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Microscope to benefit pharmaceutical research
15 May 2012
Pharmaceutical research at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga is set to benefit from a state-of-the-art microscope system to be unveiled on Tuesday 22 May. Purchase of the microscope has been made possible by a $25 000 gift to CSU’s School of Biomedical Sciences by retired pharmacist Mr Robert Lazzarini and his wife, Diane, from Wagga Wagga. Professor of Rural Pharmacy, Patrick Ball, said it has a fully integrated digital imaging system and replaces a vintage 1962 monocular microscope. “We anticipate this will support a range of research activities within the School for at least another 10 to 15 years,” he said. “This will make existing projects much easier and quicker compared to the previous system, and will provide support for a range of possible projects in the School that the previous system could not.”
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews. The microscope will be unveiled at 12 noon on Tuesday 22 May in the instrument room 232, on the upper level of building 16, near Johnson Place, CSU in Wagga Wagga.
The Bachelor of Pharmacy is a four-year program offered through the School of Biomedical Sciences at CSU in Orange and Wagga Wagga. Read more here.
Print this story Scholarship ceremony at CSU
15 May 2012
Students from the ACT, NSW and Victoria will be recognised during the annual scholarship ceremony at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga on Wednesday 16 May. Eighty scholarships, valued at almost $220 000 dollars and donated by a variety of individuals and organisations, will be presented to students during a ceremony from 4pm to approximately 5.15pm in Joyes Hall, Pine Gully Road, CSU in Wagga Wagga. The University’s Deputy Chancellor, Ms Kathryn Pitkin, will attend the annual event along with the mayors of Junee, Temora and Tumut local councils as well as Wagga Wagga’s deputy mayor. The scholarships are distributed through the Charles Sturt University Foundation Trust. Read more about CSU scholarships here.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews. Print this story Writer-in-residence in Wagga direct from China
08 May 2012
 Australian scholar, poet, translator and artist Dr Christopher (Kit) Kelen is the second writer-in-residence at the Booranga Writers’ Centre at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga. Apart from poetry, Dr Kelen publishes in a range of theoretical areas including writing pedagogy, ethics, rhetoric, cultural and literary studies. For the last 11 years, he has taught Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Macau in southern China. Dr Kelen will give a poetry reading, writers’ workshop and talk about his exhibition of paintings, as to the ladders of whichway - first rungs, which is on display at the H R Gallop Gallery at CSU in Wagga Wagga.
Media Note: For interviews or more information, contact Booranga Director Dr Derek Motion on 0449854901.
On Wednesday 9 May from 3.10pm, Dr Kelen will talk about his exhibition as to the ladders of whichway - first rungs and the intersection of visual art and poetry at the theatrette, (building 21) in the School of Communications and Creative Industries, near car park 2, off Darnell Smith Drive, CSU in Wagga Wagga.
A writers’ workshop will be held at at the Booranga Writers’ Centre at CSU in Wagga Wagga 2pm on Thursday 10 May and a poetry reading will be held at the Riverina Regional Library, Civic Centre, Baylis Street, Wagga Wagga on Thursday 10 May at 5pm.
Print this story Changing nature in new exhibition
08 May 2012
 A 2 000 kilometre journey around the southern tip of New Zealand, at a time when the region was being rocked by earthquake aftershocks, has inspired Charles Sturt University (CSU) lecturer and photographic artist Mr Christopher Orchard. His new exhibition 15 Days is on display at the Links Gallery at the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery and will be launched on Saturday 12 May. An associate lecturer with the School of Communication and Creative Industries at CSU in Wagga Wagga , Mr Orchard said using digital technologies restricted to darkroom techniques, the images in the exhibition reference the traditions of landscape photography. “The clashing of continental plates, shifting ocean currents, cold polar winds, volcanic eruptions and innumerable other physical forces reshape the soul of the land with each passing second,” he said. “The ultimate accolade for the fine-art photographer is to be able to see work displayed for public viewing, and for the general public to be able to engage with the creative process.”
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews. 15 Days is on display at the Links Gallery at the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Civic Centre, Baylis Street, Wagga Wagga until Sunday 24 June. The exhibition will be launched by CSU photography lecturer Mr Jamie Holcombe from 2pm to 4pm on Saturday 12 May.
Print this story CSU celebrates grape harvest
08 May 2012
 A celebration of the 2012 grape harvest will be held at the CSU Winery in Wagga Wagga over a Mediterranean-inspired barbecue from 6.30pm on Saturday 12 May. Hosted by CSU Winemaker Mr Andrew Drumm, guests will be introduced to a range of the University’s wines including Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, sparkling and Merlot. The wines will be matched to Mediterranean food prepared by Mr Toby Perry and his team from CSU’s Food and Beverage Services. Mr Drumm said, “The 2012 harvest was one of the more unusual. Picking began at the end of February and finished just before Anzac Day. The cool growing season in spring and summer developed good flavours on vineyards at Orange and Wagga Wagga. The rain in early March punctuated the season but a long warm autumn has finished things off quite well”. The Harvest Celebration marks the end of the seasonal cycle and the hard work and late nights.
Media Note: The Harvest Celebration will be held from 6.30pm on Saturday 12 May at the CSU Winery, McKeown Drive at CSU in Wagga Wagga. Tickets are $55 each and include the barbecue, wine, music and return bus trip from Wagga Wagga. The bus departs the Riverina Playhouse in Cross Street, Wagga Wagga at 6pm and will return at approximately 10.30pm. Tickets are available from the CSU Cellar Door on 02 6933 2435. Print this story Cocktail celebrations for CSU alumni
08 May 2012
A free cocktail party will be the backdrop for a gathering of recent and not-so-recent graduates and staff of Charles Sturt University (CSU) on Wednesday 23 May. Hosted by CSU Alumni, the evening will feature CSU Vice-Chancellor Professor Andrew Vann, who joined the University at the start of this year. A second guest speaker will be Dr Krissy Wilson, a lecturer and researcher from the School of Psychology at CSU. A renowned sceptic, former actress and airline cabin crew member, Dr Wilson researches why people believe in extraordinary phenomena, or Anomalistic Psychology. Read more on CSU News about Dr Wilson's new research group here. All CSU alumni are invited to attend the cocktail evening from 6pm to 8pm, Wednesday 23 May at the Country Comfort Motel on the corner of Tarcutta and Morgan Streets, Wagga Wagga.
Media Note: Interested parties can register for the CSU Alumni Cocktail Party here. Read more about CSU Alumni here. CSU alumni are graduates, current and former staff as well as former students, who may not have graduated. This includes those from CSU as well as its predecessor institutions. Print this story CSU in Wangaratta
03 May 2012
Charles Sturt University (CSU) is continuing to make tertiary education more available in regional Australia when it opens its latest Regional University Centre in collaboration with Goulburn Ovens TAFE (GOTAFE) in 2013. Head of CSU in Albury-Wodonga, Ms Sue Moloney, will formally announce the expansion today, Thursday 3 May, during the release of the Rural City of Wangaratta's South Wangaratta Urban Renewal Strategy at 10am during a Special Council meeting at the Council Chamber, Wangaratta Government Centre. “This initiative recognises the complementary and combined strengths of Charles Sturt University and GOTAFE, particularly in agriculture. Initially, students undertaking a GOTAFE diploma in dairy management can continue their studies with credits from their GOTAFE course to gain a CSU degree in agricultural business management. We are also looking to offer further opportunities for CSU courses through the Wangaratta centre, including postgraduate agriculture studies as well as nursing,” Ms Moloney said. The CSU Regional University Centre at Wangaratta will be established by CSU in collaboration with GOTAFE with the support of a Commonwealth Structural Adjustment Fund grant of over $7m.
Media Note: Contact Head of CSU in Albury-Wodonga, Ms Sue Moloney, on mobile 0400 304 433. . Background notes on CSU in Wangaratta are available here.
Print this story Parasitic plants boost biodiversity
01 May 2012
 At first glance mistletoe might seem to be a destructive weed but Charles Sturt University (CSU) ecologist Associate Professor David Watson will explore the role the parasitic plant plays in promoting biodiversity at a seminar in Wagga Wagga on Wednesday 2 May. The National Wine and Grape Industry Centre at CSU in Wagga Wagga will host the seminar titled, Parasitic plants as drivers of ecological communities: patterns, predictions, processes. In his presentation, Professor Watson will pull together a decade of research on mistletoe ecology in southern Australia. “The word parasite has nasty connotations to it but rather than being negative or even neutral, in natural systems parasitic plants may be disproportionately important to biodiversity,” he said. “This may provide land managers with a new tool to boost the value of remnant habitats for wildlife and maximise ecosystem functionality in modified landscapes.”
Media Note: Contact CSU Media for interviews or to attend the seminar between 2pm to 3pm on Wednesday 2 May 2012 in the Ron Potter Centre seminar room, building 412 off McKeown Drive at CSU in Wagga Wagga.
The National Wine and Grape Industry Centre is an alliance between CSU, the NSW Department of Primary Industries and the NSW Wine Industry Association.
Print this story CSU staff nominated for Crow Award
01 May 2012
 Grounds staff at Charles Sturt University (CSU) eagerly await the new-look business awards in Wagga Wagga later this month. CSU has been named as one of the finalists in the 2012 Crow Awards, hosted by the Wagga Business Chamber, on Friday 18 May. The staff have been nominated for a new category of Disability Employer of the Year. In the University’s Division of Facilities Management, the grounds and janitor staff, are responsible for the upkeep of approximately 200 buildings as well as facilities, such as sports ovals, gardens and lawns at CSU in Wagga Wagga. Campus Services Manager at CSU in Wagga Wagga Mr Terry O’Meara said, “We have actively sought out staff with disabilities for employment within our group. Morale and work performance appears to be higher as the group has genuinely put time into training the new staff and ensuring we have a cohesive team.”
Media Note: The 2012 Crow Awards will be announced at a dinner at the city’s RSL Club in Dobbs Street Wagga Wagga from 7pm on Friday 18 May. Print this story Children's charity assisted by construction workers
01 May 2012
A charity to support the families of children receiving medical treatment in Wagga Wagga will benefit from the generosity of construction workers from the National Life Sciences Hub project at Charles Sturt University (CSU). The project’s contractor, Joss Construction will donate $2 500 to Ronald McDonald House Wagga Wagga at 10am on Monday 7 May. The money has been raised by gold coin donations during fortnightly barbecues involving Joss Construction and sub-contractors working on the large complex since late 2010. Joss Construction hosted the regular barbecues to coincide with Site Safety Meetings. The $45 million National Life Sciences Hub is due to be handed over to the University’s Faculty of Science by July. It includes teaching laboratories, a research complex, glasshouses and controlled environment facilities for plant growth. The project has been jointly funded by the Federal Government as part of the Education Investment Fund and CSU.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media for interviews. The cheque will be presented at 10am on Monday 7 May at Ronald MacDonald House, 300 Edwards Street, Wagga Wagga. Support was provided by the following major subcontractors to the National Life Sciences Hub : Watters Electrical (Albury), Hastie Australia (Sydney), ICG Fleming (Wagga Wagga), Meredith Roofing (Albury), Warren Price Bricklaying (Wagga) and Auzoom Plastering (Sydney). Print this story
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