So much has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic across the world and also at Ewha. The school’s February graduation ceremony was cancelled and postponed which came as a disappointment to the students.In the August graduation ceremony, students were able to wear the newly designed graduation gown
Lee Yun-hee is the commerce officer in charge of cultural and educational cooperation at the Quebec Government Office in Seoul. The office provides programs for Quebec organizations and corporations entering the Korean market and connects them to related institutions.After studying French Language a
Language learning is fun,do-able and exciting, especially in its early stages. Learning how to greet people in a foreign language as well as memorizing fruit and vegetable names is highly relaxing and rewarding. Sadly, this stage does not last that long. We are soon met with the grammar monster that
You know how everyone’s always saying seize the moment?I don’t know…I kind of think it's the other way around, you know, like the moment seizes usBoyhood (2014)Living in 21st century basically means living in a world that pressures you to pursue extreme efficiency. As a Korean high schooler,
I have lived in South Korea for a total of nearly 20 years. In that span of time I have seen many changes occur here; both physically and culturally. I have experienced the best of Korea’s long and rich culture and occasionally the dark side of a supposedly homogeneous society; one that at times shu
Ewha Womans University and Seodaemun-gu were selected by the Seoul Metropolitan Government to proceed with the 2020 Seoul Campus Town project early this year. It is a three-year project, starting from 2020 and ending in 2022. Ewha will be receiving up to 1.5 billion won in investments.The name of Ew
Gyeonggi Youth Volunteer was originally a volunteering organization that included over a thousand youth members who participate in volunteer work within different regions of Gyeonggi province. Before the outbreak of COVID-19, 1,593 members and leaders were selected to plan and start their group volu
The journey of Listen Smarter Life (LSL) How Listen Smarter Life (LSL) beganLSL (pronounced Deud-ttog-la in Korean) started off as a side project led by Kim Hyo-eun from JoongAng Ilbo. Since then, the program has officially become one of the company’s news channels, featuring a YouTube channel and a
A new sense of freedom has been infused into lives of Korean women from the growing women’s rights movement. At the center of this spreading interest and discussion in Korea lies the idea of a ‘woman’s body’.Until now, Korean society saw women’s exercise as a way to keep their body in shape so they
Unlike in the past, the perception surrounding tattoos have changed drastically. People are beginning to see tattoos as a unique way to express themselves. However, it might come as a surprise when it is said that only tattoos conducted by medical workers are considered as ‘legal’ in Korea.Her Soo-k
Starting from the second semester of 2020, Center for Future Innovation will implement a new team system into Ewha Challenge Semester Program. This program is a system in which students can continue their studies while engaging in off-campus, hands-on experiences. Prior to the reform, students were
The school held the 8th Promotion Idea Contest from Aug. 24 to Aug. 31. The theme of the contest is to produce new advertising materials in the form of teaching by making either advertising poster or video for SNS with the phrase of “#Geulae_Idaelo.” Idaelo which means “As it is” in Korean also incl
Career Development Center held the Road to Law School 2020 on Aug. 23 and 30 for students preparing to apply for law in the second half of this year. The program introduced collecting data when applying for law school and deciding which law school to apply to. Students were also informed about writi
Professor Yoo Sung Kyung from the Department of Psychology was designated as a Fellow of American Psychological Association (APA). Yoo’s contribution to counseling psychology was highly recognized, including her international research in women’s career development and counseling process. Yoo has con
The Humanities, Cultural Arts, and Media Multidisciplinary Major held a Job Academy (Job Exploration) - Local Creator Production program from Aug. 10 to 18. Local creator refers to a creator focusing on utilizing unique local cultures such as people and areas as content and revealing local features
To celebrate Ewha Womans University’s 134th anniversary, the school is holding a special exhibition called: ‘Scenes from 19th century Joseon.’ The commemorative exhibition began on Aug. 12 and will end on Dec. 31. The exhibition displays more than 190 artifacts collaborating with the National Folk M
The 17th president election provoked controversy among the students, since the board rejected all of the students’ reuqests on the election system.With the sudden intensification of COVID-19 crisis, many students have expressed interest in the election of the next president, which will decidedly sha
Despite the continued surge of the pandemic, dormitory entrance for the 2020 fall semester occurred/happened. In the case of the spring semester, dormitory admission was canceled due to the onset of the pandemic. Limited registration was offered for the summer as students were required to take remot
Students had to confront two major changes for course registration for the fall semester. One change is that the students can add extra three credits to their maximum credits. The other is that students could choose between online and offline classes depending on the class size. Such flexibility in
International students faced difficulties in this semester’s course registration.Edwyna Kurniawan, a freshman in the Division of International Studies, shared her experience about course registration and mentioned that the biggest difficulty was not being able to register for compulsory courses.“To