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Old friends reunite to discuss global agriculture
08 Dec 2009
Having lost contact for decades, two friends will reunite 8 000 kilometres from their homeland, when a visiting Vice-Chancellor of an Indian university and now-Hindu monk meets with Charles Sturt University (CSU) lecturer Dr Anantanarayanan Raman in Orange. A senior lecturer in ecological agriculture, Dr Raman has coordinated the visit of his dear friend Swami Atmapriyananda who is visiting from Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Belur Math (near Calcutta), West Bengal, India. During his stay in Orange, Swami Atmapriyananda will give a public lecture at CSU in Orange titled Interfacing Physics with Philosophy: the Spiritual Journey of an Indian Monk. “We used to work together at a university in India,” Dr Raman said. “Since then my friend has become a monk and I have moved to Australia. We haven’t seen each other for decades, so I’m looking forward to taking him to visit ecologically sustainable enterprises in Orange.”
Media Note: Swami Atmapriyananda, Vice-Chancellor of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University near Calcutta, India will give a public lecture at 6.30pm on Friday 11 December. This talk will focus on the speaker’s own spiritual journey through models of the ‘new’ physics, touching upon the ever-new inner challenges that it conjurs. On the morning of Friday 11 December, the speaker will meet with CSU lecturers to discuss the teaching and learning of the broad area of Rural Management with a specific emphasis on the Bachelor of Ecological Agriculture and Master of Sustainable Agriculture. At 11am he will join Councillor Jeremy Buckingham to visit the innovative large-scale stormwater harvesting initiative in Orange and at 2 pm visit Ms Anna de Baar’s organic vegetable farm. For interviews and photos please contact CSU Media. Print this story Wetlands vital for Russian caviar
07 Dec 2009
The world’s best caviar are eggs from the endangered sturgeon found in the Caspian Sea. These fish spawn in the Lower Volga wetlands of Russia, which are under threat from damage caused by the construction of hydro-electric dams, pollution, unorganised tourism, agriculture and expansion of the oil industry. Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Albury-Wodonga will host a delegation on Tuesday 8 December from the Russian region, which is visiting Australia as part of a study tour that is inspecting Australian wetlands and water management systems. The 12 visitors, involved with a five year project funded by the United Nations Development Program, will discuss the ongoing restoration of CSU’s wetlands on its Thurgoona site and relevant water ecology and management research projects with researchers from the University’s Institute of Land, Water and Society. They will also meet with the University’s new Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Sue Thomas.
Media Note: For interviews during the Russian vist to CSU, contact CSU Media. Note only one of the visitors speak English and is able to translate the other speakers. Print this story First screening for The Letter
01 Dec 2009
A short film by Charles Sturt University (CSU) adjunct senior lecturer in history Dr Robin McLachlan will have its first public test screening on Wednesday 2 November. The 20 minute-long film, The Letter, stars another CSU adjunct lecturer, Mr Bill Blaikey (and his co-star dog, Merry), from the School of Communication in Bathurst. Dr McLachlan said the film developed from and is part of his international research into the participation by Australians and New Zealanders in the 1897-99 Klondike gold rush in north-west Canada. “This was the first significant wave of Australians and New Zealanders to leave the southern hemisphere to seek their fortunes in the northern hemisphere. During the course of my research I found numerous letters from them to home, as well as a unique complete run of a Dawson City, Canada, newspaper, The Klondyke Miner and Yukon Advertiser, held by the Mitchell Library in Sydney, Australia,” Dr McLachlan said. “The script for The Letter is based closely on historical evidence from first-hand accounts published in Australian newspapers at the time, as well as information gleaned from Yukon archives and published histories.”
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Dr Robin McLachlan. The Letter was produced as part of ‘Diggers on the Klondike’, an international research project to present though film, public presentations and publications the little-known story of Australians and New Zealanders at the Klondike gold rush of 1897-99 in the Yukon Territory in north-west Canada. Dr McLachlan and his filmmaking collaborator Mr Andrew Pike, OAM, (Ronin Films, Canberra) hope to enter The Letter in the 11th Dawson City International Film Festival, Canada, in 1 - 4 April 2010. This first public test screening will be at the last-ever staff seminar at the School of Social Sciences and Liberal Studies in Bathurst before newly configured and renamed Schools in the CSU Faculty of Arts begin on 1 January, 2010. The School of Communication will also be part of this Faculty restructure. Print this story Working with people with physical disabilities: book launch
01 Dec 2009
The sixth edition of a key text advising occupational therapists on working with people with physical impairments will be launched at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Albury-Wodonga on Friday 4 December. CSU academic staff in the occupational therapy course at the School of Community Health provided substantial contributions to Occupational Therapy and Physical Dysfunction: Enabling Occupation. Course coordinator Dr Michael Curtin was the book’s leading editor. “This edition of the book is significantly different to the previous editions in an attempt to respond to international changes within the profession,” Dr Curtin said. “This book shows how an occupational perspective can be used in practising occupational therapy.” Occupational Therapy and Physical Dysfunction: Enabling Occupation will be launched at 4.30pm on Friday 4 December in CSU’s The Cedars building, Olive Street, Albury.
Media Note: interviews with Dr Michael Curtin about the new book, contact CSU Media. Print this story AVID meeting to benefit low income students
01 Dec 2009
An international education program that encourages high school students from underrepresented low income groups in society to go to university will meet with Border education leaders on Monday 7 December at Charles Sturt University (CSU). Hosted by CSU’s Murray School of Education, representatives from the US-based Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program will meet with secondary school principals from NSW and Victoria, representatives from the Aboriginal Education Consultative Group, curriculum developers, school administrators and parent organisations to discuss and promote their program. Meeting coordinator Dr Sally Knipe has led visits by groups of CSU middle school teaching students to AVID professional development conferences for the past three years. These students have then become tutors in local AVID programs. “AVID is an internationally recognised program that prepares students who would not go to university for tertiary studies. The program serves nearly 400 000 students in the US and 16 countries and US territories around the world.” The day’s discussions will include how AVID has been implemented on the Border with the assistance of CSU students. The meeting will run from 9am to 3pm on 7 December at CSU’s Albury-Wodonga Campus, off Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, Thurgoona.
Media Note: For interviews with Dr Sally Knipe on the AVID program contact CSU Media. Print this story Giving Congo children a future through education
01 Dec 2009
Media Note: Dr Elaine Dietsch who lectures in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at CSU in Wagga Wagga and her partner John, volunteer for the African NGO Mission in Health Care and Development every year. Contact Dr Dietsch on email or phone 0413 820 260 to make a contribution. Print this story Newton's Playground champions celebrate at CSU
01 Dec 2009
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews. Click the links for Newton’s Playground competition results and for more information about the Australian Skateboard Racing Association (ASRA) and the International Gravity Sports Association (IGSA) . Read about 23 year-old Bathurst born-and-bred Newton’s Playground competitor Rob McWhinnie here.
Print this story Young Winemaker award to CSU student
01 Dec 2009
A Charles Sturt University (CSU) student has been named The Wine Society Young Winemaker of the Year 2009. At a ceremony in Sydney on Friday 20 November, Mr Ryan Aggiss, from Flying Fish Cove winery in the Margaret River region in Western Australia, was named the winner of the award. Mr Aggiss is a Bachelor of Applied Science (Wine Science) student studying by distance education through the School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences at CSU at Wagga Wagga. The Wine Society Young Winemaker of the Year awards aims to encourage and recognise excellence in young winemakers in Australia and New Zealand. The judges found Mr Aggiss produced and made the most outstanding wines of all 10 finalists. As part of the award, the winemaker receives a return trip to Europe for vintage 2010 and $5 000. "I am still pinching myself every day after being recognised by the Wine Society as the Young Winemaker of the Year,” Mr Aggiss said. “It’s extremely gratifying to know that all the years of vintage work and hours of study at Charles Sturt University have enabled me to be in this very fortunate position. I am passionate about continuing the production of well-priced, great wines for Flying Fish Cove and finishing my last year of study. I also look forward to spending a month travelling through the Old World wine regions; France, Italy, Germany and Spain.”
Print this story So little, yet so much
01 Dec 2009
A group of Charles Sturt University (CSU) students have seen another side of teaching and culture when they recently completed one week of their teaching practice in the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. As part of the requirements for the award of their early childhood and primary school teaching degrees, the 12 third-year students worked in three schools in Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu. Lecturer in Creative Arts and Special Needs and trip coordinator Ms Sharon Milsome, from CSU’s Murray School of Education, said the students were completely immersed in the local Melanesian culture while teaching. “The students gained valuable insight into multicultural settings, tolerance, patience, and how people who have so little can be so happy,” Ms Milsome said. Between their busy work schedules, the students also had time to visit beaches and waterfalls, and snorkel on tropical reefs.
Media Note: Ms Sharon Milsome and two students will be available for photos and interviews at 11.30am on Thursday 3 December in the Murray School of Education, CSU in Albury-Wodonga, off Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, Thurgoona. Print this story Key researchers celebrate in Canberra
24 Nov 2009
Two Charles Sturt University (CSU) researchers have celebrated their prestigious Fellowships as guests of the Hon. Kevin Rudd, MP, Prime Minister of Australia, and Senator the Hon. Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research. On Wednesday 28 October, Associate Professor Gary Luck and Professor Sharynne McLeod were among over 600 distinguished scientists, science leaders and science educators invited to attend the Prime Minister's Science Prizes Dinner in the Great Hall at Parliament House in Canberra. Associate Professor Luck from the School of Environmental Sciences at CSU at Albury-Wodonga and Professor McLeod from the School of Teacher Education at CSU at Bathurst were named as Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellows by Senator Carr in September. Read more here. As an ecologist, Professor Luck’s Fellowship will facilitate his work on Integrating the conservation and ecosystem-service value of Australia’s Catchments. Professor McLeod was awarded the Fellowship to work on Speaking my language: International speech acquisition in Australia.
Media Note: A high resolution photo is available from CSU Media. Professor Sharynne McLeod is working overseas until Wednesday 25 November. Print this story Koori Admissions Program at CSU Dubbo
24 Nov 2009
The Charles Sturt University (CSU) Koori Admissions Program (KAP) will run at the University’s Dubbo Campus this week. The manager of the University’s Indigenous Student Services, Mr Ray Eldridge, said KAP is an alternative entry program designed for Indigenous students. “KAP allows the staff of the Indigenous Student Services on our various campuses to assess the individual’s level of skills need to complete tertiary study and to offer successful participants a place in a course at CSU,” Mr Eldridge said. “This program provides a ‘test drive’ of life at university by allowing prospective students to meet staff and current Indigenous students, and experience and explore the facilities, courses and the career paths that may open to them.” For more information contact the Barramielinga Indigenous Student Services at CSU at Dubbo on 6885 7305 or visit here.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews. Print this story Israeli wine grape expert discusses water and salinity issues
24 Nov 2009
The challenges facing Israel’s wine grape industry are shared by growers and researchers in Australia. Charles Sturt University (CSU) is currently hosting a visit from one of the world’s leading viticulture scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Professor of Viticulture and Oenology, Professor Ben Ami Bravdo is known internationally for his expertise on the impact of water and salinity stress on plant productivity. He is speaking to researchers at the National Wine and Grape Industry Centre (NWGIC) at Wagga Wagga on crop load, mineral nutrition, water availability and salinity impact upon the quality and quantity of grape harvests. Later in the week Professor Bravdo will travel to Griffith to present a seminar and meet with district growers. The NWGIC’s Dr Jonathon Holland said, “This is a unique opportunity as Israel experiences many similar issues to those that challenge Australian growers, so there is much that can be learned.”
Media Note: Professor Ben Ami Bravdo, from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, will present a seminar titled ‘Effect of environmental and physiological factors on production and quality of wine grapes’ at the National Wine and Grape Industry Training Centre at CSU at Wagga Wagga from 3pm to 4pm on Wednesday 25 November. He will travel to Griffith on Thursday 26 November. The NWGIC is a partnership between CSU, the NSW Department of Industry & Investment and the NSW Wine Industry Association. Print this story Landmark visit by Russian professors
24 Nov 2009
Two senior Russian academics from Vladivostok will visit Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Bathurst on Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 November. Mr Errol Chopping, Courses Manager at the CSU School of Computing and Mathematics at Bathurst, said the visit by Professor Valeriya Gribova, Professor of Computer Science at the Far East Russian Academy of Sciences, and Professor Evgeni Nurminskiy, Professor of Mathematics at the Far East National University, follows visits in January and September this year by himself and CSU’s Dr David Tien, the first-ever visits by Australians to the Academy in Vladivostok. “This landmark visit by Professor Gribova and Professor Nurminskiy is the second part of our outreach initiative into Russia, and is designed to cement a sound working relationship between Charles Sturt University and Russia,” Mr Chopping said. “During our visits to Vladivostok we met the Austrade ambassador, the Australian Ambassador to Russia and the embassy’s First Secretary, and also scheduled meetings with the Russian Minister for Tourism and Trade in Moscow. Subsequently, we were able to invite the two Russian academics to visit Australia, and we have worked on sharing and collaborating on research, holding English-speaking summer schools in Russia, two-way student and staff exchanges, and joint computer science conferences.”
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Mr Errol Chopping. Mr Chopping is courses manager, Computer Science and Information Technology, and Director, Industry Placement, at the School of Computing and Mathematics at Bathurst. Seminars by the Russian academics about computing and mathematical modelling are scheduled for 3pm Thursday 26 November in the Computer Science Meeting Room, Level 3, Building S15, Bathurst Campus, with video conferencing facilities also available at Wagga Wagga and Albury-Wodonga Campuses. Print this story Student jewellery on show at artifex
24 Nov 2009
The Head of the School of Visual and Performing Arts at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Wagga Wagga, Associate Professor Margaret Woodward, will officially open a new exhibition showcasing the works of students on Friday 27 November. The exhibition, artifex, will feature students from the Bachelor of Arts (Jewellery) and Master of Arts Practice (Jewellery Design and Production). Artifex will be opened from 6pm in the Docker Street Gallery, 125a Docker Street, Wagga Wagga. The exhibition runs until Friday 4 December.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews. Print this story 2010 RoboCup training day for teachers
24 Nov 2009
Teachers from nearly 200 schools across the region have been invited to attend a special introductory training day at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Bathurst on Friday 27 November in preparation for the NSW central west region RoboCup Junior Challenge to be staged at the University at Bathurst in June 2010. Mr Allen Benter, the coordinator of the 2010 RoboCup Junior Challenge and an associate lecturer at the CSU School of Computing and Mathematics at Bathurst, said this is the first of the preparatory workshops CSU will hold for supervising teachers whose students want to participate in the Challenge. “We at Charles Sturt University are very excited to be able to promote computer sciences to young people in this way,” Mr Benter said. “RoboCup is an international competition/conference promoting artificial intelligence and robotic research around the world. RoboCup Junior is aimed at primary to secondary school children and focuses not only on engineering and computing skills, but also emphasises sportsmanship, teamwork, cooperation and organisational skills. This workshop for teachers will assist them to guide their students through the process of constructing and programming a robot to compete in one of three events dance, rescue or soccer. The winners of the regional competition will then advance to the state competition.”
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Mr Allen Benter. Another more technical teacher training workshop will be held in February, with the RoboCup Junior Challenge scheduled to be held at CSU at Bathurst on Friday 25 June, 2010. Print this story Conserving inland frogs
23 Nov 2009
Threats to inland frog species and conservation strategies will be on the agenda when the Declining Frog Working Group meets at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Albury-Wodonga on Monday 23 November. The independent advisory body is made up of policy makers, managers and scientists including CSU’s Dr Skye Wassens. The group meets three times a year to plan for the conservation and long-term management of Australia’s threatened frog fauna. Ecologist with CSU’s Institute of Land, Water and Society and meeting convenor, Dr Skye Wassens is currently looking at the breeding responses of frogs following changes in wetland flooding regimes along the Murray River. “Inland frogs are vulnerable to factors including habitat loss and degradation, exotic species, disease and climate change,” Dr Wassens said. “Coupled with these factors comes difficulty in finding frogs to actually study. Some species have very erratic activity patterns or live in remote areas or in large wetland systems which are difficult to survey. Cooperation between agencies like the Catchment Management Authorities, state government departments and scientists is vital to pool our expertise and resources,” she said. Read more about Dr Wassens research here.
Media Note: The Declining Frog Working Group will meet at CSU at Albury-Wodonga at the Thurgoona site on Monday 23 November from 9am to 4pm. Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Dr Skye Wassens during morning tea break at 10.30am.
Print this story Manhattan beckons CSU advertising student
17 Nov 2009
A final-year advertising student at the Charles Sturt University (CSU) School of Communication is relishing the prospect of living on the upper east side of Manhattan in New York while he undertakes a 10-week placement with one of the world’s largest advertising agencies. Mr Martin Peat, who is completing the four-year double degree Bachelor of Communication (Advertising) / Bachelor of Business (Marketing), was chosen for the prestigious scholarship with BBDO Worldwide. Mr Peat said he has made an effort to gain as much industry experience as possible while studying for his degree and recently completed an internship at the OMD media agency in Sydney. “I also work at Nova 96.9FM radio station in Sydney, which has given me a greater opportunity to explore the media side of advertising. I’m thrilled to be given this opportunity to learn from the world's best and gain international experience. BBDO is located in the heart of Manhattan, the birthplace of modern advertising, and I feel extremely privileged to be able to experience it first-hand. I don't think many other students get this once-in-a-lifetime chance, and I’d like to thank Charles Sturt University and the International Advertising Association,” Mr Peat said.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews. Mr Peat’s placement is from early December to mid-February 2010. The internship scholarship covers the cost of travel, living, and some spending money, and was made possible by the CSU School of Communication, the International Advertising Association (IAA) and BBDO Worldwide, which is situated on the Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan, New York, and has over 300 offices around the world. Print this story World champion mountain marathon runner at CSU
17 Nov 2009
A Charles Sturt University (CSU) staff member has shown a clean pair of heels to be crowned 2009 world champion long distance mountain runner in her age group. Competing as part of the Australian women’s team in the World Long Course Mountain Marathon 2009, held in Söll, Austria, Ms Colleen Middleton from CSU at Albury-Wodonga was placed first in the 45 to 49 year women’s age group and eighth overall in the women’s section and was a member of the second-placed Australian Women’s team. “It was a terrific experience to stand on the podium as part of the Australian team, and a real thrill to finally cross the finish line after the hard climb up that mountain,” said Ms Middleton, who ran the steep 42 kilometre course high in the Austrian Alps in just over three hours 50 minutes.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media for interviews and pictures with Ms Colleen Middleton at 10am on Wednesday 18 November. For information on the event, see the event website and see individual results here. Print this story The Bonegilla Story
17 Nov 2009
A major exhibition showing the early stories of migrants to Australia in the last century has been developed by Ms Bridget Guthrie at Albury LibraryMuseum, with research assistance from Associate Professor Bruce Pennay from Charles Sturt University (CSU). For over 25 years, objects owned by former residents of the Bonegilla Migrant Reception Centre have been collected – photographs, toys, books, clothing and appliances. These have been gathered into a series of displays, including a large cabinet made from old suitcases, to go on show. The exhibition, titled The Bonegilla Story, is a permanent display to be opened by the Mayor of Albury City, Cr Alice Glachan, at 6pm on Thursday 19 November at the Albury LibraryMuseum, Kiewa Street, Albury. Professor Pennay will also give a guided tour of the exhibition with Ms Guthrie, starting at 11am on Saturday 21 November.
Media Note: For interviews with AssociateProfessor Bruce Pennay on The Bonegilla Story, contact CSU Media. Print this story Darwin topic for inaugural Somerville Lecture
17 Nov 2009
Three Charles Sturt University (CSU) professors will discuss the evolution of the ideas of Charles Darwin at a commemorative inaugural lecture and dinner in Bathurst on Tuesday 24 November. The inaugural Somerville Lecture is in honour of Professor Warren Somerville whose collection of world-class specimens is housed at the Bathurst Fossil and Mineral Museum in Howick Street, Bathurst. Professor Somerville will be one of the speakers, and the others are Professor Nick Klomp, Dean of the CSU Faculty of Science and Adjunct Professor David Goldney, a former lecturer and noted environmental consultant. “This will be a wonderful occasion, as it marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species on the 24 November 1859,” Professor Klomp said. “This book, as much as or more than any other, has changed the way we understand life on Earth. It is an honour to share the podium with Professor Somerville and Professor Goldney on this historic anniversary.”
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews. The inaugural Somerville Lecture and dinner will commence at 6.30pm Tuesday 24 November at The Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre (BMEC), William Street, Bathurst. Proceeds from the event will go to support the Bathurst Fossil and Mineral Museum. For bookings and tickets, please phone BMEC on 6333 6161. Print this story
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A short film by Charles Sturt University (CSU) adjunct senior lecturer in history Dr Robin McLachlan will have its first public test screening on Wednesday 2 November. The 20 minute-long film, The Letter, stars another CSU adjunct lecturer, Mr Bill Blaikey (and his co-star dog, Merry), from the
An international education program that encourages high school students from underrepresented low income groups in society to go to university will meet with Border education leaders on Monday 7 December at Charles Sturt University (CSU). Hosted by CSU’s
A Charles Sturt University (CSU) student has been named The Wine Society Young Winemaker of the Year 2009. At a ceremony in Sydney on Friday 20 November, Mr Ryan Aggiss, from Flying Fish Cove winery in the Margaret River region in Western Australia, was named the winner of the award. Mr Aggiss is a
Two Charles Sturt University (CSU) researchers have celebrated their prestigious Fellowships as guests of the Hon. Kevin Rudd, MP, Prime Minister of Australia, and Senator the Hon. Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research. On Wednesday 28 October, Associate Professor Gary Luck and Professor Sharynne McLeod were among over 600 distinguished scientists, science leaders and science educators invited to attend the Prime Minister's Science Prizes Dinner in the Great Hall at Parliament House in Canberra. Associate Professor Luck from the
The Charles Sturt University (CSU) Koori Admissions Program (KAP) will run at the University’s Dubbo Campus this week. The manager of the University’s Indigenous Student Services, Mr Ray Eldridge, said KAP is an alternative entry program designed for Indigenous students. “KAP allows the staff of the Indigenous Student Services on our various campuses to assess the individual’s level of skills need to complete tertiary study and to offer successful participants a place in a course at CSU,” Mr Eldridge said. “This program provides a ‘test drive’ of life at university by allowing prospective students to meet staff and current Indigenous students, and experience and explore the facilities, courses and the career paths that may open to them.” For more information contact the Barramielinga Indigenous Student Services at CSU at Dubbo on 6885 7305 or visit
The challenges facing Israel’s wine grape industry are shared by growers and researchers in Australia. Charles Sturt University (CSU) is currently hosting a visit from one of the world’s leading viticulture scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Professor of Viticulture and Oenology, Professor Ben Ami Bravdo is known internationally for his expertise on the impact of water and salinity stress on plant productivity. He is speaking to researchers at the
Two senior Russian academics from Vladivostok will visit Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Bathurst on Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 November. Mr Errol Chopping, Courses Manager at the CSU
The Head of the
Teachers from nearly 200 schools across the region have been invited to attend a special introductory training day at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Bathurst on Friday 27 November in preparation for the NSW central west region RoboCup Junior Challenge to be staged at the University at Bathurst in June 2010. Mr Allen Benter, the coordinator of the 2010 RoboCup Junior Challenge and an associate lecturer at the CSU
Threats to inland frog species and conservation strategies will be on the agenda when the Declining Frog Working Group meets at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Albury-Wodonga on Monday 23 November. The independent advisory body is made up of policy makers, managers and scientists including CSU’s Dr Skye Wassens. The group meets three times a year to plan for the conservation and long-term management of Australia’s threatened frog fauna. Ecologist with CSU’s
A final-year advertising student at the Charles Sturt University (CSU)
Three Charles Sturt University (CSU) professors will discuss the evolution of the ideas of Charles Darwin at a commemorative inaugural lecture and dinner in Bathurst on Tuesday 24 November. The inaugural Somerville Lecture is in honour of Professor Warren Somerville whose collection of world-class specimens is housed at the Bathurst Fossil and Mineral Museum in Howick Street, Bathurst. Professor Somerville will be one of the speakers, and the others are Professor Nick Klomp, Dean of the CSU