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ADF and CSU strengthen ties
31 Jan 2006
Media Note: Photos of the contract signing are available from the CSU Media. Print this story Leadership development for CSU women
31 Jan 2006
Charles Sturt University (CSU) will launch a new comprehensive leadership development program for women staff this Monday 6 February. Australian universities record low numbers of women in senior management positions, with national figures showing just 11 per cent of women hold professorial positions. The CSU Leadership Development for Women Program will run throughout 2006 and commences with a week of activities being held from Monday 6 February to Friday 10 February. Guest speakers who will give presentations on their experience of moving into leadership positions include: Dr Jeane McConachie, Director Division of Teaching and Learning Services, Central Queensland University; Ms Sarah Davies, Vice-President Student Affairs, Swinburne University; and Professor Margaret Sheil, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) at University of Wollongong. Associate Professor Marian Tulloch, Director CSU's Centre for Enhancing, Learning and Teaching or CELT will officially launch the program at 2 pm Monday 6 February in the Foundation Rooms, Centre for Professional Development on CSU’s Bathurst Campus.
Media Note: For further details, including a program, or to arrange an interview, contact CSU Media.
Print this story New equity scholarships for CSU students
25 Jan 2006
 In recognition of the financial concerns facing first year university students, Charles Sturt University (CSU) has introduced equity scholarships for new students in need of additional financial help. The scholarship scheme, valued at a total of $800 000 in 2006, will be available to first year, undergraduate students studying on campus. There will also be CSU Equity Scholarships available for continuing students. The scheme is in addition to the Federal Government’s Commonwealth Learning Scholarships and financial assistance available through the CSU Foundation Scholarships. “Access to higher education is an important issue for CSU and this new scholarship scheme aims to help students get a university education,” said Deputy Director of the University’s Division of Student Services, Les Burr. Further details about the CSU Equity Scholarship scheme are available here.
Media Note: Students wishing to find out more about enrolling at CSU can call info.csu on telephone 1300 135 435. Print this story Acting and design students up for regional theatre awards
19 Jan 2006
Media Note: Senior lecturer with School of Visual and Performing Arts Ray Goodlass is available for interview. Print this story Christmas wish
22 Dec 2005
The Corporate Communication and Media team at Charles Sturt University wish all the media a very safe and happy Christmas and New Year and thank you all for your support and work with CSU over the past year. The University will be closed from 12.30pm Friday 23 December 2005 until Tuesday 3 January 2006.
Print this story VC honours CSU staff member
21 Dec 2005
A member of the Charles Sturt University staff in Bathurst has been named the winner of the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Performance Excellence, for General Staff 2005. Gail Wotton, Food Services Officer at Café Mitchell on CSU’s Bathurst Campus, has been honoured by Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Goulter for her dedication to her position and the University. Ms Wotton said she couldn’t believe it and offered her thanks to all staff who had supported her. “Everyone in our team is excellent and I’m honoured to be rewarded in this way; it’s the best Christmas present,” added the CSU employee. The Vice-Chancellor's Award for Performance Excellence, for General Staff recognises outstanding contributions by individuals or teams for sustained high level performance. “CSU staff continue to excel in areas such as client service, support for teaching and learning and regional engagement and this award has been established to acknowledge this dedication and commitment of general staff,” said Professor Goulter.
Print this story CSU joins global alliance for public theology
13 Dec 2005
Through one of its leading research centres, Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) has formed an alliance with four leading international theological institutions. CSU”s Public and Contextual Theology Strategic Research Centre or PACT has played a key role in the formation of the Global Network for Public Theology. “The group will encourage research collaboration and connections with key international civil society networks, whilst CSU will take the lead in developing student exchanges and cooperation within the network,” said Director of PACT, Reverend Professor James Haire. The principal members of the Network include Charles Sturt University; Beyers Naude Centre for Public Theology at South Africa’s University of Stellenbosch; Centre of Theological Inquiry, Princeton University, USA; Centre for Theology and Public Issues at University of Edinburgh and Manchester Centre for Public Theology at the University of Manchester, UK. PACT is an innovative CSU strategic research centre with a focus on issues in contemporary Australian society.
Media Note: Director Reverend Professor James Haire is available for interview. Contact CSU Media. Further information about PACT is available here. Print this story Staff farewell for Professor Bob Meyenn
09 Dec 2005
 The respect and affection which staff at Charles Sturt University (CSU) hold for retiring Dean of the Faculty of Education, Professor Bob Meyenn is apparent in their unique choice of retirement gift, a cow and calf. Retiring after 19 years of distinguished service as Dean, a farewell function will be held on Friday, 9 December from 4pm in the James Hardie Dining Room, Centre for Professional Development, CSU, Bathurst. Professor Meyenn will receive a second creative gift from the University at the farewell function. The cow and calf, a gift from Professor Meyenn’s Faculty of Education colleagues, will be delivered to his property in the NSW central west to enjoy during his retirement.
Media Note: Further information about Professor Bob Meyenn can be found here. Photos from the farewell will be available from CSU Media. Print this story CSU acting students perform in US
29 Nov 2005
 Three talented CSU acting students will feature in an upcoming University of Montana production in the United States of the classic fairy tale, Peter Pan, the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up. Students Laura Hughes, Lauren Hopley and Tom Dickins, who have been cast in major roles in the Royal Shakespeare Company's adaptation of Peter Pan, are studying in the USA as part of the CSU International Exchange Program. The trio have been busy with seven weeks of rehearsal, including fight choreograpy and flying effects. Laura Hughes was cast in the part of Wendy Darling, Lauren Hopley plays her mother Mrs. Darling, and Tom Dickins stars as Peter Pan. Lauren Hopley is completing her second and final semester on exchange. Both Laura Hughes and Tom Dickins are due back from the CSU International Exchange Program in Autumn 2006.
Media Note: A photo of the CSU acting students at the University of Montana is available from CSU Media.
Print this story A lead educator for librarians
29 Nov 2005
Coming to the end of 2005 Charles Sturt University (CSU) is celebrating its 30th anniversary as a lead educator for librarians across Australia and internationally. In a climate of rapidly changing technology and workplace demands, CSU and its predecessor institutions have led the way in the development and delivery of library and information management and teacher librarianship programs. Now the only courses of their kind offered by a regional Australian university, CSU’s success in this field has been attributed to teaching traditional librarianship principles in combination with contemporary information management techniques. "Our position as a leader in library and information management education is demonstrated by the fact more than 50 per cent of Australian librarians and teacher librarians who graduate from University do so from CSU," said Head of the CSU School of Information Studies Associate Professor Ken Dillon based in Wagga Wagga. "We teach students in a number of countries with formal programs in places as diverse as Mauritius and Hong Kong”.
Media Note: Head of the University’s School of Information Studies based in Wagga Wagga, Associate Professor Ken Dillon is available for interview. Contact CSU Media.
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Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) long-standing association with the Australian Defence Force (ADF) has received a boost at a contract signing in Canberra on Tuesday 31 January. Under the new agreement, CSU will maintain and expand current training initiatives especially developed for the ADF. The University provides postgraduate training in a three stage program, with many officers then enrolling in CSU’s Master of Arts (Communication – Organisational Communication). “Through its strong training focus, ADF is always trying to do things better, and we can work with them to develop that, and to continue to grow our relationship,” said coordinator of CSU’s postgraduate program for Defence, Zoe Hibbert. “I found the CSU academic staff always supportive and was grateful that they readily recognised the demands placed on students who had to juggle employment and a high study load,” said ADF Strategic Communication Adviser and CSU graduate, John Anderson. “Another benefit to me as a student was that most of my lecturers had been previously employed in the corporate or public sectors, so they were able to demonstrate their professional and practical experiences within an academic context,” he added. 
The quality of the Charles Sturt University Theatre Ensemble (UTE) productions in 2005 has been recognised with eight nominations in the annual Canberra Area Theatre Awards. 
