The May 18 Memorial Cultural Festival for University Students will be held from May 11th to 17th at CNU and in the whole area of Gwangju Metropolitan City. Around 1500 students are expected to participate in this commemorative festival. Starting with the eve of the festival, there will be a variety
The University Computing Center offers an eBook service through the ‘CNU Books' application on the CNU Store, the mobile application portal of the university. The CNU Books app is a platform that the center developed to distribute eBooks of various reading materials published by CNU organizations a
The Global & Research (G&R) Hub was finished last month. CNU has relocated several organizations and facilities. The Office of International Affairs has moved onto the 2nd floor of the G&R Hub building, and Korean language lecture rooms and native-speaking instructor rooms that were in the Language
You probably have heard of the term ‘Do it yourself’, also known as DIY, which is mainly used for a behavior where people who create or produce things for themselves without the help of paid experts. DIY has emerged as a general trend for this culture and offers an alternative to the modern consumer
The stories about people who fight against unfairness have been on the news for the last few months. These kinds of news stories have been the most visible to me because usually people do not really make an effort to change unfair situations. If people aren’t affected by the problem they usually don
The election for 2015 General Student Council (GSC) and General Female Student Council (GFSC) at CNU will be held on November 25th, 2014. Kim Han-seong (Senior, Dept. of Geography) and Jeong Sang-yeup (Senior, Faculty of Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences) registered as the candidates for the
Foreign students from different countries participated in the international food festival as part of the festival of CNU International Day on Oct. 8th, 2014.
On August 14th, Pope Francis visited Korea and the whole country gave him an enthusiastic welcome. He comforted South Korea's wounded heart from the tragedy of the Ferry Sewol disaster, military brutality, and many other negative things. The visit by Pope Francis sure was a great event regardless o
CNU dispatched a team of student volunteers to the Kingdom of Lesotho in Africa. The volunteers made up of 15 students and one staff member stayed in a place called Ha-Teko from June 30st to July 30st. This year, the volunteers provided labor services and educational services to local people and pro
CNU's Early Childhood Education department held an exhibition called “Growing Up with Nature” at the small assembly hall in Student Union I building. Many children from various kindergardens located in Gwangju participated in this education program that builds on children's sense of wonder about n
CNU dispatched a team of student volunteers to the Kingdom of Lesotho in Africa. The volunteers made up of 15 students and one staff member stayed in a place called Ha-Teko from June 30 to July 30. This year, the volunteers provided labor services and educational services to local people and promote
A 17-year-old boy got tasered by police in Texas last December. According to CNN, a fight took place at Cedar Creek High school. Two girls were fighting with a crowd of students gathered around them. The school officials called in Deputy Randy McMillan, but de Rivera already separated the girls and
From November 11th, the election campaign for the 2014 General Student Council (GSC) and General Female Student Council (GFSC) started at Chonnam National University (CNU). The G(F)SC candidates advertised election pledges on campus and encouraged students to vote. Jang Min-kyu (Senior, Division of
Real Sympathy candidates won the elections for the 2014 General Student Council (GSC) and General Female Student Council (GFSC) on November 28th. The Real Sympathy is the sole candidate for this year’s elections. In order to win the elections, they needed over 50% of the total turnout of voters. Onl
Lloyd Axworthy, President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Winnipeg (center right) and Kim Young-man, Director of the Office of International Affairs of Chonnam National University (center left) are posing for a photograph with their collegues on November 13th.Photo by Kim Hae-in, Student Ed
The decline in reading books has been an issue in our society and university students seem to be included in the area. According to the University Library Statistical Analysis 2012 by the Ministry of Education and the Korea Education Research Information Service, the annual book rental of university
From the 2nd semester of 2013, each college will take care of their own study rooms instead of the Institute of Liberal Education (ILE). Until last semester, ILE was the department who took charge of managing study rooms and students could book a study room on its homepage. However, there are severa
The Chonnam Tribune provides information about international partner universities CNU students can study abroad from this issue. – Ed. Northumbria University (NU) at Newcastle in the United Kingdom made a dual degree program agreement with Chonnam National University (CNU) on November 29th, 20