Ewha held its 134th Anniversary Commemoration on May 29 at the Grand Auditorium. Due to COVID-19, this year’s commemoration was held without audiences, and was broadcasted live online through school’s official YouTube Channel. Chairman Jang Myung-soo, President Kim Hye-sook, and other awardees atten
Daedong Festival, the annual school festival organized every May by the Student Government Association (SGA), has been postponed to the fall semester due to the novel coronavirus. Following this decision, the Office of Communications hosted the Sodong Festival to comfort students’ frustration. Two v
In order to relieve academic turbulence caused by the COVID-19, the school decided to enact the school’s regulations of article 45, clause seven for the 2020 fall semester. This clause increases maximum acquirable credit under approval of the President when natural disasters disrupt school operation
Career Development Center held an online mentoring session about CJ E&M on June 6. The program contained two sessions about digital contents industries and digital animation management, each proceeded by an Ewha graduate working for CJ E&M. A mentor working for Mnet advised students on methods to bu
Ewha was selected as one of the 2020 “Support for Universities Contributing toward Normalization of High School Curriculum.” Chosen for the project, the school will receive 875 million won from the government. The project aims at enhancing fairness and transparency in the college admission process.
Alumni Choi Young-ae, the chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea and Choi Young-ah, a medical specialist at Seoul Seobuk Hospital received the 18th Pride of Ewha Awards. The award is given to those who are alumni of Ewha or who have built outstanding achievements in each area of o
A special lecture on employment, Job Insight, was hosted online by the College of Liberal Arts on June 10. The purpose of the lecture was to help students understand job competency that major conglomerates seek in job applicants and offer opportunities to network with experts in various areas. Profe
Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, some Ewha students are getting ready for their graduation in August. However, due to the severity of the virus, students are facing a new phase in preparing for their graduation.According to Saramin, a platform for recruitment and job openings, job openings on
The semester-long online period coupled with quarantine protocols issued on a nationwide level has led to a decrease of visitors on campus. This phenomenon has not only had an impact on the university community, but also the school’s commercial sphere.Arthouse Momo has also been temporarily closed s
Whether or not students are entitled to a refund on tuition fees has been the center of attention ever since schools announced that lectures will be conducted online. According to All-Korean University Student Council Network, a network of general student councils from 32 universities within Korea,
To avoid in-person student meetings amid the coronavirus pandemic, many professors chose to replace team projects with individual assignments or essays. However, some went ahead with assigning team projects to students. Student responses to the changes in team projects method have been mixed. While
Career Development Center held a summer education program on field training from May 10. There are a total of three sessions in this program, each focusing on different aspects of preparing the job application process. Special lectures for written applications and one-to-one cover letter clinics wil
Career Development Center held a briefing session on the curriculum of KBS Youth Career Academy on May 26 at ECC. The session introduced the recruitment process and an overall curriculum of KBS Youth Career Academy for the first-half of the year. The Youth Career Academy is an academy hosted by KBS
Ewha Career Development Center held a session about how to prepare for the state examination on May 21. Due to COVID-19, the event was held online via YouTube Live Streaming. The session included a Q&A session with mentors who passed the exam in the previous year. Students were able to submit their
A research paper published by the professor Lyoo In-kyoon's team was selected as the best research achievement of May, by Nature Communications, a prestigious journal of science and technology. Lyoo announced that it has been found that people with mild inflammation tend to experience decreased brai
The school library hosted the 2020 information retrieval training for five days starting from May 18 to 22. The session was held annually on April in-class. However, due to the COVID-19 crisis, the schedule was delayed and classes were held live online. The curriculum contained methods of using the
Ewha Green, the official color of Ewha Womans University, has long been a symbol of dignity, reflecting the school’s tradition. An official color is meaningful in that it reflects the school’s identity. It is used in various symbolic items, pamphlets, and advertisements as a way to impart a unique i
Due to COVID-19, the school decided to shorten this semester’s chapel from May 1 to 28 and hold it online. This is the first time in Ewha history for students to take chapel online instead of attending the service at the Welch-Ryang Auditorium.A 30-minute video on contents such as dance performances
Following the COVID-19 outbreak, not only has the schedule for the 2020 summer semester been postponed, but the regulations for hosting offline classes have also been altered. The school proposed on May 14 that it will leave the decision to the professors whether to hold classes online or offline.As