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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 Long service to CSU and community recognised
17 Nov 2009
Four staff members of Charles Sturt University (CSU) will be recognised for their long service to the institution, which this year celebrates its 20th anniversary, at a formal luncheon to be held on Thursday 19 November. Mr Mark Carden, a senior manager with the Division of Student Administration, will be recognised for 30 years of service to CSU and its predecessor institutions and local communities. Associate Professor John Atkinson and Mrs Susan Petzke from the Faculty of Business and Mr Philip Sefton from the Division of Information Technology will also receive awards for 20 years service. All are based on the Albury-Wodonga Campus.
Media Note: The 20 and 30-year awards will be presented in the Boardroom, Gordon Bevan Building at CSU’s Thurgoona site, starting at 11.45am on Thursday 19 November. For pictures and interviews, contact CSU Media. Print this story Student Central for CSU student services
17 Nov 2009
As Charles Sturt University (CSU) enhances its administration to better service the needs of its students, a competition to name the new Student Service Centre reflects this student-centred approach. Albury-Wodonga health and habilitation degree student Mr Ben Southi has won a new iPod with his entry, ‘Student Central’, to name the new centres, which will be found on each of the main CSU campuses located in Bathurst, Dubbo, Orange, Thurgoona and Wagga Wagga. At Thurgoona, the new centre will be housed in the new Learning Commons building. The new centres will be ready for the 2010 academic year.
Media Note: CSU student Ben Southi will receive his prize from the Manager of Student Central, Ms Vicki Pitcher, at 10am on Wednesday 18 November in front of the Learning Commons building, CSU at Albury-Wodonga, off Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, Thurgoona. Print this story Keeping in good voice
17 Nov 2009
People who rely on their voices for their livelihoods, such as teachers, singers and auctioneers, can receive assessment and care for the vocal tools of their trade at a free clinic in Albury starting in November. Speech pathology professionals from Albury Hospital and Charles Sturt University (CSU) along with CSU students will collaborate to offer an 'Intensive Voice Management Clinic' consisting of an assessment and five therapy sessions over three weeks. The sessions will be conducted by voice specialist and speech pathologist, Dr Alison Winkworth, and Albury Hospital senior speech pathologist, Ms Rebecca Clear, together with CSU final-year speech pathology students using the latest voice assessment and therapy technology. The clinic is due to start with an assessment session on Monday 23 November. Potential clients can contact Ms Clear on (02) 6058 4565 or email her rebecca.clear@gsahs.health.nsw.gov.au .
Media Note: For interviews about the voice clinic, contact CSU Media. Print this story Early childhood services look to future
12 Nov 2009
 Early childhood services on the Border can start planning for 2010 with a national perspective at the 2009 Building Bridges Regional Early Years Conference to be held on Thursday 12 and Friday 13 November in Albury and Wodonga. The keynote address for the conference will be delivered by the lead author of the recently released Early Years Learning Framework, Professor Jennifer Sumsion from Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) School of Teacher Education, who will talk about the new national framework and what will be expected of children’s services in 2010. Organised by Wodonga City Council, Wodonga Institute of TAFE and CSU, the Thursday sessions on the new vision for children’s learning will be held at Wodonga TAFE. On Friday, education experts from around Australia will discuss how the national framework will be integrated into local services. The presentations around this theme will take place at the new Learning Hub on CSU’s Thurgoona site, off Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, Thurgoona.
Media Note: For interviews with CSU experts and the conference organisers, contact CSU Media. CSU’s Professor Jennifer Sumison will arrive on the Border on Thursday afternoon. She will give the keynote address for the conference on Thursday evening 12 November at the Valleys Restaurant at Wodonga TAFE, McKoy St, Wodonga. Print this story Indigenous day for Border schools
10 Nov 2009
 Clap stick painting, bush tucker barbeques, storytelling, dance, poster displays and face painting will all be on show at the annual Indigenous Day for Border primary schools and preschools run by Charles Sturt University (CSU). Students enrolled in the early childhood education course will demonstrate ethical, appropriate teaching for Indigenous activities for children. “At some point in their teaching careers, CSU students will be required to work in groups and these presentations will allow them to gauge how they can do this in ways that work for the benefit of both teachers and school children,” said the event coordinator and CSU Indigenous academic, Yalmambirra. Around 800 school children will attend the event from 9am to 2.30pm on Thursday 12 November, at Mirambeena Community Centre, Lavington (opposite Lavington swimming pool).
Media Note: For interviews with CSU academic Yalmambirra at the Mirambeena Centre, contact CSU Media. Print this story Plea for action for wetlands
08 Nov 2009
 Globally, the rate of loss of freshwater wetlands exceeds that of any other ecosystem and predicted climate change will greatly exacerbate the trend in the future. According to Charles Sturt University (CSU) vertebrate ecologist Dr Iain Taylor, wetlands provide invaluable ecosystem services to humans throughout the world and are essential habitats for an amazing diversity of flora and fauna. “Many species of water birds are in serious decline and the on-going drought in southeast Australia has caused a massive and probably irreversible decline in most of the larger water birds such as egrets, ibises and spoonbills,” he said. Dr Taylor is the convener of the international conference, Wetlands and Waterbirds: Managing for Resilience in Leeton in the Riverina region of NSW from Monday 9 November. Also presenting at the conference is CSU wetland ecologist Professor Max Finlayson who said climate change will place many wetlands and species under further pressure from rising temperatures and changes to their water regimes as rainfall patterns change. “If anything we should be constructing or restoring more wetlands, not degrading those that are left. They are valuable and have been under stress for far too long,” said Professor Finlayson, Director of CSU’s Institute for Land, Water and Society.
Media Note: To arrange interviews contact CSU Media. The Wetlands and Waterbirds Conference will be held from Monday 9 to Wednesday 11 November at the Leeton Soldiers Club in Leeton. CSU academics presenting at the conference are Professor Max Finlayson, Dr Iain Taylor, Professor Mark Morrison and PhD students Maria Bellio and Anna Lukasiewicz. The conference program is available here. For media inquiries on Tuesday 10 November and Wednesday 11 November contact Ms Tracey Valensis on 0407 262 496. The Fivebough and Tuckerbil Swamps are internationally recognised wetlands under the Ramsar Convention and home to large waterbird populations, just minutes from Leeton.
Print this story Graduates celebrate in Hong Kong
05 Nov 2009
The Chancellor of Charles Sturt University (CSU) Mr Lawrie Willett AO will praise the academic achievements of almost 70 graduates who are eligible to receive their awards at a ceremony in Hong Kong on Saturday 7 November. The graduates will receive their postgraduate and undergraduate awards from the University’s Faculties of Arts, Business, Education and Science from 10.30am in the Langham Place Hotel in Hong Kong. The occasional address will be delivered at the graduation ceremony by Mr Steve O’Conner, the Librarian at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Mr O’Conner has worked in Higher Education for most of his career and has researched, published, spoken, consulted and taught very extensively in the areas of change, organisational management, information delivery, scenario and strategic planning, as well as the wider library and information environment. Graduates have completed a range of courses at CSU in areas such as theology, business, information technology, hotel management, arts, primary education, library and information management, medical imaging and clinical nursing.
Media Note: The ceremony will be held from 10.30am in the Langham Place Hotel, 555 Shanghai Street, Mongkok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Charles Sturt University is one of Australia’s leading providers of distance education with currently 20,000 students around the world studying by distance education. Print this story Break a leg and manage the damage
03 Nov 2009
Two experts will be at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Albury-Wodonga this week to demonstrate and discuss the latest techniques in managing lower limb injuries.
Visit coordinator and CSU podiatry lecturer, Ms Caroline Robinson, said the free public lectures would be particularly interesting to Border health professionals who deal with lower limb injuries. “Charles Sturt University’s School of Community Health is committed to inter-professional education and the University plays an important role in the education and professional development of health professionals in regional Australia,” Ms Robinson said.
Media Note: For further information on these visiting experts, contact CSU Media. Print this story |
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