Let’s be fair to ourselves and answer the question who am I. Am I amiable or aloof? Think of the academic year. How did you spend it? Did you just sit in your room and not go to hang out with your peers? If yes, then feel sorry for yourself because you did not see what it is like to have a student’s
As an English language and literature major, I had wanted to stay at English-speaking countries to improve my English abilities. Last April, I received a message about a 2018 summer eight-week overseas internship program which is hosted and supported by the CORE project of Chonnam National Universit
It has been about ten months since I made up my mind to apply for a one-year global internship program supported by the CORE Initiative. In the four-month preparation period in Korea, I wrote a bunch of papers and got my student visa issued. Above all, I focused most on studying conversational Japan
When I was leaving for a journey towards Korea to start a career in researching as a PhD student, the last parting words of my mother were take care! There were mixed emotions in her words depicting happiness for the achievement and opportunity received by her son with worry about his wellbeing abro
On orientation day, international students were first urged to fill in forms for medical insurance; it somehow suggested the importance of having medical insurance especially for foreign students. At another time, a mandatory health check is required to clear one of communicable disease for dorm adm
Health is the most important thing in people’s lives since they cannot live their lives happily with unhealthy minds and bodies. However, university students do not have enough time to care about their physical and mental health. They have to do many things such as doing their assignments for classe
Last semester, I studied at Paris Diderot University, also known as Paris 7, in France, as an exchange student from CNU. Before going to Paris through the exchange student program, I had visited France to take a French language training program for a semester so as to enhance my French language skil
During the last winter semester, I went to the Czech University of Life Sciences (CULS) in Prague, Czech Republic, as an exchange student. When I lived in a dormitory at the school, I was shocked by how many cultural differences there were between Prague and Korea. First, unlike CNU which I am atten
The Chonnam Tribune interviewed Kim Jong-hee, the dean of ILE, about ILE’s educational programs and what they want from students. – Ed.Q: What does the Center for General Education Support do?A: The center manages overall things related to general education at the university. We develop genera
The Chonnam Tribune provides information about university facilities that are helpful to students’ campus life in this article. – Ed. As a new semester starts, many students including freshmen probably set a goal to enhance their abilities and achieve their academic goals. For those students,
If anyone has an interest in an international exchange student program (ESP), here are some things you need to consider when choosing lectures. Before starting the main story, the tips I will give you are based on my experience as an exchange student for one semester at Northumbria University (NU) i
The most accurate clock on one side, more than three identical web pages on the desktop screen, and a bit breathless tension as time is running out, this is what the usual class registration moment is like in Korea. Attending Chonnam National University (CNU) for a few years, I thought this moment w
To begin with an honest note, I am not a huge K-Pop or K-Drama fan. That being mentioned, K-Drama still happens to be a huge doorway, allowing myself to enter the world of South Korea. It more or less led me to have a glance of the world here, 4690 KM away from home back in India. The very first K-D
Many say that getting a permanent office job in South Korea is difficult even for a native Korean and that it’s amazing that I even managed to secure a job before my graduation. I think it worked out well for me because I am considerably fluent in multiple languages, have a bachelor degree in IT, ha
In this article, you can listen to feedback from students on their satisfaction with English-Mediated Instruction courses at our university. – Ed. Recently there has been research showing that English-Mediated Instruction (EMI) courses have a backwash effect on university students’ global comp
In every religion, there are written and unwritten rules that religious people should strongly follow. Every religion has their own holy book, for example, Christians have the Bible and we (Muslims) have the Quran. More importantly, in those completely different books there are written rules and thi
You have already taken the 1st step. Going abroad to study is one of the biggest decisions of your life which will lead to your dreams and opportunities flourishing. It is difficult to feel at home in a new place but it is not impossible to create your own compatibility. Korea is a nice place to liv
Student culture plays a crucial role in forming the collective identity of and the integration within a campus. It speaks volumes about a school or university as well as embodying the habits and values that the community embraces. Unlike a national culture, culture created by students is an ever-cha
Greetings to cool wind and clear sky, a new semester has begun again and campus is full of students’ vigor. Probably the most common chit chat would be ‘Where should we go for lunch?’ Thinking back to what I have eaten during the last two years at CNU, I usually went to restaurants near campus, eith