Chonnam National University (CNU) has reorganized its undergraduate liberal arts curriculum 2019-2022 in order to offer students the flexibility to choose courses that will enhance students’ learning and critical thinking abilities. However, this curriculum revision caused many students to experienc
Will the 2018 CNU Festival be remembered as the most successful festival ever? It might be true if it was for the celebrities alone, as there were over four thousand people in the crowd who gathered to see them. Although some students showed satisfaction with the event compared to previous ones, it
A professor tells students to find some materials about a class subject with their smartphones during class. The students try starting the internet application, but it is not working because the Wi-Fi signal is too weak. After the class, they go to a student lounge with friends to have a chat, but t
As CNU becomes more globalized, many international students from different parts of the world want to enroll at the university. Just as the number of international students is increasing significantly year by year, CNU is doing its best to make sure that they are getting a well-qualified education a
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
There is a consensus that the roles of universities are changing in modern society, even though universities essentially devoted to education and research for truth-seeking in diverse disciplines. Many experts have criticized that useful knowledge and technologies for economic prosperity are crucial
Last year, Chonnam National University (CNU) failed to elect a president for the 49th General Student Council (GSC) due to the low turnout of voters. The Central Management Committee (CMC) has substituted for the GSC until the council is composed. The re-election for the GSC was scheduled to be held
Chonnam National University (CNU) is currently renovating campuses and part of the renovation includes a new digital library. Construction on the new facility is scheduled to begin this year and to be completed by 2019. CNU aims at making the new digital library as a complex cultural space to provid
Every February and August university students nervously await the bi-annual class registration period. This crucial phase sets the tone for the entire semester, but class registration is so stressful for students. Chonnam National University (CNU) has made an effort to solve the problems related to
Is it possible that the 20th president of Chonnam National University (CNU) will be elected directly by its members this year? The current president was selected through a direct vote by CNUians four years ago. However, CNU revised its regulations from a direct election system to the current indirec
Here in Korea, university students are able to delay their graduation once even if they finish their courses. By paying a particular extra fee, they can maintain their student status, but they no longer have to attend school. This has become a part of Korean university life, with an increasing numbe
A rapid advance or vast evolution is taking place at Chonnam National University (CNU). In 2009, CNU accepted only 10 exchange students and after six years, the number of international students has risen to nearly 1000 and is still counting. However, moving towards an increasingly international camp
Students who want to study in another city can do so through a domestic credit exchange program (DCEP) and so they challenge themselves and gain their further experience during their undergraduate years. Chonnam National University (CNU) has signed credit exchange agreements with 37 colleges and has
Chonnam National University (CNU) has been successful in educating international students. It has been accredited for three consecutive years as an excellent institution in recruiting and managing international students by the Government. As of April 1st, 2015, CNU has 978 international students and
“Oh my God, I do not have time for lunch this semester!” “I have no choice but to register only for classes that are scheduled to Tuesday and Thursday modules.” These kinds of reactions were common among CNU students around this semester’s course registration period. This situation began to happen w
Students tend to be dissatisfied with working on their group assignments. Group work has become popular at universities, but so many students hate it because some students do not participate in performing a group assignment with excuses or even ignore all the calls from other members. In spite of th
Students have raised the issue of seat privatization in reading rooms or student lounges at Chonnam National University (CNU). Obviously, these facilities are public places for every student but some students use them as private property. So, students who have suffered the problem of seat privatizat
Chonnam National University (CNU) announced 10 candidate books and is holding a vote to choose the book for the 2014 Gwangju and Jeonnam Reads and Talks (GJRT). The GJRT is an expansion of the Gwangju Reads and Talks conducted last year in order to encourage citizens to read the same book and talk t
Chonnam National University (CNU) has dispatched a lot of students overseas every year through the study abroad programs including a Junior Year Abroad (JYA) program, which allocated 250 students last year. However, this semester CNU has reduced the number of students for the program to 50, and only
Chonnam National University (CNU) introduced an ambitious program to improve its students’ English abilities in the first semester of this year. It is the 'English Proficiency Test to Freshmen (EPTF)'. However, the program has made students confused by failing to provide proper information on the