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Gabby gives Julia Spillard her vote


Comic Julia Spillard.If you think the leader of the Labor party is working tirelessly prior to the election this Saturday, try being her comic double, Julia Spillard. Having perfected Prime Minister Gillard’s voice, facial expressions and hand gestures, the character actor, comic and Charles Sturt University (CSU) graduate, Ms Gabby Millgate, is winning votes throughout the country as she visits various locations on her busy schedule. Ms Millgate, a graduate of CSU’s Bachelor of Communication (Theatre/Media), has been seen in movies such as Muriel’s Wedding and thriller Feed, on television, radio, theatre and has also worked as a script writer. She is thought of as one of Australia’s most versatile and resourceful actors. “Charles Sturt University’s Theatre/Media degree gives students the tools they need to succeed in any medium of the arts,” says senior lecturer in the School of Communication and Creative Industries, Dr Gerard Boland. “Gabby is a perfect example of how our graduates use their skills to construct meaningful careers in the media, events and live entertainment industries.” Ms Millgate’s character, Julia Spillard, could be seeing a lot more work, if the election is won by the Labor party this weekend, which makes you wonder how Ms Millgate will vote.


Media Officer: Holly-Amber Manning
Telephone: 02 6365 7813

Media Note:
Dr Gerard Boland is available for interviews. For more information contact CSU Media. For more Gabby Millgate material, visit  http://www.youtube.com/user/gabbymillgate or http://twitter.com/gabbymillgate

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Premier of NSW to visit CSU


The Premier of NSW, the Hon. Ms Kristina Keneally, MP, will meet with the Vice-Chancellor and President of Charles Sturt University (CSU), Professor Ian Goulter, during her visit to Bathurst on Friday 20 August. Professor Goulter will discuss with Ms Keneally the University’s proposal announced on Wednesday 18 August for $90 million from the Federal Government to establish a medical school at CSU in Orange, as well as funding for an Integrated Primary Health Care Clinic at CSU in Bathurst. The University has indicated it intends to seek the support of the NSW Government to open additional clinical places for CSU medical students in NSW hospitals. While at CSU in Bathurst, the Premier will also inspect the University’s newly completed Dental and Oral Health Clinic. Ms Keneally will discuss with Professor Goulter and Dean of the Faculty of Science, Professor Nick Klomp, the University’s request for government support for the construction of Australia’s first national paramedic education centre in Bathurst. The centre would allow the University to significantly increase its student intake and provide students with access to world-leading paramedic education facilities. The meeting will be joined by the Mayor of Bathurst, Councillor Paul Toole, to discuss a planned Technology Park adjoining CSU and the Western Institute of TAFE in Bathurst.


Media Officer: Bruce Andrews
Telephone: 02 63386084

Media Note: There will be a photo opportunity at the CSU Dental Clinic in Bathurst at approximately 11.15am Friday 20 August.
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A new medical school for Central West


BATHURST NSW: Charles Sturt University (CSU) Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ian Goulter, will formally announce plans to seek the support of the State and Federal governments to establish a new medical program in central west NSW based in Orange and Bathurst. “With a fully functioning, upgraded hospital in Bathurst and a new base hospital in Orange soon to open, the Central West is becoming the health hub of NSW,” said Professor Goulter. “Charles Sturt University is leading the way in growing the future rural medical workforce and this initiative exemplifies our commitment to the health of rural and regional Australia.” The announcement will be made at midday Wednesday 18 August at CSU in Bathurst.  Other speakers include:
  • Chancellor Lawrie Willett, AO (former Secretary of the Commonwealth Department of Health; former Chairman, National Health and Medical Research Council; Chairman, Australian Hospital Care Limited)
  • Emeritus Professor John Dwyer, AO (former Head of School and Clinical Dean, University of New South Wales Medical School; Clinical Program Director, Medicine and Oncology, Prince Henry/Prince of Wales Hospitals)
  •  Mr Danny O’Connor, Chief Executive, Greater Western Area Health Service, NSW Health
  •  Mr Gerard Martin, State Member for Bathurst
  •  Clr Paul Toole, Mayor of Bathurst
  •  Clr John Davis, Mayor of Orange


Media Officer: Holly-Amber Manning
Telephone: 02 6365 7813

Media Note: For copies of speeches and Medical program information contact Jasmine Smith from CSU on 02 6338 4040 or send an email.
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Graduate donates prize to homeless


The Edel Quinn Shelter's Mr Peter Quarmby met with CSU graduate Ms Michelle Knight to receive the donation on Wednesday 18 August. A social worker and Charles Sturt University (CSU) graduate Ms Michelle Knight from Wagga Wagga will fulfil a commitment made earlier this year to donate her academic prize to a local charity. During her graduation with a Bachelor of Social Work last April, Ms Michelle Knight was awarded the Lila Kirilik Memorial Social Justice Award by the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at CSU in Wagga Wagga. At 2.30pm on Wednesday 18 August, Ms Knight will donate her $500 prize to The Edel Quinn Shelter, a homeless support service for men in Wagga Wagga. The shelter will receive a further $500 from CSU as Ms Knight’s nominated social justice organisation. She was awarded the annual social justice award for her project, SHINE - Squalor and Hoarding Integrated Networking Enterprise, a directory of services in Wagga Wagga useful during cases of squalor or hoarding. The project was compiled while Ms Knight was doing her social work practicum in 2008 at aged care facility The Forrest Centre in Wagga Wagga.
 


Media Officer: Fiona Halloran
Telephone: 02 6933 2207

Media Note:
CSU graduate Ms Michelle Knight will present her $500 prize to Mr Peter Quarmby, Coordinator of The Edel Quinn Shelter from 2.30pm at 34 Kincaid Street in Wagga Wagga. CSU lecturer and member of the Lila Kirilik Social Justice Award selection committee, Dr Karen Bell, is also due to attend along with Ms Knight’s practicum supervisor Ms June Price from The Forrest Centre’s Aged Care Assessment Team.
 
The Lila Kirilik Social Justice Award was established by the School of Humanities and Social Sciences in Wagga Wagga in 2004 in honour of the late Ms Lila Kirilik, a senior lecturer in social welfare at CSU.

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A trio of research


From left: Ms Kim Stone from the CSU Centre for Research and Graduate Training congratulates PhD students Ms Alison Matthews, Ms Eloise Seymour and Ms Janet Cohn.The red carpet was rolled out for three environmental science students from Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Albury-Wodonga as they travelled to Wagga Wagga to hand deliver their PhDs on Thursday 5 August. Ms Alison Matthews from Albury, Ms Janet Cohn from Wodonga and Ms Eloise Seymour from Wahgunyah shared the trip to present their years of research to the University’s Centre for Research and Graduate Training for examination. Visibly excited and relieved at the conclusion to their doctorates, the women work for CSU, the NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, and the Victorian Department of Primary Industries. The three PhDs covered topics such as the common wombat, climate change and natural resource management. In accepting the PhDs, Ms Kim Stone from the University’s Centre for Research and Graduate Training congratulated the students and noted how unusual it was to receive three theses at one time.


Media Officer: Fiona Halloran
Telephone: 02 6933 2207

Media Note:
Ms Alison Matthews’ PhD topic is Climate Change Influence on the Distribution and Resource Use of the Common Wombat in the Snowy Mountains; Ms Janet Cohn’s PhD topic is How are the dynamics of woodland dominance influenced by climate and disturbance in South Eastern Australia; and Ms Eloise Seymour’s PhD topic is Consideration of community values in regional natural resource management. The students are expected to graduate in 2011 after their PhDs are assessed.

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Biodiversity in the city


Head of the School of Environmental Sciences at CSU, Associate Professor Ben Wilson. Central Albury will become a hive of activity this weekend with the national Biodiversity in the City event. Hosted by scientists and students from Charles Sturt University (CSU) and the Albury Botanic Gardens, the event highlights interactive activities such as life in the dirt, collecting the animal kingdom, pond life, and biodiversity in the park. Biodiversity in the City celebrates the International Year of Biodiversity and National Science Week 2010. The event will be held between 12noon and 4pm on Saturday 21 August in QEII Square, the Albury LibraryMuseum and the Albury Botanic Gardens. The CSU team is led by the Head of the School of Environmental Sciences at CSU, Associate Professor Ben Wilson. He will be on hand to explain the various displays and specimens to interested visitors. Read about the related CSU photographic exhibition Biodiversity of the Riverina here.

Media Officer: Wes Ward
Telephone: 02 6051 9906

Media Note: For interviews with Associate Professor Ben Wilson before the event, contact CSU Media. See more on Biodiversity in the City here.
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Dentistry students get practical


Students in their second year of dentistry at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Orange are finding out what teamwork is all about as they start the next stage of their studies working in the University’s Dental and Oral Health Clinic. Supervised by local practicing dentists from Bathurst and Orange, the students are focusing on oral hygiene procedures such as scaling and polishing, fluoride applications and oral hygiene advice. "At this stage, students are also performing comprehensive examinations including x-rays,” Associate Professor Dr Cheryl Chapple from the School of Dentistry and Health Sciences at CSU in Orange said. “They will always be supervised by a professional dentist and will work up to more complex procedures through the five year course. Academics, local dentists and the students are working as a team to ensure that the communities in the central west of NSW receive access to high quality dental health care.”


Media Officer: Holly-Amber Manning
Telephone: 02 6365 7813

Media Note:
Second year Bachelor of Dental Science students Mr Jake Ball, Mr Brayden Weber, Ms Winey Wan and Ms Dee-Ann Agapow will be assisting Orange dentist Dr Ed Furze, CSU’s Associate Professor Cheryl Chapple and lecturer Dr Ati Sadra in the Dental and Oral Health Clinic at CSU in Orange from 11am on Wednesday 18 August. Please call Ms Holly Manning from CSU Media to confirm attendance on mobile 0439 934 258.
 
 

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Students embrace MasterChef craze


Winner of the CSU student cooking challenge, nutrition and dietetics student Ms Georgie Lucas. Students at Charles Sturt University (CSU) have demonstrated that their culinary skills go way beyond two minute noodles. Embracing the fever generated by the high rating MasterChef Australia television series, students from the self-catered new Halls of Residences pitted their skills against each other during a cooking competition. Organised by the student Residential Advisors, the challenge was judged by a panel of professional chefs and celebrity imitators on Monday 9 August. Coming up trumps was Bachelor of Health Science (Nutrition and Dietetics) student Ms Georgie Lucas who took out first place with her baked cheesecake with toffee shards, strawberries and ice-cream. “The cooking challenge was initially organised in response to the popularity of the MasterChef program,” CSU Catering Assistant Manager Mr Toby Perry said. “However the students and aspiring chefs were taking it very seriously with some putting in hours of practise to perfect their dishes.” The Division of Student Services hopes to support the event so it becomes an annual feature
of campus life.


Media Officer: Fiona Halloran
Telephone: 02 6933 2207

Media Note:
CSU offers students a range of catered and self-catered on campus accommodation. Read more here. Photos are available from CSU Media.
 

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Dinner honours Tony McGrane


The late Tony McGrane.The Speaker of the NSW Legislative Assembly, Mr Richard Torbay, MLC, will be the guest speaker at an inaugural fund-raising dinner for the Tony McGrane Memorial Scholarship at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Dubbo on Friday 24 September. The CSU Head of Campus in Dubbo, Dr Beverley Moriarty, said, “The dinner is a significant opportunity for the people of Dubbo to honour Mr McGrane and support the development of Charles Sturt University. The Tony McGrane Scholarship Fund has been established to make scholarships available to students from the Orana region and the Dubbo electorate to attend the University in Dubbo. The scholarship fund will be a lasting recognition of the involvement of Mr McGrane in the establishment of Charles Sturt University in Dubbo during his term as Mayor of Dubbo from 1991 to 1999. Mr Torbay was a long- time colleague of Mr McGrane in local and state governments.”


Media Officer: Bruce Andrews
Telephone: 02 63386084

Media Note:
Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with the Head of Campus at CSU in Dubbo, Dr Beverley Moriarty. Tickets for the Tony McGrane Memorial Scholarship dinner are available from CSU in Dubbo for $120 each, with all proceeds going to the scholarship fund. To purchase tickets please contact Ms Christine Stewart at CSU on 02 6885 7370 or send an email. Businesses and community members who wish to support the scholarship fund can obtain sponsorship details from Dr Moriarty or Ms Stewart on 02 6885 7370.

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A taste of regional life through cricket


The Yarra Dragons Cricket Team from the CSU Study Centre in Melbourne. International students and academic staff from the Charles Sturt University (CSU) Study Centre in Melbourne will get a taste of a regional city when they take on a local cricket side near Wagga Wagga on Saturday 21 August. On Federal Election Day and almost two months ahead of the start of the local cricket season, the CSU Study Centre team known as the Yarra Dragons will take on the Kooringal Colts Cricket Club from Wagga Wagga at the Borambola Sport and Recreation Centre. The CSU Study Centres in Melbourne and Sydney are operated in conjunction with Study Group Australia (SGA), a leader in education and training for international students. The cricket match has been in the pipeline for some time as an opportunity to give the students studying in Melbourne a taste of a regional campus and community.  The inaugural cricket match between the CSU Study Centre in Melbourne and the Kooringal Colts will be held from 9am to 3pm when a new perpetual trophy will be presented to the winning side.


Media Officer: Fiona Halloran
Telephone: 02 6933 2207

Media Note:
The cricket match will involve two 40-over innings. For further information about the cricket match, contact Mr Ali Syed from the CSU Study Centre in Melbourne and Yarra Dragons Team Manager on 0413 121 731 or Yarra Dragons Coach Mr Azeem Mohammad on 0432 004 973. Ahead of the cricket challenge, the Head of Campus at CSU in Wagga Wagga, Mr Adrian Lindner, will host a lunch and tour for the 30 visitors from the CSU Study Centre in Melbourne from 12.30pm to 2pm on Friday 20 August. The lunch will be held in the Gulballana Room of the Convention Centre, CSU in Wagga Wagga. The students visiting CSU in Wagga Wagga from the University's Study Centre in Melbourne come from countries including China, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Turkey.   

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Research for a future in farming


Research students from Charles Sturt University (CSU) involved in a wide-range of projects for the future of farming will gather in Wagga Wagga next week. The Future Farming Industries Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) will host the postgraduate conference at CSU in Wagga Wagga from Tuesday 17 August to Thursday 18 August.  The students will present their research to expert panels for their feedback and questions. On Wednesday 18 August from 10.45am to 12.30pm, Chief Executive Officer of the Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre, Mr Tony Peacock will explore the use of Web 2.0 technology and the reading of community perceptions in making the conduct of research more relevant while also providing greater impact. From 1.15pm to 3pm  Co-Director of the Climate Change Research Centre at the University of NSW, Professor Andy Pitman will report on the core science of Climate Change as reported by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
 
Attending the postgraduate conference will be CSU students with the Future Farming Industries CRC:


Media Officer: Fiona Halloran
Telephone: 02 6933 2207

Media Note:
CSU is a participant in the Future Farm Industries Cooperative Research Centre (CRC). The Future Farm Industries CRC was established in 2007 from the Salinity CRC. CSU senior lecturer with the School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences and the CRC’s Education Manager Dr John Harper is available for interview. The postgraduate conference will be held from Tuesday 17 August to Thursday 19 August in the National Wine and Grape Industry Centre, building 412 near CSU Winery, McKeown Drive, CSU in Wagga Wagga. For interviews, contact CSU Media or Dr Harper on 02 6933 2837.

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Biodiversity on show


An echidna on snow.An exhibition of snapshots of rare and unusual plants and animals that highlights the diversity of life around the Riverina region is on show in the Albury Library-Museum from this Saturday 14 to Sunday 22 August. The exhibition, which shows the vital role of biodiversity in sustaining life on Earth, is being held as part of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity. Photographers and researchers living and working in Albury-Wodonga have donated their work to the exhibition, titled Region’s Best Biodiversity Photographs, to illustrate biodiversity at its best. Visitors will see a water beetle hunting and catching a native fish, aerial photographs of pink algae that stain the landscape, goannas wrestling in a battle for dominance as well as rarely seen reptiles, frogs and mammals. A story is attached to each of the 24 images in the display, which is linked to other events being held in the region.


Media Officer: Wes Ward
Telephone: 02 6051 9906

Media Note: CSU lecturer and researcher Dr Jonathon Howard will be available for interviews between 9am and 12pm on Friday 13 August or by appointment on 0429 200 166 or send an email. The exhibition is also part of the National Science Week event Biodiversity in the City to be held in Albury on Saturday 21 August from 12pm to 4pm.
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CSU renovates historic Bathurst building


Charles Sturt University (CSU) has a diverse property portfolio across its regional locations, and one such property currently undergoing renovation at 126 William Street, Bathurst, was most recently a restaurant and function centre known as Lamplighters Restaurant. Before that it was the Galloping Grape bar and restaurant, and prior to that the AMP Society Building. “This is a landmark building in Bathurst and is on the University’s heritage register,” said Mr Keith Hogan, Director, Procurement and Risk Management, in the CSU Division of Facilities Management. “It is also distinguished on the Bathurst City Council Regional Local Environmental Plan as a significant historical building. Following an asset management review of the building in the first half of 2010, funds have been allocated to enable the start of repairs to the property. This work consists of restoration of the historic front facade, repainting internally and externally, separation of the upstairs offices with repairs to flooring and services, and a number of priority works to protect and enhance the property.” The Executive Director of the CSU Division of Facilities Management, Mr Steve Butt, said, “Charles Sturt University supports sustainability of its built environment with a view to reuse, and maintains its many heritage listed properties for the legacy of inland Australia.”

Media Officer: Bruce Andrews
Telephone: 02 63386084

Media Note:
Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews Mr Keith Hogan.
 
The value of the works is approximately $300 000 and is being managed by the CSU Division of Facilities Management in various trade packages due to the nature of the works. Once work is completed, the University intends to lease the restaurant and function centre. The upstairs offices may supplement the University’s requirements or be offered for commercial tenancy and occupancy due to its prime location.
 
Managing Agents for the commercial tenancy are Raine and Horne, Howick Street, Bathurst. Contact principal Mr Matthew Clifton with all enquires on 02 6331 6555.
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WOW award for CSU Indigenous liaison


A Wiradjuri Elder who was born and raised on the Talbragar Reserve near Dubbo, NSW, has been recognised at the recent annual Women Out West (WOW) awards on Saturday 31 July for her contribution to education and to Charles Sturt University (CSU). Aunty Pat Doolan, PSM,* was nominated by CSU education lecturer Ms Maria Bennet for her key role in supporting University staff and students with educational and cultural knowledge, and was awarded in the category ‘Dubbo Local Aboriginal Land Council Award for Outstanding Aboriginal Leadership inspiring generosity of spirit’. “The award is long overdue acknowledgement of Aunty Pat’s contribution and commitment to Indigenous education both within the region and more broadly, and she has had significant involvement with Charles Sturt University in Dubbo and the Centre for Indigenous Studies,” Ms Bennet said. “She has worked extensively across western NSW in community development, education, child protection, Aboriginal employment and community development to improve social outcomes for women and Aboriginal people in the Bourke and Dubbo communities.”

Media Officer: Bruce Andrews
Telephone: 02 63386084

Media Note:
Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews. *PSM is the Public Service Medal.
 
Aunty Pat Doolan is a member of the Greater Western Area Health Advisory Council and a long serving member of the Greater Western Area Health Service Human Research Committee. She is also the Chairperson of the Aboriginal Education Consultative Group in Dubbo, and has also worked in the public service for Commonwealth and State governments, the Local Aboriginal Land Council and Aboriginal Housing Co-ops, the Dubbo Community Aboriginal Working Party, Apollo House, the Western Aboriginal Legal Services, and Dubbo Women’s Aboriginal Alliance Group.
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Schools part of National Science Week


Two leading local science organisations are joining forces to present National Science Week 2010 in the Border region. Charles Sturt University (CSU) and the Astronomical Society of Albury Wodonga (ASAW) will present a program of science activities for local school students at CSU’s Thurgoona site from Wednesday 18 to Friday 20 August. Students from the Murray School of Education at CSU in Albury-Wodonga will join with Society members to run hands-on experiments and activities around the University, including investigating the cosmos, craters on meteors and discovering plants and animals in the Thurgoona wetlands. Over 700 students in Years 3 to 8 from 14 primary and high schools in NSW and Victoria will take part in the three-day event, which is funded by the Federal Department of Industry, Innovation, Science and Research.
 


Media Officer: Wes Ward
Telephone: 02 6051 9906

Media Note: For interviews and pictures with participants in the school program on CSU’s Thurgoona site, contact CSU Media. Teachers wishing to take part in the program should email the Astronomical Society of Albury Wodonga here
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Navigating the IT maze


More than 150 high school students will gather in Wodonga to see the latest in high technology learning on the Border, with exhibitors from many institutions including Charles Sturt University (CSU). Lecturer from the School of Computing and Mathematics at CSU in Albury-Wodonga, Ms Maumita Bhattacharya, said the sessions were important for Border students to find out more on what is available for them in the Information Technology industry. “During the forum, I will be joined by Charles Sturt University computing lecturer Mr Anthony Chan to help students find their place in IT. It depends on their interests, abilities, skills and ambitions, and we will show students how they can find their way through the information maze,” Ms Bhattacharya said. The forum will be held between 10.30am and 2pm on Friday 13 August in the Wodonga Civic Centre, Hovell Street, Wodonga.


Media Officer: Wes Ward
Telephone: 02 6051 9906

Media Note:
For interviews with CSU academics Ms Maumita Bhattacharya and Mr Anthony Chan, contact CSU Media.

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A second chance to cycle


The restored bikes will be handed over to CSU students on Friday 13 August.Two Charles Sturt University (CSU) students in Wagga Wagga are doing their bit to promote a healthier environment and community through a bicycle recycling project. Ms Alyssa Ng and Mr David Bate initiated the project which gives a second chance for abandoned bikes.  “About 20 old bikes abandoned at Kurrajong Recyclers in Wagga Wagga were donated to Charles Sturt University in 2009,” Ms Ng said. “With the assistance of students and staff from TAFE NSW Riverina Institute, the bikes have been repaired and repainted.” Facilitated and resourced by Riverina Institute’s Outreach Service, the bikes were repaired in the Riverina Institute’s automotive workshops by automotive and panel and paint pre-apprentice students. The bikes will be available free of charge for CSU students to use around the campus from the start of 2011. “We want this project to provide an environmentally friendly alternative form of transport for students, promote healthy lifestyles and encourage recycling.” The bikes will be handed over from Riverina Institute to CSU students from 11am on Friday 13 August near the Student Administration building.


Media Officer: Fiona Halloran
Telephone: 02 6933 2207

Media Note:
A master plan is currently being drafted for CSU in Wagga Wagga which will include improved cycle ways and footpaths. Animal science student Ms Alyssa Ng is available for interview on 0405 750 207. Ms Ng will join representatives of CSU and TAFE NSW Riverina Institute to promote the recycled bikes from 11am on Friday 13 August, near the student dining area, building 20 near car park 2, Darnell Smith Drive, CSU in Wagga Wagga. TAFE NSW Outreach Programs are designed to help adults re-enter education.

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Ten years educating nurses


A nursing lecturer was recognised with an award last week for more than 10 years teaching service at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Dubbo. Ms Lyn Croxon, lecturer at the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health in Dubbo, said she had seen many changes during this time. “It is easy to stay in a profession which you enjoy, and the last 10 years at Charles Sturt University have been demanding but a lot of fun,” Ms Croxon said. “I teach both theoretical and clinical classes to on campus and distance education students. For the last year I have been Course Coordinator for the Bachelor of Nursing. This degree is taught to over 1 500 students across the University’s five campuses and by distance education. I coordinated the clinical placements for students across the Greater Western Area Health Service region for eight years and appreciate the support that the regional health services offer to our students. When I call or visit a health facility in the region, I often find I am speaking to a Charles Sturt University graduate who has returned to a local health facility to work as a Registered Nurse.”


Media Officer: Bruce Andrews
Telephone: 02 63386084

Media Note:
Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with lecturer Ms Lyn Croxon.
 
Ms Croxon worked in the clinical setting for 12 years, has been involved in nurse education for over 20 years, and currently teaches both theoretical and clinical classes on campus and to distance education students. Her area of interest is care of the older person, and she was a recipient of the University’s team Excellence in Teaching Award in 2002, and an individual Excellence in Teaching Award in 2004.

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Health services for rural Australia


Professor Patrick Ball from CSU. Accessibility and human rights, instead of rigid funding models, should be the priorities when planning health care services for rural and remote Australia says Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Professor of Rural and Remote Pharmacy Patrick Ball. “A model of health care funding for rural and remote Australia should be developed based on fundamental human rights and access to services rather than ‘bricks and mortar’,” Professor Patrick Ball said. The CSU academic studied two communities in central west NSW between 2006 and 2008 as part of his examination of the provision of health services outside metropolitan Australia. “The two communities were similar and only a short distance apart but had very different health care needs due to transport links and proximity to a city. We have the evidence to show that what is needed by rural and remote areas is more flexibility in allowing individual communities to meet their health needs and more emphasis on access to services rather than what hospital and which health facilities are located where.” Professor Patrick Ball will present a free public lecture on his research, What Health Services Should Rural Australia Have? from 6pm at the Deniliquin Council Chambers in Civic Place in Deniliquin on Wednesday 18 August. Read more here.

Media Officer: Fiona Halloran
Telephone: 02 6933 2207

Media Note:
To attend the lecture, What Health Services Should Rural Australia Have? at the Deniliquin Council Chambers on Wednesday 18 August RVSP to Ms Faye Falahey on 03 5898 3040 or send an email. CSU wine and cheese will be served after the lecture. The lecture is being hosted by CSU and the Deniliquin Council. Professor Patrick Ball has delivered similar public lectures in Dubbo and Parkes.

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Students won?t get left behind


Senior dentistry lecturer Dr Sabrina Manickam.On Left-handers Day this Friday 13 August, an elite group of Charles Sturt University (CSU) dentistry students will celebrate their uniqueness and the fact their left handedness won’t be an issue in their oral health profession with dental equipment now built to compensate for left-handed dentists. Based on a conservative estimate, 10 per cent of the world population is left-handed which is reflected in the dentistry course with three of the 25 second year Bachelor of Dental Science students being left-handed. “In the past some dental equipment such as chairs and instruments were designed with only right-handed dentists in mind,” senior lecturer Dr Sabrina Manickam from the School of Dentistry and Health Sciences at CSU in Orange said. “Charles Sturt University students are lucky enough to have state-of-the-art equipment at their disposal that caters for both left and right-handed people.”


Media Officer: Holly-Amber Manning
Telephone: 02 6365 7813

Media Note:
Left-handed second year dentistry student Mr Sam Osborn and senior dentistry lecturer Dr Sabrina Manickam from CSU in Orange are available for interviews.

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