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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.6
- Writer홍보실
- Date2008.10.02
- Views10990
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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
- Views11049
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30 Ewha students pass CPA Examination

30 Ewha students pass CPA Examination According to the announcement of Financial Supervisory Service on September 4th, Ewha ranked 10th among universities in producing successful candidates on the 43rd Certified Public Accountants (CPA) Examination, with 30 Ewha students passing. The number of women were 23.5 percent of the total candidates and total number of CPAs from Ewha increased to 351.
- No.2
- Writer홍보실
- Date2008.09.30
- Views10811
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The 6th Ewha Academy Lectures by Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Ewha Academy for Advanced Studies(EAAS) The 6th Ewha Academy Lectures by Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell (Visiting Professor of Oxford University and Distinguished Fellow of EAAS) Please join us for the 6th Ewha Academy Lectures by Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell, the first discoverer of neutron stars. She will give a lecture entitled “Introducing Pulsars -pulsating radio stars.” In this lecture, Dr. Burnell will discuss her research interests and will also provide an opportunity for questions and answers. 01. Lecturer _ Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell 02. Date _ 2:00~3:00p.m., Thursday, October 9, 2008 03. Venue _ LG Convention Hall, International Education Building 04. Title _ Introducing Pulsars - pulsating radio stars
- No.0
- Writer홍보실
- Date2008.09.29
- Views10582
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Ewha in Tokyo is Established with Waseda University and Keio University

Ewha in Tokyo is Established with Waseda University and Keio University President Lee Gives a Keynote Speech in TIEC International Symposium 2008 President Bae Yong Lee visited top Japanese universities in Tokyo including Waseda University, Keio University, Aoyama Gakuin University, and Ochanomizu University from July 17 to 20 and agreed to launch “Ewha in Tokyo” program sending Ewha students to these prestigious universities from 2009. As a part of the Global 2010 Project, Ewha has successfully launched various global campus initiatives such as Ewha in New York, Beijing, Boston, Germany, U.K., California, Hong Kong, Paris, Benelux, Oceania, and Hawaii. Recently signed Ewha in Tokyo program will further support Ewha’s unique initiative of building a global knowledge network with the top universities in the world. Waseda University, Keio University, Aoyama Gakuin University, and Ochanomizu University are the global campuses in Ewha in Tokyo Program, and they have agreed to focus on expansion of exchange student program and send their students to Ewha summer school. In particular, Ewha has agreed to send Ewha students to the globally renowned international studies program of Waseda University, which will help Ewha to foster global leaders fluent in both English and Japanese. Also, Ewha has agreed to cooperate more closely with Aoyama Gakuin University, a well-known Christian university in Japan and Ochanomizu University, one of the best women’s national universities in Japan. With President Lee’s visit to Japan, Ewha was able to strengthen its network with top Asian universities pursuing globalization and established a framework to facilitate more active exchange in Asia. During her visit to Japan, President Lee gave a keynote speech in “TIEC International Symposium 2008 - Women’s Universities in the 21st Century” as a representative of Korea. The symposium was held on July 19 at Tokyo International Exchange Center in Odaiba. Ochanomizu University and Japanese Student Services Organization (JASSO) co-hosted the symposium which was held under the theme of “The Mission of Women’s Universities in the 21st Century,” and the symposium was aimed at strengthening mutual network of major women’s universities in Asia and redefining the identity of women’s universities in the age of globalization. In her keynote speech titled “The History and Role of Women’s Universities,” President Lee stressed women’s wisdom and power that has shaped the 21st century as the “women’s era” driven by a powerful force that had remained dormant in the past and said, “This was made possible because of the strong commitment and unending efforts of women’s universities throughout the world that have led the humanization and liberation of women and gender equality.” Ewha received much attention from the participants as President Lee introduced Ewha’s long history of globalization focused education from the days of its foundation and educational competitiveness which has been a driving force behind Ewha’s growth as the world’s largest women’s university. Also, Ewha was recognized as a successful role model of women’s universities to lead the development of knowledge based society in future. In TIEC International Symposium, major women’s universities in Asia discussed the key characteristics of women’s universities in this age of endless competition, explored new ideas, and agreed to make joint efforts in building a stronger network for sustainable growth of women’s universities.
- No.-2
- Writer홍보실
- Date2008.09.16
- Views11183
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Joint Agreement on “Korean Literature Translation Academy” Signed

Ewha Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation will be leading the project of training international students as professional Korean literature translators with government support. Yong Sook Kim, the Dean of Ewha Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation and Jikwan Yoon, the Director of Korea Literature Translation Institute signed the joint agreement on “Korean Literature Translation Academy” on July 7 at Pfeiffer Hall and agreed to cooperate in training professional Korean literature translators. Based on this agreement, three English speaking students and three French speaking students shall receive professional translation training with Ewha students for one year from the second semester of 2008 at Ewha GSTI. “Through this agreement, we’ll be able to establish a specialized education program to foster professional Korean literature translators and introduce the beauty of Korean literature to international readers by enhancing the world’s understanding in Korean literature and culture,” said Dean Yong Sook Kim. "An increasing number of international students are interested in this program, and more students are expected to participate.” Also, the Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation had a signing ceremony with Korea Nuclear International Cooperation Foundation on July 11 at Pfeiffer Hall and agreed to foster professional interpreters with the in-depth knowledge and experience in nuclear energy sector. With this mutual cooperation agreement, Ewha will establish a professional interpreter training course on nuclear energy and provide translation and interpretation support to Korea Nuclear International Cooperation Foundation. Various exchange activities including the interpreter and translator internship program, visits to nuclear facilities, and exchange of information on the international trend in nuclear technology and policies will contribute to the development of both institutions and foster professionals in nuclear energy sector.
- No.-4
- Writer홍보실
- Date2008.09.16
- Views10249
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Ewha is Ranked Among the Top 3 in University Research Assessment

Ewha is Ranked Among the Top 3 in University Research Assessment - Integrated research assessment results are announced by Korea Research Foundation Korea Research Foundation recently announced the result of qualitative assessment of research papers posted in Science Citation Index by Korean universities. Ewha was ranked 3rd with 5.21 after Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (7.10) and slightly behind Yonsei University (5.28). Seoul National University was ranked 4th with 3.88, and Pohang University of Science and Technology came in 5th with 3.74. In particular, Ewha was ranked 1st with 5.91 in direct citation counts which show the direct impact of the paper in its field followed by Yonsei (5.54) and KAIST (5.43). Also, in the impact factor which reveals a journal’s relative importance to the others in its field, Ewha scored 2.62 and was rated as one of the top three universities together with KAIST (3.28) and SNU (2.64). “The latest university evaluation results reflect qualitative factors whereas only quantitative factors such as research funding was considered in the past, and it means that this ranking is a more accurate assessment of the research quality of Korean universities,” said the Dean of Research Affairs Jun-Mo Chung. “Ewha’s high impact factor score means that our research results have been published in highly regarded journals, and our direct citation counts imply that each paper was highly recognized in its field.“ The assessment was conducted based on a new “integrated research assessment model” developed by Korea Research Foundation to evaluate the quality of paper for different research funding classes, and it was applied to assess the research results in each initiative, project type, and college. The Foundation said that it will continue to focus on the qualitative aspects of research to promote national-level research support project more efficiently.
- No.-6
- Writer홍보실
- Date2008.09.16
- Views10285

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