CNU Student Club Fair took place from March 20 to 22 around Bongji. Recognized student clubs set up booths to recruit new members and give information about the clubs’ activities. While this event was in operation, students to join on-campus clubs had good opportunities to get information about a va
CNU announced on January 11 that it would build a ‘Democracy Road’ on Yongbong Campus. Starting from the Main Gate, which is the starting place of the May 18 Gwangju Democratic Uprising, it links several historical sites for democracy at the university including the Martyr Park Gwan-hyeon Monument,
CNU held the 66th first graduation ceremony on Gwangju and Yeosu campus respectively on February 26. In this ceremony, a total of 3,397 graduates received their degrees: 3,085 Bachelor’s, 779 Master’s, and 133 Doctoral degrees. Nearly 1,500 guests including President Jeong Byung-seok, faculty member
CNU offered a two-day orientation program for new international undergraduate students on March 2 on Yeosu campus. 130 students out of international students who enrolled at the university attended the program organized by the Office of International Affairs for the increasing number of new internat
The entrance ceremony for 6,045 newly enrolled undergraduate and graduate students took place at Minjumaru on Gwangju campus on March 2. 132 students won presidential awards for top academic success. President Jeong Byung-seok welcomed freshmen and hoped that the students will predict change and tho
CNU operated an international volunteering program in Laos during the winter vacation. Twelve students and one staff member of the Office of Student Affairs went to Wang Xiang, Laos to volunteer from December 20, 2017 to January 19, 2018. Student volunteers provided educational and cultural services
CNU announced on January 11 that it would create a ‘Democracy Road’ on Yongbong Campus. Starting from the Main Gate, which is the starting place of the May 18 Gwangju Democratic Uprising, it links several historical sites for democracy at the university including the Martyr Park Gwan-hyeon Monument,
Chonnam National University (CNU) becomes the first national university in Korea to open a satellite office at a foreign college. It has opened its U.S. Satellite Office at Bloomfield College in New Jersey on November 30. CNU plans to further develop the office as CNU’s international branch campus f
International students of Chonnam National University (CNU) took a field trip to KT&G's manufacturing factory in Sintanjin and Jeonju Dream World on November 30. This program was organized by CNU’s Office of International Affairs and KT&G Sangsang Univ. 21 students from all around the world took a
The "Hada" candidates won the elections for the 2018 General Student Council (GSC) on November 22, 2017. Choi Do-yyeong (Senior, Dept. of Political Science and International Relations) and Yu Yeong-jae (Junior, Dept. of Chemistry) has been elected as the President and Vice President of the 2018 GS
The Office of Student Affairs (OSA) held the 2017 CNU Student Culture Day on November 17 in front of the Convention Hall on Yongbong campus. The event, as a part of OSA’s efforts to boost the student culture, was a whole day program consisting five sections - global volunteering, language culture pa
A public hearing of candidates for the 2018 General Student Council (GSC) took place on November 16, at 3 P.M., in front of the Student Union Building #1. Two teams, each consisting of one GSC president candidate and his running mate, Hwang Beob-ryang (Junior, Faculty of Economics) and Kim Nam-su (S
The elections for the 2018 General Student Council (GSC) at CNU will be held on November 21, 2017. The Central Election Management Committee confirmed the candidates for the 2018 General Student Council President and Vice President as of November 5, 2017. Hwang Beob-ryang (Junior, Faculty of Economi
CNU held a futsal competition for international students on October 14. 118 Korean and international students enjoyed games at the event hosted by the Office of International Affairs and KT&G Jeonnam Branch. The students teamed up by nationalities and competed with each other from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The winner of the 10th Hugwang Academic Award is Jung Geun-sik, a professor of the Department of Sociology at Seoul National University. President Jeong Byung-seok said, “Professor Jung Geun-sik is an active scholar who has dedicated himself to social change through constant academic research activi
Chonnam National University (CNU) launched the first K-MOOC quality lectures this November. “Finding the Lost Three Billion Years” by Huh Min (Professor, Dept. of Earth Environmental Science) opened on November 6. It is a lecture about the Earth’s history, biology, ecology and environmentology using
2017 Fall Student Club Fair is under way around Bongji. This event, operated by the General Student Club Association, is a good opportunity for students to join on-campus clubs. CNU's recognized students clubs set up booths to recruit new members and give information about their club activities.
CNU completed the 2017 International Summer Session (ISS) that offered cultural field trips and high-quality English courses provided by renowned scholars from all over the world during four weeks from June 25 July 21. CNU students and 129 international students from 48 universities in 22 different
CNU held the Agenda 2021 Vision Proclamation Ceremony on September 4 at Minjumaru. President Jeong Byung-seok presented its five agendas at the proclamation ceremony.