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
Clubs on campus are possibly one of the single most important aspects of a student’s life. They are places of friendship, personal growth, career development and university inclusiveness. Club activities give students skills and talents that they are not able to learn or develop through normal third
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,
CNU's silent, snowy campus this winter
Chonnam National University has hosted the 2017 Tech Fair Plus+ at the Yongji Hall from December 13 to 15.
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
Voting in the 2018 General Student Council presidential election began on November 21, but due to low voter turnout it has been extended until the turnout is more than 50% in the election.
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