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First year leaves lasting impression
20 Sep 2010
The importance of engaging students in their first year of higher education is the focus of a forum at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga this week that has attracted staff from across the institution. The experience of first year undergraduate students has been identified as a priority for the University as part of the new Transition Project, which supports a Federal government priority to increase participation in tertiary education. “We want to increase the participation of students from various backgrounds including Indigenous students and those from rural and regional Australia,” Transition Project Director Ms Liz Smith said. “We must ensure that our students are successful and autonomous adult learners by the start of their second year of study.” The Student Engagement Forum started today, Monday 20 September and continues until 12.30pm on Tuesday 21 September at the Convention Centre at CSU in Wagga Wagga.
Media Note: Transition Project Director and organiser of the Student Engagement Forum Ms Liz Smith is available for interview on 02 6338 4306 or send an email. Keynote speakers include Professor Sally Kift from Queensland University of Technology, Professor Marcia Devlin from Deakin University and Dean of CSU’s Faculty of Arts, Professor Anthony Calahan, Dean of Education Professor Toni Downes and acting Dean of the Faculty of Business, Associate Professor Ken Dillon. See the program here. Print this story Spirituality and ageing conference in Canberra
14 Sep 2010
 Charles Sturt University (CSU) will host a national conference on ageing and wellbeing later in life. The fifth National CAPS Conference will be held at University House in Canberra from Tuesday 28 September to Friday 1 October. Professor of Theology and Director of the Centre for Ageing and Pastoral Care (CAPS), Reverend Professor Elizabeth MacKinlay, AM, said, “The theme of the conference – Resilience, Resistance and Change – aims to focus discussions on the many issues around ageing. The conference is intended for all professionals who work in this field, such as theologians, clergy, health professionals and therapists, and anyone interested in improving the quality of life for older people”. Keynote speakers at the conference include Professor Keith Meador from the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt University in the USA, Professor Peter Coleman from the University of Southampton in the UK and Reverend Professor MacKinlay. The conference program is available here. Further enquiries can be made to 02 6272 6205 or send an email.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with CAPS Director Reverend Professor Elizabeth MacKinlay.
The Centre for Ageing and Pastoral Care (CAPS) is a centre for applied research, education, and scholarship in the areas of ageing, ethics, spirituality and meaning in later life. The Centre has a multidisciplinary focus and caters to the needs of health professionals, pastoral workers, clergy, and older people. CAPS is based in George Browning House at CSU in Canberra.
Print this story Young minds for health and safety messages
14 Sep 2010
Exposing young school students to important health and safety messages is the focus of a cooperative effort between Charles Sturt University (CSU) and West Albury Primary School at the annual Health and Safety Education Expo. Around 50 students enrolled in CSU’s early childhood education degree will present hands-on learning experiences and displays to 70 children between kindergarten and Year 2, who will practise contacting emergency services, discover the number of germs on their hands using 'magic' gel, crawl through tunnels to escape an imaginary fire and observe the sun safe message, ‘slip, slop, slap’. " The Charles Sturt University students researched their topics with the help of local community professionals and prepared interactive experiences for the young school children. The Health and Safety Education Expo emphasises the importance of giving young children support to promote their own wellbeing from a very young age," said early childhood education lecturer, Ms Angela Fenton, from the Murray School of Education at CSU in Albury-Wodonga. West Albury Public School will host the Health and Safety Education Expo between 9.30am and 11.30am on Monday 20 September.
Media Note: For interviews and photos with CSU education lecturer, Ms Angela Fenton, and CSU students, contact CSU Media. The Health and Safety Education Expo will be held between 9.30am and 11.30am on Monday 20 September at Albury West Public School, 511 Mott Street, Albury. For pictures and interviews at the expo, contact Albury West Public School Principal, Ms Sharon Julien on 02 6021 2288.
Print this story The universal question of dark energy and matter
14 Sep 2010
Under the night sky of West Wyalong, two Charles Sturt University (CSU) academics will be discussing the attempts by astrophysicists to unravel some of the mysteries of dark energy and matter in the universe. A free public lecture, What is our Universe made of? will be held in the Bland Shire Council Chambers in West Wyalong from 6pm on Thursday 23 September. Lecturers in physics from the School of Dentistry and Health Sciences at CSU in Wagga Wagga, Dr Allan Ernest and Dr Matt Collins, will present “compelling evidence for the existence of dark matter” in our universe. They will also outline the quantum-based theory of dark matter originally developed by Dr Ernest in 2001, and currently being progressed by the team at CSU to try to understand the nature and origin of dark matter. Contact Ms Julie Sharpe from Bland Shire Council on 02 6972 2266 or send an email.
Media Note: The lecturers in physics in the School of Dentistry and Health Sciences at CSU in Wagga Wagga, Dr Allan Ernest and Dr Matt Collins, are available for interview on 02 6933 4176 and 02 6933 2505. The lecture will be held from 6pm in the Bland Shire Council Chambers, Shire Street, West Wyalong. CSU wine and cheese will be served after the lecture. Print this story Environmental education conference in Bathurst
14 Sep 2010
.jpg) Registrations are now open to attend the third Education for Sustainability Conference: connecting classrooms and communities, which will be held at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst on Friday 29 October. Conference organiser, Ms Jan Page, a lecturer at the School of Teacher Education at CSU in Bathurst said, “This environmental education conference is jointly organised with the Bathurst Community Climate Action Network for teachers across all sectors, parents and other members of the community who are interested in action, through school or community programs or through individual households, to address the growing impacts of global warming and climate change, peak oil and food security”. The conference costs $30 for teachers and community members and $20 for students. For more information or to register please contact Ms Page on 02 6338 4367 or send an email.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Ms Jan Page. The conference will be held at the James Hardie Room at the Centre for Professional Development (building S17), Panorama Avenue, CSU in Bathurst, from 8.45am to 3.30pm on Friday 29 October.
The 2010 conference program explores ways to live lightly on the earth, with presentations by highly-regarded permaculturalist Ms Rosemary Morrow. It will also consider: transition towns, a way communities are meeting the challenges of global warming and peak oil; achieving sustainability through kitchen gardens; eco-literacy – what we need to know; empowering children; and how to build support for your programs.
Print this story Water, drought and climate change
14 Sep 2010
Internationally acclaimed wetland ecologist, Adjunct Professor David Mitchell, from Charles Sturt University (CSU) will deliver a free public lecture from 6pm in Tumut on Wednesday 15 September entitled Water, Drought and Climate Change. He will discuss developments in the management of water in Australian landscapes. “Concern is currently growing within Australia about the possibility of profound changes in climatic conditions and their potential to undermine many of the strategies that have been developed to sustain necessary agricultural production,” Professor Mitchell said. Professor Mitchell is from the CSU School of Environmental Sciences in Albury-Wodonga and is Principal Researcher at the University’s Institute of Land, Water and Society.
Media Note: Adjunct Professor David Mitchell is available for interview. CSU wines and cheeses will be served after the lecture at 6pm on Wednesday 15 September in the Montreal Community Theatre, Russell Street, Tumut. In 2003, Professor Mitchell became an International Fellow of the Society of Wetland Scientists for ‘a lifetime of contributions to wetland science and management’. In 2004, CSU named wetlands at its Thurgoona site the David Mitchell Wetlands in recognition of his excellence in, and commitment to, his field.
Print this story Television and us: 350 reasons to care
14 Sep 2010
According to Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) School of Communication and Creative Industries lecturer Dr Bruce Fell, the world’s television stations have a large part to play in lowering carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. A compelling free public lecture to be held on Wednesday 22 September will look at how everyday television influences our individual and community understanding of the world. According to atmospheric scientists, the 39 000 television stations across the globe have 350 reasons to care about global ecological sustainability. “The safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is 350 parts per million (ppm), but the June 2010 measurement was 392.04ppm,” Dr Bruce Fell said. “Television can assist with the ecological debate surrounding global warming and climate change.”
Media Note: The Television and Us: 350 Reasons to Care public lecture will take place from 6pm on Wednesday 22 September 2010 at the Orange Regional Gallery West Room. RSVP 02 6365 7500. For interviews contact CSU Media.
Print this story CSU graduates on the fringe
14 Sep 2010
 Anyone thinking that the Sydney Fringe Festival is being taken over by regional university graduates wouldn’t be far from the truth with 10 productions in the program featuring theatre/media graduates from Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst. Couple CSU’s talented graduates with a multidisciplinary cultural showcase and the Sydney Fringe Festival can live up to its promise, offering the thrill of discovery and the opportunity to experience independent new works that are tangible and authentic. Theatre/media graduates are demonstrating their eclectic talents as actors, writers, directors and producers at this festival. “Charles Sturt University graduates thrive in this kind of environment,” says School of Communication and Creative Industries senior lecturer Dr Jerry Boland. “The Sydney Fringe Festival is continually growing and it’s fantastic that our past and present students can contribute to its success.” The Sydney Fringe Festival runs from Friday10 to Friday 24 September.
Media Note: Theatre/media graduates are involved in the shows; Before & After Knockoff, Greta, Into the Shadows, MOLLY-A Tale of Blood & Guts & Giants & Weddings, Table Settings, The Sensuous Woman, Zoe & Penny's Very Short Attention Span, The Famous Maurice Flea Circus, I Am A Man and The Bohemian Masquerade Ball . More information on the Sydney Fringe Festival is available here. For interviews contact CSU Media.
Print this story Building award for vet hospital
14 Sep 2010
 One of Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) newest buildings has been named a winner at a regional construction awards ceremony. At the Master Builders Association’s southern-central regions of NSW construction awards, building contractors Burton Constructions received the award for its work on the Kay Hull Veterinary Teaching Hospital at CSU in Wagga Wagga. On Friday 16 July, the building took out the category of Best Commercial Project $2-3 million. The hospital complex opened in April 2010 as a clinical training facility for students in the three final years of their six-year Bachelor of Veterinary Science degree at CSU. The judges noted “…the good use of materials, the integration of the hospital with accommodation quarters and the use of the latest technology to provide a functional and low maintenance building”. Read more about the Kay Hull Veterinary Teaching Hospital here.
Print this story Hard slog for Tour de Timor
07 Sep 2010
 A team of seven physiotherapy, nursing and paramedic students from Charles Sturt University (CSU) will repeat last year’s medical assistance to mountain bike riders in the Tour de Timor race around Timor Leste. CSU physiotherapy lecturer Mr Tim Retchford will this year lead the students in their provision of medical support for the mountainous race. “Last year we treated up to 60 patients a day for everything from knee and back strains to dislocations, abrasions and fractures,” Mr Retchford said. “We dine with the competitors each morning, travel ahead of them to the finish to set up our mobile clinic, and help ‘patch them up’ at the end of leg so the riders can get back into the race the next day. Our students gain invaluable professional experience treating injured athletes as well as witnessing this amazing country and bicycle race up close. It is a fantastic experience.” The Tour de Timor starts in the capital Dili on Monday 13 September and finishes back in Dili on Friday 17 September. The Tour de Timor is 410 km.
Media Note: The trip has the support of CSU Global, the University’s program to increase the number of students undertaking international experiences as part of their studies. CSU physiotherapy lecturer Mr Tim Retchford is from the School of Community Health at CSU in Albury-Wodonga. He will leave for Timor Leste on Thursday 9 September. He will return with the students on Sunday 19 September. Contact CSU Media for interviews.
A group of ecotourism students from CSU are due to return from Timor Leste on Sunday 12 September following a two-week visit to investigate the daily challenges faced by tourism planners, managers, operators and small Timorese communities in tourism enterprises. This group was led by Dr Rik Thwaites from the School of Environmental Sciences at CSU in Albury-Wodonga. The trip also had the support of CSU Global. For interviews on the group’s return, contact CSU Media.
Print this story Climate change explored in Dubbo
07 Sep 2010
.jpg) How will climate change affect social change? This question will be explored in a free public lecture at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Dubbo on Wednesday 15 September. Dr Bruce Fell, lecturer in the School of Communication and Creative Industries at CSU in Bathurst, will examine the implications of climate change in his presentation titled Climate change means social change: How film, television and the Internet can help, from 6pm in room 422. He says, “The literature on global ecological degradation is substantial, but the reasons western society is having difficulty coming to terms with the issue is less understood. Understanding the relationship between humans, ecological awareness and ‘the screen’, particularly television, is more central to our personal and community well-being than is currently given credit”.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Dr Bruce Fell from the School of Communication and Creative Industries at CSU in Bathurst. The public lecture starts at 6pm on Wednesday 15 September in room 422, Tony McGrane Place, CSU in Dubbo. Dr Fell’s book on this subject, Television and Climate Change – The Season Finale, was published in December 2009.
Print this story Thanks for your time
07 Sep 2010
A ceremony to be held at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga tomorrow Wednesday 8 September will mark the lengthy contributions made by numerous staff to the development of the institution for the past three decades. A lunch hosted by Head of Campus in Wagga Wagga Mr Adrian Lindner will be held at CSU in Wagga Wagga to honour 10 staff who have worked for CSU and its predecessor institutions for 20 or 30 years. Lecturer with the School of Dentistry and Health Sciences Mr Warren Lusby and document production officer with the Division of Learning and Teaching Services Ms Lynda Lawrence will be recognised for 30 years of service at this ceremony. A second ceremony will be held for a further nine staff on Tuesday 21 September. Those receiving the 30 year honour at this event include Ms Cheryl Honey, contracts officer with the Division of Facilities Management, senior lecturer with the School of Information Studies Mr Roy Sanders and production officer Mr John Jones from the School of Communication and Creative Industries.
Media Note: The two long service ceremonies will be held from 12midday to 3pm on Wednesday 8 September and again on Tuesday 21 September in the Chancellor’s Room of the Convention Centre near car park 16, Jingellic Place, CSU in Wagga Wagga. CSU Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Ian Goulter and Chancellor Mr Lawrie Willett AO will attend the Wednesday 8 September ceremony. Professor Goulter will also attend the Tuesday 21 September ceremony.
Print this story Out in the field
07 Sep 2010
During its fifth anniversary, the EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation - a collaborative alliance between Charles Sturt University (CSU) and Industry & Investment NSW - will launch its new field site in Wagga Wagga. The 13 hectare field site will be launched from 9am on Wednesday 8 September. The NSW Natural Resources Commissioner, adjunct Professor at CSU, John Williams, will address the field site launch from 9.15am on Optimising food productivity and environmental protection. A program for the launch of the new field site can be found on the EH Graham Centre site.
Media Note: The EH Graham Centre Field Site is located at the corner of Coolamon and Prices Road at Wagga Wagga (about three kilometres north of CSU’s Wagga Wagga Campus). The launch will take place from 9am to 12midday on Wednesday 8 September. Professor Deirdre Lemerle is available for interview on 02 69381667 or 0419 816 267. Read more here.
Print this story Writing to make a difference
07 Sep 2010
Four school students will make a difference to their charity of choice through a Charles Sturt University (CSU) social justice award. The Social Justice Innovation Award offered through the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at CSU gives teenagers a platform to write about Making a Difference. The judges included senior social work lecturer, Dr Bill Anscombe, and poet and recently-retired English lecturer, Mr David Gilbey. “Although we only advertised the competition in NSW and the ACT, we also received entries from Victoria and the Northern Territory. This highlights the fact that there are a lot of school students with writing talents keen to be involved in the project,” Dr Anscombe said. They winners of Making a Difference 2010 are Mr Kieran Hennessy from Great Lakes Tuncurry Senior High School, Mr Reid Butler from Merewether High School, Ms Alexandra Jones from Pymble Ladies College and Ms Tara Whitsed of Corryong College. Their nominated charities, World Vision, Red Cross, Love146 and beyondblue will each receive $250 from CSU.
Media Note: The Making a Difference competition is an annual event open to students in years 10, 11 and 12 or students aged 16 to 21 years who are studying at TAFE. The four major prize winners receive a $250 cash prize and a further $250 is donated by CSU to a charity selected by the winners.
Print this story Global exhibition reaches final destination
31 Aug 2010
 The CSU Global Where in the World exhibition will finish its travels when it reaches Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst on Monday 6 September. CSU Global, the University’s student exchange program, ran a Facebook competition to collect images from international student travels. A cash prize of $500 was awarded to the winning student in Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst and Wagga Wagga. Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Clinical Practice (Paramedic) student Ms Lauren Owen submitted an image she took in Luang Prabang in Laos. “I like this photograph because it depicts a tradition within the Buddhist community that has been followed for hundreds of years; it shows an ability to enjoy the simple traditions of life, pleasures often lost in a fast paced society,” Ms Owen said. “Having my photograph exhibited gave me a great sense of pride knowing people had viewed, voted and appreciated my work.”
Media Note: The Where in the World exhibition launch will be held at the Dining Hall, at CSU in Bathurst from 7pm to 10pm on Tuesday 14 September. The exhibition will be in Bathurst from Monday 6 September to Friday 24 September.
As a result of this competition, the CSU Global page on Facebook has had an increase in fans, from 356 in April to a 3 293 in June. Over 129 entries were submitted to the competition with a rise in page visits from 259 in April to 19 113 in June.
The Where in the World exhibition was initially launched at CSU in Wagga Wagga and travelled to Albury-Wodonga before reaching Bathurst to promote CSU Global and its world travel opportunities.
Print this story Talking Japanese
31 Aug 2010
Three public schools in the Riverina will be on show next week as a Japanese delegation visits the region to learn more about school education in Australia. The three academics and five students from Yamagata University in north east Japan will visit the region from Monday 6 September to Friday 10 September. Hosted by Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga, the delegation will be given an overview of school education in Australia by senior lecturer Dr Brian Hemmings from the School of Education at CSU in Wagga Wagga on Monday 6 September. They will then visit The Rock Primary School on Tuesday 7 September, Wagga Wagga High School on Wednesday 8 September and Wagga Wagga Public School on Friday 10 September. The delegates will inspect classrooms and lead activities with the school students such as a Japanese Food and Culture program at The Rock. “We anticipate that this visit will forge a stronger link between the two universities in Australia and Japan. We are also interested in talking about the possibility of teacher education students from Charles Sturt University visiting Yamagata in 2011 or 2012 to give them an international perspective in their studies, ” Dr Hemmings said.
Media Note: For interviews and photos or an itinerary of the Yamagata University study tour to Wagga Wagga, contact CSU Media. Senior lecturer from the School of Education at CSU in Wagga Wagga, Dr Brian Hemmings is available for interview on 02 6933 2451. The delegation from Yamagata University in Japan is being led by Professor MIURA Toshikazu.
Print this story Parasites in Focus
31 Aug 2010
The lives of parasites will be under the microscope in a new exhibition at the Museum of the Riverina in Wagga Wagga. Through its School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences in Wagga Wagga, Charles Sturt University (CSU) is an exhibition partner in Parasites in Focus from Wednesday 1 September until Wednesday 23 February 2011. After a tour of capital centres, the exhibition comes to Wagga Wagga at the Museum’s Botanic Garden site in Baden Powell Drive. It features spectacular photographic prints and interactive exhibits which gives a rare glimpse into the world of parasites. Head of Campus at CSU in Wagga Wagga Mr Adrian Lindner will open the exhibition at 6.30pm on Wednesday 1 September. There will be a special school holiday program for children aged eight years and above on Wednesday 6 October from 10am to 12midday. Bookings are required on 02 6926 9554. Read more about the Museum of the Riverina here.
Print this story Oral health across the Pacific
31 Aug 2010
 Oral health programs from across Australia, Fiji and New Zealand will be represented at a meeting being held at the School of Dentistry and Health Sciences at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga this week. The Oral Health Educators’ meeting will be held from 8.30am to 4pm on Friday 3 September. Thirty academics who teach the Bachelor of oral health programs within dentistry schools in the three counties will discuss issues such as new developments in oral health programs and regulations. The meeting is being held at CSU in Wagga Wagga following its new oral health program which began in 2009. Representing CSU at the meeting is the Head of School of Dentistry and Health Sciences, Professor David Wilson, and acting Director of the Oral Health and Dental Clinic, Mrs Helen Tane. The University introduced its Bachelor of Oral Health (Therapy/Hygiene) at CSU in Wagga Wagga and its Bachelor of Dental Science at CSU in Orange in 2009
Media Note: Head of the School of Dentistry and Health Sciences, Professor David Wilson, will open the Oral Health Educators’ Meeting between 8.30am and 9am on Friday 3 September in building 30, near car park 5, Nathan Cobb Drive, CSU in Wagga Wagga. There will be a morning tea break from 10.30am to 11.15am.
Print this story Crime scenes at CSU
26 Aug 2010
Crime scenes are scattered across Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga this week as students study the finer art of criminal and forensic investigations. About 40 students are attending a four-day residential school at CSU in Wagga Wagga from Tuesday 24 August to Friday 27 August for the distance education subject, Crime Scene. The residential school includes lectures on physical evidence, its collection and preservation and coroner’s courts. From 1.30pm to 4.30pm on each day of the residential school, the students will go out into the field to examine various crime scene scenarios set up with mannequins to test practical skills.
Media Note: Students enrolled in the subject, Crime Scene are undertaking courses such as the Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Medical Science/Bachelor of Forensic Biotechnology double degree or the Bachelor of Policing. Casual lecturer, Mr Pieter Strik, from the Faculty of Arts is available for interviews at the simulated crime scenes at CSU in Wagga Wagga.
Print this story The reality of voting online
26 Aug 2010
 With the cost of the Federal election running into the tens of millions of dollars, two Charles Sturt University (CSU) academics have spoken out in favour of voting online, stating it would be cheaper, secure and more efficient. “Australians are able to do their taxes online, bank online and even register to vote online,” lecturers Mr Geoff Fellows and Mr Ken Eustace said. “Yet Australians still turn up to polling stations around the country and have their names crossed off the roll in pencil and then mark their ballot papers in pencil. The technology is there for the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) to conduct the poll online. Voters could use their Medicare numbers to vote at portable ATM-style machines. The votes could still be scrutinised and it may reduce the number of voters who mistakenly vote informal if the system ensures invalid votes are authorised. Voters could also vote from home by pre-registering their computer and then voting through a special website. The AEC could even charge the political parties to have links from the special site to election material.”
Media Note: Mr Ken Eustace is a lecturer in Information Technology in the School of Computing and Mathematics at CSU in Wagga Wagga. Mr Geoff Fellows is as adjunct senior lecturer with the School of Computing and Mathematics at CSU in Wagga Wagga. They also write a weekly column about IT issues for the Daily Advertiser in Wagga Wagga. The lecturers are available for interview.
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