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Students raise money for Wagga Wagga
07 Oct 2008
 Fundraising efforts by Charles Sturt University (CSU) students have seen several hundred dollars presented recently to two organisations in Wagga Wagga. Ms Coleen Pearce from the Health Promotion Service in the CSU Division of Student Services presented $550 to the Women’s Health Clinic in September. Ms Pearce also presented $360 on behalf of students to Ronald McDonald House in Wagga Wagga. The money was raised in 2007 during activities on the Wagga Wagga Campus including the sexual health initiative, Vaginal Awareness Week, and the mental health promotion day, ‘Chill Out’, which was held in October last year. The Health Promotion Service offers positive health promotions on campuses throughout the year to encourage a preventative approach to the health of the students. The service is organising student activities this week to mark National Mental Health Week.
Media Note: Photos available from CSU Media. Print this story Art is everywhere
07 Oct 2008
Media Note: The HR Gallop Gallery is open to the public from Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. It is located in building 21, near car park 2, Darnell Smith Drive, CSU, Wagga Wagga. Mr Kalt is employed by the CSU Division of Student Administration. Print this story Christian mission in the public square
30 Sep 2008
 An international conference in Canberra this week will explore how the Christian message speaks in public and civic life in Australia and globally. The Christian Mission in the Public Square conference will be held at Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture (ACC&C) from Thursday 2 October to Sunday 5 October. About 80 participants from across Australia, Asia and New Zealand will attend the conference which is co-sponsored by the Australian Association for Mission Studies (AAMS) and CSU’s strategic research centre, Public and Contextual Theology (PACT). Director of the ACC&C and Chairman of the Global Network for Public Theology (GNPT), the Reverend Professor James Haire, AM, said “This conference will discuss the history, theology and practice of the Christian mission, and public theology in word and action. For example, some could argue that there is a contradiction between the Christian mission and public theology, while others might assert that public theology is the most legitimate way of engaging civil society with the claims of Christianity in our time.” The conference’s keynote speaker, South African theologian Professor Nico Koopman, will discuss the Christian mission in the public arena of South Africa, and its implications internationally.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Reverend Professor James Haire, Professor Nico Koopman or Professor Ross Langmead, Professor of Missiology, Whitley College, Melbourne. Professor Langmead is the Secretary of the Australian Association of Mission Studies. The Christian Mission in the Public Square conference will be held from Thursday 2 October to Sunday 5 October in the chapel of CSU’s Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, 15 Blackall Street, Barton, Canberra. Print this story War reporting 'alive and well'
30 Sep 2008
 One of the few women to research and write on the dynamics between the media and the military, Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration), Professor Lyn Gorman, will speak at the Chief of Army’s annual Military History Conference in Canberra on Thursday 9 October. Professor Gorman, has a special interest in the Cold War. She will present a paper entitled The Cold War: An Australian Perspective in which she argues that, contrary to the view that the Korean War was ‘the forgotten war‘, Australian media did provide coverage of this 1950s conflict, and in the case of the Vietnam War in the 1960s and 1970s, they provided more critical and thorough coverage of the war and Australian involvement in it than has been generally believed. “My research found considerable critical and careful reporting of both wars, which goes against the common assumption that the wars were either largely ignored or that the coverage lacked independence,” Professor Gorman says. “New technologies such as video phones and YouTube, have continued to change the way that war is reported.”
Media Note: Professor Lyn Gorman will speak at The Chief of Army’s Military History Conference, themed The Military, the Media and Information Warfare in Canberra on Thursday 9 October. A revised edition of her book Media and Society into the 21st Century, co-authored with Dr David McLean, will be released at the end of 2008 by publisher Wylie-Blackwell. She has also written in War and Society, a journal published by the Australian Defence Force Academy. Print this story Secrets of Murray crayfish revealed
30 Sep 2008
 A Charles Sturt University (CSU) researcher who is investigating the long term sustainability of the iconic Murray crayfish in NSW and Victoria will present a talk at the Wonga Wetlands on the Murray River near Albury on Friday 3 October. Ms Sylvia Zukowski will speak about the habitat, diet, location and possible reasons for the declining population of the crayfish. The second largest fresh water crayfish in the world (after the Tasmanian crayfish), it lives in the Murray and Murrumbidgee rivers and their tributaries, but is no longer found downstream from Mildura. Sylvia is completing a PhD on the ecological and social impacts of fresh water fishing regulations on Murray crayfish, through CSU’s Institute for Land, Water and Society and is supervised by well known aquatic scientist Associate Professor Robyn Watts and social researcher Professor Allan Curtis.
Media Note: CSU student Ms Sylvia Zukowski will present information about the Murray Crayfish at the Wonga Wetlands Walkabout evening at 6.30pm on Friday 3 October at the Wonga Wetlands, five minutes west of Albury. For interviews with Ms Zukowski, contact CSU Media. Print this story Vocational award for CSU student
30 Sep 2008
 Combining her studies with two jobs, family responsibilities and community service work is part of the juggling act Mrs Jill Morris has successfully performed for a number years. Mrs Morris, from Dubbo in the NSW central west, was named in September as the NSW Vocational Student of the Year at the NSW State Training Awards, hosted by the NSW Department of Education and Training (DET). Mrs Morris is benefiting from a joint program introduced by Charles Sturt University (CSU) and the TAFE NSW Western Institute in 2005. Students enrol at the two institutions and begin their social work studies in three courses at the same time, including the CSU Bachelor of Social Work. As part of her CSU degree, Mrs Morris has this month started her work placement in oncology at Dubbo Base Hospital. “The TAFE/CSU initiative has offered me an opportunity to study at a level that I would not have considered without the joint venture,” said Mrs Morris. “Jill’s success in her studies demonstrates the success that many social work students achieve when they return to learning with a wealth of personal, family and community life experiences,” said Mr Neil Barber, lecturer in the CSU School of Humanities and Social Sciences in Wagga Wagga.
Media Note: For interviews with Ms Jill Morris, contact CSU Media. Print this story International experience for future teachers
30 Sep 2008
Charles Sturt University (CSU) education student and future teacher Ms Rebekah Salvaire was on a holiday with a difference when she travelled recently to Korea as part of her studies with the University’s Murray School of Education. With assistance from CSU, the final year student realised her goal to visit and work in Korea, while learning more about herself. “I learnt so much about my own culture by being removed from it. It made me realise how much my culture impacts on who I am. I am now studying subjects back here in Australia that requires me to reflect on the privileges of my culture and identity. My overseas experience has shaped and grown me – it was not just a holiday." CSU education lecturer Ms Sharon Milsome led the group of eight students to South Korea for four weeks, which included a teaching practicum in an international school. “We were completely immersed in Korean culture with lectures on its history, language, economy and business, cuisine and culture.” Twelve students will gain further international experience in October when they travel to the Pacific Island country of Vanuatu to teach for one week in local primary schools.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media for interviews and print quality pictures of the visit to Korea. Print this story CSU students to do business in China
30 Sep 2008
Two Charles Sturt University (CSU) business students will take their university education to China in 2009 after each won a $5 000 scholarship allowing them to study at a Chinese university for one semester. Wodonga’s Mr Brenton Olsen and Mr Cobie Butler from Albury are currently enrolled in international business management degrees with CSU’s School of Business and Information Technology, based at Thurgoona. Both have been selected for their academic records and their representative skills to attend a Chinese university in partnership with CSU. While there, the students will undertake intensive training in Business Chinese that will be credited to their CSU degree in international business management. Mr Olsen said, “The chance to learn Mandarin and to have an understanding of Chinese culture, society and business practices will be invaluable in my future career.” Previous participants in the program have returned to China after completing their degrees, including Mr Angus Coghlan from Gerogery who is currently based in Shanghai in a management position with a global logistics firm. Both students leave for China in February 2009.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media for interviews. Print this story Heart Day calls for Health Clinics
26 Sep 2008
On World Heart Day, Sunday 28 September, health researchers from Charles Sturt University (CSU) are calling for more university-based health clinics in rural areas based on research recently conducted in rural south-eastern NSW and north-eastern Victoria. The research has discovered diabetes complications, such as cardiovascular disease, contribute to morbidity and mortality even before diabetes has been diagnosed. CSU diabetes expert Dr Herbert Jelinek is part of a research team investigating how diabetes associated with atherosclerosis, a disease affecting arterial blood vessels, affects the autonomic nervous system and leads to disturbed heart rhythms. “Hypertension is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease and is estimated to cause 4.5 per cent of current global disease burden,” Dr Jelinek says. “Early identification of those with higher risk of autonomic nervous system dysfunction, can reduce casualties of severe cardiovascular disease.”
Media Note: For interviews contact CSU Media Print this story Investing in inland Australia
24 Sep 2008
 Plans by Charles Sturt University (CSU) to invest tens of millions of dollars in infrastructure for inland Australia in coming years will be delivered directly to the construction and building industry during briefings this month. Hosted by CSU’s Division of Facilities Management (DFM), the industry briefings will be held in Wagga Wagga on Wednesday 24 September and in Bathurst on Tuesday 30 September. “The briefings allow us to talk directly with local and national building professionals, contractors and consultants that are interested in partnering with CSU to deliver the extensive infrastructure investment across our campuses,” said Mr Stephen Butt, Executive Director of DFM. “The University’s programs of Veterinary Science in Wagga Wagga and Dentistry in Orange and Wagga Wagga are well advanced but we also have plans that include major refurbishment of teaching spaces and laboratories across the campuses, construction of student amenities and facilities, office upgrades and improvements to sporting facilities,” said Mr Butt. “The University Strategy is supported by between $150 million to $175 million dollars worth of capital expenditure over the next three to five years.” A recent national call for expressions of interest for the registration on the University’s ‘Multi Vendor List’ prompted 400 companies to download documents from CSU.
Media Note: CSU’s Mr Stephen Butt is available for interview. The industry briefings will be held in the Wagga Wagga RSL Club on Wednesday 24 September from 10.30am to 12.30pm and in the Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre on Tuesday 30 September from 10.30am to 12.30pm. An agenda for the industry briefings is available here.
Print this story Funding boost for sustainable farming practices
23 Sep 2008
 Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) strong tradition of working with farmers to provide solutions to agricultural challenges is continuing through collaboration on a project with Murrumbidgee Landcare to manage drought through sustainable farming systems. Funded by grocery giant Woolworths, the project was launched by the NSW Minister for Primary Industries, The Hon. Ian Macdonald, MP, at the Henty Machinery Fields Days in the Riverina on Tuesday 23 September. Researchers from the EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation will work on the project with Murrumbidgee Landcare and farmers at Henty, Junee, Mirrool Creek and Harden. Centre director Professor Deirdre Lemerle says encouraging farmers to retain the stubble from cereal crops, rather than burning it, increases soil moisture and carbon content. “The funding means we can continue to work closely with farmers to manage stubble for soil health, which, in association with integrated weed management, aims to secure the long term sustainability of agriculture,” she said.
Media Note: The NSW Minister for Primary Industries, The Hon. Ian Macdonald, MP, launched the $150 000 Woolworths sponsored project ’Sustainable Farming Drought Program’ at the Henty Machinery Fields Days. The EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation is a collaborative alliance between CSU and the NSW Department of Primary Industries. Print this story Mental health workers for Indigenous Australia
23 Sep 2008
 An innovative Charles Sturt University (CSU) program to educate and train Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to work as mental health and drug and alcohol practitioners in their communities will be on show later this week. Nine final year students in the Bachelor of Health Science (Mental Health) will attend an Indigenous mental health conference on CSU’s Wagga Wagga Campus on Thursday 25 September. The students from across Australia will address mental health topics involving colonisation, carers, Aboriginal women, drugs and sexual assault. Known as the Djirruwang Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health program, the course aims to build workforce capacity and improve health care in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities by equipping the graduates to work in mainstream and cultural organisations and communities. The conference is being held during the students’ final residential school at CSU. Professor Elaine Duffy, Head of the CSU School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mr Ray Eldridge, the Manager of CSU Indigenous Support Unit, and Mr Wayne Rigby, the Director of the Djirruwang program, will also address the conference.
Media Note: The conference will be held in the Convention Centre, CSU, Wagga Wagga, from 9am to 4pm. A Welcome to Country by Wiradjuri Elders will be held at 9.10am. The conference will also hear from Ms Christine Fejo-King, the Indigenous co-Chair of the Stolen Generation Alliance and the Chair of the National Coalition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Workers, Ms Jenna Bateman, Chief Executive Officer of the Mental Health Coordinating Council, the peak body for community mental health organisations in NSW. A program for the conference is available from CSU Media. The Djirruwang program was awarded a citation in 2008 from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning and an award in 2007 for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Initiative. Read more about the Djirruwang program here.
Print this story 'Green' building open for business
23 Sep 2008
 Charles Sturt University (CSU) academics have moved into their new ‘green home’ as part of the next phase of the University’s $40 million building program at Thurgoona. The building will initially house over 20 academic, research and general staff from the new School of Business and Information Technology (SBIT). It includes a ground-breaking material which helps regulate temperatures inside buildings to reduce the need for air conditioning. Developed by German-based industrial chemical company BASF, the building material is in the form of special plaster boards and flooring screed. This material includes small granules of a waxlike material that liquefies at higher temperatures, increasing its capacity to absorb heat from surrounding air. The building also includes other energy saving and environmentally friendly features such as double glazed windows, good use of daylight to reduce the need for office lighting, rainwater collection for flushing toilets, an automated building management system to control ventilation and temperature, and roof funnels for purging hot air from the building at night. The University is awaiting final notification of the ‘green star’ rating of the building with the Green Building Council of Australia.
Media Note: For interviews about the new building, contact CSU Media. Print this story Education for Sustainability conference at CSU
23 Sep 2008
.jpg) Promoting education for environmental sustainability is the focus of a conference for the Bathurst community and primary and secondary school teachers at Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Bathurst Campus on Friday 24 October. Ms Jan Page, lecturer at the School of Teacher Education which is organising the conference, said the meeting is timely given the attention that environmental issues are receiving. “Education for Sustainability: Connecting Classrooms and Communities aims to raise the importance of environmental education in schools, while providing practical ideas that teachers and the community can adapt and adopt. The focus is on ways that education for environmental sustainability can be used to integrate various aspects of the school curriculum and for connecting classrooms and communities." The conference will include a panel discussion with teachers who have experience of developing environmental initiatives in schools.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Ms Jan Page. The conference, Education for Sustainability: Connecting Classrooms and Communities, will be from 9am to 3.30pm on Friday 24 October at the James Hardie Room at the CSU Centre for Professional Development (building S17), Bathurst Campus. For more information contact Ms Jan Page on (02) 6338 4367 or by email jpage@csu.edu.au. Print this story National awards for CSU olives
23 Sep 2008
 Olives from Charles Sturt University (CSU) have placed well in the 2008 Royal Canberra Extra Virgin Olive Oil Show. During a ceremony held on Saturday 20 September, the olive oil produced by ‘Long Paddock Olive Rustlers at Charles Sturt University’ received two silver medals and a bronze medal. In the show’s Class One Small Volume Bottled Category, the oils known as Suspence and After Glow received silver, and the oil Heritage Trees received bronze. “I am absolutely delighted at these results in the national competition for the industry,” said Mr Shane Cummins from Long Paddock Olive Rustlers. “The medals are a tribute to the quality of the olives picked from the Experimental Olive Grove and Heritage Olive at CSU earlier this year.” The 7th Royal Canberra Extra Virgin Olive Oil Show was conducted under the auspices of the Royal National Capital Agricultural Society to showcase the quality product now being produced by the Australian olive oil industry. Read more about the two olive groves at CSU’s Wagga Wagga Campus here.
Media Note: Mr Shane Cummins from ‘Long Paddock Olive Rustlers’ is available on 0421 910 474. Print this story Walk at work
23 Sep 2008
Charles Sturt University (CSU) staff and students are being encouraged to participate in a Walk at Work Day on CSU’s Wagga Wagga Campus on Friday 3 October. As part of the Pedestrian Council of Australia’s Walk to Work Day, the University’s Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Committee has organised a four kilometre walk around the campus before work. The walk will start at 7.15am from the quadrangle outside the Nosh Pit canteen and will proceed along Tabbita Walk, Keajura Walk, Walla Walk, Valder Way, Pine Gully Road, Pugsley Place, Nathan Cobb Drive and then cross country back to the starting point for a free healthy breakfast. The breakfast will be served between 8am and 9am. Prizes will be presented for best outfits, including headwear, in the categories of individual and team walkers.
Media Note: The walk will start at 7.15am in the quadrangle outside the Nosh Pit canteen, building 20, near Carpark 2, Darnell Smith Drive, CSU, Wagga Wagga. A map of CSU’s Wagga Wagga Campus is available here.
Print this story Students in partnership with stroke victims
23 Sep 2008
 With a significant percentage of stroke victims left with speech and language impairments, Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) speech pathology course is training a new generation of therapists to ensure that the focus is always on getting people back to the activities that are important to them. Lecturer at CSU’s School of Community Health, Ms Libby Clark, believes that rehabilitation after stroke is something that should not stop at the hospital door. “It needs to reach right back to the community level to support people who have strokes to get back into the everyday activities that give their lives meaning,” she says. “The CSU program strongly emphasises the social aspects of health to students. This teaches them to think beyond what the person can’t do, and to think about what the person can do, and what everyday activities are important to the person. Our students get very practical, hands-on experience during the four year course, with a real emphasis on working in partnership with the client and their families.”
Media Note: For interviews with speech pathology lecturers and PhD students contact CSU Media.
Print this story Promoting leadership skills
23 Sep 2008
Special recognition has been given by Charles Sturt University (CSU) to several staff for their commitment to developing their leadership and management skills. CSU Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Ian Goulter, attended a special presentation for the staff in Wagg Wagga on Monday 22 September for the seven staff who completed the Graduate Certificate in University Leadership and Management. The qualification is offered through the CSU Faculty of Business as part of a CSU objective to provide a range of learning opportunities and resources for current and future leaders. The staff are Mr Peter Jones, Manager of Campus Services in the Division of Facilities Management (DFM) at the Albury-Wodonga Campus; Ms Shelley McMenamin, University Records Manager in the Division of Information Technology (DIT), Albury-Wodonga Campus; Mr Jorge Rebolledo, Academic Registrar and lecturer in Research Methods at the United Theological College, Parramatta Campus; Mr Brian Roberson, Manager, Technology Integration in DIT, Bathurst Campus; Mr Wayne Millar, Director of Operations in the DFM; Mr Sam Parker, Team Leader, Systems and Business Processes at the Learning Materials Centre at Wagga Wagga Campus; and Mrs Miriam Dayhew, University Ombudsman.
Print this story Universities must educate for social justice
22 Sep 2008
.jpg) A keynote address by a Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic to a national conference in Melbourne on Monday 22 September will advocate that the concept of ‘cultural competence’ is necessary as a teaching framework for university-trained professionals because social attitudes and the services professionals provide to Indigenous Australians remain powerful barriers to achieving social justice. Ms Wendy Nolan, lecturer and Deputy Director of the Charles Sturt University (CSU) Centre for Indigenous Studies at its Dubbo Campus in NSW, will speak on Changing Paradigms, Changing Practices: A Cultural Competency Approach at the Indigenous Australians: Safe and Competent Counselling Practices Conference. “Australia’s professionals must have the skills to increase their professional capacity to work effectively to achieve social justice for Indigenous Australians,” Ms Nolan said. “Australian universities have a significant role to ensure that all graduates have a sound knowledge and understanding of Indigenous cultures, histories and issues.”
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Ms Wendy Nolan. Ms Nolan will deliver her keynote address, Changing Paradigms, Changing Practices: A Cultural Competency Approach, at the Indigenous Australians: Safe and Competent Counselling Practices Conference, at Swinburne University, Lilydale Campus, at 4pm Monday 22 September. More information re Ms Nolan’s topic can be found here.
Print this story US Consul General at CSU
22 Sep 2008
 Charles Sturt University (CSU) will host a visit this week from the US Consul General, Mrs Judith Fergin. CSU Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Ian Goulter, will welcome Mrs Fergin to the University’s Wagga Wagga Campus on Tuesday 23 September. While at CSU, the US Consul General will tour the CSU Winery, the new Veterinary Clinical Centre and the Equine Centre where she will be shown the large 3 000 square metre indoor arena. CSU equine studies students will also present a dressage display at the centre. Head of the CSU Wagga Wagga Campus, Professor David Green, will then accompany Mrs Fergin to a lunch with senior CSU staff. Mayor of Wagga Wagga, Councillor Kerry Pascoe, is also expected to attend the lunch. Mrs Fergin has been the US Consul General in Sydney since July 2007.
Media Note: The US Consul General Mrs Judith Fergin will be available for interviews and photos at the Equine Centre, Agricultural Avenue, on CSU Wagga Wagga Campus, from 12.45 to 12.55pm on Tuesday 23 September.
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The existence of art in our everyday lives was highlighted during the opening of an exhibition of works by Charles Sturt University (CSU) Master of Arts student Mr Jason Kalt. The 22 mixed media pieces by Mr Kalt were positively received when the exhibition, Deus Ex Machina, was opened by the Head of CSU at Wagga Wagga, Professor David Green, on Tuesday 30 September. “These works are playful and engaging,” said Professor Green. Congratulating the artist, Professor Green told the audience that “our lives are imbued with the notion of art”. The exhibition in the HR Gallop Gallery on the University’s Wagga Wagga Campus runs until Friday 17 October.