Cebu Normal University was established in 1902 as a provincial normal school, a branch of the Philippine Normal School. It became an independent institution in 1924, a chartered college in 1976, and a university in 1998. It is one of the oldest educational institutions in Cebu, with the enviable reputation of having produced a great many outstanding educators and public figures. Cebu is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. ...

Famous CNU alumni include the late Philippine Undersecretary of Education Narciso Albarracin, Mr. Hilario, Davide Sr., National Model Filipino awardee, and the late Senate President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Marcelo Fernan. Supreme Court of the Phillipines --- the countrys highest judicial court, as well as the court of last resort. ... Marcelo Briones Fernan (October 24, 1927–July 11, 1999) was a Filipino lawyer and political figure. ...

CNU during World War II

The CNU campus was used as headquarters of the dreaded Kempetai or Military Police of the Japanese Imperial Army during the second World War. Kempeitai (憲兵隊, Law Soldier Regiment) was the military police of the Imperial Japanese Army. ... The Imperial Japanese Army (大日本帝国陸軍 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun) was in existence from the Meiji Reformation to the end of World War II. It was created to replace the traditional Japanese samurai with a modern Western-style conscript army. ...