Archive
Foundation Science Dean and dentistry groundbreaker to leave CSU
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003A Professor of Biomedical Science who went on to become the Dean of the Faculty of Health Studies, then foundation Dean of the Faculty of Science and more recently a major player in Charles Sturt University’s move into dentistry will soon leave the University.
Aged care residents need an apology too
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Witnessing an elderly woman with terror in her eyes, shouting incoherently as she struggled in a restraint chair in the corridor of an aged care facility while staff ignored her and attended to paperwork for the facility's accreditation has led a CSU nursing academic to question the meaning of the Rudd government's coming apology to 'The Forgotten Australians' who were detained in government welfare institutions in bygone decades.
CSU nursing first in line for new equipment
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003The CSU School of Nursing and Midwifery at Orange is the first to receive state-of-the-art facilities and equipment at the new Nursing Experiential Learning Centre which opens on Friday 13 November.
Beyond Emergency Response
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003It is no secret that inland Australia is suffering from a chronic shortage of health workers. Charles Sturt University (CSU) researchers have found that in some regional areas, rural ambulance paramedics are already evolving innovative practises to becoming front line primary health care providers.
Eminent Australians appointed to ACCC Board
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003The Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture (ACCC) has announced the appointment of two eminent Australians to the Board of the ACCC. They are Lieutenant General (Retd) John Sanderson AC, and the newly installed Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Mark Coleridge.
Fifth national advertising award for CSU students
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003The CSU on campus student advertising agency, Kajulu Communications, has won the finals of the International Advertising Association's National 'Big Idea' Advertising competition on Monday 9 November for the fifth time in seven years.
Could you be on a no fly list
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003In America, they are called "no fly lists" a list of people that government and the airlines consider to be security threats. But how is such a list compiled, and how does someone like Senator Edward Kennedy end up on a "no fly list"? Professor John Kleinig recently received a prestigious American National Science Foundation grant worth US$243 000 to look at the way increasingly advanced surveillance technologies impact on privacy and autonomy.
Project finishes as school begins
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Those ‘first day at school’ anxieties won’t be a problem for young children in the Dubbo region thanks to a project coordinated by six Charles Sturt University (CSU) students which concludes this Friday.
CSU to host robotics challenge for schools in NSW central west
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003CSU has secured the rights to host the annual RoboCup Junior competition for schools across central west NSW starting in June 2010 through to 2012.
Wine forum presents to industry
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003A two day wine industry event on Monday 13 and Tuesday, 14 November at Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Wagga Wagga Campus will bring together researchers, winemakers and representatives of the peak wine research and funding bodies. Together, they will discuss the future of winemaking and winegrowing in New South Wales.