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Austrade Export Award to marketing student
02 Dec 2008
 The Austrade Export Award for the best international marketing plan by a student enrolled at a NSW-based university has been won by Ms Michelle Hasler, a Charles Sturt University (CSU) distance education student enrolled in a Bachelor of Business (Marketing). Lecturer at CSU’s School of Marketing and Management Ms Katherine Attree said, “The preparation of an international marketing plan is a requirement for the compulsory subject International Marketing in the Bachelor of Business (Marketing). Michelle undertook an enormous amount of research and prepared a very comprehensive and detailed plan that analysed the viability of entry into the New Zealand marketplace as a first international venture for a small South Australian company, Wellness & Lifestyle, which operates in the allied health industry. She thoroughly deserves the $500 award for a NSW student entry.” Ms Hasler said, “I found the process very challenging and a very valuable learning experience.”
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews. The Austrade Export Plan Competition is open to students enrolled at an Australian university, and students can submit entries as individuals or as teams. Entrants prepare an export plan for an existing Australian business that produces goods or offers services with export potential, but has never exported. Print this story Outwitting one of agriculture's worst weeds
02 Dec 2008
 The summer perennial weed Silverleaf Nightshade is estimated to cost agriculture millions of dollars every year in reduced crop and pasture production. Researchers at the EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, an alliance between Charles Sturt University (CSU) and the NSW Department of Primary Industries, are half way through a project to look for innovative solutions to tackle the invasive weed. At a field day to be held on Thursday 4 December, Dr Rex Stanton will speak at a Leeton trial site about the effective chemical control of Silverleaf Nightshade. At a second site at Narrandera, he will discuss the use of mulch crops in suppressing the weed. The trial sites were established to investigate the role that competitive crops and herbicides can play in challenging the weed’s dominance.
Media Note: The field days commence at 10am at Leeton and 11.30am at Narrandera on Thursday, 4 December. Anyone interested in attending should RVSP to Dr Rex Stanton on 02 6938 1618 or email. Maps to the field sites are available. Print this story Landholders get say on incentives
02 Dec 2008
Landholders in the Greater Hume Shire of southern NSW can state the land management incentives that they prefer - such as fixed grants, rate relief, stewardship payments for existing practices or tenders - in a study being conducted by Charles Sturt University (CSU). Social researcher with CSU’s Institute for Land, Water and Society, Mr Jonathon Howard, said the study was the first attempt in Australia to map landholder preferences for different types of land management incentives across the landscape. “Government agencies are looking for more effective ways to achieve environmental outcomes,” Mr Howard said. “Catchment management authorities usually provide incentives through fixed grants or tenders but rarely ask people on the land what they actually need. This survey allows landholders to have their say on what sorts of programs should be available to them.” The study will help catchment authorities select the best incentive programs to address particular environmental issues. Landholders in the Greater Hume Shire are encouraged to complete a survey they will receive in the post during December. The study is in association with the Murray Catchment Management Authority, CSIRO and the Council.
Media Note: For interviews with Mr Jonathon Howard, contact CSU Media. Print this story Open door for new student accommodation
25 Nov 2008
 The doors to new student residential accommodation under construction at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Wagga Wagga will be open to staff and students for inspection on Wednesday 26 November. The work, being undertaken by Joss Construction, will provide 200 new on campus beds for CSU students in the 2009 academic year, and is part of a large scale project for 600 new on campus beds across CSU campuses that will expand the range of student accommodation at the University to about 3 000 beds. Each block of 10 modular concrete and corrugated iron buildings will provide self-catered accommodation, with open plan kitchens and living areas, dedicated study facilities and high quality data networks. The new residences are clad with corrugated iron, which is light, strong, adaptable and durable, shields the internal concrete walls from the summer heat, enabling the buildings to maintain a more constant temperature without the use of air conditioning. Rainwater collected from roofs will be used to flush toilets.
Media Note: The new student accommodation at CSU at Wagga Wagga will be open for inspection during 15-minute tours from 11am until 1.15pm, Wednesday 26 November. The Executive Director of the CSU Division of Student Services, Mr Andrew Callander, will be available for interview between 11am and 12pm. The media should go to the Joss Construction site office, Pine Gully Road, CSU at Wagga Wagga. Print this story Expect major changes in rural property ownership
25 Nov 2008
 Up to half of rural properties are expected to change hands in the next 10 years, according to a Charles Sturt University (CSU) researcher studying the increasing levels of rural property turnover. “Over the past 10 years a quarter of rural properties have been sold, and this will increase up to 50 per cent in the next 10 years,” says CSU PhD student Ms Emily Mendham. “This change is being driven by the age of farmers who are approaching retirement and the demand for rural properties.” Ms Mendham’s findings are based on case studies in the traditional farming region of the Wimmera in western Victoria, and closer to Melbourne in the Corangamite region. Both regions have different influences on their changing demographics, and both present different opportunities and challenges. Ms Mendham will speak at ‘The changing nature of our rural neighbourhoods’ forum at the CD Blake Theatre on CSU’s Thurgoona site on Wednesday 26 November, from 9am to 3pm. The free forum will be hosted by the University’s Institute for Land, Water and Society.
Media Note: For interviews with CSU’s Ms Emily Mendham and other speakers at the forum, contact Margrit Beemster on 02 6051 9653 or CSU Media. Click here to see the forum program. For details on other speakers at the forum, click here. Print this story Adviser to government on Murray Darling Basin
25 Nov 2008
 A Charles Sturt University (CSU) expert in the management and restoration of aquatic ecosystems has been appointed to advise the Rudd government on the use of water purchased to restore the rivers and wetlands of the Murray Darling Basin. Associate Professor Robyn Watts is one of a panel of scientific experts appointed to the Environmental Water Scientific Advisory Committee by the federal Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong. The committee will provide advice on setting environmental watering priorities, monitoring the benefits of environmental flows, and identifying knowledge gaps. Associate Professor Watts is a Principal Researcher in the University’s Institute for Land, Water and Society where she researches biodiversity and connectivity in aquatic ecosystems and the ecological responses to flow regimes in regulated rivers. She also teaches river ecology and restoration at CSU at Albury-Wodonga.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Associate Professor Robyn Watts. Print this story Farewell from Mr Tim Fischer, AC
25 Nov 2008
 The former Deputy Prime Minister and Federal Member for Farrer, Mr Tim Fischer, AC, will present his views on his ‘three Rs’ – the Riverina, railways and Rome – when he speaks at the annual Nowik Lecture at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Albury on Tuesday 2 December, one of his last official engagements before taking up his new post as Australian Ambassador to The Vatican in Rome. With over 30 years in politics, he has been many things to many people: army officer, farmer, politician, humanitarian, diplomat, husband, father and a leader. Head of Campus, Albury-Wodonga, Professor Gail Whiteford, said Mr Fischer, an Honorary Doctor of the University, is a son of the Riverina who has served its citizens, CSU and Australia with distinction over many decades. The 2008 Nowik Lecture will commence at 6pm in the Nowik Lecture Theatre, Charles Sturt University, off Guinea St, Albury.
Media Note: For interviews with Professor Gail Whiteford, contact CSU Media. Print this story New scholarship for CSU advertising students
25 Nov 2008
 Final year advertising and advertising/marketing students at the Charles Sturt University (CSU) School of Communication will benefit from a fourth scholarship offered by OMD Media. Announcing the $2 500 scholarship, the Head of the School and advertising course co-ordinator, Associate Professor Rod McCulloch, said, “This scholarship augments three existing scholarships from OMD Media, OMD Digital and DDB Advertising. It provides monetary recognition to the student and a guaranteed internship at OMD that could lead to the offer of a full-time position. It’s classic win-win; the School is able to offer support to our best students, and OMD gets the first opportunity to employ them.” OMD is one of Australia’s largest media agencies, and the scholarship, which is endowed on behalf of its new strategic media planning company PHD, will be available from 2009.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Associate Professor Rod McCulloch. Print this story Charles Sturt University attracts potential Canadian teachers
25 Nov 2008
 About 80 prospective Canadian students attended a recent information session for the 2009 intake of the Bachelor of Primary Education Studies at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Ontario. The session was addressed by the Head of School, Associate Professor Will Letts, course coordinator Ms Mary Marshall, Provost and Special Adviser CSU Ontario, Professor Bob Meyenn, and alumni who shared their experiences. Professor Toni Downes, Dean of the Faculty of Education, said the course is now in its fourth year, and is undoubtedly a cutting-edge, world-class teacher education program. “Staff in the program were hand-picked and are of the highest calibre. We have deliberately maintained a balance between Australian and Canadian staff, as well as academic and professional expertise,” she said. Applications for the Autumn (Fall) 2009 student intake, which starts in August, close on Friday 24 April 2009.
Media Note: To arrange media interviews with the Head of School, Associate Professor Will Letts, contact Administrative Assistant Ms Sara Lam on (905) 333 4955 or send an email. Print this story New resource to weed out serrated tussock
25 Nov 2008
Charles Sturt University (CSU) has contributed in the creation of a new resource to help farmers in the battle against one of Australia’s most noxious weeds, serrated tussock. The Serrated Tussock Best Practice Management Manual and a supporting resource CD was launched today, Tuesday 25 November. “Up-to-date information on the best practices to control and manage the spread of serrated tussock is a key to successful management,” said Mr Scott Chirnside, Chair of the National Serrated Tussock Management Group. The new manual collates information on control and management options. CSU School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences research fellow, Dr Aaron Simmons said, ”Lower wool prices mean people work off farm and have less time to control serrated tussock. This manual will provide farmers with most of the information they need but they do need to consider how the information reflects their individual circumstance.”
Media Note: Serrated tussock is one of 20 Weeds of National Significance (WoNS). It is one of the worst perennial grass weeds in Australia, invading pastures, native grasslands and urban areas covering more than a million hectares in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and the ACT. The manual and resource CD has been funded by the Australian Government, Victorian and NSW Departments of Primary Industries. Copies of the manual are available here. Print this story |
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