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New scheme falls into student laps
11 Nov 2008
Media Note: For interviews contact CSU Media. Print this story CSU committed to saving water, energy
11 Nov 2008
 Commitment to a University-wide environmental initiative has gained Charles Sturt University (CSU) $77 000 from the NSW Government to assist energy and water conservation on its Wagga Wagga site. CSU has committed $300 000 to introduce conservation measures to campus infrastructure, teaching spaces and office accommodation. Director of Operations and Maintenance, Mr Wayne Millar, said the project, 'Learning by Doing', combines practical water and energy saving measures with education to raise awareness of water and energy management among CSU students, staff and the Wagga Wagga community. “The project includes lighting, air conditioning and water efficiency upgrades across the campus, which is projected to save 443 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions and more than four million litres of water each year.” With CSU at Wagga Wagga leading, CSU will develop energy management plans for each campus and move towards the goal of becoming a ‘greener’ University.
Media Note: For interviews contact CSU Media. Print this story Time to correct mistakes of ABC
07 Nov 2008
 The appointment of receivers to manage the private childcare operator ABC Learning Centres represents a prime opportunity for the Rudd government to make right the mistakes of the past, according to a Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic. The childcare operator yesterday went into voluntary administration with the receivers assuring parents that the centres will remain open. “Many early childhood experts had expressed concern about the growing monopoly of ABC, particularly in regional areas,” said Senior Lecturer with the CSU School of Teacher Education Ms Fran Press. “The Commonwealth should show leadership by brokering a deal between the three levels of government and the community sector to ensure the survival of childcare places. Not only would this ensure the retention of much needed childcare places, it would put them in a good position to work toward the fulfilment of election promises concerning the provision of early childhood education.” The fact ABC currently has about 30 per cent of long day care places in Australia is unusual. “No other country entrusts so much childcare to just one provider,” said Ms Press.
Media Note: CSU lecturer Ms Fran Press is available for interview. She is based at CSU in Bathurst. Contact CSU Media on 0439 475 315
Print this story New education partnership for Griffith
06 Nov 2008
 The signing of a new partnership between TAFE NSW Riverina Institute and Charles Sturt University (CSU) will highlight the importance of the new purpose-built teaching and learning centre at Riverina Institute’s Griffith Campus. The joint venture agreement signed on Thursday 6 November will see the development of new Integrated Degree/Diploma Programs in Early Childhood Studies and Nursing. “Signing the agreement with Charles Sturt University allows us to extend the pathways to careers from entry level to degree level,” said Riverina Institute Director Rosemary Campbell. “This will be exceptionally valuable to both employers and people seeking career paths in health and in children’s services.” “Charles Sturt University is strongly committed to improving access to and participation in higher education in Griffith and the western Riverina,” said CSU Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Ross Chambers. “The University believes working with Riverina Institute and local government and organisations and businesses is the best way to do achieve this increased participation,” said Professor Chambers.
Media Note: The NSW Labor MLC for Murrumbidgee, Tony Catanzariti MLC and Senator for New South Wales Mark Arbib, officially opened the new facilities on Thursday 6 November 2008. Following the ceremony, guests from industry and the Griffith community, as well as TAFE NSW Riverina Institute students and staff toured the new facilities. Print this story Award winning jewellery designs
04 Nov 2008
 Two Charles Sturt University (CSU) graduates have come up trumps in the National Contemporary Jewellery Awards held on Thursday 24 October at the Griffith Regional Art Gallery. Ms Emily Snadden from Wagga Wagga, was highly commended for ‘best innovative contemporary jewellery design’. Ms Snadden, who graduated with the Bachelor of Arts (Jewellery) in 2006, works in the CSU School of Visual and Performing Arts. Her design entitled The Bends continued her exploration into the potential plasticity and malleability of metal. “My works are unashamedly quirky and conceptual works which aim to demonstrate a material plasticity normally uncharacteristic to metal,” said Ms Snadden. Ms Emma Kidson, also from Wagga Wagga, won the ‘best innovative contemporary jewellery design submitted by an artist under 26 years of age’. Ms Kidson owns a jewellery design business in Wagga Wagga and graduated from CSU in 2007. Entitled Origami Box Ring 1, Ms Kidson submitted a sterling silver ring.
Media Note: The National Contemporary Jewellery Awards is administered by the Griffith Regional Art Gallery. Print this story CSU shorts win awards
04 Nov 2008
 Students at Charles Sturt University (CSU) secured two awards at a popular short film festival held in Wagga Wagga on Saturday 25 October. Over 600 people filled the amphitheatre at Wollundry Lagoon at the annual Reel is Real film festival. A varied program of 16 short-listed films from all over Australia was screened. The Best Animation award went to first year graphic design and multi-media student Mr Aleksei Fateev for his animated film, ‘Alien Life Cycle’. The Best Film went to second year television production student, Mr Jackson Bauer for his film, ‘The Paperboy’.
Print this story REX supports CSU acting students
04 Nov 2008
Acting students from Charles Sturt University (CSU) have expressed their gratitude to Regional Express (Rex) Airlines which has demonstrated its commitment to regional communities. The airline has donated four return flights between Sydney and Wagga Wagga in support of the final year students’ Agents’ Day Showcase. The annual showcase is organised and largely funded by Bachelor of Arts (Acting for Screen and Stage) students. Major casting agents from Sydney are invited to CSU at Wagga Wagga to view short performances by the acting students. “The cost of staging the showcase has risen due to increasing interest from agents wishing to attend the event,” said CSU acting student Ms Hannah Smith. “Despite our late request to Rex, the airline generously responded by donating the flights. This contribution will go a long way to ensuring the continuing success of the showcase.”
Media Note: The Agents’ Day Showcase will be held from 11am Friday 7 November in the Drama Studio, building 71, Kywong Place, near car park 20, CSU, Wagga Wagga. Print this story CSU wine for Jimmy Watson trophy
04 Nov 2008
 The Charles Sturt University (CSU) 2007 Shiraz has been nominated for the prestigious Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy at the 2008 Royal Melbourne Wine Show, Australia largest wine show. Fifteen wines were selected in October by a panel of international and national judges. The award for the best red wine of the 2007 vintage is one of the most sought after trophies of the 21 awards available at the show. The CSU 2007 Shiraz is produced with grapes from the University’s vineyard in Orange and is the only NSW wine to be nominated for this year’s Trophy. The wine has already been awarded bronze medals at the Orange Wine Show in October and the Riverina Wine Show in September. CSU Shiraz 2007 will be released at the University’s Cellar Door at Wagga Wagga in mid-November. The winner of the Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy will be announced at the Royal Melbourne Wine Show presentation dinner on Thursday 13 November at the Hilton on the Park in Melbourne.
Media Note: For further information, contact CSU Winemaker in Wagga Wagga, Mr Andrew Drumm, on (02) 6933 2241 or CSU Viticulturalist in Orange, Mr Geoffrey Cook, on 0419 407 021. Print this story Shining a light on radiographers
04 Nov 2008
Medical imaging students and staff at Charles Sturt University (CSU) will commemorate International Radiographers and Radiation Therapists Week from 3–9 November at CSU Wagga Wagga Campus. Undergraduate courses in Medical Imaging have been taught at CSU for over 30 years. This year more than 200 students are studying on campus in preparation for a career as a radiographer, a health professional who takes medical images including CT and MRI scans, ultrasounds, mammograms and x-rays for diagnosis. Lecturer in medical imaging, Mrs Kelly Spuur said, the University also has post-graduate students enrolled in courses including ultrasound and image interpretation and offers a professional advancement program for overseas radiographers. “The world’s first X-ray taken was in 1895 and Saturday 8 November is recognised as World Radiography Day,” she said.
Media Note: A barbeque for students and staff will be held on Wednesday 5 November from 12 noon in the quadrangle in front of the Nosh Pit, CSU Wagga Wagga Campus. For more information or to arrange interviews contact Mrs Kelly Spuur, lecturer in medical imaging on 0403 778 782. Print this story Pros and cons of genetically modified crops
04 Nov 2008
As part of its mission to develop productive and efficient agricultural systems, the EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, an alliance between Charles Sturt University (CSU) and the Department of Primary Industries, is holding a working breakfast about genetically modified (GM) crops and their projected impact. Organiser and CSU post-doctoral fellow, Dr Rex Stanton, says the event is targeted at farmers, advisors and consultants and will feature two speakers who will share their international knowledge of GM crops. “Suzanne Warwick is a research scientist at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, who researches weed and crop evolution and is studying the environmental impact of commercially released GM modified canola crops,” he said. “Culcairn farmer and 2007 Nuffield Scholar, Mr Murray Scholz, will explain his recent study of the implications of herbicide tolerant GM crops on weed management in North America, Europe and South America.”
Media Note: The breakfast will run from 8.00am to 9.30am on Thursday 6 November at the Conference Room, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Pine Gully Road, Wagga Wagga. Contact Dr Rex Stanton on (02) 6938 1618 to arrange interviews. Print this story |
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The tapping sound of typing is replacing the rustle of paper and scratching of pens across lecture theatres in regional Australia as students purchase laptop computers though Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) rebate scheme. CSU is offering a $300 rebate to on campus undergraduate students who purchase a laptop for their studies. Lecturers welcome the rebate scheme. Head of CSU at Dubbo, Mr Gary Shipp, said “The scheme is designed to encourage and assist students make the most of accessing university online systems when visiting and studying on campus. Distance students can take advantage of the scheme when required to attend compulsory residential schools on campus. I hope it will make note taking and assessment writing easier for our students."