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New CSU Professor in Communication
26 Aug 2008
 Charles Sturt University (CSU) has appointed its first Professor in Communication. Dr John Carroll, a long-serving academic in the School of Communication at the Bathurst Campus, has been welcomed to his new role by Head of the School of Communication, Associate Professor Rod McCulloch. “This professorial appointment rightfully acknowledges the huge contribution that Professor Carroll has made and will continue to make to the School, through his academic leadership, in the growth of our research and higher degree programs, and in the continued progress and growth of the School in the burgeoning digital communication environment,” Professor McCulloch said. “The School finds itself in the enviable position of being a sought-after destination for higher research and professional studies. This is due in no small way to John’s efforts and commitment to course development, direction and supervision. His knowledge and skills will be essential for the School’s continued success.”
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Professor John Carroll or Associate Professor Rod McCulloch. 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 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 To act, or not to act
19 Aug 2008
.jpg) Theatre/media students at Charles Sturt University (CSU) and members of the public will be able to attend a Shakespeare masterclass by one of the great British actors, Mr Barrie Ingham, who was given his Broadway debut opportunity by Sir John Gielgud. Mr Ingham will perform his one-man show The Actor at CSU’s Ponton Theatre on the Bathurst Campus on Tuesday 26 August, and will present the Shakespeare masterclass on Wednesday 27 August. Mr Karl Shead, Theatre Technical Officer at the CSU School of Communication, explained that The Actor was devised by Barrie Ingham and Terry Hands during their time together at the Royal Shakespeare Company. “The play asks ‘who and what is an actor?’, and reveals how all of us are actors. It has been performed in New York and London, and toured to South Africa, Australia and throughout USA,” The performance and masterclass arise from the partnership between the Local Stages/Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre program in Bathurst, which provides performing arts development opportunities for artists in the region, and the theatre/media department at CSU’s School of Communication.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Mr Karl Shead. For tickets to see The Actor at The Ponton Theatre at 7.30pm on Tuesday 26 August, please call the BMEC box office on (02) 6333 6161. Ticket prices are: Show only or Masterclass only - Adults $22.50, Students $ 17.50; Masterclass and Show - Adults $32.50, Students $22.50. For more information about Barrie Ingham, ‘The Actor’ or the masterclass please go to www.bmec.com.au/bmec/localstages Find out more about the CSU School of Communication here and the Bachelor of Communication (Theatre/Media) course here.
Print this story 'Bollywood' beckons CSU student
19 Aug 2008
 19.8.08 (cropped & re-sized) copy.jpg) A Charles Sturt University (CSU) student will experience the razzle-dazzle of ‘Bollywood’ when she heads to Mumbai, India, in August for work experience in the sub-continent’s filmmaking capital. Ms Zoe Kelly, a theatre/media student at the School of Communication on the Bathurst Campus, won a scholarship to take part in the India Study Abroad Centre’s ‘Film & Media Program’ for four weeks during August-September 2008. Ms Kelly said she was very interested in a career in filmmaking. “When I found out about the film and media program it sounded like such a great opportunity to travel and experience a culture that would challenge and inspire me in many different ways to broaden my perceptions of filmmaking. The idea of experiencing such a foreign culture as well as simultaneously being able to experience the biggest film industry in the world seemed like an incredible way to study abroad. I love the exuberant colours, high-spirited characters and mixture of different genres that ‘Bollywood’ films have to offer, and this is something that I would love to learn more about and experience in the flesh,” she said.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Ms Zoe Kelly. Find out more about the Bachelor of Communication (Theatre/Media) course here.
Print this story Lamb the focus at Forum
12 Aug 2008
 For the first time, more than 80 sheep and lamb producers will converge on the NSW town of Cowra for Charles Sturt University's (CSU) annual Asia Today forum on Thursday 14 August 2008. Director of the CSU Asian Agribusiness Research Centre, Dr Claus Deblitz, says the day will cover all aspects of marketing lamb, from trends in the Asian markets to hearing from a local marketing group on their ability to lift returns. Dr Deblitz said, “Cowra is an important town within CSU’s region, with many of its residents studying at one of its campuses, so this is why we decided to hold this major conference there. Two areas which will receive attention on the day are the threats from and opportunities offered by climate change and current developments and their consequences for grain markets.” said Dr Deblitz. “We are delighted to be able to bring such a major conference to the local area, and given the high standard of speakers we hope local lamb and sheep meat producers will take part in these discussions.“
Media Note: Asia Today 2008 will be held on Thursday 14 August at the Cowra Golf Club from 9.30am to 3.30pm. For more information on the event contact Christine Wade at the Central West Regional Development Board on (02) 6360 8413, send an email Christine@centralwest.com or visit the AARC website.
Print this story Riverina Outlook 2008 to focus on forage conservation
12 Aug 2008
 Climate change and international markets are influencing the demand and supply of conserved fodder in Australia, and this year’s Riverina Outlook Conference will focus on the strategies needed to manage these changes. Hosted by the EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation at Charles Sturt University (CSU), the conference will be held in Wagga Wagga on Thursday 14 August. EH Graham Centre Director, Professor Deirdre Lemerle said, “The aim of the event will be to highlight key issues that make the difference between profit and loss from conserved fodder. The Conference continues the long-standing tradition of highlighting future challenges for agriculture while offering suggestions and solutions to deal with them. Managing risks and the challenges of maintaining livestock production levels in a variable climate make the theme for this conference highly relevant to producers, agricultural advisors, consultants, educators and agricultural industry representatives.”
Media Note: For media interviews contact Professor Deirdre Lemerle on (02) 6938 1667 or 0419 816 267. The Riverina Outlook Conference will be held at the Convention Centre on the CSU Wagga Wagga Campus from 9am to 4.30pm. Registration will be from 8.15am. The conference costs $30 with payment on the day. Speakers will include Mr Colin Peace, Australian Fodder Industry Association; Mr Bill Wales, NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Victoria; and Mr John Piltz, Ms Megan Rogers and Mr Neil Griffiths all from NSW DPI. Two local producers, Wagga Wagga dairy farmer, Mr Glen Jolliffe, and Holbrook beef producer, Mr Warwick Cookson, will speak about their experience managing their stock in recent seasons. View the full program here.
Print this story 'Life as a CSU business student' short film competition
12 Aug 2008
 2008 (C) copy.jpg) The Charles Sturt University (CSU) School of Marketing and Management is holding a short film competition to promote the courses of the School and to raise money for local Bathurst youth service ‘headspace’. Known as the CS[U Flix] - M&M Short Film Awards, the 2008 competition focuses on ‘Life as a business student with the CSU School of Marketing and Management’ and offers filmmakers the chance to win three $2 000 prizes. The short film competition guest judges include Mr Rod McCulloch, Head of CSU’s School of Communication; Mr Jimmy Foggo, digital media producer for Fremantle Media Australia; and Mr Mark Waters, managing director of advertising agency PPS in Sydney. Entries close at 4pm on Friday 15 August, and the winners will be announced at a special awards public screening at the Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre (BMEC) on Wednesday 27 August.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews. Limited numbers of tickets for the awards screening are available from BMEC at $5 per person, with all proceeds from ticket sales to be donated to headspace, a free service for young people aged 12 to 25 living in the Bathurst area to support them through health, mental health, education, work and drug and alcohol issues. For more information contact Ms Megan Greig on 02 6338 4166 or send an email mgreig@csu.edu.au
Print this story CSU lecturer track-side at Olympics
05 Aug 2008
 A Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic will be track-side with competitors in the Indonesian Olympic Team at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, China, having coached athletes in several disciplines since late 2007 to develop the team’s strength and conditioning. Dr Stephen Bird, a lecturer in the School of Human Movement Studies, said “I am very happy with our input into the athletes for these games and really look froward to getting over there. Strength and conditioning preparation of the Indonesian Olympic squads has gone well, with all athletes making significant improvements in their conditioning levels.” Dr Bird is involved with archery, weightlifting, badminton and track and field, and will continue to assist the athletes in their quest for peak performance. He does not think the air pollution in Beijing will impact on the Indonesian competitors. “Although most European teams have expressed concerns, I don’t believe this will be a major issue for the Indonesian team as they experience similar conditions on a daily basis in Jakarta. I also believe that China will do everything possible to ensure that conditions are a good as possible.”
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Dr Stephen Bird. Starting in October, Dr Bird will be involved in strength and conditioning preparation of the Indonesian team for the South East Asia Games in Laos in 2009. He will also be involved in a new high performance program for 250 elite Indonesian athletes. Print this story Focus on admin
22 Jul 2008
About 230 administrative staff from across Charles Sturt University (CSU) are expected to attend the biennial Admin Focus Conference 2008 which will be held on Bathurst and Wagga Wagga campuses in the coming week. Held for the first time in 2000, the biennial conference provides an opportunity for the University’s administrative support staff to gain new professional skills and updated information. The 2008 conference will be held on the Bathurst Campus on Thursday 24 and Friday 25 July. Admin Focus aims to recognise the significant contribution of administrative staff in office and support positions, and to foster networking and a sense of community among administrative staff across the University. The event will include keynote addresses from senior staff, skills development workshops, and an exhibition of services and projects at the University.
Media Note: Admin Focus Conference 2008 will be held in the Centre for Professional Development, building S17 near car park 5, CSU Bathurst from 9am Thursday 24 to 5pm Friday 25 July. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) Professor Lyn Gorman will deliver the keynote address from 9am on Thursday 24 July. Contact CSU Media to organise an interview. Print this story |
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