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Rural cervical cancer research
16 Sep 2008
Services for women with cervical cancer who live in rural Australia could be improved as a result of a study to be carried out by a Charles Sturt University (CSU) psychology student. Ms Melissa Elleray, a fourth year Honours student at the School of Social Sciences and Liberal Studies, hopes her study of rural women who have had cervical cancer will provide insight into their experiences so that services and funding can be better targeted. “There seems to be little support for or awareness about how rural women experience cervical cancer, and as I have experienced a risk of developing the disease myself, I want to help these women have their stories heard. My research will explore what it was like going through treatment while trying to maintain a normal life,” Ms Elleray said. The research requires confidential face-to-face interviews with up to 12 women in rural NSW and Victoria before the end of 2008. Women interested in participating in the research can contact Ms Elleray on 0409 808 598.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Ms Melissa Elleray. Print this story Age and skills limiting regional businesses
16 Sep 2008
 An ageing workforce and difficulties in attracting and retaining young professionals are seen as the most important concerns for the future of Border businesses, according to a group of leading businesspeople and Charles Sturt University (CSU) academics. Drawn from leading Border businesses and the University’s School of Business and Information Technology (SBIT), the group identified in-house graduate placement programs among the main ways of attracting and retaining young professionals in local businesses. Head of SBIT, Associate Professor John Atkinson, believes one solution to the skills shortage is to develop a stronger professional community, which could be facilitated by developing closer links between the community and CSU. “The group identified areas such as offering more work internships to CSU students, mentoring and guest lectures as ways the community could offer its services to the University, while the School can provide research expertise and findings, target employment skills in courses, and provide forums for topical community issues.” The group will meet again later in the year to further strengthen the linkages between the School and the Border community.
Media Note: For interviews with Associate Professor John Atkinson, contact CSU Media. Print this story Echoes of the past
09 Sep 2008
 In the mid-1860s many hardworking German farmers left South Australia to select cheap farming land in the fertile Southern Riverina region of NSW. Charles Sturt University (CSU) archaeologist and cultural heritage manager, Associate Professor Dirk Spennemann, has captured this link to the region’s past in his first public photographic exhibition ‘Echoes of the Past, Voices of the Future’. The exhibition traces the remaining reminders of German communities such as Jindera, Gerogery, Walla Walla and Edgehill between Albury and Wagga Wagga, and examines what role their past may play in the future. Held in partnership with Albury City to celebrate National History Week 2008 from 6 to 14 September, ‘Echoes of the Past’ opens at the Albury Library Museum, Kiewa St, on Thursday 11 September. “We have a high concentration of German settlements in the region but not much research has been done on them. More than 30 per cent of people living here would have German ancestry,” said Professor Spennemann, a key researcher with the University’s Institute for Land, Water and Society.
Media Note: For interviews with Professor Spennemann contact Margrit Beemster on (02) 6051 9653.
Print this story So much sky
09 Sep 2008
‘So much sky’ was one of the early impressions of post-World War II immigrants from war-torn Europe when they arrived at the Bonegilla Reception and Training Centre near Wodonga between 1947 and 1971. Over many years, Bruce Pennay, an adjunct Associate Professor with Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Institute for Land, Water and Society (ILWS), has researched the stories of these newcomers to the vast Australian continent. Starting at 11am on Friday 12 September as part of National History Week, Professor Pennay will launch So Much Sky, a history of the Bonegilla centre which traces the migrants’ journeys and relates to the post-war immigration which was the biggest demographic change for Australia since the gold rushes of the nineteenth century. So Much Sky and an associated website were jointly funded by Albury City and the NSW Migration Heritage Centre.
Media Note: See more information at the So Much Sky website. The launch will start at 11am on Friday 12 September in the Albury Library Museum, Kiewa St, Albury. Print this story Tossing out food like a running tap
04 Sep 2008
A visiting international water expert believes "Tossing out food is just like keeping the tap running". Dr Charlotte de Fraiture, from the International Water Management Institute in Sri Lanka, will speak on Water for Fuel and Food in a Changing World at a public seminar to be hosted next week by Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Institute for Land, Water and Society (ILWS). Dr de Fraiture, who was a keynote speaker at the 11th International Riversymposium held recently in Brisbane, Queensland, will speak at the School of Environmental Sciences on the University’s Thurgoona site. Dr de Fraiture has worked on such diverse water issues as catchment development, measuring irrigation performance, and modelling global water supply and demand. The seminar, starting at 3pm on Monday 8 September, will be followed by afternoon tea and an opportunity to speak with Dr de Fraiture.
Media Note: For interviews with Dr Charlotte de Fraiture, contact ILWS communications coordinator Margrit Beemster on (02) 6051 9653 or on email. Dr de Fraiture will be available for interviews tomorrow, Friday 5 September, at 10am at the School of Environmental Sciences building on CSU’s Albury-Wodonga Campus, off Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, Thurgoona. Print this story CSU students battling the bulge
26 Aug 2008
Charles Sturt University (CSU) students are making the battle against obesity and eating disorders personal with a cooking competition to show healthy eating can be cheap as well as nutritious, quick, tasty and good looking. Three student groups – the Nutrition and Dietetics (or Nut) Club, the Social Workers Club and the Health Action Team – are gathering favourite student recipes for a recipe book, with the top 12 recipes entered into a cook-off competition to be held in October on the University’s Wagga Wagga Campus. A panel of local judges will name the winner of a $150 voucher for groceries. President of the Nut Club, Mr Kingsley Vance, hopes that initiatives like this will help the communities within CSU campuses – Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst, Dubbo, Orange and Wagga Wagga – to improve their food choices. “University students are often at risk of not eating a nutritious diet, so our competition is all about raising awareness of good nutrition in all our communities,” he said.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media for interviews. Entries in the competition close on Friday 12 September and the cook-off will be held on Tuesday 14 October. Print this story Aiming for one step better next year
26 Aug 2008
A team of seven Charles Sturt University (CSU) students are looking to go ‘one better’ after completing the 2008 City-to-Surf Fun Run last month in Sydney. The team – including Brad White, Andrew Burns and Dominique Ferguson who were the fastest runners in the Brooks Podiatry Team – came second by 35 seconds to the eventual winners. “I am sure we can make that up next year and go one better,” said Mr White, the team leader. “Not a bad showing for a group of ‘no name’ university students!” The students, who are all enrolled in CSU’s podiatry course, based on its Albury-Wodonga Campus, are already talking about improving their performances in next year’s event.
Media Note: For interviews with the student team, contact CSU Media. Print this story Sportswear on international catwalk
19 Aug 2008
The Beijing Olympics represents the biggest ‘catwalk’ on the Earth for sport shoemakers who are ardently promoting their wears, according to podiatrist and Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic Mr Cameron Kippen. “The real glittering prize is market dominance, with China the ultimate goal,” said Mr Kippen, who in investigating the latest releases from major shoe manufacturers such as the Lone Star Spike and Zoom Victory Spike. “In preparation for the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, technicians in the multinational companies have prepared hi-tech footwear, but they have refused to promote new products which claim records will fall because of their products.” The ‘academic footman’ has researched the latest sport shoe designs and believes, however, athletic records will fall with the help of this equipment. Mr Kippen provides up-to-date commentary on sport shoes at the Olympics though his online blog, feetandtheolympics.
Media Note: For interviews with Mr Cameron Kippen, contact CSU Media. Mr Kippen is based in Perth, Western Australia, and is a member of the CSU School of Community Health, based in Albury, NSW. Print this story CSU academic addresses intelligence community
19 Aug 2008
 The heads of intelligence agencies gathered in the New Zealand (NZ) capital of Wellington in August to hear from guest speaker and Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic Mr Patrick Walsh. Over 150 intelligence officers attended the inaugural conference of the New Zealand Institute of Intelligence Professionals. Mr Walsh, who addressed the intelligence officers after the conference was opened by NZ Prime Minister The Hon. Helen Clark, is a senior lecturer in criminal intelligence at CSU’s Australian Graduate School of Policing (AGSP) based in Manly, Sydney. He is also the course co-ordinator for the University’s intelligence program and a vice-president of the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers (AIPIO). “It was an honour to address this inaugural event,” Mr Walsh said on his return to Australia. “I talked about the history of AIPIO as a professional body for the Australian intelligence community and the role tertiary education can play in collaboration with intelligence agencies in delivering industry-relevant intelligence education programs”
Media Note: For interviews with Mr Patrick Walsh, contact CSU Media. In addition to its distance education criminal intelligence program, CSU delivers a range of short industry-focused intelligence courses through the AGSP for a range of agencies in Australia and the NZ Police. Read more here. Print this story CSU hosts business leaders
19 Aug 2008
 Nearly 30 delegates from the Sustainable Economic Growth for Regional Australia (SEGRA) Conference being held in Albury will visit Charles Sturt University (CSU) as part of their meeting on Wednesday 20 August. Hosted by the Head of CSU’s Albury-Wodonga Campus, Professor Gail Whiteford, the delegates, who are from the business community around Australia, will receive short guided tours around the University’s award-winning Thurgoona site. “The visit will highlight the partnership between CSU and Albury City Council, especially in the economic, educational and social development of the Border region,” Professor Whiteford said.
Media Note: For interviews with Professor Whiteford, contact CSU Media. Print this story |
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