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Treading the boards for literary pub crawl
06 Aug 2009
 The 'Write Around the Murray' Writers Festival that begins in Albury this week will include a large presence from Charles Sturt University (CSU) in one of the Festival’s most popular community events. Ms Jenni Munday from the University’s Murray School of Education based in Albury is coordinating two Literary Pub Crawls through Albury, while several colleagues will present local and Australian writing to an audience moving between indoor and outdoor locations around central Albury. Mr John Rafferty, a lecturer in science education, will present some wry and witty poetry to perform at the ‘pub location’ in this year’s event. Finalists in the Rotary Poetry competition will also present their works. "It's wonderful to have young poets reading their own work - it gives their work more of an airing", says local writer, Dotty Simmons, whose writing is also featured in two stages of the walk. The first of the two 'pub crawls' will start at 6pm on Thursday 6 August, leaving from the Albury Library Museum in Kiewa St. The second ‘crawl’ will leave from the Zed Bar in Dean Street at 6pm on Sunday 9 August. Prospective audience members are asked to arrive early.
Media Note: For interviews with Ms Jenni Munday, contact CSU Media. Print this story Drawing makes writing easier
05 Aug 2009
 Kindergarten students and teachers in Albury are hoping to revitalise the old saying ‘a picture can lead to a thousand words’ as part of a literacy research project being run by Charles Sturt University (CSU). Literacy researcher Dr Noella Mackenzie is working with ten teachers and 60 students to explore how children’s love of drawing can be used to support them as they learn to write. “Starting school provides many challenges for children, including learning to write. Writing is the most artificial and difficult of all language activities, because it demands skills from children which differ markedly from talking, reading and listening,” says Dr Mackenzie. “Teachers can make this process easier for children if they use a child’s existing strengths. Children’s drawings allow them to explore their ideas in drawing and talking before moving into the abstract process of writing.” Dr Mackenzie will explore these ideas with local teachers on Thursday 6 August, from 1.30 to 3pm at the Murray School of Education, CSU Thurgoona site. She recently presented early results of her research at a national literacy conference in Hobart, Tasmania.
Media Note: For interviews with Dr Noella Mackenzie, contact CSU Media. Print this story Science@CSU
04 Aug 2009
 The Dean of the Faculty of Science at Charles Sturt University (CSU), Professor Nick Klomp, a notable science media personality, will present entertaining public talks about science at the University’s various campuses during August. Members of the community, government and industry representatives, and future students are invited to attend to learn about initiatives currently planned or being implemented in various science disciplines at CSU, such as:
Presentations, which will be open to the public, will be held between 4pm and 5pm, followed by refreshments.
Media Note: For interviews with Professor Nick Klomp, contact CSU Media. The talks will be held on these dates and locations:
Albury-Wodonga Campus: Thursday 6 August, the CD Blake Auditorium, off Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, Thurgoona site;
Wagga Wagga Campus: Monday 10 August, National Wine and Grape Industry Centre, Building 412, Wagga Wagga Campus;
Bathurst Campus: Wednesday 12 August, Foundation Rooms 1 and 2, Centre for Professional Development, Bathurst Campus;
Orange Campus: Thursday 13 August, Templers Mill Bar, Orange Campus; and,
Dubbo Campus: Thursday 27 August, Lecture Theatre, Building 442, Dubbo Campus.
Print this story The world is coming
28 Jul 2009
The world is coming to students with Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) School of Community Health this week with the annual Allied Health Job Forum being held in Albury. Over 300 students enrolled in CSU degrees in physiotherapy, speech pathology, podiatry and occupational therapy are able to view job vacancies being offered by over 25 organisations. These organisations come from around Australia, including Tasmania, Queensland, ACT, Melbourne and regional Australia, as well as showcasing the newly merged Albury Wodonga Health. CSU representatives will provide information on jobs in general as well as international job opportunities. Forum coordinator Donna Duncan said the forum was a “fantastic opportunity for potential graduates to become aware of the diversity of employment opportunities available”. The forum will be held from 1.30 to 3pm on Thursday 30 July in St David’s Uniting Church Hall, Wilson St, Albury.
Media Note: For interviews on the CSU Allied Health Job Forum, contact CSU Media. Print this story Drug company, politicians and academics slammed
22 Jul 2009
A visiting academic will deliver a public lecture at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Bathurst on Thursday 23 July which examines how, in his view, the political system, the medical profession, and the university sector in the United Kingdom (UK) have colluded with the pharmaceutical industry to promote shareholder profits at the expense of public health. Dr Paul Duckett, a visiting community critical psychologist at CSU’s School of Social Sciences and Liberal Studies at Bathurst, suggests that efforts in the UK to secure social justice and social support for people allegedly harmed by the psycho-pharmaceutical industry has implications for thousands of Australian children, and questions why the drug Paxil is prescribed by doctors rather than being proscribed by politicians. According to Dr Duckett, in Australia during 2008, 4000 children under 10 years of age were prescribed Paxil and other Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) medications. This is despite findings in 2003 that the manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), withheld clinical trial data for at least five years that showed the drug was clinically ineffective and increased the risk of suicide in children and adolescents.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews. Dr Duckett will deliver his presentation - Paxil: Politicians, Pharmacological Corporations and Academics – an unhealthy mix? - at 3pm on Thursday 23 July at the James Hardie Room at the Centre for Professional Development (S17) at the CSU campus off Panorama Ave, Bathurst. Dr Duckett is currently based in the Department of Psychology and Social Change at Manchester Metropolitan University, England, where he teaches community psychology and critical psychology. He is visiting CSU after presenting as keynote speaker at the 11th Trans Tasman Community Psychology Conference in Fremantle, Western Australia, and lecturing in Hong Kong, Nanjing and Tokyo. Print this story Water management in India
21 Jul 2009
 A visiting scholar at Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Institute for Land, Water and Society (ILWS) will present a public seminar on water management and agricultural extension in India on Wednesday 12 August. Associate Professor Chandrasekaran Karthikeyan, from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in India, will present an overview of the social context of land, water resource management and agriculture in India, with special reference to water management and agricultural extension, as part of the CSU School of Environmental Science seminar series. Professor Karthikeyan is with the Centre for Agricultural and Rural Development Studies, based in Coimbatore City, India. He is working with Professor Allan Curtis from ILWS and is an Endeavour Executive fellow based in Albury from June to October 2009. The seminar will be held at CSU’s Thurgoona site.
Media Note: The seminar will be delivered by Associate Professor Chandrasekaran Karthikeyan in Room 205, Building 751, CSU Thurgoona site, off Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, Thurgoona. For interviews contact CSU Media or Ms Margrit Beemster, ILWS Communication Manager, on (02) 6051 9653. Print this story Exercise and fatigue hits Blue Mountains
20 Jul 2009
The Charles Sturt University (CSU) School of Human Movement Studies is hosting a three-day symposium in the NSW Blue Mountains for national and international experts in exercise and exercise rehabilitation. Professor Frank Marino, Head of the CSU School of Human Movement Studies at Bathurst, said The Future of Fatigue in Exercise: An International Symposium on the Limits to Exercise Performance, which runs from Monday 20 to Wednesday 22 July, is the first symposium of its kind in Australia. “The symposium provides an opportunity for leaders in the field from around Australia and the world to come together to discuss a range of issues related to exercise, rehabilitation, health and wellbeing. We expect it will advance our research and the way in which we work together to solve problems that affect many of us, particularly athletes, at some stage in our lives.” Presentations at the symposium include Anticipating fatigue during exercise by Professor Marino and Cancer-fatigue in exercise by CSU’s Dr Jack Canon.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews. The Future of Fatigue in Exercise: An International Symposium on the Limits to Exercise Performance will be held at the York Fairmont Resort at Leura near Katoomba, NSW, Australia, from Monday 20 to Wednesday 22 July. A copy of the symposium program with full details of presentations is available upon request. Print this story International flavour for business courses
17 Jul 2009
 The first group of students from South Korea to study business courses with Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Faculty of Business in Albury-Wodonga will experience the sights of Albury and surrounding districts before they commence their studies. The students will be welcomed to Albury City by Deputy Mayor Alice Glachan on Monday 20 July before taking part in orientation activities, which will include introducing skills in learning, computing and the library as well as visits to local services and attractions. Associate Dean (Administration) with the Faculty of Business, Associate Professor John Atkinson said, “this is a very exciting time for CSU and the Albury-Wodonga community, as we welcome the first group of students from Dongguk University in Seoul, who are enrolled in the CSU Bachelor of Business”.
Media Note: The Korean students will meet with Albury City’s Deputy Mayor Alice Glachan at the Council Chambers, Kiewa St, Albury at 10.30am on Monday 20 July. Contact CSU Media for interviews. The students will visit Oz-e-wildlife on Wednesday afternoon, 22 July. Print this story New Head of Campus at CSU at Dubbo
17 Jul 2009
 (cropped & re-sized).JPG) The Vice-Chancellor and President of Charles Sturt University (CSU), Professor Ian Goulter, has announced the University’s new Head of Campus at Dubbo. Dr Beverley Moriarty, who is Associate Head of the School of Teacher Education at Dubbo, will take on the Head of Campus role for three years, effective from Wednesday 15 July. Professor Goulter welcomed Dr Moriarty’s appointment and looks forward to working closely with her to develop further the campus at Dubbo. Dr Moriarty said she was honoured to accept the new role. “These are exciting times for the higher education sector and I am delighted that I can contribute to realising the opportunities for Charles Sturt University as it moves ahead as the University of Inland Australia,” Dr Moriarty said. “I also want to acknowledge the contribution of my predecessor, Mr Gary Shipp who has taken on an important new role in the University as Special Adviser, Indigenous Affairs.”
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Dr Moriarty. Dr Moriarty comes from Western Australia and taught at the Central Queensland University for many years before coming to CSU at Dubbo in 2008. Her professional interests include mathematics for pre-service teacher education students and creative arts education for undergraduates. She has a passion for music, and plays piano, organ and violin. Print this story Students excel at national meat judging competition
14 Jul 2009
 Veterinary science student at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Wagga Wagga, Mr Richard Sanders, has received a coaching award at a university meat judging competition held in Armidale in July. He was named the winner of the Tom Carr Award for Coaching Excellence at the Australian Intercollegiate Meat Judging (ICMJ) competition. For a number of years, Mr Sanders has lent his carcass evaluation skills to fellow students and coached the CSU team for the annual ICMJ competitions. Mr Sanders, from Moruya on the NSW South Coast, also represented Australia at ICMJ in the USA in 2005. Agricultural science student, Ms Kylie Dunn won the overall individual award at the ICMJ competition, scoring 439 out of a potential 450. Ms Louise Lawrence, also enrolled in agricultural science, was the winner of the individual award in the competition’s pork judging category. A four member CSU team was also named runner-up in the overall team award. Three CSU students now have the chance to be included in the Australian meat judging team as they were named among the nine finalists for an elite industry training workshop in Brisbane. “The participation of the successful CSU team is largely due to the generous sponsorship of Cargill Beef Australia, who has willingly provided access for students to beef carcasses and primal cuts in addition to their financial support,” said Professor of Animal Production Peter Wynn. “Access to sheep carcasses through the Junee Abattoir and pork carcases through Knights Meats has also contributed greatly to the success of the team.”
Media Note: The Australian Intercollegiate Meat Judging (ICMJ) is a not-for-profit association aimed at exposing and encouraging students into careers in the meat industry. Further information about the ICMJ competition is available here. Students enrolled in animal, equine, agricultural and veterinary sciences at CSU learn about carcass evaluation and meat quality during training at Cargill Beef Australia and Knights Meats in Wagga Wagga and the Junee Abattoir. Read more here. Students are due to return to CSU from a semester break on Monday 27 July. Print this story |
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