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CSU teams head to Australian uni games
20 Sep 2007
 Charles Sturt University (CSU) is sending a 115-strong team of students to compete in the annual Australian University Games on the Queensland Gold Coast from Sunday 23 to Friday 28 September. This year the games organisers expect around 6 000 students from over 40 universities from across Australia to compete in a range of sports. While CSU has competed successfully before, this is the first year that CSU has representatives from all its major campuses as well as Distance Education students at the games. CSU individuals or teams have entered in athletics, beach volleyball, fencing, golf, men's and women's hockey, women's and mixed netball, mixed touch football, rugby union 7s, water polo and ultimate frisbee. CSU team manager Niklaus Granger said, "The Australian University Games boast previous Commonwealth and World University Games participants. CSU is usually strong in hockey, touch football and rugby union, but who knows what 2007 will hold for the combined CSU team?" Go, CSU, go!
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews. Print this story CSU and health service form nursing partnership
18 Sep 2007
 Charles Sturt University (CSU) School of Nursing and Midwifery and Greater Western Area Health Service (GWAHS) have entered into a partnership to offer the CSU nursing degree by distance education to Enrolled Nurses to commence study in February 2008. Residential schools for the students will held be at the Dubbo campus with students able to undertake clinical placements in GWAHS, reducing personal and financial cost to the students. Heather Latham, CSU nursing course manager, says that the University and GWAHS recognise this partnership is important in addressing the critical shortage of Registered Nurses in rural hospitals. “This partnership model provides additional support for Enrolled Nurses to upgrade their knowledge and skills to Registered Nurses while continuing to live and work in their local communities,” Ms Latham said. “GWAHS has allocated a Nurse Educator to support the students during the four year course and this person will work closely with the School of Nursing and Midwifery.”
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Ms Heather Latham. An Academic Preparation Workshop will be held at CSU Dubbo Campus on Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 September to prepare Enrolled Nurses planning to commence study in 2008. The workshop is conducted by the University and funded by GWAHS. Thirty participants from across western NSW, including Molong, Gulgong, Coonabarabran, Nyngan, Parkes and Broken Hill, have registered for the workshop. Print this story Clinical Sciences on show in Orange
18 Sep 2007
 Interested in studying clinical sciences, nursing or pharmacy? Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) School of Biomedical Sciences is holding an information session on the Orange Campus on Saturday 22 September between 2pm and 4pm for students interested in enrolling in these courses. Dr Debbie Burton, Course Coordinator for the Bachelor of Clinical Science, says people from the Orange region can see what CSU offers in health and medical science courses and to learn about the University’s commitment to alleviating the shortage of health and medical practitioners in inland Australia. “CSU is playing a crucial role in educating health professionals for inland communities. We have seen 60 to 70 per cent of CSU health graduates gaining work and staying in the country. As the range of health courses offered by CSU increases, so will the number of practicing health professionals in inland communities,” Dr Burton said. Information will also be available on the new School of Dentistry and Oral Health that will be established in 2009.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Dr Debbie Burton. For information about the Information Session at CSU Orange Campus contact Ian Reed, Administrative Assistant, on (02) 6365 7671. For more information about Clinical Science courses go to the School of Biomedical Sciences website.
Print this story CSU beefs up cattle farmers? returns
18 Sep 2007
 Improve returns from cattle bound for the Asian market will be the focus of a forum hosted by the Asian Agribusiness Research Centre at the Orange Campus of Charles Sturt University (CSU) on Wednesday 26 September. The meeting, titled Asia Today 2007 - Building Beef Returns, will be held at Borenore near Orange. Dr Claus Deblitz, Director of the Asian Agribusiness Research Centre, said Asia Today 2007 will focus on the opportunities available for beef producers who wish to take advantage of this growing regional market. “The practical morning session will provide industry experts demonstrating muscle density testing, low stress stock handling and related activities,” Dr Deblitz said. “In the afternoon, the forum will provide information for the beef industry and review opportunities in international markets. It will address major beef market trends world-wide and in Asia, improving beef tenderness and marbling to meet customer needs, prospects of beef production in China and the Australian live cattle export business.” Keynote speaker Rob Sinnamon, the 2007 NSW Farmer of the Year, will outline how he significantly improved the profitability of a 5 000 head Santa Gertrudis beef operation he manages near Casino on the NSW North Coast,.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Dr Claus Deblitz. Asia Today 2007 is held on 26 September 2007, from 8.30am to 4.30pm at the Field Days Site, Borenore, west of Orange. The event is funded by CSU, Central Western Regional Development Board, Orange City Council and the NSW Department of State and Regional Development, and supported by ABC Local Radio. BBQ Lunch and refreshments are provided in the entry fee of $30. For more information and a program, visit the Asian Agribusiness Research Centre website http://www.csu.edu.au/research/aarc/ or phone Dr Claus Deblitz on (02) 6365 7777. Print this story Why the Border skills shortage?
18 Sep 2007
In recent years, many media have highlighted the “tree change” phenomenon, with many high-paid, highly skilled professionals moving to regional areas to leave the pressures of modern city life for a more relaxed lifestyle. So why are many large organisations in inland Australia having so many difficulties in recruiting skilled professionals such as engineers and accountants? Charles Sturt University (CSU) business researchers Kerry Grigg and Debra Da Silva will explore the problem with managers from large businesses and organisations such as Mars, CooperTools, accounting firm KPMG and Albury City Council at a roundtable discussion on Thursday 20 September on the CSU Albury-Wodonga Campus. Ms Grigg is particularly looking at how such companies are using “work life balance” policies, not just better pay, to lure workers out of the cities to meet the regional skills crisis. “We are experiencing high economic growth and low unemployment, and this makes it difficult to attract professionals to inland areas. But more workers are looking for a ‘tree-change’ to improve their lifestyles. So why are they not coming to Albury?” Ms Grigg said.
Media Note: Interviews with Kerry Grigg and Debra Da Silva and two discussion participants will be held in front of Wilcara building, CSU Albury City site, Olive St Albury at 11.30am on Thursday 20 September. Contact CSU Media for details. Print this story Better Bush on Farms Conference
18 Sep 2007
Getting the best out of bush blocks is the focus of a one day conference at Charles Sturt University (CSU) tomorrow, Wednesday 19 September. Co-hosted by CSU’s Institute for Land, Water and Society and CSIRO, the one-day Better Bush on Farms Conference will gather researchers and practitioners to discuss the key questions and challenges around developing better “bush blocks” on farms. Problems such as looking after remnant vegetation and paddock trees on farms, the effects of fencing and controlled grazing and the ecological effects of efforts to conserve remnant vegetation will be addressed by speakers from CSU, CSIRO, other universities and government organisations. The meeting will be of particular use for catchment planners and implementation staff, public land managers, vegetation growers, landholders and researchers. The event will be held in the CD Blake Theatre on CSU’s Albury-Wodonga Campus, off Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, Thurgoona.
Media Note: For interviews contact ILWS Communications Manager Margrit Beemster on mobile 0427 15 0457 or telephone 02 6051 9653.
Print this story Wining and dining ? the right blend
18 Sep 2007
 Interested in acquiring the skill of wine and food matching? Want to know how to design a dinner party menu with wines that match, or just be able to order a wine to compliment your meal at a restaurant? Dr Anthony Saliba, a Sensory Scientist with the NWGIC, located on Charles Sturt University (CSU) Wagga Wagga Campus, will pass on his knowledge and understanding of why certain wine and foods compliment each other and the key mistakes consumers often make when selecting wine for this purpose. The wine and food matching workshop will be held at one of Wagga's top restaurants, The Three Chefs, on Tuesday 25 September and will include a seven course dinner and CSU wines to match each course.
Media Note: The workshop is on Tuesday 25 September 2007 from 6:30pm - 9pm. The cost is $150 per person. For more information contact, jebullock@csu.edu.au. For interviews with Dr Saliba contact CSU Media Print this story Biennial Medal for Shahbaz Khan
14 Sep 2007
 Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Professor Shahbaz Khan, Director of the International Centre for Water, Senior Principal Scientist and Research Leader with CSIRO Land and Water and Regional Coordinator of the Asia Pacific office of UNESCO IHP-HELP, continues to attract accolades for his world leading water research. Professor Khan has been awarded the Modelling Society of Australia and New Zealand (MSSANZ) Biennial Medal for Natural Systems, after also recently winning a prestigious Eureka Award. Based at the CSU Wagga Wagga Campus, Professor Khan says, “The recognition is great news for CSU and CSIRO research”. CSU Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) and Vice-President (Research) Professor Paul C Burnett says, “It is fantastic to see that Professor Khan’s work and contribution to new knowledge in this area is being so widely recognised. He and his team should be proud of what they have achieved.” The Biennial Medal will be presented in December at the MSSANZ 2007 conference in New Zealand.
Media Note: For interviews with Professor Khan contact CSU Media Print this story CSU graduates and Circus Monoxide for Catapult Festival
11 Sep 2007
 Graduates of Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) theatre/media course have returned to Bathurst with Circus Monoxide for the Catapult Festival in Bathurst on Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 September. CSU lecturer Jerry Boland, coordinator of the theatre/media course and chair of the Catapult Festival Steering Committee, said “Circus Monoxide is a performance company which prides itself on providing exciting entertainment and education for up and coming circus performers and quality live performances, particularly to people living in regional and rural areas.” About 30 current CSU theatre/media students will be involved in the Catapult Festival, which received $26,900 from Festivals Australia. The Catapult Festival will see over 300 young people from NSW and ACT attend 23 workshops over four days as a part of the program.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews. Tickets to Circus Monoxide performances are available from the Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, 102 William St, Bathurst or call (02) 6333 6161. More information is available at the Catapult Festival website. www.catapultfestival.com.au Print this story What makes rice sticky?
11 Sep 2007
Rice is the world's most important cereal crop and the EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, on the Charles Sturt University (CSU) Wagga Wagga Campus, is researching the genetics of rice and how gene variations affect its cooking. Rice contains about 90 per cent starch, comprising amylose and amylopectin. It is the amount and structure of these two starchy chemicals that dictate its properties, while a number of genetic variations in rice starch enzymes also affect its cooking qualities. Visiting scientist at the CSU School of Wine & Food Sciences, Dr Arun Aryan, will present an overview of these genetic variations and the development of DNA markers to predict rice cooking properties at a seminar to be held on Wednesday 12 September at the Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute conference room.
Media Note: For interviews with Dr Arun Aryan contact CSU Media. For further information about this seminar please contact Dr Aryan aaryan@csu.edu.au or call Maree Crowley on (02) 6938 1681. Print this story Otherwise: images from another place
11 Sep 2007
 The art of Charles Sturt University (CSU) lecturer in Art and Design Julie Montgarrett is part of on-going research into themes of transition and chance, fragility and flux, using drawing and embroidery. Otherwise: images from another place, an exhibition at the HR Gallop Gallery on CSU’s Wagga Wagga Campus, begins with a sense of deliberation to explore a specific preoccupation. But as the process unfolds, chance occurrences and new elements change the emphasis and shifting meanings arise that are often modified, consolidated or overturned. The drawings and embroideries evolve erratically, relying on particular material encounters or hybrid images suspended or floating in ambiguous, improbable spaces. Both processes emphasise fragility and impermanence. The exhibition runs until Friday 15 September.
Media Note: For interviews with Julie Montgarrett, contact CSU Media. Print this story Equine influenza ? surveillance succeeding
04 Sep 2007
 The most recent Department of Primary Industries (DPI) figures suggest that, in NSW, there are 835 horses infected with Equine Influenza on 119 confirmed properties. An additional suspect 2900 horses on 319 locations are also in quarantine. Charles Sturt University (CSU) senior lecturer in equine medicine, Dr Sharanne Raidal says most importantly, the NSW Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer reports that every one of these cases has been traced from known contact with affected horses. This means that, to date, the disease has not escaped surveillance measures. Dr Raidal warns that only by containing the virus within a small proportion of the total horse population, and allowing the disease to "burn itself out", will "we succeeded in eradicating EI". Continued careful attention to quarantine restrictions and prompt identification of new cases is required for this to happen. A number of horses with high temperatures, but no known risk of disease, have been tested negative. It is important that all such horses are examined as part of routine, ongoing surveillance for spread of the disease.
Media Note: Infected properties include those at Aberdeen, Arcadia, Berry, Cattai, Charmhaven, Clarendon, Cooranbong, Eagleton, Eastern Cree, Glenhaven, Glenorie, Gloucester, Glossodia, Kulnurra, Kurrajong, Londonderry, McCullys Gap, Maitland, Moonbi, Moree, Moore Park, Mount Hunter, Muswellbrook, Palm Grove, Parkes, Pitt Town, Quakers Hill, Randwick, Raymond Terrace, Redfern, Scone, Terry Hie Hie, Timbumburi, Tintinhul and Wilberforce. For interviews with Dr Sharanne Raidal, contact CSU Media.
Print this story Alert! Asthma season arrives
04 Sep 2007
Charles Sturt University (CSU) is contributing to the health of inland Australia through the development and funding of an Asthma Alert webpage, which will send asthma sufferers email or SMS alerts when environmental conditions pose a significantly increased risk of triggering an asthma attack. The webpage will be unveiled when the Wagga Asthma Collaboration Committee launches its 2007 Spring Thunderstorm Asthma Campaign at 10am on Wednesday 5 September at the CSU staff club, Wagga Wagga Campus. Committee Chair, Dr Bruce Graham, a lecturer at the CSU School of Biomedical Sciences, says this year’s campaign theme is Research, Education and Asthma. Professor Deidre Lemerle, Director of the E H Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, CSU and NSW DPI Research, will outline asthma research links at CSU. Rebecca Turnbull, CSU medical science & biotechnology student, will also detail research about pollens in asthma. Australian Bureau of Statistic figures show 318 Australians died from asthma in 2005.
Media Note: For interviews contact CSU Media Print this story Cross-boundary farming
04 Sep 2007
 Lessons from agriculture in the Middle Ages could today help farms in Australia become more sustainable. Back in that era, farmers didn’t hold individual titles over land but farmed collectively on common property or "commons". A modern day adaptation of this concept is cross-boundary farming, where farmers agree to pool their land resource and manage it as a whole. A free one day forum on cross-boundary farming will be hosted by the Institute for Land, Water and Society (ILWS) at Charles Sturt University (CSU), Wagga Wagga Campus, on Friday 7 September. The forum will consider the opportunities and pitfalls of cross-boundary farming, the environmental benefits, property rights, relationships between and within farming families as well as workloads. There will be two panel sessions presenting various practical and political points of view on the practice.
Media Note: The forum gets underway at 9am at the National Wine and Grape Industry Centre, Wagga Wagga Campus. For interviews contact Margit Beemster, ILWS communications coordinator on 02 6051 9653 or mbeemster@csu.edu.au or CSU Media.
Print this story Sustainable food on show
04 Sep 2007
Charles Sturt University (CSU) students will put local food on show at a Sustainable Food Day to be held on Wednesday 5 September at its Thurgoona site. The event has resulted from their participation in the national 2007 Students of Sustainability Conference held recently in Perth, where as their coordinator Peter Barrett says, “We ate vegan food all week and it was pretty good!”. The Sustainable Food Day will run from 12noon at the Gums Café on the University’s Thurgoona site and is part of the activities that the students have held since they returned from the Perth conference. “As much of the food as possible comes from local sources, making every dish as sustainable as possible. We will also have recipes and information for CSU students and staff and the public to take with them and make delicious sustainable food at home,” Mr Barrett said.
Media Note: For interviews with Peter Barrett on Wednesday 5 Spetember, contact CSU Media.
Print this story Up close and personal
04 Sep 2007
Happiness is desired by all, yet achieved by only a few. But according to Dr Timothy Sharp, it does not always have to be like this. Dr Sharp will show participants how to get more out of life using principles from positive psychology during a seminar hosted by Charles Sturt University (CSU) on Friday morning 7 September on its Albury-Wodonga Campus. “My colleagues and I are achieving some wonderful results with individuals and organisations all over Australia, and I look forward to sharing the knowledge and experience we’ve gained over the last few years to Albury,” said Dr Sharp, who has three degrees in psychology and has worked as a clinical and academic psychologist. Australia's leading expert in positive psychology, in 2003 Dr Sharp founded The Happiness Institute in Sydney, NSW. The seminar will start at 9.30am at the boardroom, CSU’s Gordon Bevan building, off Old Sydney Road, Thurgoona.
Media Note: Dr Sharp is available for interviews in Albury from 10.30am on Thursday 6 June. Print this story Walk and cycle to Uni day
04 Sep 2007
 The Charles Sturt University (CSU) Wagga Wagga Campus Occupational Health and Safety Committee promoted a healthy approach to life during its Walk and Cycle to Uni Day, held on Friday 5 October 2007. Both staff and students were encouraged to take part in the event which is and based on the National Walk to Work Day, which is run by the Australian Pedestrian Council. The OHS committee hopes the event will not only assist the environment but will also help to improve personal fitness, health and well-being. Over one hundred participants departed from near the old Hampden Bridge in Fitzmaurice Street Wagga Wagga walking and cycling to the CSU Wagga Wagga Campus. Head of the CSU Wagga Wagga Campus Professor David Green supported the morning. There was a free breakfast and prizes awarded for the Best Outfit and Best Decorated Headwear for individual walker, teams, Individual cyclists and team cyclists at the conclusion of the walk. Organiser Anette Coombs has extended a huge thankyou to everyone who participated in Walk or Cycle to Uni Day and in doing so made it a really great morning.
Media Note: For interviews contact CSU Media Print this story Equine influenza ? be vigilant and compliant
03 Sep 2007
 Members of the Riverina equine community at a Charles Sturt University (CSU) Equine Influenza (EI) forum have been urged to work together so that NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) quarantine restrictions, imposed in response to Australia’s first EI outbreak, are upheld by everyone in the community. Participants emphasised that the disease poses a threat to all horses, ponies and donkeys. Around 130 people attended the forum which was organised in Wagga Wagga by the CSU School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences. A panel of CSU equine health experts, led by Director of Veterinary Science Professor Kym Abbott, outlined the status of the EI outbreak, how the highly contagious virus is transmitted and ways to prevent its spread through the nation’s equine population. CSU veterinary science lecturer Dr Sharanne Raidal stressed the importance of community vigilance and compliance to halt the advance of equine flu, which can be transmitted by humans, vehicles and equipment.
Media Note: For interviews contact CSU Media Print this story CSU horse flu experts at public forum
28 Aug 2007
 Following the outbreak of equine flu that has threatened the Australian horse industry, experts from Charles Sturt University (CSU) will provide information and advice at a public forum in Wagga Wagga on Wednesday 29 August. Dr Sharanne Raidal, senior lecturer in Veterinary Science at the School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences on Wagga Wagga Campus, says, “This is a very important issue for the Australian equine industry. Halting the spread of disease can only be achieved through strict compliance with DPI instructions regarding movement of horses, personnel and equipment. This means keeping horses at their current locations, and restricting movement of people and vehicles. CSU equine facilities at Orange and Wagga Wagga are providing a good example of doing the right thing by suspending classes and imposing industry-standard precautions to contain the outbreak of equine flu in NSW.”
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Dr Sharanne Raidal. The public forum, ‘Equine Flu: facts and fiction’, will be at 6pm Wednesday 29 August in Joyes Hall, Pine Gully Rd, CSU Wagga Wagga Campus. Speakers from the CSU School of Agricultural and Veterinary Science include Professor Kym Abbott, Dr Sharanne Raidal, Dr Brian Hilbert, Dr Jan Lievaart, Ms Petra Buckley, Mr Hunter Doughty, and Dr Scott Norman.
Print this story CSU choir hits the winning note
28 Aug 2007
 07.small.jpg) The 48 members of the staff/student choir on Charles Sturt University's (CSU) Bathurst Campus of were in fine voice on Friday 24 August when they won first place in the Chief Choral Section of the 62nd annual Bathurst Eisteddfod. The choir is under the direction of Dr Christopher Klopper, music lecturer at the CSU School of Teacher Education. “This is the second year in a row that we have won this section, and we are all delighted,” Dr Klopper said. “We scored 97 out of a possible 100 and the adjudicator noted ‘A fresh and vital choral blend, with exemplary diction … for a large group the precision was wholly noteworthy. Best of all, the music made one feel uplifted. ‘Brilliant’ is a marketplace cliché, but it must be applied here’.” Participation in the CSU choir is open to all students and staff on the Bathurst Campus.
Media Note: Contact CSU News to arrange interviews with Dr Christopher Klopper.
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