Commemorative Ceremony Held for Ewha’s 139th Anniversary
- 작성처
- Date2025.06.04
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Ewha held its 139th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony at Welch-Ryang Auditorium on May 30, 2025 (Fri.). The event was attended by about 2,000 guests, including distinguished figures from within and outside Ewha such as Chairperson Chang Myong-Sue of the Ewha Womans University Board of Trustees, President Hyang-Sook Lee, President Lee Myung Kyung of the Ewha Alumnae Association, former Ewha presidents, former and incumbent alumnae lawmakers, and long-serving faculty and staff, as well as current students, to celebrate the 139th anniversary of Ewha’s founding.
In her commemorative speech, President Hyang-Sook Lee emphasized Ewha’s mission by stating, “Amid the sweeping changes driven by innovations in cutting-edge technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), Ewha must move beyond merely adapting to the social environment and instead fulfill its role as a creative intellectual community that envisions the future with clear insight and creates new value.” She further explained that the new slogan, “EWHA THE WORLD EWHA THE FUTURE,” serves as a declaration of Ewha’s commitment to proactively uphold its identity as a symbol of change and innovation, while gaining an understanding of the global environment and the times, fostering self-innovation, and paving the way into the future. She concluded by pledging, “I will drive Ewha’s greater leap forward based on education and research that shape the times, as well as sustainable innovation.”
Next, Vice President for Research and External Affairs Jhungsoo Park unveiled the “New Era, New Ewha Development Plan,” established under the vision of “Ewha Leading the Era of Great Transformation through Inclusive Innovation.” Following the announcement of the development plan, an award ceremony was held to honor long-serving faculty and staff, and to present the Pride of Ewha Awards and the Ewha Academic Award.
The 23rd Pride of Ewha Awards were presented to Young-hee Lee (Sociology, graduating class of 1962), Korea’s leading gayageum master, and Duk-hee Lee (Sociology, graduating class of 1963), President of the Korean Immigration Research Institute in Hawaii. The Pride of Ewha Award is granted to alumnae who have made outstanding contributions in various fields of society to exemplify the spirit of Ewha. Subsequently, the 21st Ewha Academic Award was conferred on Professor Hyun-Hea Yang of the Department of Christian Studies and Professor Joong-Ki Park of the Division of EcoScience. The Ewha Academic Award is a lifetime award given to faculty members for their contributions to the development of academia and the school through outstanding research achievements.
After the ceremony, a luncheon was hosted by President Hyang-Sook Lee at Lee Sam-bong Hall and Conference Hall of the ECC building for distinguished guests and Ewha donors who attended the event. At the luncheon, President Lee presented plaques of appreciation to donors to the school’s development funds.In the afternoon at 2 p.m., the Alumnae Day event, organized by the Ewha Alumnae Association, was held at Welch-Ryang Auditorium. The Alumnae Day event was followed by the presentation of the tenth Light of Ewha Awards, a reunion of alumnae celebrating their 50th and 30th anniversaries of graduation, the selection of Ewha Forever Family and Ewha Family of the Year, and a choir festival.