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Volunteers for our community
12 Jun 2007
Is your organisation looking for enthusiastic and able volunteers for a short term project in the Albury-Wodonga community? Up to 200 first year students from the School of Community Health on Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Albury-Wodonga Campus are seeking at least 40 hours work in Border community organisations. Podiatry lecturer Harriet Farquhar said the project helps students learn the value of volunteer community work and the types of volunteer organisations in the Australian community. “Allied health professionals need to understand that through their professions they are serving their community in a helping role, working with a range of people and institutions,” Ms Farquhar said. The student volunteer project – totalling at least 8 000 hours of community assistance – is also a compulsory part of students’ practical work for CSU allied health degrees. Organisations wanting to learn more about the student volunteer project contact CSU staff on telephone (02) 6051 6820.
Media Note: Interviews with coordinators of the CSU student volunteer program will be available at 10am on Thursday 14 June, in front of The Cedars building, CSU Albury City site, Olive St, Albury. Print this story Vietnam orphanage calls for professional assistance
05 Jun 2007
 Allied health students and staff from Charles Sturt University (CSU) leave this month to spend up to six weeks working with children in a Vietnamese orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon. The students will gain important practical experience working with the children, many of whom have severe disabilities, while demonstrating and passing on their expertise to orphanage staff. Organised by the University’s School of Community Health, this is the sixth visit by health students and staff to the Phu My orphanage which provides schooling and health care for around 350 orphans. The 13 students, who study physiotherapy, speech pathology and occupational therapy, have raised $1 200 from student clubs and fundraising to purchase resources and equipment for the orphanage and pay for Vietnamese interpreters.
Media Note: CSU visit coordinator Dr Michael Curtin and four participating students will be available for interviews and pictures at 10.30am, Wednesday 6 June in front of The Cedars building, CSU Albury City site, Olive St, Albury. Contact CSU Media. Print this story Students hit the road for the environment
29 May 2007
Sharing knowledge and skills on current environmental issues facing Australia is the aim of the national Students of Sustainability conference being held in Perth, Western Australia in July. About 20 Charles Sturt University (CSU) students, many from the University’s School of Environmental Sciences, are currently raising funds to attend the conference, which runs from Monday 9 to Friday 13 July. The students aim to practice what they preach, hiring a bus rather than flying, which places more greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide in the upper atmosphere. “Environmental issues and sustainable living are providing increased concern and awareness within our local community. Students who participate will share the knowledge and experiences they gain in Perth with the Albury community and CSU students,” student leader Peter Barrett said. The group already has donations from the CSU School of Environmental Sciences, the Albury-Wodonga Campus and the local student association and is seeking further assistance from the Albury-Wodonga community.
Media Note: For interviews with Peter Barrett, contact CSU Media. The CSU students will leave for the Students of Sustainability conference from Albury on 3 July. Print this story Treading softly, softly
22 May 2007
Images capturing how students can learn "from the heart" make up an exhibition opening in the Albury City Council Chambers foyer in June. The photographs were taken as part of a collaborative project between speech pathology and photography students from Charles Sturt University (CSU) and the parents of children with significant disabilities. The local parents are employed as tutors for the second year CSU speech pathology students in a project funded by Albury City. The images were taken while the speech pathology students were working directly with the local parents and their families in their homes. "Through their direct involvement in our course, these parents contribute to educating a generation of speech pathologists who are highly aware of issues and conflicts associated with parenting a child with severe communication difficulties," project coordinator Dr Ruth Beecham said. As part of the exhibition and the project, members of the public are invited to comment on the photographs and the messages shown through them.
Media Note: The Tread softly; Learning from the Heart exhibition will be opened on Wednesday 13 June, starting at 5.30pm by Albury City mayor, Amanda Duncan-Strelec, in the Albury City Council Chambers, Kiewa St, Albury. Interviews available through CSU Media. Print this story Rainfall, pastures and parasites a greater risk
15 May 2007
 While grain growers rejoice, a Charles Sturt University (CSU) livestock expert is warning recent widespread rainfall across New South Wales and Victoria brings risks as well as great benefits for pastoralists. Professor Kym Abbott from the CSU School of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences Wagga Wagga Campus says sheep flocks and cattle herds face the increased threat of parasitic infestation over the next four to six weeks as parasite larvae, that had lain dormant in the soil, move onto pastures. He is urging sheep and cattle producers to closely monitor parasite egg counts over the next few months to treat sheep if necessary but avoid the excessive use of drenches. Professor Abbott says sheep and calves in particular risk weight loss and scour from parasites such as Brown Stomach worm, Black Scour worm and Nematodirus which thrive after prolonged periods of drought.
Media Note: CSU Professor Kym Abbott is available for interviews. For more information contact CSU Media. Print this story Health scholarship encourages a country practice
15 May 2007
A $10 000 scholarship to encourage the next generation of rural allied health professionals has gone to a Charles Sturt University (CSU) podiatry student. Gemma Hammond from Culcairn has won the award which will help her complete her four year degree course, which includes clinical experience and assistance from her mentor, physiotherapist Corinne O'Connor also from Culcairn. The scholarship is offered annually through the National Rural Health Network and aims to encourage allied health students to work in rural areas after they graduate. “As a mature aged student the scholarship will be a great help financially and allow me to focus on the studies and expose me to a wider range of experiences on placement while studying,” Ms Hammond said. She is also looking forward to learning about the rewards and problems of working in rural areas with her mentor Corinne.
Media Note: Gemma Hammond will be available for interviews and pictures in Albury at 10am, Tuesday 22 May in the Albury Allied Health Clinic, CSU Albury City site, Olive St, Albury. Print this story Higher studies move closer to home
08 May 2007
Graduate business managers in northern Victoria and southern NSW seeking to upgrade their qualifications with face-to-face postgraduate studies closer to home are one step closer with an agreement to be signed by the Australian Graduate Management Consortium (AGMC) and Bendigo Regional Institute of TAFE (BRIT) on Friday 11 May. As part of the Australian Graduate Management Consortium, BRIT staff will deliver Charles Sturt University (CSU) courses that will lead to a Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma in Management, which are part of the University’s Master of Management program. An agreement allowing NSW Riverina Institute of TAFE to offer similar courses at its Albury, Wagga and Griffiths sites is due to be signed later this year. National Coordinator of the CSU program, Jan Knox said,,”The AGMC Programs are a innovative way of delivering graduate study opportunities to students throughout inland Australia”. The CSU-BRIT agreement will be signed at 11.30am on Friday 11 May in Bendigo.
Media Note: The agreement will be signed BRIT’s Restaurant and Function Centre, McRae St Bendigo, starting at 11.30am. For interviews, contact Catriona Hourigan on telephone (02) 5434 1412 at BRIT, or CSU Media. Print this story CSU introduces new online environment
08 May 2007
Academics and other professional staff at Charles Sturt University (CSU) are being introduced to the next wave of online change. Associate Professor Marian Tulloch, the Director of the Centre for Enhanced Learning and Teaching (CELT), will introduce the new online learning and teaching environment CSU Interact at a series of seminars on CSU’s campuses between 7 May and 16 May. “In early 2008 CSU Interact the new online collaborative scholarly environment will be rolled out across the University for learning and teaching,” Professor Tulloch said. “As part of CSU’s flexible learning strategy it will provide an integrated, enhanced and evolving learning environment for on and off campus students. Because it is a complex and collaborative process, these seminars will provide an opportunity for staff to hear more about the development of CSU Interact, to ask questions, and make suggestions.”
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Professor Marian Tulloch, or for details about CSU Interact seminars for staff at CSU Campuses in Albury Wednesday 9 May, Wagga Wagga Thursday 10 May, Goulburn Friday 11 May, Dubbo Monday 14 May, and Orange Wednesday 16 May. Print this story First upgraded nurses set to graduate
08 May 2007
 The lack of doctors and dentists in rural areas often overshadows the critical shortage of Registered Nurses (RNs). To overcome this, Charles Sturt University (CSU), the Moira Nursing Education Consortium and the Greater Southern Area Health Services (GSAHS) have collaborated in programs that encourage Enrolled Nurses (ENs) who are based in rural, regional and remote areas to upgrade their skills and become RNs. The program takes residential schools and clinical placements to the ENs, as well as providing them with financial and other support. Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Health Science at CSU, Heather Latham says, “We are confident they will continue to work in their local communities. It is so important to support these nurses”. One of the nurses, Sharyn Maxwell who works at Tumut Hospital, said, “We already live here, work here and want to stay here. It was a wonderful experience. The CSU lecturers were very supportive and approachable. It made such a difference having that peer and financial support, as well as the support from my employers.”
Media Note: The Moira Nursing Education Consortium comprising the hospitals of Yarrawonga, Cobram, Numurkah and Nathalia was the first partnership of this kind with CSU. On Wednesday 9 May, the first cohort of ENs from GSAHS and Moira Nursing Education Consortium will graduate with their Bachelor of Nursing degrees at CSU’s Bathurst Campus. Heather Latham and Sharyn Maxwell are available for interviews. Contact CSU Media. Print this story CSU in Ontario students head Down Under
01 May 2007
 Eight Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Ontario teacher education students arrive in Wagga Wagga and Albury this week to work in local schools. The Canadian students will then continue their antipodean travels before returning to Ontario for their graduations in June. This will be the second visit from Bachelor of Educational Studies (Primary Teaching) students from CSU in Ontario. Last year seven CSU in Ontario students spent time in Australia, where they got up close and personal with some native animals at Dubbo’s Western Plain Zoo and described the countryside as “very rural and very flat. It’s not desert but there’s not much green. It’s brown and dusty.” One student travelling to Australia this week, Ruth Markuc said, “I've always wanted to come to Australia and I think it will be an amazing opportunity to teach there. I would love to meet as many people and animals as possible. I really want to see a koala bear and a kangaroo while I'm there”.
Media Note: The CSU in Ontario students three-week practicum will see them teaching at Ashmont Primary School and Wagga Wagga Public School in Wagga Wagga, and Lavington East Public School and Table Top Public School in Albury. The Murray School of Education at CSU’s Albury-Wodonga Campus will welcome the students on Friday 4 May, and media are invited to attend. Print quality photographs are available. For more information or interviews, contact CSU Media. Print this story |
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