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Taking it off for men's health
05 Nov 2009
 Student leaders at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Wagga Wagga will reveal more than usual when they unveil a 2010 calendar to raise money for men’s health. The male Residential Advisors or RAs will launch their nude calendar from 2.30pm on Friday 6 November. Funds raised from the sale of the $10 calendars will go to support the annual Movember campaign highlighting men’s health issues, specifically prostate cancer and depression in men. The RAs featured in the calendar will be on hand at CSU at Wagga Wagga on Friday 6 November to autograph their favourite month. During the event, students who participated in the Moctober Challenge – Grow or Design a Mo’ - from Friday 9 October to Friday 6 November will participate in a final shave-off and celebrate with a barbecue. The calendar launch and final shave-off for Moctober will be held near the student canteen, building 20, near car park 2, Darnell Smith Drive, CSU at Wagga Wagga.
Media Note: The annual fundraising appeal, Movember was held in October by CSU students at Wagga Wagga instead of November due to end of year exams. The Moctober Challenge and the RAs nude 2010 calendar are supported by the University’s Division of Student Services’ Health Promotion Service, CSU Print and 37 local business houses from the Wagga Wagga community. Further information is available from CSU Health Promotions Officer Ms Coleen Pearce on 0409 037 831 or Head Resident and pharmacy student Mr Lloyd Smith on 0411 445 366. Through its Residential Support Scheme on each campus, CSU employs senior students as RAs to provide care and welfare for student residents. Read more here.
Print this story Region served well by radiographers
03 Nov 2009
 Charles Sturt University (CSU) academics and medical imaging students will be present to discuss a career in medical imaging when Regional Imaging Riverina holds an open day in Wagga Wagga on Sunday 8 November - the day in 1895 when Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered x-rays - as part of National Radiographers and Radiation Therapists Week (Monday 2 to Sunday 8 November). Radiographers are the health professionals who operate x-ray, mammogram or ultrasound diagnostic technologies. CSU medical imaging students will also mark the Week with their annual end of year dinner at 6.30pm on Wednesday 4 November at the University’s Convention Centre. “There are around 40 radiographers working in Wagga Wagga alone,” said Mrs Kelly Spuur, lecturer with the School of Dentistry and Health Sciences at CSU at Wagga Wagga. Mrs Spuur is course coordinator of the Bachelor of Medical Radiation Science (Medical Imaging) and a former radiographer with Regional Imaging Riverina (RIR). “Given the national and international shortage of radiographers, our region is fortunate to have this many professionals working in local private practice and public hospitals.” The open day is an opportunity for the local community to tour the facility at Calvary Hospital which includes a 16 channel short bore MRI scanner, 16 slice CT and digital mammography unit. Radiographers will also be on hand to discuss their work.
Media Note: The open day will be held in Regional Imaging Riverina, Calvary Hospital, 36 Hardy Avenue, Wagga Wagga from 11am to 2pm on Sunday 8 November. A sausage sizzle will be available. Entry is by gold coin donation. All the money raised will go to The World Radiography Education Trust Fund to assist in the provision of textbooks to radiographers in developing countries. CSU lecturer Mrs Kelly Spuur is available for interview on 02 6933 2667 or send an email. CSU has offered postgraduate and undergraduate education and training for medical imaging scientists or radiographers for 31 years. Print this story Photo exhibit explores melancholic landscapes
03 Nov 2009
 Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic and artist Mr Jamie Holcombe will explore his photographic exhibition Civic Melancholy in a public seminar at CSU at Wagga Wagga from 3.10pm on Wednesday 4 November. The exhibition, which will be officially opened by CSU lecturer Mr David Gilbey at 6pm on Saturday 14 November in the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, focuses on large-scale urban landscapes in the Riverina. During the seminar, the artist will present an overview of the project’s evolution, drawing on his ongoing PhD research into the concept of the melancholy in photography, with particular reference to urban landscape in regional community environments. “This body of work is a personal response to my surroundings,” said Mr Holcombe. “After a long period of passive observation, this exhibition represents an interchange with the region that I now call home.” Mr Holcombe lectures in photography and digital imaging in the School of Visual and Performing Arts at CSU at Wagga Wagga.
Media Note: The exhibition Civic Melancholy will run in the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Baylis Street, Wagga Wagga from Friday 13 to Sunday 24 November. The seminar from 3.10pm Wednesday 4 November by Mr Jamie Holcombe will be held in the School of Visual and Performing Arts theatrette, building 21, near car park 2, Darnell Smith Drive, CSU, Wagga Wagga. The seminar is part of the School of Visual and Performing Arts Seminar Series. Read more here. Print this story Walk early, walk often
03 Nov 2009
 Staff and students at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Wagga Wagga are being encouraged to participate in a Walk at Work on Thursday 5 November. The University’s Occupational, Health and Safety (OH&S) Committee at Wagga Wagga has reshaped the annual national Walk to Work Day to try to get staff and students out and about for a brisk four kilometre walk before a hearty but healthy breakfast at the University. “It would be wonderful to see as many staff and students as possible take part in this exercise within their work environment and to take advantage of the walks around the local campus,” said OH&S Committee presiding officer Mrs Marion Kater.
Media Note: The Walk at Work will commence from 7.15am from the quadrangle near the Division of Student Services, building 20 near car park 2, Darnell Smith Drive, CSU, Wagga Wagga. Participants should arrive at 7am for the 7.15 am start. The walk includes Tabbita Walk, Keajura Walk, Walla Walk, Valder Way, Pine Gully Road, Pugsley Place, Nathan Cobb Drive, cross country back to the starting point. The Walk at Work event is organised by the OH&S Committee at CSU at Wagga Wagga. 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 NSW Riverina Institute, the Canberra Institute of Technology and TAFE Western 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,” says Professor Chambers. Institute Director at TAFE NSW Riverina Institute, Ms Rosemary Campbell, acknowledges that CSU and Riverina Institute have become great educational partners. “We have a rich range of integrated programs which are envied across Australia,” Ms Campbell says. 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 Rosemary Campbell, contact CSU Media. Information about the scholarship, including guidelines and the application form, can be found here.
Print this story Has it really been 50 years?
27 Oct 2009
“Lock up your daughters, the Aggies are in town”, was the rumour that spread through town in 1959 when the students of Wagga Wagga Agricultural College, a predecessor of Charles Sturt University (CSU), visited Wagga for a social occasion. These and other fond memories will be shared when the Class of 1959 gets together for their 50-year reunion at CSU at Wagga Wagga on Wednesday 28 October. Organiser Mr Ian Mashman expects 29 of the graduating 33 students will attend, bringing along years of memories, reflections and yarns on what their lives have become. “Two of our class went on to earn PhDs and we’ve managed to contribute to subsequent generations with 181 grandchildren between us,” he said. “About 13 of us became long-term farmers, and with few exceptions the balance worked in associated agricultural and viticultural industries,” said Mr Mashman. While life is vastly different for the agricultural science students of 2009, back in 1959 there were only five cars on campus. But Mr Mashman reflects, “I don’t think that much has changed, we had great fun in those days”.
Media Note: Emeritus Professor Ted Wolfe will host the Class of 1959 reunion festivities at Wagga Wagga Campus on Wednesday 28 October. The class members have contributed to a book, which collates the memories and lives of almost all of the class. Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Mr Ian Mashman or Emeritus Professor Ted Wolfe. 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 Appreciating Riverina veterinary practices
20 Oct 2009
 The work of veterinary practices throughout the Riverina in supporting the veterinary science program at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Wagga Wagga will be recognised by the University this week. The support includes hosting CSU students for practicum placements during the past five years. “This contribution has made an enormous difference to the development of these students as skilled veterinarians for rural and regional Australia,” said Head of the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Professor Kym Abbott. As thanks for this vital contribution to the veterinary science program, the School will host the inaugural Practitioner Appreciation Day (PAD) from 5pm on Tuesday 20 October. “The partnership that has been formed between the University and practicing veterinarians is highly valued by staff and students at Charles Sturt University,” said Professor Abbott. During PAD, local veterinarians will be able to inspect the veterinary science facilities, including the Veterinary Clinical Centre, the new Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and the University’s cattle handling facilities. Academics will also deliver presentations on new developments in the veterinary science field, including new antibiotics and analgesics.
Media Note: The inaugural Practitioner Appreciation Day will be held from 5pm to 8.30pm on Tuesday 20 October at the Veterinary Pre-clinical Centre, building 290, Nathan Cobb Drive, CSU, Wagga Wagga. The Bachelor of Veterinary Science was first offered at CSU in 2005. Print this story Crafts of Contrast art exhibition at Wagga Wagga
20 Oct 2009
_RNS.jpg) An art exhibition by two Indigenous students at the Charles Sturt University (CSU) School of Visual and Performing Arts at Wagga Wagga will be opened today, Tuesday 20 October. Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts) student, Ms Melanie Evans, and postgraduate jewellery student, Mr Wayne Simon, will showcase their works in Crafts of Contrast to be opened at the William Merrylees Library at CSU at Wagga Wagga from 3pm by Mr Ray Eldridge, Manager of the University’s Indigenous Student Services. There will be a Welcome to Country by Wiradjuri Elder Aunty Sandy Warren. The exhibition of black and white photographs and linoprints by Ms Evans and jewellery by Mr Simon will remain on display in the library foyer until Tuesday 3 November. “In the exhibition, we play with the differences and similarities of the white and black cultures that we belong to and the journey of self discovery,” said Ms Evans. “We have walked contrasting paths, but have met at a crossroads where we can nurture and challenge each other’s ideals in order to strengthen our cultural identities.”
Media Note: The exhibition was also held at Ngungilanna – Indigenous Student Services at CSU at Wagga Wagga from Tuesday 22 September until Tuesday 13 October as part of NAIDOC events. Print this story Collaboration on water for future gain
20 Oct 2009
 The International Centre for Water for Food Security (IC Water) at Charles Sturt University (CSU) will host a seminar by the head of Murrumbidgee Irrigation this week as part of its mission to work closely with key stakeholders to find solutions to national and international water problems. Murrumbidgee Irrigation Managing Director, Mr Brett Tucker, will present Murrumbidgee Irrigation's take on the current water situation in Australia: Reinventing century old schemes at Wagga Wagga on Wednesday 21 October. Mr Tucker said there’s little doubt that the face of irrigation in the Murray-Darling Basin has changed with the prolonged drought, combined with changes to climate patterns, leading to unprecedented low water availability. “In this environment the key challenges for Murrumbidgee Irrigation include the integrated management of water and energy, and developing effective strategies for mitigating diversification and investment risk,” he said. IC Water is leading a SAM-ET project, funded by National Water Commission, in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area to map out actual water, soil moisture and land use and land cover classification using high spatial resolution satellite imagery.
Media Note: The International Centre of Water for Food Security at CSU holds monthly seminars with national and international water experts invited to discuss the emerging issues and policies dealing with sustainable management of water resources for food security. Mr Brett Tucker, Managing Director of Murrumbidgee Irrigation, will speak in the conference room at the Wine & Food Industry Training Centre, McKeown Drive, CSU at Wagga Wagga on Wednesday 21 October from 3.30pm to 5.30pm. Print this story |
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