Ewha Residence has cancelled most room assignments for the 2020 spring semester, as the school has decided to run classes online for the rest of the semester. While Ewha Residence will allow students taking certain offline classes to reside in the dormitory, the delay in announcing guidelines has le
The 52nd Central Steering Commission of Student Representatives raised a donation to help contain the rapidly spreading COVID-19, and support those who are infected. With over 8,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Korea, Ewha was one of many schools to make financial contributions. The C
Many clubs have delayed or cancelled their offline promotions due to the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus. Clubs are now struggling to promote their activities and recruit new members as they cannot hold offline events or seminars. March is the peak season in which school clubs recruit new memb
With the rapid spread of novel coronavirus infections in Europe, many Ewha exchange students have decided to return to Korea. Out of the 186 students who were expected to be outbound exchange students to Europe in the 2020 spring semester, only 81 students decided to continue their studies. Korea ha
In response to the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring the novel coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic, the school has decided to extend online-only classes from March 30 to April 12, with offline classroom teaching tentatively starting from April 13. However, the prolongation of online courses i
The school announced that it would transition all of its courses online for the first four weeks of the semester. However, the start of online classes did not flow as smoothly as expected. On the first day, March 16, many students complained regarding late posts of notices from instructors and malfu
A newly designed graduation gown has been unveiled 106 years after Ewha produced its first graduates in 1914. The renewal project started in 2018 by Professor Park Sun-hee from the Department of Fashion Design. “It was my honor to be given this opportunity,” Park said. “As a graduate and a professor
The school has implemented a new course registration system starting from 2019 winter break courses. The course registration for the 2020 spring semester was the very first semester where all enrolled students used the new system.One of the major changes was allowing students to change their chapel
With the sharp and steady increase of confirmed coronavirus cases, Ewha has decided to run all classes as cyber lectures for two weeks starting from March 16. Not only Ewha, but a total of 179 from 193 four-year course universities have decided delaying the start of the semester, and many will provi
The global threat of COVID-19 has decidedly affected the plans of exchange students and full-time international students managed by the school. According to the Ministry of Education’s 2019 statistics on the number of students in Ewha, 1,743 are registered as full-time international students. For ex
The academic schedule for Spring 2020 has been changed. The start of semester has been delayed for two weeks and starts on March 16, while the end of semester has been delayed for one week and ends on June 26. The February Graduation Ceremony has been cancelled and will be celebrated in unison with
As YouTube has become one of the most popular social media platforms, many people, including university students, are expanding their sphere of activities on YouTube. Not only do they watch others’ videos, but also upload their own to share with others. Enrolled students and graduates of Ewha are po
The Office of Facilities Management held another briefing session on Nov. 29 in the Student Union Building regarding the swimming pool, which was closed on Feb. 28 this year due to the facility’s safety issues.The school had informed students who attended the first briefing session on April 30 that
Office of Chaplain has put up a notice to those visiting school on Ewha Welcome Center from Oct. 27 in order to ameliorate the recurring complaints regarding tourists on campus.The notice is written in three different languages, Korean, English and Chinese on four policies. First, visitor’s access i
The student council president, vice president and representatives of each college met with president Kim Hei-sook at a private meeting held on Nov. 28. Kim joined the table alongside Vice President for Student Affairs in the presence of other administrative staff to discuss issues the Student Govern
Following the elections in November for the next student council, Emotion was elected as the 52nd General Student Council to represent the student body. With a turnout of 62.3 percent of voters, 96 percent of the students voted in favor for Emotion.The student body introduced four main pledges: curr
Students criticized Department of Dance for not suggesting reasonable measures following the dismissal of a problematic instructor.Earlier in August, the department was denounced for hiring an instructor who had records of receiving disciplinary action from National Gugak Center for his abuse of pow
HOKMA College of General Education held a book concert on Nov. 14 with director and screenwriter Kim Bo-ra discussing her debut film “House of Hummingbird.” Several important cut scenes from the movie were presented and analyzed. Also, she delivered crucial messages from the production. Kim graduate