives. Nothing is more important than drawing a big picture of your life. When confronted by hardship, try to look at yourself and look farther as if you are at thirty thousand feet high."
- No.14
- Writer홍보실
- Date2008.10.22
- Views9967
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An Interview with Wellesley in advance of Ewha-Wellesley Global Leadership Conference

As Ewha and Wellesley host Global Leadership Conference from Oct 21~23, Ellen Widmer, professor of East Asian studies at Wellesley, Jennifer Thomas-Starck, director of international studies, and Laura Bey, associate registrar at Wellesley, spoke about women leadership from Wellesley's point of view. Following is the interview article about Ewha-Wellesley Global Leadership Conference from Korea Herald(Oct, 21). Ewha, Wellesley discuss leadership Ewha Womans University and Wellesley College plan to host a conference on women's global leadership today at the Sheraton Walkerhill Hotel and W Hotel in Seoul. The conference is to take place prior to the opening of the three-day World Women's Forum at the same locations. With the participation of women CEOs and corporate executives, the "Ewha-Wellesley Global Leadership Conference" will discuss systematic and substantial ways to foster essential leadership skills. "Wellesley and Ewha are very much alike in that their mission is to raise women leaders," Ellen Widmer, professor of East Asian studies at Wellesley, told reporters yesterday at Ewha. "We are looking forward to expanding our relationship into a full partnership through this conference." Along with Widmer, Jennifer Thomas-Starck, director of international studies, and Laura Bey, associate registrar at Wellesley, spoke about how the two schools should bolster ties. Starting with a keynote speech by Chun Shin-ae, former associate deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, the Ewha-Wellesley conference will consist of seminars on the management of negotiations and conflicts as well as global leadership for the 21st century. A workshop by the Center for Creative Leadership will also take place. By Kim So-hyun(sophie@heraldm.com)
- No.12
- Writer홍보실
- Date2008.10.22
- Views10303
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Ewha-Wellesley Global Leadership Conference held in Korea

Ewha-Wellesley Global Leadership Conference, the best women education program held in Korea Ewha holds 'Ewha-Wellesley Global Leadership Conference at Sheraton Walkerhill and W Hotel on Tuesday,October 21. This conference is held to gather women leadership capacity of women universities and is the first women leadership education program held in Korea. This conference is a pre-event of '2008 World Women's Forum' and is planned to teach practical and systematic core ability of leadership the global society requires. The speakers are consisted of professors of Ewha and Wellesley, CEOs of Korea and abroad, and professional lecturers of academic and business field and lecturers from the leadership education institute, Center for Creative Leadership, CCL. Sinae Chun, the first Asian woman U.S. central government official, will be the keynote speaker of the conference and will be giving speech on 'Vision of the Future Leaders'. Following lectures and seminars will be on 'Global Leadership of 21st century', 'Negotiation and Conflict Management‘ and so on. There will also be a session where participants can meet CEOs and learn leadership of the real business world. CEOs; Shin-bae Kim, the SK Telecom president, Tae-young Chung, the Hyundai Card president, and Cordelia Chung the IBM vice president of Asian Pacific Region are giving lectures on 'Leadership in the changing world'. In addition, there will be a workshop hosted by Center for Creative Leadership, CCL. The workshop will provide participants the chance to examine individual leadership capacity, receive feedback and inspect one's quality as a global leader. In-hee Ham, the principal of Ewha School for Leadership Development that organized this conference said, "This conference will be the best leadership education program with the know-how of Ewha, the deliverer of Korean women leaders and Wellesley which produced so many women leaders of U.S.. This will be a unique chance to acquire knowledge on world-class women leadership that is even hard to experience abroad." The conference is the first outcome of the 'Ewha-Wellesley World Women Leadership Program' which the prestigious women universities, Ewha and Wellesley organized under the vision of fostering world class women leader. Ewha will provide a new paradigm of women leadership education and play the frontier role of educating next women generation.
- No.10
- Writer홍보실
- Date2008.10.17
- Views10093
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Le Clezio, a Distinguished Fellow of Ewha won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature

Le Clezio, a Distinguished Fellow of Ewha Academy for Advanced Studies won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, a Franch Distinguished Fellow of Ewha Academy for Advanced Studies, won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature on October 10 for works characterized by "poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy". Le Clezio taught French at Ewha as a distinguished professor of Ewha Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation for one year. He was a popular lecturer for giving lectures on open subjects such as 'culture and social problems' and 'understanding of the world and human being'. He is also known as 'the pro-Korean' who has special affection towards Korea. He learned to read, write, and understand Korean while he stayed in Korea four times since 2001. He is planning on visiting Ewha and giving a special lecture and resume his literary work on Korea in no distant time. Le Clezio became the third Distinguished Fellow from Ewha Academy for Advanced Studies to have won the Nobel prize after professor Robert H. Grubbs (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005) and Dr. Muhammad Yunus (Nobel Peace Prize 2006).
- No.8
- Writer홍보실
- Date2008.10.17
- Views10273
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The Historic Exploration with the President Held

The 'Historic Exploration with the President', one of the initiating programs of 'Ewha Renaissance Project' was held on October 10th as president Lee Bae-Yong and 51 Ewha students visited Jongmyo, the ancestral shrine of the royal family. President Lee, who is also a historian, gave lecture on the nature and wisdom of our ancestors and introduced our cultural heritage to students. "No matter how important economics and science has become in the modern society, we must not neglect but cherish our cultural heritage as we are descendents of great culture.", Lee said. She encouraged the students to become true global leaders who value our historic culture and be confident as Korean." After the program, Lee said, "All students participated with deep interest as I explained hidden historic meanings of Jongmyo. Today, I saw the hope of our future in them" and expressed contentment. Yoon Ah-Jung(Elementary Education 04), a student participant in the program said, "It was impressive that our president herself guided the tour and told us all the fascinating historical stories to us. This program aroused interest in our history and motivated me to study about our historical culture." In addition to 'Historic Exploration with the President', more of Ewha's educational programs are scheduled. 'Ewha-Wellesley Global Leadership Conference', a conference under partnership of Ewha and Wellesley College and 'Ewha MunHyang Lecture Series', a lecture program taught by professors of Ewha Academy for Advanced Studies, will be held to foster the next generation of global leaders.
- No.6
- Writer홍보실
- Date2008.10.14
- Views10754
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Ewha Opens Bioethics Policy Research Library

Ewha Bioethics Policy Research Library opened at the 5th floor of Ewha Centennial Library on September 30th. It is the first and the only Special Library of Bioethics Policy in Korea. The library accumulated approximately 2500 independent specialized volumes, 100 specialized movies concerning Bioethics Policy. The internet homepage of the library(www.bprc.re.kr) provides the lists of books the library possesses. Registered users are allowed to search 380 domestic and foreign statutes, 400 guidelines, and 110 reports online. The Institute for Law & Bioethics of Ewha, the first Bioethics Policy Center established in Asia, was established for the purpose of studying all kinds of ethical, social, and legal issues that are aroused by the development of Life Science and advising solutions and policies. Equipped with both online and offline special library, it now has become the center of Bioethics in Korea.
- No.4
- Writer홍보실
- Date2008.10.09
- Views10259
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Ewha Holds Dedication Ceremony for the State-of-the-art New Engineering Building

Tuesday, September 9 (11:00am), Ewha Womans University held a dedication ceremony for its new engineering building that boasts state-of-the-art engineering infrastructure for research activities and experiments. On The 10,693 square-foot (approximately 3,200 pyong) building with five stories and three additional underground floors is designed for engineering research. A variety of cutting-edge food engineering facilities, which are located on four floors, include a constant temperature-humidity room, rooms for the testing of environmental models, pilot trials, and basic design practices, a sterile room, and a low-temperature chamber. The building also encompasses educational equipment and research facilities such as research rooms for teaching staff, an engineering library, computer rooms, and lecture rooms with novel devices as well as administrative rooms. The student welfare facilities of the new building include a cafeteria, a student association room, and free reading rooms. Ewha President Lee Bae-yong, who attended the ceremony, said, "As the focus of engineering technologies has recently shifted to high-tech industries, women are having a far bigger say in engineering fields. The new engineering building is expected to play a role in nurturing world-class talents at a time when our engineering college is making a leap forward from the world’s first women's college of engineering to one of the global top players." Also attending the dedication ceremony were Yoon Hoo-jung (President, the Ewha Haktang Educational Foundation, Dr. Woo Bok-hee (Director, the Ehwa Haktang Educational Foundation), Kim Soon-young (President, the Ewha Alumni Association), Yun Jong-yong (President, the National Academy of Engineering of Korea), Lee Ki-jun (President, the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies), Lee Jong-soo (President & CEO, Hyundai Engineering & Construction), and Park Gyun-ho(President, Junglim Architecture). The new building employs a three-floor-deep sunken that introduces natural light even into the underground space. Skybridges on all floors, which tie together the building and the current engineering wing (the Asan Engineering Building), optimize connectivity while lounges located on each floor maximize space utility. Since it was established in 1996 as the world’s first college of engineering for women only, the College of Engineering of Ewha Womans University has seen a remarkable growth and achieved major milestones: It has been selected as a BK21 (Brain Korea 21) college, the Information Technology Research Center of the Ministry of Information and Communication, and the National Research Laboratory. The college consists of the Division of Computer and Electronic Engineering, the Division of Architecture (Architectural Engineering), and the Division of Environmental and Food Science with six departments.
- No.2
- Writer홍보실
- Date2008.10.02
- Views11518
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Ewha Takes the Initiative in Talent Fostering

Ewha Womans University has won a total of KRW 1.24 billion from the Ministry of Science and Technology under the 2008 sponsorship project to enhance educational capabilities at universities with high-quality human resources. The fund will be assigned for three months between September and December 2008. The government grants will serve the following objectives: · Expand student scholarships such as the Mirae Scholarship and the Ewha Global Initiative Scholarship, · Create a faculty board to guide students in career development · Assist employment of students for all majors · Extend overseas learning programs under the leadership of professors · Improve an educational environment through modernizing and customizing IT equipment customized for open practice rooms. The 2008 project of the Ministry of Science and Technology has applied the formula funding process for the first time in Korea to the selection. The scheme determines the schools to be sponsored and the size of the funding based on a formula using objective and quantitative indicators. Academic performances of a university were assessed by a formula factoring in graduate employment rates (employment of better quality), student continuation rates, the ratio of full-time instructors, the proportion of scholarship recipients, and per capita education expenses. As a result, schools with high scores in the assessment are eligible for the funding. A formula combining academic performance indicators and current enrollment numbers has been used to determine the size of the money.
- No.0
- Writer홍보실
- Date2008.10.02
- Views10633
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Ewha Accelerates Drive for Globalization

Ewha Womans University has actively fostered Globalization in the campus. Following is the interview of President Bae Yong Lee with Korea Times(SEP, 30) about the 'Globalization in Ewha'. Ewha Womans University President Lee Bae-yong talks about the school’s globalization project at her office in an interview with The Korea Times, Tuesday. / Korea Times Photo by Shim Hyun-chul Ewha Womans University is leading the pack of Korean universities in the drive to expand their global outreach. It has launched programs incorporating values, theories and international residences to inspire students to act and think globally. Ewha has actively set up international outreach programs in New York, Beijing, Tokyo, London and other major cities, providing its students with opportunities to study at schools there. It plans to run global outreach programs in 20 cities by the first half of next year to solidify its network with major universities under the 'Global Ewha 2010' project. "I think we are at the forefront of globalization. Our project enables us to network with major universities in cities around the world," said Lee Bae-yong, 61, president of the school, in an interview with The Korea Times. "The number of Ewha students going abroad under the project has jumped seven-fold over the past two years. We aim to send about 60 percent of our freshmen overseas by 2010." The 122-year-old university also has seen a growing number of foreign students and is working toward attracting more. For this, the university will continue to increase the number of English-language lectures as well as boost the proportion of foreign professors to 30 percent of its faculty. Ewha students are currently required to take at least four English-only courses in their major and general education subjects. "Ewha is the best-known school in the world among Korean universities. Many officials from foreign universities come here for benchmarking, especially our `women leadership programs'," Lee said. Paju Campus President Lee wants to combine this globalization drive with a curriculum that also emphasizes arts, history and other humanities studies. "We have to know where we are from to know where we are going. I'm planning to require more humanities classes," Lee said. "I believe being a leader isn't just about professionalism or pragmatism. It's about integrity and character. I want to put a greater focus on these studies nurturing these human values and virtue." To further invigorate its project to globalize the school, Ewha is seeking to build a new campus in Paju City, about 30 minutes away from its Seoul campus. The school plans to establish an education and research complex there by 2010. Lee aims to raise about 100 billion won by that year. The new campus plans to accommodate industrial and academic research centers, dormitories for foreign professors, and 'life-long' education facilities for the school's alumnae. "Cultural sites abound in Paju. It is also located near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas. Hence the city can be the perfect place to prepare for unification and stronger South-North relations," Lee said. Some Paju residents have filed complaints for higher compensation. However, Lee is positive about the project as the campus will ultimately benefit the residents and the regional economy too. "Although some residents there are protesting against our new campus plan, I believe all people there will soon realize it will be really helpful for the city." Lee plans to focus on humanities education to foster global leaders with good personalities on the new campus. Also, the Paju campus will house foreign language immersion facilities and teach leadership and ethics. As a historian, the president stressed that students should learn more about Korean history and she will participate in field trips visiting historical sites together with students from this semester. In regard to the Dokdo issue, she said schools strengthen history education, and all society should tackle the issues with a more strategic and systematic approach, discarding an emotional response. Partnership With Global Peers Ewha is the biggest university for women in the world with 23,000 students. It is composed of 14 colleges and 14 graduate schools, and 1.7 million women have graduated from it. "Ewha is appealing to a growing number of foreign students," she said. Ewha is the only school having a partnership with Harvard University. The school has been selected as the only Korean university to participate in the Harvard College in Asia Program, an exchange program with Asian countries run by the U.S. university. Under the program, Ewha and Harvard started to exchange students from this February and co-run programs covering politics, economics and culture of the Asia-Pacific region. In addition, Peking University in Beijing hosted last May 'Ewha Womans University Day.' The Chinese top university has the 'university day' events to create partnerships with prestigious universities such as Yale, Stanford and Oxford. Ewha became the first Korean university on the list. Although Ewha doesn't grant degrees to male students in principle, it allows males from its partnership universities to get degrees under the dual degree programs. As for admission system of Korean universities, Lee said that universities ultimately need to have the autonomy to select students according to their founding ideology and a 'professional admission system' would be helpful in moving in that direction. Graduating from the university in 1969, Lee obtained a Ph.D in literature from Sogang University in 1984 and became a professor at her alma mater in 1994. She has been heading the school since August 2006 and was elected this year as the chairwoman of the Korean Council for Presidents of Private Universities. By Kang Shin-who Staff Reporter(kswho@koreatimes.co.kr)
- No.-2
- Writer홍보실
- Date2008.10.02
- Views10853
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Commemorative Lecture for Opening of Engineering Building B

Commemorative Lecture for Opening of Engineering Building B 01. Date : Oct. 8(Wed), 2008 10:50-11:50 02. Venue : Engineering BuildingB B159, Ewha Womans University 03. Lecturer : Prof. Dick K. P. Yue (Director of International Programs, MIT) 04. Subject : Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds - the MIT OpenCourseWare Experience 05. Organized by : College of Engineering / Center for Innovation in Engineering Education Ewha Womans University 06. Supported by : Office of Global Affairs, Ewha Womans University
- No.-4
- Writer홍보실
- Date2008.10.01
- Views10904

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