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2024 Ewha International Winter College
Dear Students, We are happy to let you know that we are planning to launch Ewha International Winter College with great enthusiasm from this coming winter. Ewha International Winter College provides comprehensive academic courses accompanied with various cultural activities and winter field trips to learn about Korea and Korean culture. We will open 10 courses encompassing diverse subjects, ranging from Business, Sociology, Psychology, and Computer Science to Media, Art, Sports and Korean Language. Please find the following details of the winter college. We will soon provide further details and the website for EIWC. [Program Period] From December 26, 2024 to January 10, 2025. [Eligibility] * Undergraduate or graduate students currently enrolled at an accredited university or college. * Prospective freshmen admitted to college. Your interest is greatly appreciated. If you have any questions about Ewha International Winter College, please send an email to gowinter@ewha.ac.kr Thank you.
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2014 Ewha ICSC: Hyebin Limb
2014 EICSC: Hyebin Limb, Geoge Mason University, USA Ewha International Co-ed Summer College was a life-changing experience that I hope to relive again or let anyone else experience. Although this program’s name includes “international”, I was nonetheless surprised to see students all over the world from the United States to Singapore. Even though all of us had vastly different cultural backgrounds, we all seemed to ‘click’ during the first few days. My first impression of this program was how beautiful Ewha’s campus was even in the center of South Korea’s busy capital, Seoul. When I first arrived at Ewha on move-in day, all the staff, and even the students on campus were accessible and friendly and finally, as I entered my dorm room, my jaw dropped as I felt as if I would be living in a hotel room for the next four weeks. As I went to the Lee San-Bong Hall for the welcoming ceremony, my Peace Buddy enthusiastically greeted me. Peace buddies are students of Ewha Woman’s University who voluntarily help the international students during the program. Although Hye-Ri (my peace buddy) and I contacted through email and even exchanged pictures of each other, I was surprised to see that she recognized me from the 200 other attending students. I felt so welcomed to the program as she invited me to lunch and even dinner with her. After being briefly introduced to the program as well as the professors who would be instructing us for the following four weeks, I knew that I would be in good hands. As I began to explore around Ewha’s campus, I was amazed at how beautiful the campus was. The buildings and dorms were recently renovated which gave the campus a fresh and modern vibe. Also, the campus cafeterias and convenient stores had quiet delicious food. *TIP: every person visiting Ewha must try EWHA SARANG, which is known to have the most delicious kimbabs in Sinchon. However, the street food and restaurants outside of the campus is what made students explore the different types of food ranging from dukbokki to bingsoo. Ewha, which is located in Sinchon, has an exciting nightlife where lots of students would go out after a long day of classes and studying. You can also take the subway, which is a 3-minute walking distance from the main entrance of the University, to the Gangnam area, which is famous for the best nightlife in all of Asia. Ewha was quite lenient with our free time and gave us the opportunity to explore around; therefore, aside from Korea’s nightlife, some students even took the opportunity to travel by plane to Jeju Island during one weekend. The classes offered at Ewha International Co-ed Summer College range from Business, Art, Music, History, Korean language, and many more. Throughout the four weeks of classes, I realized that the professors at Ewha made a painstaking effort to get to know you and have a personal relationship with you. I eventually became close with my professors and because of that, classes became easier and more exciting. One of the classes that I took, Korean Language, definitely improved my Korean. I come from a Korean background, and my family members could tell a difference in my speaking as well as my vocabulary. Ewha makes a big attempt to help you use what you learn in class to use in everyday life. The professors put lots of time and effort to engage the students into the class work. We definitely had to put in lots of effort to receive the results we wanted; however, it was always exciting to wait for the weekend due to the well planned out field trips. The most exciting field trips included Everland and the DMZ. I am thankful that Ewha International Co-Ed Summer College gave me the opportunity to experience a real foreign study abroad. They gave the opportunity to explore Korea and live like a Korean for a month. I did have some friends at different summer program universities in Korea but they did not have the same experience as I did. Those students at other universities were not exposed to experiences that would benefit them to the real life of Korea due to limited time to explore Korea as well as diverse field trips that also exposed different aspects of Korea, and even professors instructing in a way that taught students that would help them to live the everyday life of Korea. I made the best decision of coming to Ewha International Co-Ed Summer College this year. A big thank you to all the staff, students, Washington DC Chapter of Ewha who made my summer one of the best I have ever had. Reminiscing back to those four weeks, I will definitely make an effort to at least study abroad in Korea again, or even spend a couple more years there in the future.
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2014 Ewha ICSC: Janin Alfonso
2014 EICSC: Janin Alfonso, Harvard University, USA Beyond Any Expectation During the summer of 2014 I was one of the lucky students given an amazing opportunity to both study and research in Seoul, South Korea. I came to Korea this summer with a primary goal in mind: to interview women about their experiences in the professional world, and thus develop the topic of my Senior thesis. However, I left with much more than data. My journey began at Ewha Womans University, where as part of the International Summer College I was able to polish my language skills, gain knowledge on gender relations from the point of view of a Korean feminist professor, and interact with individuals from every corner of the world. I was able to hold challenging and perspective-shifting conversations with students, professors, and the lovely staff of the Ewha program throughout my stay, all the while reveling in the fun, beauty and variety that South Korea had to offer. As this summer numbered the third of my visits to Seoul, I came to Korea with just as much enthusiasm but less expectation for discovery and wonder. Gladly, I let Seoul once again surprise me as it opened my mind to a whole dimension of social and cultural intricacies that had previously escaped my star-struck eyes. Although new visitors will be at first be overwhelmed by the at once modern and traditional Korean landscape, I was prepared for the beautiful and immediately apparent. However, my time at a premier educational institution such as Ewha delivered much beyond what the casual tourist could experience. During planned excursions to major sites of political, cultural, and artistic importance I was given intellectually stimulating and at times heart-wrenching insight into the historical and current issues that dominate Korean social discussion and debate. Most memorably, course instruction and real-world experience combined to introduce me to the sexual enslavement of Korean women by Japanese armies during World War II. My learning began in class, where my gender relations professor taught us about the power, class and gender hierarchies that make such atrocities possible. However, most impacting was the opportunity to visit survivors and hear their stories of perseverance and hope. I felt inspired by the continued efforts of the Korean survivors to bring justice to all those affected by such terrible war crimes. Similarly, I was able to delve beneath the surface of Korean society during my research on Korean professional women’s experiences. My Ewha course on gender relations provided the theory and historical data necessary to better navigate such a complex topic, and the Ewha professors and staff served as not only sources of potential interview contacts, but in many instances the subjects of interviews. Furthermore, being in South Korea facilitated connections with incredible professional women outside of Ewha’s campus. I was able to talk to premier businesswomen, lawyers, professors and government officials about their experiences navigating the gender-nuanced and at times unfriendly waters of white-collar workplaces. With the experiences these men and women so kindly shared I hope to not only bring to light their struggles, but also explore possible changes that could contribute to better working conditions for women everywhere. The last two months in Seoul passed quickly, yet in their wake they left me a more socially aware and globally attuned person. I will have memories about fun in coffee shops, concerts and singing rooms, as well as treasured moments obtained in classrooms and through eye-opening conversations.
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2013 Ewha ICSC : Courtney Grogan
2013 Ewha ICSC : Courtney Grogan I held the small baby octopus in my hand and felt its sticky tentacles wriggle through my fingers. Although I had originally been excited to taste traditional Korean 산낙지, or live octopus, I was beginning to question this decision as I stood in the middle of a fish market in Seoul. After selecting some other fish from the tanks of one of the market vendors, my Korean friends and I were ushered into a back room filled with people sitting cross-legged on the floor at tables covered in large plates of fresh sashimi and green soju bottles. At our table I found myself once again facing that little octopus, but this time he was doused in oil and sliced into little pieces still squirming on my plate. I took in a deep breath of the strong seafood scented air, grabbed my chopsticks, said, "잘 먹겠습니다!" ("We shall eat well!") and was surprised to discover the words I had spoken to be true; the octopus was delicious! This summer I spent in Seoul studying Korean at Ewha Woman's University provided many unexpected opportunities to get out of my comfort zone, improve my language skills, and explore deeper into Korean culture than I ever have before. My Korean skills were first tested at the beginning of the summer when I took a trip with a friend to the rural Cheolla province to stay in a Hanok village and experience traditional Korean culture. Frequently getting lost and several humorous miscommunications with the owner of our hanok, confirmed that I had a lot to learn. Luckily, living in Seoul provided ample opportunity to practice the new Korean grammar and vocabulary I learned while at Ewha, whether I was singing a favorite Korean ballad at 노래방 (karaoke), learning how to cook kimchi fried rice, watching this summer's hottest Korean drama (노외 목소리가 들려!), saying the Korean prayers and responses at church, or meeting my friend's Korean grandparents. I also learned just how big Seoul really is when I attempted to bike along the Han river from one end of the city to the other. One of the unexpected joys of studying in the Ewha Summer Program was befriending classmates from all over Asia. My classes were made up of students from Korea, Japan, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Russia, and the United States. Besides bonding over many late nights spent memorizing hundreds of Korean vocabulary words, we often would often play soccer together or go out for Korean BBQ after class where we exchanged not only Korean, but also Japanese, Russian, and "Singlish" phrases. It was so interesting to hear about the experiences that brought each of us to South Korea and enjoy the language and the culture together. I am so thankful to the Harvard Korea Institute and Ewha Woman's University for the opportunity to study Korean in Seoul this summer. Not only did this experience tremendously improve my language skills, but it also left me with happy memories and personal growth. One of my favorite memories comes from a night spent with friends by the Han river watching the fireworks go off over the city skyline. As I looked out across the Han, I realized that Seoul is beginning to feel like a second home.
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2013 Ewha ICSC :Janet Linares
2013 Ewha ICSC :Janet Linares Making Memories in Korea Traveling and experiencing different cultures has always been one of my dreams. When I first got the call, from Sandy Cajas, telling me that I had the opportunity to go to Korea. I immediately started working on getting the scholarship. At the time, I did not know much about EWHA, or Korea. Therefore the excitement was even greater, the simple thought of going to a beautiful far away place, where I would have the opportunity to learn about a new culture was incredible. Just days before I left to Korea, I was able to meet and enjoy my first Korean meal with the EWHA Alumnae Association. Sonia and I were able to share our background and future goals with amazing successful women. They also gave us some great tips that helped us during our stay in Korea. It is amazing that I can say going to Korea and studying at EWHA is the absolute best thing that has ever happened to me. I would not trade that experience for anything in the world. There are so many things that amazed me about the Korean culture. The main one, and the one that learned from the most, would be the people. Everybody was genuinely nice and helpful, and that made my experience that much better. In the short time that I was in Seoul, I can say that I consider EWHA a second home. I also learned a lot from the two classes that I took, these were Cross-Cultural Psychology, and Biology. In my Cross-Cultural Psychology class I was able to learn about many different cultures. One of the things that was amazing about this class, was the fact that we all came from different places around the world, and we were able to share our cultures with each other. I am currently majoring in Biology, therefore taking a Biology course was a great learning experience. My professor was one of the best that I have ever had. He was very helpful, and had a great relationship with all of the students in the class. The program itself was very organized, I enjoyed everything about it, especially all the field trips. They were all really fun, and helped me learn and experience the culture. We were able to do things like make our own kimchi, and go to the Korean Folk Village where we learned about Korean culture and traditions. The one that I enjoyed the most was when we went to the DMZ, it was the last field trip before the program ended. I was able to learn about the Korean culture, and we did fun activities like going in one of the infiltration tunnels leading to North Korea. This experience was more than I ever expected. The friends that I made while I was in Korea became part of my family. The memories we now have and all the adventures we were able to experience together will be in my heart forever. I leaned so much about every single one of them, and they helped me learn about myself. I am so thankful for this opportunity, and for all the people that made it happen. This is an experience that I will never forget. Seoul is a place that I can call home, and it will forever be in my heart.
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2013 Ewha ICSC : David Hafferty
2013 Ewha ICSC : David Hafferty Over June and July of this year, thanks to the Korea Institute and Asia Center at Harvard University, I was able to study the Korean language at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Republic of Korea. With the tuition waiver, I enrolled in two courses during Ewha’s International Coed Summer School. It was my first significant international experience and it is certainly one that I will never forget. Not only was my time tremendously important with respect to developing my Korean language skills, but it was also an amazing introduction to a culture foreign to me in every possible way, and a personal validation that I could indeed survive in a different country. Ewha International Coed Summer Program was conducted very well. The staff was helpful, the dorms were comfortable, and the course catalogue was extensive. I knew from the time of my application that I wanted to study Korean language, and with my other course I decided to learn about something in which I had no previous experience: Asian Cinema. The cinema course was a fascinating opportunity to learn about the way an academic approaches a film. The class hours I valued most were in the language classroom. I don’t have a lot of experience studying languages. Therefore, I was surprised in the difference in approaches between the Harvard and Ewha programs. At Ewha, we focused on a lot of vocabulary, which was helpful because the vocabulary was generally topical and could be put into use immediately during my stay. However, only learning new words did not make me feel like I was learning more about the language itself. So, the experience helped me to understand how I learn most efficiently and how I will continue to approach my Korean study as I work on my own, which I definitely will. Although my time at Ewha is over, I do not feel like my time in Korea is. Although it was certainly difficult to adjust to being an unmistakable outsider, I love the culture, the nightlife, and the landscape. During my time in Seoul and my short experiences outside the capitol, I got the feeling the people wanted to be outside seeing new things and having new experiences; this is something I want to try to do more, especially as I prepare to move to a new place and start a new life and career. I applied for the Ewha tuition waiver because I wanted to prolong my formal study of the language, but I can now say that I learned so much more about myself. For that, I will always be extremely grateful to the Korea Institute, Asia Center, and Harvard University.
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2013 Ewha ICSC : Alyssa Abraham
2013 Ewha ICSC : Alyssa Abraham I desired to attend Ewha’s Summer Program for numerous reasons: to gain a new perspective on woman’s universities; to learn the Korean language; to explore new academic topics; to make international friends…the list goes on and on. My expectations for the program were quite high and they were not disappointed. Working for the Elizabeth Somers Women’s Leadership Program at my home university, George Washington University, I was particularly interested in attending the world’s largest woman’s university and perhaps gleaning some knowledge about what has made Ewha’s program so successful. I was immediately impressed with the sense of school pride and enthusiasm towards Ewha from everyone I met. I never heard any complaints toward the school. The summer program introduced us to “PEACE BUDDIES” or Professional Ewhaians At Cultural Exchange: full-time Ewha students who would show us around the campus and Seoul. They all stressed that classes were demanding and the curriculum was rigorous, but they felt a strong sense of community at Ewha. After only one month of being at Ewha, I can understand and share these sentiments. The sense of community that a woman’s university offers is unique. I think it provides a supportive environment emphasizing collaboration over competition. This was evident in the sense of cooperation and dialogue that was encouraged in our international program. As Korea’s oldest co-ed summer program, there were a significant number of males in the international program, but this simply underscored the importance of woman’s universities. The program was able to demonstrate to these men that woman’s universities are just as rigorous and respected as co-ed universities. Ewha recognizes the important contributions that women offer society and helps cultivate leaders in their respective field. Having males come partake in the summer program, shared in this spirit of achievement with them. Leaving Ewha, I would love to create a tighter partnership between the Women’s Program I work with in DC and Ewha in Seoul. Both programs, I feel, share a similar global mindset. They strive to mentor leaders across disciplines to excel both locally and abroad. One thing I will take away from Ewha and hopefully be able to apply to my work in DC is the importance of a strong alumnae community. I think this contributed to the sense of community I experienced at Ewha. When meeting various people in Seoul, if I mentioned that I was attending Ewha, I would often receive a very positive reaction and a gleeful exclamation similar to: “Oh, my cousin went there, or oh! My aunt graduated from Ewha!” and then the person would proceed to tell me about where to visit while attending the university and activities to partake in if I could. We also had alumnae return to visit during our program and speak to a few of us students. There clearly seems to be a strong network of women who are protecting Ewha’s legacy and helping to further it. The ability to network and maintain strong alumnae connections is a major advantage to woman’s universities and programs. I had previously done an international program taught by my home university, but this was my first real study abroad experience. Adjusting to a new university, a different culture, and of course the language barriers that often occurred, was a challenging experience. I probably overwhelmed the staff with questions, since I was unsure of how to accomplish even basic tasks, at first, in this new environment, such as how do I buy books for class! However, I know that I learned so much through the process. Life in Seoul, I soon realized, was not that different from my home in the US. As I leave Seoul and Ewha, I will miss the quests to find the best popingsu in Sinchon; the long evening conversations over Iced Americanos; and our many adventures shopping, site seeing, and going to sing or norebong. Studying at Ewha was an unforgettable opportunity. You cannot talk about Korea without mentioning all the tasty food and unique eateries! Learning the different honorific language and ways to demonstrate respect at the dinner table was intimidating at first, but I quickly caught on, such as pouring drinks for elders. I was surprised by how popular coffee shops are in Seoul. I spent MANY hours studying in coffee shops ranging from “cat cafes” where there are live cats to play with, to Hello Kitty themed cafes. The rise in popularity of coffee shops reflects the rapidly changing, developing society in Seoul. Our classes were delightful and engaging. I loved how we were able to share such diverse views and perspectives in class and learn from one another. Particularly, in my Korean language class, I greatly benefited from the help and collaboration with my peers, as we would practice our grammar by speaking together. I also took the course, International Relations of North Korea with its Neighbors. One of my favorite classes was when we had North Korean refugees visit our class. We were able to converse freely with them and invited them out for dinner the next week. Our Professor sought to create more of a friendship between our North Korean visitors and us. Opportunities such as these are rare and unforgettable. They illustrate the interactive nature of the summer courses. We also experienced Korean history and culture through our field trips to sites such as the Korean Folk Village and Kimchi World. I will never forget one of our other field trips: going to the DMZ and climbing down the formidable, deep passages of the 3rd Tunnel. It was an eerie, sobering experience. I also loved our trips to Everland, amusement park, to let off steam after studying, and seeing the B-Boy performance, a modern dance phenomenon that mixes popular Korean life stories with break dancing. The friendships and personal connections I made during my time at Ewha will remain with me long after my “graduation” from Ewha’s Summer program. I was blessed to have a wonderful roommate and many excellent friends from the program. I was touched by how hospitable or welcoming Korean culture in general can be and I think this attitude carried over into the Ewha program. Most people I met were so open and endearing. They were engaged with others through sharing ideas and encouraging each other to experience the city. Whether I was going to dinner with my professors or enjoying a sunset along the Han River with friends, these relationships and partnerships will be the most memorable.
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2012 EISC Session I Participant: Rhea Pereira
2012 EISC Session I Participant: Rhea Pereira La Trobe University - Melbourne, Australia My first ever exchange program ever was at Ewha Womans University and it was honestly for me, an experience that would stay with me for the rest of my life. Location, atmosphere, courses, food, living conditions (despite staying in one of the old dorms due to my last minute decision on the exchange) was 대박! Awesome! The location of the university would be the one of the many reasons for me to choose this university if I decided to visit Seoul again (hopefully soon!). Shopping, food, the subway and a cinema complex all within short walking distance plus the safety of the area is also a huge plus. For my Session 1 course I had studied beginners Korean and Beginners to Advertising both taught by lovely and highly talented teachers. The course was very intensive but it was well balanced out with weekly excursions such as having an epic time in Korea’s Everland theme park to making your own Kimchi or Bulgogi! Staying there and learning the language made it easier to absorb the culture as my friend and I found we were talking (broken but fluent) Korean to local shopkeepers and bargaining for lower prices which is something very memorable whether you got the price down or not. Personally I thought the course was too short but that I guess was only because the thought of going back to plainness of my home university was upsetting me. Ewha Womans University is definitely a university I would recommend anybody I meet. It felt nice saying you were a student of Ewha. 안녕하세요? 이화여자대학교 학생입니다. 만나서반갑습니다 ^^ For now, I will be using my beginners Korean at the Korean restaurants in Melbourne to order myself some delicious Bulgogi~lkk
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2012 EISC Session I Participant: Julia Han
2012 EISC Session I Participant: Julia Han Rhode Island School of Design, USA "망설이지 마요" do not hesitate says a song by one of my favorite Korean bands Monni. I have never fully been able to understand the meaning of 망설이다 (to hesitate) until I experienced Korea through the Ewha International Summer College Session I program. Ever since immigrating from Korea to the United States at the age of six, I had many hesitations when it came to accepting my Korean heritage. For as long as I can remember I had always experienced Korea with a distant attitude, never caring that I could not understand a portion of what my relatives said nor comprehend the flashing Korean words on the street signs. But this visit was different from the rest. I came to Korea with a hunger to absorb what I had neglected in the past, and Ewha provided me with a gateway to reconnect with my long-lost self through total immersion in Korean language, culture, and the art scene. I did not know what to expect when I walked in to take my Korean language placement exam the day after I arrived at Ewha. What if I had forgotten how to spell everything? Would I be able to understand what I was reading? Speaking of course was no problem to me since I had constantly conversed in Korean with my parents, but my heart still pounded as I faced my examiner for the speaking portion of the exam. My first day of Korean class was no different. I was still nervous about the same things and anxious to meet my new classmates and teachers. But as time progressed, all my anxieties were put to rest and I began to enjoy every moment I was in class. With the course taught entirely in Korean by enthusiastic teachers I quickly began to comprehend new words and grew more confident about writing even though I still made many spelling errors. I also learned a great deal from my avid classmates who came from all over the world but were united by their interest in the language and culture of Korea. We conversed as much as we could in Korean and shared many laughs when recounting our weekend adventures during Monday's classes. My second academic course, "Art In Seoul", helped me put the modern culture of Korea and the city of Seoul into context with the art scene. As an art student, I was especially excited to see that the EISC program offered art history and theory classes that allowed students to get an on-site experience of the works while learning to write about them. Since half of the class was comprised of Ewha students, I had the chance to work with and befriend many native Korean students along with several international students. The class was crazy and demanding but we all had an extremely enjoyable time running around Seoul to visit many of the art exhibitions that were showing during the month. I specifically remember the day when we all traveled an hour by subway to see Nam Jun Paik's 80th anniversary exhibit at the Seoul Olympic Museum of Art. After viewing the exhibit, our class had lunch together before we had to run back to Ewha to get to our next class on time. I had never felt so tired yet satisfied at the same time. For me the entire city was my classroom. As I learned to navigate through Seoul with its amazing public transportation, I was able to practice my Korean and gain insight into the art of the city. I will dearly miss the promenades around different parts of Seoul with my new Ewha friends to shop, eat, and just explore. Everything was best late at night when the city would come alive with its flashing lights, cool summer breezes, and the bustle of the multitudes of people navigating the same streets as I was. I had recently begun to believe that the best things in li
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2012 EISC Session I Participant: Pooja Venkatraman
2012 EISC Session I Participant: Pooja VenkatramanHarvard University, USA The trick of traveling well is not an easy one. Most people manage to mess up something. Badly handled logistics, poorly planned itineraries, a fatal shortage of snacks. Trips have so many opportunities to fall apart. It was lucky, then, that the Korea Institute and Ewha University made it impossible for my trip to Seoul to fail. It began, for instance, with a pair of plane tickets that I didn't have to pay for, and that's always a good sign. "The problem with this campus," I declared to my roommate a few days later, after my jet lag had stopped making everything look so blurry, "is that it's so pretty that I just want to drop out and come here full-time.""Preach."This as we walked with beautifully maintained trees on one side and an exhibit of ancient Korean relics on the other, on a path leading to a massive, glass-and-steel structure built literally into the side of a mountain. The balance of the traditional with the modern is visible nearly everywhere on campus and made even going to class a joy. Not that class wasn't enjoyable in and of itself. With Economics in the morning, a long lunch break, and then nearly three hours of rigorous Korean language study in the afternoon, our weeks Monday to Thursday were delightfully packed (in a good way). The Korean course in particular was exceptional. Being directly in the path of a non-stop surge of full-speed Korean every day certainly wasn't easy, but never have I improved in a language as quickly as I did there. Fridays were reserved for field trips that took us to different parts of Seoul: the Korean Folk Village, the DMZ, an amusement park, and even the House of Sharing, a museum and home for former Korean "comfort women," women captured and enslaved as young girls by the Japanese army during World War II. The best days, however, were the weekends, when we could indulge fully in the delicious food and blossoming friendships the city had to offer. Between other Harvard students at Harvard Summer School, international students studying at Ewha, and Korean students in both, there was no limit to the new connections we could form. Whether it was eating dinner in now-infamous Gangnam, going out for karaoke and bingsu, or seeing (okay, dancing around outside of) a Big Bang concert, it was my friends, both old and new, that made the my trip so memorable.And it is in the people that the secret strength of the Ewha program lies. Korea is a beautiful country - exotic, exciting, unbelievably advanced - and there is no shortage of things to do and places to see. But any new city, even one as incredible as Seoul, can quickly become intimidating if faced alone. Between Ewha and Harvard, we had the freedom to explore and experience Seoul however we wanted, but still enough structure to keep us feeling like someone was looking out for us. Sometimes in big ways, like So-Young Kwon and the rest of the Ewha staff tirelessly organizing countless trips and activities for all of us. And sometimes in small, like the day Susan Laurence gave me and my roommate a free pass to skip class so we could come and eat cake.
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2012 EISC Session I Participant: Lois Yeom
2012 EISC Session I Participant: Lois Yeom University of Maryland, College Park, USA Having spent the majority of the night before working on a project, I woke up groggy on a May Monday already dreading the final exams that I would be taking in a few days. Following my morning routine of checking my email before heading out to class, I opened my inbox and skimmed over the list of unread emails. My mind was soon wide-awake as my eyes read and re-read a particularly startling subject line: “Ewha summer scholarship”. After finally clicking open the email, calling my mother, and updating my facebook status about the good news, I could only imagine what experiences Korea had in store for me. The first experience I had at Ewha is one I will never forget. I was all eyes and ears as my aunt drove me down the main road toward her alma mater. After taking in all the colors and sounds lining the sides of the street, I was finally at the front gates of Ewha Woman’s University. I had been to Korea once before, but I was still a child then and had obediently followed my elders around the country during my short stay. Three years later as an independent young woman, I felt ready and excited to meet new people and experience new things while standing at the gates of Korea’s finest school for women. The atmosphere at Ewha International Summer College (EISC) is one that allows students to easily befriend each other. The girls I met and ate lunch with at the opening ceremony became my second family while in Korea and even back home, as we communicate with each other almost daily. Together, we ventured all over Seoul, and attended the various field trips the program had to offer. One of the most memorable field trips I attended was a trip to the House of Sharing, a home for Korean women who were forced into sexual slavery during World War II. I had read about these women before, but actually meeting them and hearing their stories was an emotional and unforgettable experience. Another thing I could only do at Ewha was to learn from Professor Andrei Lankov, one of the world’s leading experts on North Korea. I had come to Korea already having learned much about the human rights crisis in North Korea, but confused and unknowledgeable about the country’s political characteristics. Under Professor Lankov’s intensive guidance, I became extremely well informed about how North Korea came to be how it is today, and thus my understanding
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