The First Global HOKMA Seminar Day Held
- 작성처
- Date2024.09.24
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The first Global HOKMA Seminar Day was held on September 19 (Thu.) in the Lee Sam-bong Hall of the ECC building to welcome international students newly enrolled in the second semester of 2024.
The Global HOKMA Seminar Day served as a gathering for designated professors and international students in all 12 classes in Korean for incoming international students and “Global HOKMA Seminar 1: Start in Ewha,” a course designed for adaptation guidance, with the aim to allow students to mingle early in the semester.
Dean Jeeyon Paek of the HOKMA College of General Education delivered encouraging remarks by saying, “I would like to extend my warmest applause and compliments to all of you who took the courage to come and study in an unfamiliar foreign country like Korea, when you could just as easily have studied in your home country using your first language,” and added, “I hope that your time at Ewha Womans University will be a joyful time of learning and growth, and we promise to spare no effort in supporting you with whatever assistance you need.”
This was followed by an introduction for the university by EWHAROSA, the official student ambassadors under the Office of Admissions who serve to bridge the gap between Ewha and high schools, as well as celebratory performances by Lilyewha, a traditional Korean music club at Ewha, and celebratory K-pop performances by the campus jazz dance club View Hallo and the campus contemporary dance club Action, which energized the audience with delightful spectacles. The day’s events ended with a networking session designed to bring students closer together.
With the number of international students arriving in Korea this year exceeding 200,000 for the first time since the launch of the Study Korea 300K Project by the Ministry of Education, Ewha has aggressively supported international students to adapt to university life with ease and made efforts to foster global professional personnel with the intention of globalizing its education and enhancing its global brand value. Under the medium- to long-term international student attraction plan, Ewha plans to enable sustainable learning by managing international students in all departments, other than the Division of International Studies and the College of Nursing, under the Global Division of the HOKMA College of General Education for one year to help international students foster their abilities in basic liberal arts and the Korean language, starting from 2025. Ewha plans to make further efforts to operate various programs for international students, including a meticulous education management system for the intensive teaching of basic knowledge through Korean language education and customized guidance for adapting to university life before international students select their majors in their second year, allowing them to choose their majors upon reaching a certain level of Korean language proficiency. In addition, Ewha will continue to perform active international student attraction activities and build a systematic and meticulous operating system for international students.