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Students care for foal in need
18 Aug 2009
 An orphaned foal born prematurely at the Veterinary Clinical Centre at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Wagga Wagga is receiving round-the-clock care from dedicated veterinary, equine and animal science students. Affectionately named Tim Tam, the foal was born by caesarean section in early August when it was clear his mother would not survive irreparable bowel damage. Since his birth he has received 24-hour attention from a team of veterinary and nursing staff at CSU, ably assisted by over 30 students rostered on six to 12 hour shifts. Students were only too happy to be involved in his care, which has included respiratory support, intravenous feeding, medication and two hourly turning. Senior Lecturer in Equine Medicine at CSU, Dr Sharanne Raidal says the mare in foal was brought to the Veterinary Clinical Centre with severe colic, as it was one of the only facilities in the region that could provide the immediate care needed. “Not only does the foal receive excellent care at the centre, it provides our veterinary science students with hands on experience that is invaluable in their training to become rural vets. We are very proud of the enthusiasm and dedicated care demonstrated by staff and students,” said Dr Raidal.
Media Note: Dr Sharanne Raidal is a Senior Lecturer in Equine Medicine in the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences at CSU at Wagga Wagga. The Veterinary Clinical Centre opened in April 2008 and is located on Agriculture Avenue adjacent to the Equine Centre at CSU. It includes a modern large animal hospital with operating theatres, sophisticated diagnostic imaging facilities, a reproduction unit and small animal teaching laboratories.
Print this story Challenging AIF’s larrikin image
11 Aug 2009
.jpg) The popular image of the soldiers of the first Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) during World War I is of high-spirited larrikins. This will be challenged by historian Dr Peter Stanley when he delivers the third Theo Barker Memorial Lecture at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Bathurst on Friday 14 August. Dr Stanley, who is Director of the Centre for Historical Research at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra, says memoirs, battalion histories and biographies are full of stories that reinforce the idea that Australian citizen soldiers in World War I behaved like naughty boys, and that their antics were harmless or benign. “But there was a dark side to the AIF's wrong-doers,” he says. “Though little acknowledged, the AIF included many men who contravened military law. They stole, answered back, refused to obey orders, got drunk, wounded themselves to get out of the war, and went absent or deserted, and in huge numbers,” said Dr Stanley.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Dr Peter Stanley from the National Museum of Australia. Dr Stanley is the author of over 20 books, mainly on Australian and British military social history. The third Theo Barker Memorial Lecture is free and is jointly presented by CSU and the Bathurst District Historical Society. It will be held from 6pm on Friday 14 August in the main Lecture Theatre, building S15 at CSU at Bathurst. The lecture is held in honour of Mr Barker, a history lecturer at one of CSU’s predecessor institutions, the Mitchell College of Advanced Education. He wrote a history of the Bathurst campus and a two volume history of Bathurst.
Print this story HSC study on trial
11 Aug 2009
Does cramming really help students prepare for the HSC? With many starting their HSC trial exams today, students are discovering what study methods work best for them. Charles Sturt University (CSU) lecturer Dr Deb Clarke believes a well prepared study plan is a great start to study and suggests a visit to NSW HSC online for inspiration. “NSW HSC online explicitly follows the syllabus content and has a range of activities for students to complete that can be used to refine and rehearse their knowledge of HSC content,” said Dr Clarke. With so many resources now available online, Dr Clarke advises students to find government-supported sites that provide accurate material. For more information on NSW HSC online visit here.
Media Note: Dr Deb Clarke is a senior lecturer with the School of Human Movement Studies at CSU at Bathurst. For interviews contact CSU Media. NSW HSC online was hosted by CSU in 2007 in collaboration with the NSW Department of Education and Training.
Print this story Making students MaD
11 Aug 2009
Charles Sturt University (CSU) is giving young people the opportunity to have an input into the challenging issues such as homelessness, teen suicide, drugs, poverty and crime. The Making a Difference (MaD) competition is now open and submissions close on Monday 5 October. “By writing a story, poem or script that addresses any issue of social justice, entrants are in the running to receive one of four $250 cash prizes,” explains CSU coordinator Mr Bill Anscombe. “In addition, Charles Sturt University will donate $250 to the charity of the winners’ choice.” The School of Humanities and Social Sciences’ Social Justice Innovation Award is eligible to anyone aged between 15 and 21 and are in Years 10, 11 and 12 at high school or studying at TAFE. Judging will take place in October, with the winners announced early November.
Media Note: Mr Bill Anscombe is a senior lecturer in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at CSU at Wagga Wagga. More information, including a full list of competition conditions, is available here. For interviews contact CSU Media
Print this story The pulse of Asia
11 Aug 2009
International trends for grains, oilseeds and pulses will be discussed at the annual Asia Today Forum 2009 on Thursday 13 August in Parkes. Following the successful forums on beef in 2007 and lamb in 2008, the Asia Today Forum 2009 will focus on cereals, oilseeds and pulses and their outlook for Asian markets. “While the focus of the forum will be on Asia, it will also broaden the view towards the relevant underlying developments and driving forces of today's agricultural and grain markets,” says Director of the Asian Agribusiness Research Centre at CSU, Dr Claus Deblitz. Speakers will include Professor John Chudleigh from Analysing Agriculture and representatives from Emerald Group, the Bread Research Institute, Buckwheat Enterprises, Lachlan Commodities and MSM Milling - Manildra.
Media Note: The forum is free and will be held from 9am to 4pm on Thursday 13 August in the Parkes Services Club, Parkes in NSW. Read more about Asia Today Forum 2009 here. The forum is jointly organised by the Asian Agribusiness Research Centre at CSU and Regional Development Australia Central West. The event is supported by NSW Farmers Association, Central West Farming Systems and Conservation Agriculture and No-Till Farmers Association Australia. The Asian Agribusiness Research Centre at CSU provides research and consultancy services related to trends and developments in the Asian agribusiness sector.
Print this story Preparing pharmacists for regional Australia
11 Aug 2009
 Reflecting Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) continued support for students who wish to study and gain their professional qualifications in regional Australia, a new application process for entry into the Bachelor of Pharmacy degree will commence in 2010. In addition to lodging an application with the University Admissions Centre (UAC) by Wednesday 30 September 2009, a ‘Supplementary Application Form’ and interview process has been introduced. These changes will allow applicants to demonstrate an interest in, and commitment to, rural Australia, a career in pharmacy and the overall health of the rural population. “By showing an understanding of the unique issues that confront pharmacists and other health workers in rural and remote Australia, Charles Sturt University is ensuring students are prepared for an education and possibly a career in regional Australia,” said Head of the School of Biomedical Sciences, Associate Professor Lyndall Angel.
Media Note: Further information is available here or telephone 1800 334 733. For media interviews contact CSU Media. The Bachelor of Pharmacy course was the first pharmacy degree in Australia to be offered outside a metropolitan area. It is run through the School of Biomedical Sciences at CSU at Orange and Wagga Wagga.
Print this story Scholarships fund practical skills for vet students
11 Aug 2009
 Vital financial support of almost $30 000 has been awarded to veterinary science students at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Wagga Wagga. The 2009 Professional Experience Scholarships and Prizes were presented on Tuesday 4 August to help the students while they attend their practical work placements across Australia. The awards included fifth year students who are about to embark on the third phase of the veterinary science program, which involves ten clinical rotations over the next 12 months. “The scholarships to assist the students with their field experience come at an exciting time for the first intake of students into the veterinary science program,” said Head of the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences Professor Kym Abbott. “The students have been very well prepared for the final phase of their training but now need to apply their full focus to this final development of their clinical skills before they graduate next year. The financial support from donors will help them at this critical stage of their studies.”
Media Note: Further information about the inaugural Professional Experience Scholarships in 2008 can be found here. The scholarships were generously funded by the Moruya Veterinary Hospital, the Rotary Club of Wagga Wagga, Pfizer Animal Health, the Piper Street Veterinary Clinic at Tamworth and WP and AG Holmesby, Coopers Animal Health and many donors to the CSU Foundation.
Print this story Photo exhibition at CSU at Dubbo
06 Aug 2009
.jpg) Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Dubbo is hosting the twenty-second annual Western Districts National Exhibition of Photography during the month of August. Coordinator of the competition and exhibition, Ms Lorna White from Dubbo said, “This event grows in quantity and quality of entries every year, with entries from most states in Australia. We’re delighted it is again displayed at Charles Sturt University, and visitors to the exhibition will be impressed by the range of subjects and approaches taken by individual photographers.” The exhibition received 292 film print entries from which 100 prints from 33 entrants were selected for display in five sections - Open Colour, Open Monochrome, People, Nature and Photo Journalism. There is also a digital images category which received 964 submissions from which 293 images were selected from 96 entrants in the sections Open, Nature, People, Photo Journalism and Photo Travel. The exhibition opened at the Interactive Learning Centre at CSU on Monday 3 August and ends on 28 August.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews. The twenty-second annual Western Districts National Exhibition of Photography is open to the public and is easily accessed through the CSU main entrance between 9am to 7pm Monday to Thursday, and on Friday from 9am to 5pm. 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 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 |
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