The CNU Action Alliance to support Myanmar’s pro-democracy protest movement was launched on April 1. Nine internal and external organizations of CNU came together at the 5∙18 Square on Yongbong campus to form the consortium to protest the military coup of Myanmar’s government, as well as to ca
The presidential by-election for the 2021 General Student Council (GSC) at Chonnam National University will be held online on April 28, 2021. The Central Election Management Committee announced on April 10 that they confirmed the candidates for the President and Vice President of the 2021 GSC. The p
With the start of the new semester of 2021, Chonnam National University (CNU) has prepared to open new campus facilities for the learning and welfare of students. The Student Union 1 building has been newly opened after its remodeling. The building was being pointed out as having safety problems cau
International students and residents in Buk-gu had opportunities to get a free online counseling with experts in various areas. The Office of International Affairs (OIA) at Chonnam National University (CNU) hosted the ‘OIA Counselling Day’ event from February 24 to March 5, using the Zoom platform t
Chonnam National University (CNU) held a non-contact entrance ceremony for the class of 2021 on March 2. Instead of gathering on campus, CNU replaced the ceremony by posting a pre-produced video on its official website and YouTube channels due to COVID-19. A total of 6,040 undergraduate and gradtuat
Chonnam National University (CNU) held the 69th contactless graduation ceremony on February 26, and conferred degrees to a total of 4,109 graduates: 3,251 Bachelor’s, 714 Master’s, and 144 Doctoral degrees. Due to the COVID-19 situation, a face-to-face commencement was cancelled, two videos have bee
An Extraordinary Student Representative Meeting was convened online from February 15 to February 16. With 236 representatives attending, several matters were discussed in the meeting. The impeachment motion of the President of the 2021 General Student Council, Lim Gi-ahn (Junior, Dept. of Statistics
Yongbong-gwan of Chonnam National University (CNU) was designated as a national registered cultural heritage on December 31, 2020. This is the third time CNU’s building has been registered as a national cultural heritage following the College of Humanities 1 Building and the College of Medicine Buil
On February 1, the inauguration ceremony for 21st President of Chonnam National University (CNU), Jung Sungteak, was held online. Due to the Coronavirus, the regular ceremony was replaced by a video of the inaugural greeting, as well as congratulatory messages from all over the country. Both student
Jung Sungtaek, professor of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, was officially inaugurated as the 21st President of Chonnam National University (CNU). Towards the end of last year, the CNU President Candidate Recommendation Committee recommended him as the 1st nominee for CNU’s 21st President to t
CNU hosted Global Food Street online which introduces how to make traditional foreign dishes with its international students. During the event period, the Office of International Affairs posted a series videos about dishes of four countries including China, Vietnam, Mongol and Kyrgyzstan to its YouT
The “Baro” candidates won the presidential election for the 2021 General Student Council (GSC) at Chonnam National University (CNU). The election was held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on December 2, 2020, and vote counting proceeded through Zoom at 8 p.m. on the same day. The voter turnout was 62.09 percen
The elections for the 2021 General Student Council (GSC) at CNU will be held online on December 2, 2020. Lim Gi-ahn (Junior, Dept. of Statistics) and Han Che-young (Junior, Dept. of Agricultural and Biological Chemistry), Lee In-woo (Senior, School of Polymer Science and Engineering) and Park Hong-e
After the 21st presidential candidate elections for Chonnam National University (CNU), Professor Jung Sungtaek (Department of Orthopedic Surgery) and Huh Min (Faculty of Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences) have been declared the top and the second candidate for the 21st President of CNU respec
To celebrate the occasion of the 2020 Multicultural Day, CNU hosted an online event to promote the cultures of China and Uzbekistan from November 9 to 13. It was operated by distributing experience kits to participants who applied for the cultural experience in advance, to small libraries, to cultur
CNU held the "#Greendays Online Festival" from October 28 to 29 on an online platform under the theme of “Recipes that enrich college life in the non-contact era”, where the university’s students produce and share online menus that are needed and can be eaten comfortably by anyone in the world. Th
The Chonnam National University Korean Dinosaur Research Center launched a commemorative medal featuring the “Koreanosaurus Boseongensis”, whose fossils were found in Boseong-gun in 2003, jointly with the Korea Minting Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corp. (KOMSCO) and this medal was presented
The final two candidates for the 21st president of Chonnam National University were selected yesterday. Jung Sungtaek (College of Medical Science) was chosen as the first candidate and Kim Youngman (School of Material Science and Engineering) took the second place. The 21st presidential elections we
The 21st presidential election of Chonnam National University (CNU) officially started last week. On September 8, a total of five candidates completed their candidate registration at the Gwangju Buk-gu Election Commission: Kim Youngman (School of Material Science and Engineering), Lee Keun-Bae (Medi
A total of 1,730 students graduated from Chonnam National University (CNU) on August 26; 1,276 Bachelor’s, 335 Master’s and 119 Doctoral degrees. CNU President Jeong Byung-seok gave congratulations and inspiring messages to them through his online speech, streaming from CNU’s official website. “Don’