On May 1, Chonnam National University celebrated the 100th anniversary of the foundation of its Yeosu Campus with great success. Almost 400 people including CNU President Chung Byung-seok, Representative Mayor of Yeosu Ju Cheol-hyeon, professors, alumni and students participated in a commemoration ceremony and offered their congratulations on 100 years of history on Yeosu Campus. At the ceremony, CNU presented plaques of appreciation to six alumni including the president of the Yeosu Alumni Association, and honorable alumni plaques to 10 alumni for their deep affection and support of the Yeosu Campus. Before the ceremony, an exhibition of Yeosu Campus’s 100-year history took place and a promotional video for the campus was displayed. Started as Yeosu Public Simplified Fisheries School, the first fisheries school in Korea, Yosu National University was reborn as CNU's Yeosu Campus on March 1, 2006.