Charles Sturt University's new Vice-Chancellor will be appointed at the University's Council meeting being held at the CSU Wagga Wagga Campus, this Friday 8 December.

The newly appointed Vice-Chancellor will be the second chief executive officer for Charles Sturt University, taking the University into the 21st century.

Founded ten years ago with the amalgamation of two regionally based Colleges of Advanced Education based in Albury, Bathurst and Wagga, Charles Sturt University is now a leading regional university in Australia.

Professor Cliff Blake, CSU's inaugural Vice-Chancellor will retire from the position in July 2001 after 30 years of leading higher education in regional Australia.