Li Guoliang (Freshman, School of Mechanical Engineering, China)Q: What do you do in your free time?A: I spend my free time learning scientific knowledge. For example, during my summer vacation, I learned about the development of Ai-driven vision technology. But still, I have more things to learn. Be
Goytom Afera (Ph. D. Student, Law School, Ethiopia)Q: What are the things you were surprised about in Korea?A: To be honest, I was expecting Koreans to be a little bit racist as it is a homogeneous society. But on the contrary, I found that the social manners of Koreans are astonishing. Everyone jus
Djally Ludnelle Linley (Senior, Department of Communication, Gabon)Q: What is your favorite food in Korea?Back in 2019, I was learning Korean at Kyung Hee University and one day, after school, my friend invited me to a restaurant in Sinchon. When the food came out, I did not know what it was. But ev
Kourtland Tate, a recipient of the 2022 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS), has always had an interest in learning about different languages and cultures, even though she majors in sociology and anthropology at Spelman College in the U.S. For her, the CLS Korean Language Program, hosted by the Lang
The Office of International Affairs (OIA) at Chonnam National University runs a “Buddy Program” to help students from foreign countries adapt to school life. Korean students who applied for the program can be matched with international students if they pass the interview. The Tribune met two student
"Where there is a will, there is a way." Although I had a lot of worries and difficulties before going to the United Kingdom as an exchange student, I believed this phrase and decided to believe in myself! And eventually, I was able to go to Northumbria University in England as an exchange student.
Before I left Korea, the preparation process was not easy because of the corona virus. Even when I arrived in Canada, I experienced self-isolation until my Covid-19 test result came out without knowing the exact date that the result would come out. On the day when my self-isolation period ended, how
There was a notice that Chonnam National University (CNU) was providing a scholarship supporting students to study in a Medical English Program at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) during the winter vacation. I took the chance and applied for the program and was accepted. There was an in
All students deserve a good quality of education. However, there are some regions that lack various educational devices and opportunities. For students living in those areas, education volunteering club members from different universities are willing to provide free educational sources, teachers, an
I remember being extremely excited to meet new friends when I arrived at my dormitory inside the University of Alcala de Henares in Spain. I asked myself questions such as “Who will be my roommate?”, “Who will be my flat mate?” All those questions were spinning in my mind and I was anxious to know t
Before leaving Korea to attend a student exchange program at the University of Bayreuth in Germany last year, I was worried about my exchange student life in the foreign country because of the coronavirus pandemic. I was also anxious that my visa had not been issued even a week before I left the cou
These days, speaking English fluently has become important to undergraduates. The capacity, however, is not easy to achieve. This article introduces JNU Toastmasters, which is an English speech club to improve English speaking skills with international people at Chonnam National University (CNU).JNU
When I arrived at Incheon International Airport, I felt two feelings simultaneously. One was the excitement of going to Europe, and the other was fear because the list of exchange students, sent by Siauliai University (SA) in Lithuania, was full of European names. I was shocked by the fact that I wa
‘A good start is half the battle!’ It happened to me actually! From beginning to end, my journey was a series of new experiences. I studied at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Melbourne during the 2020 spring semester. Unfortunately, I had to come back three months early. Despit
Chonnam National University was founded in 1952 as a comprehensive university in Korea with its three campuses at Gwangju, Yeosu City, Jeollanam-do, and Hwasun-gun. It is also called "Jeondae" or "CNU" as a short form of Korean and English. The main campus is located in Yongbong-dong, Gwangju, w
This time of November is perfect in terms of beautiful weather and we are spared from the hardest time because we are trying to overcome the epidemic crisis together. Approaching the end of 2020, I would like to go back in time to my precious moments spent at Chonnam National University as a graduat
During the fall semester of 2019, which was my first semester at the University of Missouri-Columbia (MIZZOU), I had a hectic time adapting to local life and various school events. Relatively, the spring semester of 2020 was rather relaxing, and I felt a little bored with my life abroad. I was looki
The Language Education Center (LEC) at Chonnam National University has been running the Language Partner Program for American students of the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program since 2015. It aims to pair up American and Korean students to practice spoken Korean and improve their language s
Welcome to Canberra, the ‘Bush Capital’. Being the capital city of Australia, Canberra is a small city of 400,000 people surrounded by nature reserves, low mountains, and sparse woodlands (otherwise known as ‘the bush’ in Australia), hence the name ‘Bush Capital’. The most popular story behind how t
After I was selected to be an exchange student at the University of Regina (UR) in Canada, the first thing that I had to do as an exchange student was register for courses. An international advisor of the university told me that I should submit the list of courses that I wanted to take on UR’s offic