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Manhattan beckons CSU advertising student
17 Nov 2009
 Tues 17.11.09.jpg) A final-year advertising student at the Charles Sturt University (CSU) School of Communication is relishing the prospect of living on the upper east side of Manhattan in New York while he undertakes a 10-week placement with one of the world’s largest advertising agencies. Mr Martin Peat, who is completing the four-year double degree Bachelor of Communication (Advertising) / Bachelor of Business (Marketing), was chosen for the prestigious scholarship with BBDO Worldwide. Mr Peat said he has made an effort to gain as much industry experience as possible while studying for his degree and recently completed an internship at the OMD media agency in Sydney. “I also work at Nova 96.9FM radio station in Sydney, which has given me a greater opportunity to explore the media side of advertising. I’m thrilled to be given this opportunity to learn from the world's best and gain international experience. BBDO is located in the heart of Manhattan, the birthplace of modern advertising, and I feel extremely privileged to be able to experience it first-hand. I don't think many other students get this once-in-a-lifetime chance, and I’d like to thank Charles Sturt University and the International Advertising Association,” Mr Peat said.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews. Mr Peat’s placement is from early December to mid-February 2010. The internship scholarship covers the cost of travel, living, and some spending money, and was made possible by the CSU School of Communication, the International Advertising Association (IAA) and BBDO Worldwide, which is situated on the Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan, New York, and has over 300 offices around the world. Print this story Darwin topic for inaugural Somerville Lecture
17 Nov 2009
 Three Charles Sturt University (CSU) professors will discuss the evolution of the ideas of Charles Darwin at a commemorative inaugural lecture and dinner in Bathurst on Tuesday 24 November. The inaugural Somerville Lecture is in honour of Professor Warren Somerville whose collection of world-class specimens is housed at the Bathurst Fossil and Mineral Museum in Howick Street, Bathurst. Professor Somerville will be one of the speakers, and the others are Professor Nick Klomp, Dean of the CSU Faculty of Science and Adjunct Professor David Goldney, a former lecturer and noted environmental consultant. “This will be a wonderful occasion, as it marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species on the 24 November 1859,” Professor Klomp said. “This book, as much as or more than any other, has changed the way we understand life on Earth. It is an honour to share the podium with Professor Somerville and Professor Goldney on this historic anniversary.”
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews. The inaugural Somerville Lecture and dinner will commence at 6.30pm Tuesday 24 November at The Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre (BMEC), William Street, Bathurst. Proceeds from the event will go to support the Bathurst Fossil and Mineral Museum. For bookings and tickets, please phone BMEC on 6333 6161. Print this story Sports safety award for CSU
17 Nov 2009
 The School of Human Movement Studies and the Western Region Academy of Sport (WRAS) at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Bathurst received a 2009 NSW Sports Safety Award at a ceremony in Sydney on Friday 13 November. Dr Stephen Bird, lecturer at the School of Human Movement Studies accepted the award on behalf of the program partners for the joint initiative. “The CSU/WRAS Strength and Conditioning Internship (SCI) Program received the Bronze Award for outstanding education and promotion of sports safety for its Strength and Conditioning Internship (SCI) Program,” Dr Bird said. “The program began in 2006, and offers final-year human movement studies students the opportunity for internship placement. The program aims to provide strength and conditioning interns with scientific knowledge and programming expertise that enables the continued development of pre-elite youth athletes to train systematically and safely to improve sports performance and reduce the risk of injury.”
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews Dr Stephen Bird. The CSU/WRAS Strength and Conditioning Internship (SCI) Program’s interns assist 110 pre-elite youth athletes in nine sports including basketball, hockey, lawn bowls, netball, triathlon, lone star (individual sport athletes) and high-performance athletes who are competing at an international level. So far six CSU/WRAS strength and conditioning interns have graduated from the program. Two have undertaken international placements with the Ministry of Youth and Sport Affairs in the Republic of Indonesia, and more than 450 pre-elite WRAS youth athletes have benefited from the program. Print this story CSU complex systems research labs to open
10 Nov 2009
Academics, students and industry representatives will gather for the official opening of the Centre for Research in Complex Systems (CRiCS) at the School of Computing and Mathematics at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Bathurst on Thursday 12 November. The Director of CRiCS, Professor Terry Bossomaier, said, “The natural, biological and social worlds abound with patterns in time, in space, and in human knowledge, and understanding how patterns emerge and evolve is a key research focus of the sciences of complexity. Increasing research activity over the last decade has revolved around human systems. It is this psychological and sociological dimension that is particularly strong in CRiCS which has three main integrated research themes. These are the nature of complexity itself and the theories which characterise it; complexity as a methodology for solving problems in the real world; and complexity as a model for theorising about social systems, dynamics and change.” Guests at the official opening of the CRiCS laboratories will also be able to inspect the Newcrest Mining Research and Robotics Lab, the Computer Vision Lab, the Visualisation Lab, and the Advanced Computing Lab.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Professor Terry Bossomaier. A series of short presentations will begin at 3pm, followed by a 4pm tour of facilities at the CRiCS at the CSU School of Computing and Mathematics (Building S1) at Bathurst, with a reception at 5pm on Thursday 12 November. CRiCS applications offer many consultation opportunities, including:
• Optimisation: many techniques of complex systems research, such as genetic algorithms are excellent real-world optimisation techniques
• Knowledge management and data mining
• Organisational modelling for optimal communication and adaptability to changing market forces
• Visualisation, not just of physical systems, but also abstract information archives
• Pattern recognition and image processing
• Building and using virtual worlds, from entertainment to enterprise
• Computer games
• Parallel and distributed computing
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 Experts meet to explore environmental research needs
03 Nov 2009
 Early-career researchers will receive advice from more experienced academics and meet other researchers at a similar stage in their careers at the biennial Environmental and Resource Economics Early-Career Researcher Workshop (E-CReW 2009) at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Bathurst on the Tuesday 3 and Wednesday 4 November. The head of the E-CReW management committee, Professor Mark Morrison, from the CSU School of Business at Bathurst, said E-CReW 2009 also provides a forum for employers to meet young researchers who will shape the future of environmental research, and for research agencies to discuss current research needs. “The workshop will involve mentors with a strong reputation and experience in environmental and resource economics, and developing researchers looking at vital issues involving climate change, sustainable development, and natural resource management,” said Professor Mark Morrison. E-CReW 2009 is hosted by the CSU Institute for Land, Water and Society.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Professor Mark Morrison. Alternatively, please contact Ms Jenni Greig, CSU Research Officer, on (02) 6338 4772 or jgreig@csu.edu.au for more information. Previous E-CReW events in 2005 and 2007 have attracted experts from Australia and overseas, and this year six national and international experts will attend:
Professor Kevin Parton, Strategic Professor in the Institute for Land, Water and Society at Charles Sturt University. Professor Kevin Boyle, one of the USA's most respected environmental and resource economists and current head of the Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics at Virginia Tech.
Professor Jim Wilen, Director of the Centre for Natural Resource Policy Analysis at the University of California (Davis), and international expert in natural resource economics.
Professor Caroline Saunders, Director of the Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit (AERU) at Lincoln University in New Zealand and expert in sustainable economic development.
Professor David Pannell, Director of the Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy at the University of Western Australia, and a Federation Fellow of the Australian Research Council.
Print this story Scholarships for TAFE students to study at CSU
27 Oct 2009
 TAFE students who have enrolled in or recently completed Diploma and Advanced Diploma courses at TAFE Western, the Canberra Institute of Technology and TAFE NSW Riverina Institute can now win scholarships to further their education at Charles Sturt University (CSU). Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at CSU, Professor Ross Chambers, says applications for the 12 scholarships, each worth $2 500, are available for 2010, with four scholarships available at each institution. “The CSU University Pathway Scholarship Program is part of the University’s ongoing commitment to create strong education pathways and collaboration from TAFE to University in our regional cities and regions,” Professor Chambers said. Acting Institute Director at TAFE Western, Ms Kate Baxter, says each year a number of TAFE Western graduates seek higher qualifications by studying at universities. “These scholarships will provide welcome support and encouragement and expand the opportunities for people in Western NSW to achieve their aspirations,” Ms Baxter said. Applications will close on Friday 27 November, with offers due to be made to successful TAFE students on Friday 11 December.
Media Note: For an interview with Professor Ross Chambers or Ms Kate Baxter, contact CSU Media. Information about the scholarship, including guidelines and the application form, can be found here.
Print this story CSU environment conference at Bathurst this week
27 Oct 2009
.jpg) Charles Sturt University (CSU) will host the 2009 Education for Sustainability Conference at the Bathurst Campus on Friday 30 October, with a second optional day on Saturday 31 October. Conference co-organiser, Ms Jan Page, from the CSU School of Teacher Education at Bathurst, said the event will focus on how individuals and families can live more sustainably by growing food in kitchen gardens at schools and in the wider community, and is intended for educators from pre-school to tertiary level and members of the Bathurst regional community. “Food is the largest component of many individuals’ ecological footprints, so growing your own food not only helps to address health issues but also develops knowledge and skills to reduce our environmental footprint and foster sustainable living,” Ms Page said. The conference is being staged in conjunction with the Bathurst Community Climate Action Network (BCCAN), and will include a keynote address by Ms Ange Barry, CEO of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation. There will be a number of presentations, including one by Ms Rachel Conolan, a parent with children at South Bathurst Public School, speaking about the school’s community garden.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Ms Jan Page. The 2009 Education for Sustainability: connecting classrooms and communities conference will be held at CSU at Bathurst on 30 October in the James Hardie Room at the Centre for Professional Development (building S17). Anyone interested in attending should contact Ms Jan Page on 6338 4367 or email. Other conference presentations will include Mr David Menzies, assistant principal at Glenroi Heights Public School in Orange, speaking about worm farms and the school’s vegetable garden; Mr Nick Rittar, who runs Milkwood Permaculture at Mudgee and has conducted courses in Bathurst and other centres, as well as at his property; Mr Phil Thurston, principal of Forbes North Public School, which is involved in the Stephanie Alexander program; and Ms Meg Leathart, principal of the Warrumbungles Environmental Education Centre, who conducts a range of sustainability programs with schools that visit the centre and through workshops in schools. Print this story Taking education research to the world
27 Oct 2009
Charles Sturt University (CSU) academics have a new opportunity to bring their education research to the forefront of international efforts in Indigenous, rural and remote, and environmental education. Professor Jo-Anne Reid, Associate Dean of the CSU Faculty of Education at Bathurst, and President of the Australian Association for Research in Education, said the newly established World Education Research Association (WERA) is a worldwide network of education researchers which will bring together the very best of education research. “We live in a global world and education in Australia can only benefit from being a part of this international body,” Professor Reid said. “These collaborations extend and enrich our own knowledge across all fields of education.” One study currently underway which has the potential for global application is TERRAnova, an Australian Research Council-funded project run in collaboration with researchers from four Australian universities looking at the factors which appear to make a difference in attracting and retaining teachers in rural communities. “Our nationwide study is focusing on schools in communities that have been nominated as successful in attracting and retaining good teachers. This is truly a global issue that, through research, can impact positively on our future as a nation, as well as internationally,” she said.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Professor Jo-Anne Reid. Professor Reid is also co-editor of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education and a member of RIPPLE, Research into Professional Practice, Learning and Education. Print this story |
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