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Securing the future of agricultural education
24 Mar 2009
 Ensuring a bright future for Australia’s agricultural industry through improved education of its future leaders will bring academics and industry representatives together at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Wagga Wagga on Thursday 26 March. Hosted by the CSU School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences, the industry advisory day will focus on the improvements made of the Bachelor of Agricultural Science degree, including the introduction of work placement in the course’s final year. “Various agricultural industry organisations will attend to help forge new relationships between the employers and educators of agriculturalists and to work on plans for the future to improve agricultural education in Australia,” said CSU lecturer Dr Alison Southwell. “By working together to produce the next generation of agriculturalists, we can make our graduates more ‘work ready’ and more capable of handling the challenges that agriculture faces in the future.”
Media Note: CSU lecturer in the School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences, Dr Alison Southwell is available for interview on (02) 6933 2632. The industry advisory day will run from 8.30am until 4pm on Thursday 26 March at the Convention Centre, CSU at Wagga Wagga. A short morning tea break will be held from 10am and lunch will be held from 12.30pm until 1.30pm, when a tour of CSU at Wagga Wagga will be conducted for industry representatives. Print this story Photography students on national exhibition
24 Mar 2009
Media Note: The portraits entered into the National Photographic Portrait Prize by students Ms Kate Lewis and Mr Matt Regan are also exhibited in the H R Gallop Gallery, building 21 near car park 2, Darnell Smith Drive, CSU, Wagga Wagga. Ms Lewis also has a new solo exhibition, Thirteen: Faces of Edel Quinn at the Museum of the Riverina in Wagga Wagga. Photos available from CSU Media. Print this story CSU students unite to raise funds
24 Mar 2009
Education students and staff at Charles Sturt University (CSU) Ontario recently held the first annual CSU Coffee House and Variety Show, an opportunity to enjoy the company and talents of their peers while generating funds for a good cause. The United Way of Burlington and Greater Hamilton will be presented with a cheque for over $1 000 by Bachelor of Primary Education Studies students on Thursday 26 March at 12noon to support its invaluable contribution to the strength of the community and its citizens. Through the certification of primary and junior teachers, CSU shares a similar vision to that of the United Way – creating a strong, healthy and safe community for all. The Australian university has been operating in Ontario for the past five years and looks forward to welcoming its fifth intake of students this August.
Media Note: The cheque presentation will be held at Charles Sturt University, Ontario at 860 Harrington Court, Burlington, on Thursday 26 March at 12noon. CSU’s Head of School Associate Professor Will Letts, Campaign Manager of the United Way of Burlington and Greater Hamilton, Janyce Robinson, and members of the CSU Social Committee will attend. Contact Sara Lam on 905-333-4955 or salam@csu.edu.au to arrange interviews. Print this story MONO uno
24 Mar 2009
 As part of the Charles Sturt University (CSU) 20th anniversary celebrations in 2009, a new art exhibition will be opened this week to highlight more than a century of Australian monotypes. The exhibition, MONO uno: Australian Monotypes in the Charles Sturt University Art Collection, will be opened at 6pm, Friday 27 March by Mr Damian Kelly, General Manager of the Print Council of Australia. “The CSU Art Collection holds more than 80 monotypes. Some of these are historically important, such as the work by A H Fullwood, ‘Valley View’, or R C W Bunny, ‘Reclining Nude’; the latter will tour in November through the Art Gallery of NSW to three capital cities,” said curator Mr Thomas Middlemost. The exhibition is one of many events to mark 20 years of CSU during 2009. See more 20th anniversary events here.
Media Note: The exhibition MONO uno: Australian Monotypes in the Charles Sturt University Art Collection runs until Sunday 3 May in the Margaret Carnegie Gallery, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Civic Centre, Baylis St, Wagga Wagga. CSU Art Curator Mr Thomas Middlemost is available for interview on (02) 6925 3666. Mr Middlemost will lead a tour of the exhibition from 11am Saturday 28 March, followed by a morning tea hosted by the Print Council of Australia at 11.45am. Print this story Cec Grant celebrated
24 Mar 2009
 Members of the Wiradjuri and wider Border community can share their memories of the late Wiradjuri elder, Pastor Cec Grant, at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Albury-Wodonga on Friday 1 May. The life and work of Pastor Grant, or Wongamar, will be celebrated at the Annual Pastor Cec Grant Lecture, which will be presented by local CSU academic and Wiradjuri elder Yalmambirra. CSU Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Professor Ross Chambers, said Pastor Grant made important contributions to Indigenous education at CSU. “The lecture will touch on Christianity and Indigenous culture and spirituality as a tribute to Pastor Grant and his vision,” Professor Chambers said. The evening event will commence with a barbeque at 5pm in front of the Nowik Lecture Theatres, then move into the main theatre for the lecture at 7pm.
Media Note: For interviews with CSU Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Professor Ross Chambers, contact CSU Media. Print this story Albury eases into Harmony
20 Mar 2009
Celebrating Australia’s cultural diversity is the goal for Harmony Day to be held at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Albury on Monday 23 March. With the theme of ‘everyone belongs’, event coordinator Ms Lynn Furze said the day is about community participation, inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone in the Albury community. The day will be opened by the acting Cultural and Education Attaché of the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra, Mr Yoni Utomo. Members of the Border community are invited to enjoy music, dance, food and entertainment from around the world, including a free barbeque. Harmony Day at CSU will run from 11am to 1pm at the barbeque area on the University’s Albury City site, off Olive St, Albury.
Media Note: For interviews with Ms Lynn Furze, and photo opportunities during the Harmony Day event, contact CSU Media. Print this story Native plants may help fight cancer
17 Mar 2009
 The search for treatments to beat such modern day diseases as cancer and diabetes is prompting scientists to examine traditional medicines used by Indigenous Australians. Native plants including Prickly Fanflower were used by Indigenous Australians and Charles Sturt University (CSU) researcher Dr Philip Kerr is investigating their potential as anti-cancer and anti-diabetic medicine. “Australian and other naturalised flora represent a vast, untapped reserve of potential eco-friendly medicinal agents,” he said. Other plants under investigation include Desert Poplar, Sticky Goodenia, Stiff-leaved Bottlebrush and the well known weed Bathurst Burr which may have the potential to combat cancer. Dr Kerr says his interest was triggered while studying in Western Australia where a controversial ‘cancer treatment’ derived from an Australian native plant was being dispensed to terminal cancer patients. "For many years, natural products from Australian flora had been studied but with no apparent connection to their medicinal potential, but with the renewed interest in medicinal plants worldwide, that interest has burgeoned," he said.
Media Note: CSU researcher Dr Philip Kerr will deliver a seminar, ‘Native Plants, Natural Products, Neoplasia … and Diabetes too!’, from 3pm on Thursday 19 March in the conference room, Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute, Pugsley Place off Pine Gully Road. Dr Kerr is a member of the E H Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, an initiative of CSU and the NSW Department of Primary Industries. Dr Kerr will work with the Phytomedicine Programme at the University of Pretoria in South Africa later this year. Print this story Western Research Institute turns 10
17 Mar 2009
 The Western Research Institute (WRI) at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Bathurst is celebrating 10 years of research that has charted and informed developments in rural and regional Australia. CSU Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Ian Goulter, complimented the organisation on this milestone, saying “WRI is celebrating its 10th birthday in the same year that Charles Sturt University is celebrating its 20th. WRI and CSU have worked together on many projects that have helped shape and paint a picture of inland Australia. On behalf of CSU, I congratulate WRI on this significant achievement and look forward to working with the organisation over the next 10 years.” WRI Director, Mr Tom Murphy, said that when the WRI was established in 1999 the aim was to provide timely and factual data about trends and developments in regional Australia and the organisation has exceeded that aim. See more CSU 20th anniversary events here.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Western Research Institute's Mr Tom Murphy. Staff and supporters of the WRI will toast its anniversary and success at a function at the Rafters Bar,CSU at Bathurst from 5 to 6.30pm on Wednesday 18 March. Print this story CSU lecturers to coach Indonesian athletes
17 Mar 2009
 Lecturers at Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) School of Human Movement Studies have been contracted to provide strength and fitness coaching for elite Indonesian athletes. Dr Stephen Bird and Mr Ben Barrington-Higgs have received a new contract from the Indonesian government’s State Ministry of Youth and Sport Affairs, with Dr Bird leading the Indonesian National Top-Tier Athlete Program for 2009. “We are very excited by this development because this is the first time that the Indonesian government has run the Top-Tier Program,” Dr Bird said. “This program supports the top 300 athletes in 45 sports across the broad categories of combat, target, field and water. We have two physical preparation coaches in Indonesia who we oversee, and in April we will travel to Indonesia as part of preparations for the South-East Asian Games in December 2009.” Mr Barrington-Higgs is in charge of the coach and athlete education program.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with CSU lecturers, Dr Stephen Bird or Mr Ben Barrington-Higgs. Print this story Communication hosts myDay at CSU
17 Mar 2009
 By staging its first myDay at Charles Sturt University (CSU) on Tuesday 24 March, the School of Communication at Bathurst is wasting no time in attracting future students to its courses. Head of School, Associate Professor Rod McCulloch, said myDay is designed to give students from the region a taste of university life and the School of Communication by making CSU ‘their University for a day’. “We expect about 60 students from high schools in the Bathurst region will tour the University,” Professor McCulloch said. “Rather than just observe, they will engage in lectures, tutorials, workshops and other student activities. We aim to show potential students why the CSU School of Communication has such a strong reputation for consistently producing highly employable, work-ready graduates for a range of industry sectors, and why Charles Sturt University should be their first choice when applying to study.”
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Head of School of Communication Associate Professor Rod McCulloch. Print this story Biomedical graduates to address current students
17 Mar 2009
 Recent graduates from the Charles Sturt University (CSU) School of Biomedical Sciences at Bathurst, will return to the University on Tuesday 24 March to speak to nursing and paramedic students about career prospects and the value of their CSU studies. Senior lecturer and course coordinator, Ms Veronica Madigan, said, “This is the first time recent graduates from the School will speak to current third year students. These graduates have told me how they now realise the value of their CSU education and want to let third year students know of the job opportunities available in the health sector. They will talk about life after CSU, how they have found working full-time, and how the course has assisted their career progression and current occupations. They are very passionate about CSU and recognise that it is a great University.”
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews. The graduates will speak to current students in lecture room G1 in building C2 at CSU Bathurst at about 9.15am on Tuesday 24 March. The returning graduates are Mr Nathan Smith (medicine), Mr Todd Swinnerton (NSW Ambulance Service), and Mr Daniel McIntosh (nurse at Westmead Hospital in Sydney). Print this story Hair loss for a good cause
17 Mar 2009
 Almost $1 500 has been raised for the Leukaemia Foundation World’s Greatest Shave by a staff member at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Wagga Wagga. Multimedia Officer Mr Ian Hamilton, from the CSU Division of Learning and Teaching Services, said farewell to his locks and his beard on Friday 12 March. Ably supported by his CSU workmates and with sponsorship from local businesses, Mr Hamilton declared his hair loss a resounding success. Local hairdresser, Ms Bree Harrison from Mayhem Hair, gave her skills to the fundraiser free of charge. In thanking everyone for their support Ian said, “I have known people who have battled leukaemia so any money I could raise goes to a great cause”. The World’s Greatest Shave ran from Thursday 12 March until Saturday 14 March to support patients with blood cancers and to fund vital research.
Print this story Owning Indigenous history
13 Mar 2009
 Art works developed by Charles Sturt University (CSU) education students will be unveiled on Monday 16 March in a new exhibition aimed at highlighting progress in the teaching of Aboriginal history in the classroom. “The exhibition’s evocative images illustrate Australian history recognising colonisation and its impacts on Indigenous people as well as their responses and the great struggle for justice,” said senior education lecturer, Dr Mary O’Dowd. Describing the art as confronting and moving, Head of the School of Education at Wagga Wagga, Associate Professor Roslin Brennan-Kemmis said, “the exhibition reflects where the Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultures interact and where we feel discomfort. It is not easy to face the grief of the Stolen Generations and the role of all Australians in this tragedy.” “The song and imagery in the exhibition unite the two cultures and our shared futures,” said Mr John Muk Muk Burke, a Wiradjuri man and CSU Learning Skills Adviser. During the opening, a six year old non-Indigenous girl will share her knowledge of Aboriginal culture with four Wiradjuri Elders. The Elders will also hear from the Bachelor of Education (Primary) students on what they hope to achieve in the classroom for Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. During the opening of the exhibition Aboriginal History: Owning the Past, the University choir will sing Hallleluia as images of Aboriginal history are flashed onto a white wall.
Media Note: Wiradjuri Elder Mrs Isobel Reid and Head of the CSU School of Education, Associate Professor Roslin Brennan-Kemmis will open the exhibition, Aboriginal History: Owning the Past in the CSU Library at Wagga Wagga from 10am, Monday 16 March. CSU Learning Skills Adviser, Mr John Muk Muk Burke and education lecturers, Ms Cheree Dean and Dr Mary O’Dowd will be available for interview at the exhibition opening. Aboriginal History: Owning the Past will run from Monday 16 March until Friday 27 March. CSU Library is in building 13, near car park 7, Nathan Cobb Drive, CSU at Wagga Wagga. The exhibition marks the first group of education students at CSU to complete the subject, ‘Aboriginal History and Culture’.
Print this story Call to rethink investment in land conservation
10 Mar 2009
 Governments across Australia have spent billions of dollars on programs to encourage rural landholders to implement sustainable farming and biodiversity conservation practices, but has this money been well spent? Drawing on his research in south eastern Australia, Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic Professor Allan Curtis will address this question when he speaks at the Fenner Conference on the Environment in Canberra on Wednesday 11 March. Professor Curtis will highlight the reality that most conservation work undertaken by private landholders is not funded by governments and that government investment in conservation programs, particularly those that invest in building and engaging human and social capital in rural communities, makes a difference. “The ‘business as usual’ approaches to engaging rural landholders are unlikely to work in the future given the remarkable change occurring as a large proportion of longer-term owners leave the land,” he said.
Media Note: For interviews contact CSU Media. Professor Allan Curtis, Professor of Integrated Environmental Management at CSU at Albury-Wodonga, will speak on Wednesday 11 March at the Fenner Conference on the Environment, Shine Dome, Gordon St, Canberra. Print this story Marking the years
10 Mar 2009
 While 2009 provides Charles Sturt University (CSU) with an opportunity to celebrate its 20th anniversary, the year is also a time to honour the 114-year tradition of excellence and innovation in teaching, learning and research. The University was established when the Charles Sturt University Act was passed by the NSW Parliament in July 1989, however the institution’s history can be traced back to the Bathurst Experimental Farm, established in 1895.The official opening ceremony for the University’s 20th anniversary will be held from 11am, Thursday 12 March, in Joyes Hall at CSU at Wagga Wagga. Read more here.
Media Note: CSU Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) Professor Lyn Gorman is available for interview about the University’s 20-th anniversary. A copy of Professor Gorman's speech to the 20th anniversary opening is available from at the end of the CSU news release here. Manager of CSU Archives Mr Wayne Doubleday is available for interview about the University's history. Photos of the official opening of the 20-th anniversary are also available. Contact CSU Media. Print this story Information on the university next door
10 Mar 2009
For Dubbo school leavers pondering their future, it’s good to know there’s a university on their doorstep, as local resident Mitchell Welham discovered. Born and raised in Dubbo, Mitchell enrolled to study a primary school teaching degree at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Dubbo, next door to his high school. “Many people wondered why I would want to further my studies in my hometown,” Mitchell said. “I saw CSU at Dubbo as a way to continue my active participation in the Dubbo community and wanted to show that you didn’t have to go far to gain a successful career.” Having begun his teaching career at Tingha Public School in Northern NSW, Mitchell will return to Dubbo next week to graduate. To find out more about the University and its courses available on-campus or by distance education, CSU staff and students will be at Orana Mall to answer questions and guide prospective students through the next steps on their career pathways.
Media Note: The CSU Advisory Days will take place on Thursday 12 March from midday to 7pm, Friday 13 March from midday to 6pm, and Saturday 14 March from 10am to 2pm at Orana Mall, corner of Wheeler’s Lane and Mitchell Highway, Dubbo. The 2009 graduation ceremony for CSU at Dubbo will be held on Wednesday 25 March. Print this story St Patrick?s Day service
10 Mar 2009
 A warm Irish invitation is extended to the Canberra community to attend the annual ‘Celebration of St Patrick’, to be held at 12noon on Monday 16 March in the chapel of Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture (ACC&C) in Canberra. The service is a joint project of the ACC&C and the Canberra Friends of Ireland Society and will be presided over by Reverend Professor James Haire, AM, ACC&C Director. The homilist will be the retired Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, David Cremin, and Ms Susan Ryan, AO, a former Minister in the Keating Government, will give the Irish-Australian Address. Representatives of other churches will take part, as well as representatives from the Embassy of Ireland and diplomatic missions of other countries with historic ties to Ireland. Canberra’s Irish organisations, the Celtic Choir and Irish traditional musicians will provide music, songs and prayers in English and Gaelic. The collection will aid the peace and reconciliation of the Inter-Denominational Corrymeela Community in Northern Ireland.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews. The annual ‘Celebration of St Patrick’ will be held at 12noon on Monday 16 March, in the ACC&C chapel, corner of King’s Avenue and Blackall Street, Barton, Canberra ACT. Parking is available in the grounds of the Centre and in nearby public car parks. For more information, contact Ms Jessica Nelson at the ACC&C on (02) 6272 6201. Print this story Valuing our natural places
10 Mar 2009
 People in and around Maryborough and Castlemaine in Central Victoria will soon be able to have their say on how communities value natural assets. Charles Sturt University (CSU) researcher and PhD student Ms Eloise Seymour is hoping for over 500 replies to a mail survey she is sending out which will give her feedback on how people value local environmental assets such as the local Box-Ironbark Forests, the Moorlort wetlands, and the Loddon River between Baringhup and Vaughan Springs. “The Moorlort wetlands have been dry for 10 years due to the drought but local farmers have said how important they are for bird migration and how spectacular they used to be. Survey participants should consider how they value wetlands now and in the past,” Ms Seymour said. The survey, which should take 20 minutes to complete, will be sent to people living in small towns, regional centres, on farms and with special interests such as field naturalists. “The survey results will help develop better ways for environmental organisations in Australia to decide what natural places should receive government funding and resources,” Ms Seymour said.
Media Note: For interviews with Ms Eloise Seymour on her research project titled ‘Considering community values for natural assets in regional Natural Resource Management decision making’, contact Margrit Beemster on (02) 6051 9653. Her research is funded by the Future Farm Industries Cooperative Research Centre and is part of the Institute for Land, Water and Society. Survey results should be distributed to respondents by August 2009. Print this story Victory in blood donations
10 Mar 2009
 The Australian Red Cross Blood Service has named Charles Sturt University (CSU) as the winner of its Club Red Corporate Challenge in Wagga Wagga for the second successive year. The University made the highest number of blood donations of businesses in Wagga Wagga in 2008. During a visit to CSU at Wagga Wagga by the Red Cross donor mobile unit, the Club Red Corporate Challenge trophy was presented to the University, with donations by CSU staff and students totalling 233 in 2008. The University’s blood donation efforts continue in 2009 as part of CSU’s 20th anniversary celebrations. The University has issued a ‘North-South’ challenge in March where the total staff and student blood donations at CSU at Dubbo, Orange and Bathurst (North) will be tallied against donations at Wagga Wagga and Albury-Wodonga (South). Read more here.
Print this story Jobs, jobs, jobs at fair
10 Mar 2009
.JPG) The prospect of gaining fresh employment leads was so inviting to a Charles Sturt University (CSU) distance education student that he travelled from Adelaide to attend the University’s Careers Fair at Bathurst on Monday 9 March. Mr Paul Cooper has studied a Bachelor of Business (Agricultural Commerce) with the School of Management and Marketing by distance education and will graduate at CSU at Orange later in March. “This is a great way to kick off career employment opportunities,” Mr Cooper said. “It’s an excellent meeting place for employers and graduates, and has confirmed for me that networking is the way find a great job. It has definitely been worth coming over from Adelaide to attend this event.” Ms Vicki Anderson, Student Services Career Counsellor and event organiser, said that the 36 employer organisations who participated all gave her positive feedback, as did the many CSU students who attended.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews. Employer groups participating at the CSU Careers Fair included the Australian Defence Forces, government departments, education employers, international accountancy firms such as KPMG and Ernst & Young, and regional firms WHK, Morse Group Accountants, and Boyce Chartered Accountants. Print this story
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Two Bachelor of Arts (Photography) students had works selected in 2008 to hang in the National Photographic Portrait Prize exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra. The students, Ms Kate Lewis, who is now studying a Masters of Arts Practice at CSU, and Mr Matt Regan joined staff from the CSU 