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Seeking Coonabarabran descendants of Klondike gold miner in Canada
11 Oct 2011
A Charles Sturt University (CSU) history researcher will address a meeting of local and family historians in Coonabarabran, NSW, on Saturday 22 October as part of his nationwide quest to locate relatives of Australian miners who went to the Klondike goldfields in remote north-west Canada at the end of the 1800s. “My talk is mainly about David MacGregor, a ‘Klondike Stampeder’ known to have come from the Coonabarabran area, who is quite possibly the grumpiest Australian who went to the Klondike,” said Dr Rob McLachlan, an adjunct senior lecturer in history at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at CSU in Bathurst. “MacGregor has left us a remarkable account of his Klondike experiences in letters he wrote from Canada to family and friends,” Dr McLachlan said. “In them he displays a strong prejudice against Canadians and their country, yet he stayed on for 20 or so years. I hope the talk will reveal some present-day relatives who will come forward with more information about MacGregor. I would also like to hear of other Australians who may have gone to the Klondike.”
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with CSU researcher Dr Rob McLachlan. The public talk will be held at 2pm for 2.30pm on Saturday 22 October at the CWA Hall, Cassilis Street in Coonabarabran. The talk is hosted by the Coonabarabran DPS Local and Family History Group Inc, who would appreciate a gold coin donation towards refreshments following the talk. Dr McLachlan will deliver a similar talk to residents of Bright in Victoria, on Saturday 26 November about men from that area who went to the Klondike.
Print this story Cycle to work
11 Oct 2011
Charles Sturt University (CSU) students and staff will puff and pant to work and study on Wednesday 12 October as part of the annual Ride to Work Day 2011. Cyclists from CSU in Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst, Orange and Wagga Wagga will participate in the morning event, which will finish with a free breakfast. Event coordinator, Ms Nicole Maher from CSU Green, said the Ride to Work Day is a great way to, “enjoy some exercise, travel with low emissions and enjoy a free breakfast. More and more people are riding to work for fitness, health and to reduce their environmental footprints, as well as to enjoy a relaxing period before the pressures of daily work.” Tips on cycling to work are available from the Ride to Work official site here.
Media Note: At CSU in Albury-Wodonga cyclists will leave the Library car park of the University’s former Albury City Campus in Guinea Street at 7.45am, and arrive around 8.30am at the Gum's Café, CSU in Albury-Wodonga, Thurgoona, for a free breakfast.
At CSU in Bathurst, cyclists will meet at Banjo's Retreat in William Street, Bathurst at 8am for a coffee and breakfast, and then leave for the University around 8.30am.
At CSU in Orange, cyclists will meet at Bill's Beans, corner of McLachlan and Summer Streets in Orange at 8am and leave for the University around 8.15am. They are due to arrive at the University Café for breakfast at 8.30am. Read more here.
At CSU in Wagga Wagga, cyclists will meet at the Coffee Roasters, Trail Street, Wagga Wagga at 7.30am, then leave for the University at 8am, arriving for a free breakfast at Eat@20, building 20 near car park 2, Darnell Smith Drive, CSU in Wagga Wagga around 8.30am.
Print this story Biggest Ride to Work day
11 Oct 2011
The largest group of staff from Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Orange will gather for Ride to Work 2011 at Bill’s Beans café on Wednesday 12 October. More than 15 staff members will leave their vehicles at home for the event. Lecturer from the School of Biomedical Sciences at CSU in Orange and bicycle enthusiast Dr James Wickham has organised local support for the event and is thrilled that other staff members will join him on what is his daily ride to work. “Charles Sturt University supports sustainability and, even though our offices are some of the furthest from the CBD, we have a large number of staff members who ride regularly to work in any weather conditions.” The group will leave Bills Beans café at 8.15am and plan to ride into the CSU front gate at 8.30am.
Media Note: More information on Ride to Work 2011 is available here. For interviews, contact CSU Media. Read more about other Ride to Work 2011 events at CSU here.
Print this story Wetland and Streambank Field Day
11 Oct 2011
Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic Dr Cilla Kinross will welcome the public to the first Wetland and Streambank Field Day on Saturday 22 October as part of her work with the Summer Hill Creek Care group and the Central West Catchment Management Authority (CMA). Topics will include identification of wetland and riparian, or stream bank plant species, frog monitoring, rehabilitation techniques and weed control. “People will get the chance to get their hands dirty and help plant wetland species while learning about how and what to plant in the wetlands at their place,” said Dr Kinross from the School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences at CSU in Orange. Specialists will be on hand during the day to answer questions. The day will start at 9.30am with morning tea and run until 2pm. Lunch will be provided and will have a ‘wetlands’ theme of duck soup and watercress salad plus a barbecue. “We encourage everyone to bring their gumboots and a hand trowel as it will be a hands-on kind of day.”
Media Note: The day will be held at Third Crossing, 870 Ophir Road, Orange, 12 kilometres north of the Orange Post Office. For more information contact CSU academic Dr Kinross on 02 6365 7651.
Print this story Falcons take flight internationally
11 Oct 2011
The FalconCam Project is reaching new heights with a family of Peregrines currently located in the water tower at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Orange. Three eggs recently hatched and every move the as yet un-named chicks make is being captured on cameras and the live footage can be viewed around the world. “Our website is receiving 950 to 1 100 visitors per day which is about seven times more than the normal daily average,” explains project coordinator Mr Scott Banks. “We have been receiving comments and well-wishes from around the world including Canada, USA, Netherlands and Poland.” A public screen and information was recently set up at the CSU Library 24-hour Learning Commons area. “There’s 24/7 nest coverage now thanks to the updating of software for the website.” Updating the software and the recent purchase of a new high definition camera has all been made possible from fundraising. “One of our biggest benefactors, the 30 Squadron Beaufighter Association will visit Charles Sturt University later this month so we can show them the project.”
Media Note: To make a donation to the FalconCam Project at CSU in Orange and for more information visit this website. For interviews, contact CSU Media.
Print this story Equine Club ready to race
11 Oct 2011
The newly formed Orange Equestrian Club (OEC) will hold its first sporting event at the Equine Management Centre at Charles Sturt University (CSU) on Saturday 15 October. “We’d like to encourage the Orange community to join the Club,” said Bachelor of Agricultural Business Management student at CSU and OEC treasurer, Mr Dennis Kunz. “Orange has a strong equine presence and, with the establishment of this group, we hope to offer more competition and educational events for the community.” The OEC sporting day will include barrel racing, bending, flag racing, apple bobbing and an egg and spoon race. “It’s a fun way to let people know about the Club and to announce details of the OEC Dressage and Showjumping Clinic to be held on Saturday 19 November with internationally renowned instructor Ms Megan Joerg.”
Media Note: Media are invited to attend the OEC sporting day at 9.30am on Saturday 15 October at the CSU Equine Management Centre. The entrance is at the end of Leeds Parade, beyond both the main entrance to CSU and the construction of the accommodation entrance. For further information, contact CSU Equine Management Centre Manager, Ms Cheryl Gander on mobile 0417 665 324.
Print this story Inspiring 'thinking classrooms'
10 Oct 2011
Educational ‘guru’ Mr Eric Frangenheim will aim to inspire local school teachers and education students at Charles Sturt University (CSU) to set up ‘thinking classrooms’ in their schools during two workshops being held today, Monday 10 October, at CSU. Based in Brisbane, Mr Frangenheim will bring over 25 years of teaching experience into the hands-on workshops which aim to introduce higher-order thinking into the classroom, especially for gifted and talented pupils. CSU education lecturer Dr Liisa Uusimaki first met Mr Frangenheim at a conference in Queensland, where she noted his hands on approach to helping teachers become better is “based on practical activities rather than traditional lectures. It is a real coup for CSU’s Murray School of Education to host Mr Frangenheim so he can pass on his knowledge, skills and experience to our first year middle school education students, as well as local teachers,” Dr Uusimaki said. Teachers guided by Mr Frangenheim have already implemented ‘thinking skills curricula’ in Australia, New Zealand, USA, the Republic of Nauru, Singapore and Papua New Guinea.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with educational expert Mr Eric Frangenheim and CSU education lecturer Dr Liisa Uusimaki from 10.30am in the Learning and Teaching Hub, CSU in Albury-Wodonga, off Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, Thurgoona. See Mr Frangenheim’s website for more information. Print this story Dubbo nursing graduates farewelled
07 Oct 2011
Regional health services will benefit when 20 students who have completed the three-year Bachelor of Nursing degree at the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Dubbo are farewelled at a special morning tea on Monday 10 October. Ms Lyn Croxon, course coordinator for the Bachelor of Nursing in Dubbo, said “These 20 students are among a larger cohort of 122 students graduating from the School across the University this semester. The students have just returned to the campus after a four-week placement focussing on the transition to practice as a Registered Nurse, and they received invaluable support from the staff in the various hospitals in which they undertook their clinical placements. They are now are eligible to register with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulatory Authority. While the recent clinical placements were in Dubbo, Bathurst, and Sydney, other placements at smaller facilities in the region over the past three years contributed greatly to the students’ education and understanding of the modern health system. The University thanks all the staff at these regional health settings for their support of our programs, as the clinical element is an integral component of the course.”
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Ms Lyn Croxon. The farewell morning tea will commence at approximately 10.30am Monday 10 October at CSU in Dubbo. The graduating students originate from Dubbo and towns in the surrounding region such as Coonamble, Gilgandra, and Nyngan, as well as from Sydney. The majority will accept positions as Registered Nurses with the Western NSW Local Health Network, while some will apply for positions in Sydney, Newcastle and Cairns. Find out more about CSU Nursing courses here.
The health facilities CSU nursing students have had placements at include Dubbo Base Hospital and Community Health services, mental health services, and the Multipurpose Health Centres at Wellington, Gilgandra, Narromine, Trangie, Nyngan, Warren, Coonabarabran, Coonamble, Parkes, Forbes, Yeoval, and Molong, as well as regional doctors’ surgeries within the Western Plain Division of General Practice. Print this story Highlighting the sounds of silence
07 Oct 2011
A morning tea to be held this morning, Friday 7 October, at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Albury-Wodonga will highlight how people can communicate their thoughts, needs and choices without speech. Speech pathology students in their second year of study at CSU will host the morning tea with a difference, where fellow students, staff and members of the public to learn how to communicate – and order scones, cakes, fruit and savouries - using simple sign language, cards, computers and even iPhones. Staged as part of International Alternative and Augmentative Awareness Month, the event coordinator and CSU lecturer, Ms Libby Clark, is encouraging people to join her students in the Gums Café on the Albury-Wodonga Campus between 11am and 12.30pm. “We wanted to hold a fun and practical event to expand the world of people who have little idea of how those with little or no speech communicate. Often people are anxious when they meet someone who communicates differently. We want people to know it’s not that difficult and to have some fun while they learn. You never know when this experience might come in handy,” Ms Clark said.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Ms Libby Clark from 11am today, Friday 7 October, at the Gums Café on CSU in Albury-Wodonga, off Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, Thurgoona. Print this story Paramedic extrication exercise at CSU in Bathurst
04 Oct 2011
First-year paramedic students will come to grips with simulated injured passengers trapped in a mangled vehicle when they join with the State Emergency Service (SES) Bathurst Unit in a joint extrication exercise at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst on Thursday 6 October. Mr Brian Haskins, lecturer at the School of Biomedical Sciences at CSU in Bathurst, said, “As part of the Clinical Studies 2 course for students enrolled in the Bachelor of Clinical Practice (Paramedic) we will work with the local SES to free three simulated patients from the staged wreckage using the ‘jaws of life’ cutting equipment. There will be eight treating paramedics from first-year and possibly some intensive care paramedics from second and third-years for this exercise, with all the other students observing. Exercises like this one are vital to provide our students with ‘real working life’ experiences.” Unlike the recent trauma simulation exercises on campus, this scenario will only run once.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with CSU lecturer Mr Brian Haskins. The CSU paramedic extrication exercise will start at 5pm on Thursday 6 October at the temporary car park beside the dam near the John Oxley Village at the rear of CSU in Bathurst. The SES have organised for a wrecked car to be delivered and removed immediately before and after the exercise. There will also be two ambulances present, one from the Ambulance Service of NSW and one from St John’s Ambulance Service. All the vehicles will be in place by 4pm for students to inspect them before the exercise starts at 5pm.
Print this story Elmo leads in crime scene investigation class
04 Oct 2011
People can sift through the evidence, look for clues and help solve a hypothetical murder at a master class run by Charles Sturt University (CSU) at the Australian Education Fair in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia on Saturday 15 October. The class, titled ‘Who killed Elmo: a forensic biotechnology investigation’ is designed to showcase the role of a scene of crime officer, just one career path for students undertaking a Bachelor of Forensic Biotechnology through CSU in Australia. Program leader for the Bachelor of Forensic Biotechnology, Dr Thiru Vanniasinkam said the class is a mock forensic biotechnology investigation. “It is a light-hearted way to give people some idea of what happens in a forensic laboratory. We work with fingerprint dusting powder, go through the evidence and come up with conclusions,” she said. “By the end of the class people will not only know who killed Elmo, but they will have more information about the programs offered at Charles Sturt University.”
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews. CSU offers a Bachelor of Forensic Biotechnology and Bachelor of Medical Science/Bachelor of Forensic Biotechnology through the School of Biomedical Sciences in Wagga Wagga, Australia. Print this story Human Geography premiere in Wagga Wagga
04 Oct 2011
The premiere of the production, Human Geography by Australian playwright Mr Finegan Kruckemeyer will be held in Wagga Wagga on Saturday 8 October. The play, commissioned by Charles Sturt University (CSU), ‘entwines the stories of many lives through the meanderings of the flooded Murrumbidgee River’. Human Geography is directed by Ms Kim Hardwick, lecturer with the School of Communication and Creative Industries at CSU in Wagga Wagga, for the University Theatre Ensemble (UTE). Ms Hardwick said, “We are delighted that Finegan will attend the premiere of his play in Wagga Wagga on Saturday. He wrote the new Australian work for Charles Sturt University and developed the play with our acting students. This has been an amazing opportunity for them.” The play premieres at 7.45pm on Saturday 8 October at the Riverina Playhouse in Cross Street, Wagga Wagga and runs until Saturday 22 October. Tickets range from $12.50 to $24 and can be purchased from the Civic Theatre booking office on 02 69269 688 or at the door.
Media Note: Director and CSU lecturer Ms Kim Hardwick is available for interview. Contact CSU Media.
UTE gives CSU students in the Bachelor of Arts (Acting for Screen and Stage), and the Bachelor of Arts (Design for Theatre and Television) experience in public performance.
Print this story US Consul General to visit CSU in Bathurst
30 Sep 2011
The US Consul General in Australia, Mr Niels Marquardt, will visit Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst on Tuesday 4 October. Mr Marquardt will arrive at 1pm to be welcomed by Ms Louise Haberecht from the CSU Office of International Relations, and will meet a group of CSU students who have been on study exchange to the US. He will then meet CSU Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ian Goulter, and the Head of Campus in Bathurst, Mr Col Sharp, to discuss developments at the University. They will tour the campus, accompanied by Ms Maree Neary, Project Manager with the CSU Division of Facilities Management, to inspect some of the new facilities, including the Dental and Oral Health Clinic, the Model Digital Learning Modules ‘Contemporary Classroom’, the Regional Inter-Professional Clinical Simulation Centre, and the Learning Commons. The Consul General will return to the campus on Wednesday 5 October to meet with CSU journalism lecturer Mr Chris McGillion and students to do interviews for the campus-based community radio station 2MCE.
Media Note: The CSU international study exchange students include:
Ms Annalise Bertram, currently enrolled in the double degree Bachelor of Communications (Public Relations)/ Bachelor of Business Studies, who studied at Mansfield University, Pennsylvania, in Session 1 2011.
Ms Hannah Brown, currently enrolled in the double degree Bachelor of Communications (Public Relations)/ Bachelor of Business Studies who studied at Western Illinois University, Illinois, in Session 2 2010.
Ms Airlie Murray, currently enrolled in the double degree Bachelor of Communications (Public Relations)/ Bachelor of Business Studies who studied at the University of North Carolina, at Wilmington, in Session 1 2011.
Ms Caroline Raffan, currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Communications (Public Relations), who studied at the University of North Carolina, at Wilmington, in Session 2 2010.
Print this story Research an international reward
27 Sep 2011
International scholarship recipient Ms Julia Gatsek has spent two months at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Orange examining the link between anxiety, depression and chronic pain. CSU School of Biomedical Science academics Dr Andrew Delaney and Dr James Crane have hosted the German undergraduate student who is visiting the University on a scholarship funded by international pharmaceutical company Roche. “Julia has been with us since August working in our research laboratory and running behavioural experiments,” says Dr Crane. “Thanks to the support of Charles Sturt University who subsidised her accommodation, Julia is working with our team until 7 October. To have the recipient of an internationally recognised scholarship working with us on this important project increases the standing of the University in the international biomedical sciences community. We hope it will lead to more collaboration between our research group and neuroscientists in Germany.”
Media Note: For more information on the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) click here. For interviews contact CSU Media. Ms Gatsek studied at CSU under the DAAD-RISE worldwide internship scheme .
Print this story The Tour returns
22 Sep 2011
Charles Sturt University (CSU) students provided prevention as well as cure for competitors in the 2011 Tour de Timor bicycle race. Six final year physiotherapy students provided screening, treatment and advice on preventing injuries to the 58 Timorese competitors in the week leading up to the race, which this year ran over seven days and 600 kilometres of mountains and rough roads. Developed as part of students’ required practical experience for their profession, the students provided physiotherapy services each day in hot, dusty conditions to competitors and volunteers, with demand peaking at 130 patients in one day. “The students were fantastic. They remained energetic and enthusiastic throughout the two weeks, often working with limited sleep,” said Mr Tim Retchford, placement coordinator and academic with CSU’s School of Community Health, based in Albury-Wodonga. “Competitors, race organisers and doctors and nurses from the National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre in Australia gave glowing praise for the quality of our students’ work. They were even formally recognised when they received an award from East Timor’s president the Hon. Jose Ramos-Horta.”
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with local physiotherapist Mr Shane Robertson and CSU students who went to East Timor. Print this story Trauma simulation exercise for CSU paramedic students
20 Sep 2011
Paramedic students will contend with dramatised mass trauma on the library lawn at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst on Wednesday 21 and Friday 23 September as part of their studies. Mr Brian Haskins, lecturer at the School of Biomedical Sciences at CSU in Bathurst, said, “The simulation will run for one hour, five times on Wednesday and four times on Friday, in a cordoned off area in front of the library to give students enrolled in the Bachelor of Clinical Practice (Paramedic) a taste of what they might later encounter on-the-job. The staged scenario is that a tractor and trailer from Charles Sturt University’s Division of Facilities Management has gone out of control and hit a number of students. There will be 10 patients to treat and 10 treating paramedics from the Clinical Skills 2 subject. The two main objectives of the scenario are to expose the students to a mass casualty incident, and to put them under some real pressure by having onlookers, including media, observing their assessment and treatment skills.” The School will also video each simulation session in full for later review by the students.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Mr Brian Haskins. Media are welcome to attend and observe the trauma simulation sessions.
Print this story Riverina students are top crop
20 Sep 2011
Agricultural science students at Charles Sturt University (CSU) have again excelled at the Australian University Crops Competition held in Temora in September with two students named in the competition’s top five. An initiative of Grain Gowers Limited, the third annual competition was held from Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 September. The event, covering grains, pulses and oilseeds, involved students from six Australian universities. Two members of the CSU team, Ms Ally Dingjan from Wagga Wagga and Ms Candice Robinson from Whitton finished in the top five, ensuring the pair participates in a study tour to New Zealand in 2012. In addition to the individual winners, CSU took out the University Teams Award. Crop agronomy lecturer in the School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences at CSU in Wagga Wagga, Dr Sergio Moroni said, “The Charles Sturt University team performed extremely well throughout the competition. The seriousness of the event did not deter them from enjoying themselves. They made me proud.” The students are studying the Bachelor of Agricultural Science at CSU in Wagga Wagga.
Media Note: For interviews or photos, contact CSU Media. Print this story Student renews local teaching ties
20 Sep 2011
A former student from Springdale Heights Public School in Albury has returned to help with a young pupil’s story on the local environment as part of a Charles Sturt University (CSU) teaching and research project. Mr Jarrod Lindner is studying early childhood and primary education in the Murray School of Education and will return to his former school on Thursday 22 September to show Kindergarten student Noah Taylor the finished product of their work together. “Earlier this year, Noah and Jarrod, together with 140 other Charles Sturt University and Springdale Heights students, ventured down to the University wetlands to take photos and write a digital story together about the experience. Jarrod has developed a presentation of Noah’s story, which he will show Noah on Thursday. It is a neat way of getting student teachers and school pupils together in one place at one time in a stimulating environment to help educate them all,” said project coordinator and leading CSU education academic, Dr Noella Mackenzie.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Mr Jarrod Lindner, Dr Mackenzie and collaborating teacher from Springdale Heights Public School and former CSU student, Ms Jo McAllister. Around 70 CSU education students will present their final presentations to their pupil ‘buddies’ from the public school in the school grounds at 11am on Thursday 22 September. Media are requested to first go to the school’s front office before conducting interviews. Print this story International academics unite for Thai rights
20 Sep 2011
A Charles Sturt University (CSU) lecturer has joined more than 100 academics from around the world in their concern for human rights in Thailand. Dr Robert Tierney is a lecturer in management in the School of Business at CSU in Bathurst. He signed an open letter to the Thai Prime Minister Ms Yingluck Shinawatra highlighting concern about ‘the diminution of the space for the free exchange of ideas in Thailand’. A total of 112 international scholars signed the letter which draws attention to human rights issues and the political use of lese majeste (Article 112 of the Thai Criminal Code) and the 2007 Computer Crimes Act. Spokesman for the academics is Kevin Hewison, Professor of Asian Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA. “The political abuse of these laws has seen a precipitous deterioration of human rights in Thailand,” said Professor Hewison. “Censorship of websites, self-censorship in the media and many, many charges of disloyalty mean serious restrictions on freedom of expression.” Dr Tierney said, “The legislative changes in Thailand make it much more difficult for people to speak out in this so-called democracy. Any legislative decree which sets out to squeeze the right to freedom of academic expression silences not only those who wish to undertake research which may be deemed hostile to the authorities but also interviewees who desire their views to be expressed.”
Media Note: Dr Robert Tierney is a lecturer in management in the School of Business at CSU in Bathurst. He is available for interview about why he signed the open letter. Copies of the open letter are also available. For interviews about the campaign, contact Professor Kevin Hewison from the University of North Carolina. Lese majeste is the crime of violating majesty, an offense against the dignity of a reigning sovereign or against a state. Thailand has a constitutional monarchy. Print this story Economic, social and environmental issues in international tourism
20 Sep 2011
International early career researchers continue to flock to the Border region, with research students from Indonesia, China, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Canada and Ghana commencing research Doctorate and Master degrees during 2011. Mr Patrick Cobbinah came from Ghana in West Africa to Albury in July to explore how economic, social and environmental issues could be integrated in the planning of ecotourism activities in Ghana. “I chose Charles Sturt University to do my Masters as there are reasonable research facilities available and experts in research related to ecotourism and poverty. The city of Albury is such a serene place, where there are constant efforts in integrating environmental, social and economic needs and variables into management plans, especially on the University’s campus at Thurgoona,” Mr Cobbinah said. Seven postgraduate research students have commenced their studies in 2011with the CSU School of Environmental Sciences based at CSU in Albury-Wodonga.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media for interviews with Mr Patrick Cobbinah and other CSU reseach students. Print this story
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A Charles Sturt University (CSU) history researcher will address a meeting of local and family historians in Coonabarabran, NSW, on Saturday 22 October as part of his nationwide quest to locate relatives of Australian miners who went to the Klondike goldfields in remote north-west Canada at the end of the 1800s. “My talk is mainly about David MacGregor, a ‘Klondike Stampeder’ known to have come from the Coonabarabran area, who is quite possibly the grumpiest Australian who went to the Klondike,” said Dr Rob McLachlan, an adjunct senior lecturer in history at the
Charles Sturt University (CSU) students and staff will puff and pant to work and study on Wednesday 12 October as part of the annual Ride to Work Day 2011. Cyclists from CSU in Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst, Orange and Wagga Wagga will participate in the morning event, which will finish with a free breakfast. Event coordinator, Ms Nicole Maher from CSU Green, said the Ride to Work Day is a great way to, “enjoy some exercise, travel with low emissions and enjoy a free breakfast. More and more people are riding to work for fitness, health and to reduce their environmental footprints, as well as to enjoy a relaxing period before the pressures of daily work.” Tips on cycling to work are available from the Ride to Work official site
First-year paramedic students will come to grips with simulated injured passengers trapped in a mangled vehicle when they join with the State Emergency Service (SES) Bathurst Unit in a joint extrication exercise at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst on Thursday 6 October. Mr Brian Haskins, lecturer at the
People can sift through the evidence, look for clues and help solve a hypothetical murder at a master class run by Charles Sturt University (CSU) at the Australian Education Fair in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia on Saturday 15 October. The class, titled ‘Who killed Elmo: a forensic biotechnology investigation’ is designed to showcase the role of a scene of crime officer, just one career path for students undertaking a
The premiere of the production, Human Geography by Australian playwright Mr Finegan Kruckemeyer will be held in Wagga Wagga on Saturday 8 October. The play, commissioned by Charles Sturt University (CSU), ‘entwines the stories of many lives through the meanderings of the flooded Murrumbidgee River’. Human Geography is directed by Ms Kim Hardwick, lecturer with the
Paramedic students will contend with dramatised mass trauma on the library lawn at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst on Wednesday 21 and Friday 23 September as part of their studies. Mr Brian Haskins, lecturer at the
Agricultural science students at Charles Sturt University (CSU) have again excelled at the Australian University Crops Competition held in Temora in September with two students named in the competition’s top five. An initiative of Grain Gowers Limited, the third annual competition was held from Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 September. The event, covering grains, pulses and oilseeds, involved students from six Australian universities. Two members of the CSU team, Ms Ally Dingjan from Wagga Wagga and Ms Candice Robinson from Whitton finished in the top five, ensuring the pair participates in a study tour to New Zealand in 2012. In addition to the individual winners, CSU took out the University Teams Award. Crop agronomy lecturer in the
A former student from Springdale Heights Public School in Albury has returned to help with a young pupil’s story on the local environment as part of a Charles Sturt University (CSU) teaching and research project. Mr Jarrod Lindner is studying early childhood and primary education in the
International early career researchers continue to flock to the Border region, with research students from Indonesia, China, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Canada and Ghana commencing research Doctorate and Master degrees during 2011. Mr Patrick Cobbinah came from Ghana in West Africa to Albury in July to explore how economic, social and environmental issues could be integrated in the planning of ecotourism activities in Ghana. “I chose Charles Sturt University to do my Masters as there are reasonable research facilities available and experts in research related to ecotourism and poverty. The city of Albury is such a serene place, where there are constant efforts in integrating environmental, social and economic needs and variables into management plans, especially on the University’s campus at Thurgoona,” Mr Cobbinah said. Seven postgraduate research students have commenced their studies in 2011with the CSU