Choi Kyunghee Appointed the 15th President of Ewha
- 작성처
- Date2014.05.07
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The Ewha Haktang (Chairperson: Chang Myong-Sue) held a meeting of the Board of Trustees of Ewha Woman University on April 24 and from three candidates recommended by the presidential nomination committee, appointed Choi Kyunghee, a professor in the Department of Science Education, as the 15th President of Ewha. The term of the president is four years starting August 1, 2014.
A graduate of the Department of Science Education and the Graduate School of Education at Ewha (M.Ed), President-elect Choi Kyunghee received her master’s degree in physics and doctorate in science education at Temple University in the U.S. Starting her career at Ewha in 1994 as a professor of Science Education in the College of Education, she has since dedicated her efforts to fostering young students.
President-elect Choi has been actively involved in various roles on and off campus; she has currently taken the lead as a dean of the Ewha College of Education, the Teacher Education Center, the Gifted Education Center, and the Institute for Global Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Education. Dr. Choi is also serving as a member of the 7th Local Government Assessment Committee of the Ministry of Security and Public Administration and the Subcommittee on Environmental Policy of the 5th Central Environmental Policy Committee under the Ministry of Environment.