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Walk at work
23 Sep 2008
Charles Sturt University (CSU) staff and students are being encouraged to participate in a Walk at Work Day on CSU’s Wagga Wagga Campus on Friday 3 October. As part of the Pedestrian Council of Australia’s Walk to Work Day, the University’s Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Committee has organised a four kilometre walk around the campus before work. The walk will start at 7.15am from the quadrangle outside the Nosh Pit canteen and will proceed along Tabbita Walk, Keajura Walk, Walla Walk, Valder Way, Pine Gully Road, Pugsley Place, Nathan Cobb Drive and then cross country back to the starting point for a free healthy breakfast. The breakfast will be served between 8am and 9am. Prizes will be presented for best outfits, including headwear, in the categories of individual and team walkers.
Media Note: The walk will start at 7.15am in the quadrangle outside the Nosh Pit canteen, building 20, near Carpark 2, Darnell Smith Drive, CSU, Wagga Wagga. A map of CSU’s Wagga Wagga Campus is available here.
Print this story Students in partnership with stroke victims
23 Sep 2008
 With a significant percentage of stroke victims left with speech and language impairments, Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) speech pathology course is training a new generation of therapists to ensure that the focus is always on getting people back to the activities that are important to them. Lecturer at CSU’s School of Community Health, Ms Libby Clark, believes that rehabilitation after stroke is something that should not stop at the hospital door. “It needs to reach right back to the community level to support people who have strokes to get back into the everyday activities that give their lives meaning,” she says. “The CSU program strongly emphasises the social aspects of health to students. This teaches them to think beyond what the person can’t do, and to think about what the person can do, and what everyday activities are important to the person. Our students get very practical, hands-on experience during the four year course, with a real emphasis on working in partnership with the client and their families.”
Media Note: For interviews with speech pathology lecturers and PhD students contact CSU Media.
Print this story Promoting leadership skills
23 Sep 2008
Special recognition has been given by Charles Sturt University (CSU) to several staff for their commitment to developing their leadership and management skills. CSU Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Ian Goulter, attended a special presentation for the staff in Wagg Wagga on Monday 22 September for the seven staff who completed the Graduate Certificate in University Leadership and Management. The qualification is offered through the CSU Faculty of Business as part of a CSU objective to provide a range of learning opportunities and resources for current and future leaders. The staff are Mr Peter Jones, Manager of Campus Services in the Division of Facilities Management (DFM) at the Albury-Wodonga Campus; Ms Shelley McMenamin, University Records Manager in the Division of Information Technology (DIT), Albury-Wodonga Campus; Mr Jorge Rebolledo, Academic Registrar and lecturer in Research Methods at the United Theological College, Parramatta Campus; Mr Brian Roberson, Manager, Technology Integration in DIT, Bathurst Campus; Mr Wayne Millar, Director of Operations in the DFM; Mr Sam Parker, Team Leader, Systems and Business Processes at the Learning Materials Centre at Wagga Wagga Campus; and Mrs Miriam Dayhew, University Ombudsman.
Print this story Universities must educate for social justice
22 Sep 2008
.jpg) A keynote address by a Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic to a national conference in Melbourne on Monday 22 September will advocate that the concept of ‘cultural competence’ is necessary as a teaching framework for university-trained professionals because social attitudes and the services professionals provide to Indigenous Australians remain powerful barriers to achieving social justice. Ms Wendy Nolan, lecturer and Deputy Director of the Charles Sturt University (CSU) Centre for Indigenous Studies at its Dubbo Campus in NSW, will speak on Changing Paradigms, Changing Practices: A Cultural Competency Approach at the Indigenous Australians: Safe and Competent Counselling Practices Conference. “Australia’s professionals must have the skills to increase their professional capacity to work effectively to achieve social justice for Indigenous Australians,” Ms Nolan said. “Australian universities have a significant role to ensure that all graduates have a sound knowledge and understanding of Indigenous cultures, histories and issues.”
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Ms Wendy Nolan. Ms Nolan will deliver her keynote address, Changing Paradigms, Changing Practices: A Cultural Competency Approach, at the Indigenous Australians: Safe and Competent Counselling Practices Conference, at Swinburne University, Lilydale Campus, at 4pm Monday 22 September. More information re Ms Nolan’s topic can be found here.
Print this story US Consul General at CSU
22 Sep 2008
 Charles Sturt University (CSU) will host a visit this week from the US Consul General, Mrs Judith Fergin. CSU Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Ian Goulter, will welcome Mrs Fergin to the University’s Wagga Wagga Campus on Tuesday 23 September. While at CSU, the US Consul General will tour the CSU Winery, the new Veterinary Clinical Centre and the Equine Centre where she will be shown the large 3 000 square metre indoor arena. CSU equine studies students will also present a dressage display at the centre. Head of the CSU Wagga Wagga Campus, Professor David Green, will then accompany Mrs Fergin to a lunch with senior CSU staff. Mayor of Wagga Wagga, Councillor Kerry Pascoe, is also expected to attend the lunch. Mrs Fergin has been the US Consul General in Sydney since July 2007.
Media Note: The US Consul General Mrs Judith Fergin will be available for interviews and photos at the Equine Centre, Agricultural Avenue, on CSU Wagga Wagga Campus, from 12.45 to 12.55pm on Tuesday 23 September.
Print this story Global smart water solutions
18 Sep 2008
 Assisting the Chinese government to improve its management of water resources in large irrigation systems is the motivation behind a visit to Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga by a delegation from China. The nine officials from China’s Ministry of Water Resources, the Yellow River Commission and Irrigation Department and Research Institutes will meet with representatives from CSU’s International Centre of WATER for Food Security (IC WATER) in Wagga Wagga on Friday 19 September. The Australia-China Environment Development Program (ACEDP) is a five year, $25 million Australian Government, AusAID initiative. Managing large irrigation systems using remote sensing is one of 11 approved projects under the ACEDP initiative. IC WATER is working with Chinese agencies to improve water use efficiency in the People Victory Channel Irrigation System in China. While at CSU, the delegates will learn about the novel remote sensing application for irrigation water management, while the delegation will also travel to Coleambally in southern NSW on Saturday 20 September. “The visit demonstrates how state-of-the-art remote sensing based hydrological assessment tools could be used for efficient water management in data sparse environment,” said the new Director of IC WATER, Associate Professor Mohsin Hafeez. Read more about Professor Hafeez here.
Media Note: Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Ross Chambers will welcome the delegates to the University from 8 to 8.30am in the David Asimus Court, building 480, carpark 12, Valder Way, on CSU Wagga Wagga Campus. The delegates will also be available for interviews during lunch at 12.30pm. Contact CSU Media. Print this story Choose science degree now
16 Sep 2008
 The recent decision by the Federal government to reduce the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) loan repayments for science and mathematics programs offered by Australian universities is a positive message for young Australians, especially those in inland areas, says the Dean of the Faculty of Science at Charles Sturt University (CSU), Professor Nick Klomp. “The move recognises the importance of science for Australia’s future in the knowledge world,” he says. “Although total university enrolments have increased in recent decades, enrolments in science courses have not. This recent federal announcement will help Australia obtain the science graduates it needs to meet the scientific, environmental and technological challenges of the 21st century.” CSU offers science courses in such diverse areas as agricultural, veterinary and wine sciences, dental, biomedical and health sciences, environmental and water sciences, and science teaching.
Media Note: For interviews with Professor Nick Klomp, contact CSU Media. Print this story Rural cervical cancer research
16 Sep 2008
Services for women with cervical cancer who live in rural Australia could be improved as a result of a study to be carried out by a Charles Sturt University (CSU) psychology student. Ms Melissa Elleray, a fourth year Honours student at the School of Social Sciences and Liberal Studies, hopes her study of rural women who have had cervical cancer will provide insight into their experiences so that services and funding can be better targeted. “There seems to be little support for or awareness about how rural women experience cervical cancer, and as I have experienced a risk of developing the disease myself, I want to help these women have their stories heard. My research will explore what it was like going through treatment while trying to maintain a normal life,” Ms Elleray said. The research requires confidential face-to-face interviews with up to 12 women in rural NSW and Victoria before the end of 2008. Women interested in participating in the research can contact Ms Elleray on 0409 808 598.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Ms Melissa Elleray. Print this story Improving new born lamb survival rates
16 Sep 2008
 A research project at Charles Sturt University (CSU) using global positioning system (GPS) collars to track the movement of ewes and their newborn lambs aims to reduce the high lamb mortality rate and boost farm productivity. Starvation, mismothering and exposure contribute to up to 40 per cent of lamb mortalities and the rate for twins is higher, but appropriately designed ‘sheep shelters’ could reduce these levels. Based at the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, PhD student Mr John Broster says a greater understanding of how animals use shelter and appropriate shelter design may lead to a decrease in deaths. “I’m looking at how both ewes and newborn lambs use two different types of shelter: shrub rows and shorter hedgerows of either phalaris (a perennial pasture), or artificial hessian cloth,” he said. Preliminary data from the electronic tracking devices has shown that reducing wind speed through shelter has influenced lamb survival rates. “The project is important because the results will demonstrate to farmers the optimum shelter design in order to improve newborn lamb survival, which will increase farmers’ income. Farmers may also choose to design tree plantings to suit the needs of sheep during lambing.” The 3 year project is funded by the Future Farm Industries Cooperative Research Centre and is using an EverGraze project site in the Tarcutta catchment in southern NSW.
Media Note: Contact CSU Media for interviews. Print this story International experience for pharmacy students
09 Sep 2008
Media Note: The CSU pharmacy program is based on the Wagga Wagga and Orange campuses. For interviews, contact CSU Media. The 7th Asia-Pacific Pharmaceutical Symposium was organised by the International Pharmaceutical Student Federation, the Asia Pacific Regional Office and the Pharmacy Student Union Thailand. Mr Ledger and Mr Smith attended with the financial support of the CSU School of Biomedical Sciences and the University’s Pharmacy Foundation. Print this story |
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International experience is a key objective of Charles Sturt University (CSU) in its education of students. Two CSU 