A CSU graduate has barely had a chance to settle back into the family dairy farm on the NSW mid north coast before he heads to New Zealand on a Dairy Australia scholarship.

Amongst the 700 CSU graduates to take the stage in Albury this week will be one with four legs and a tail.

Charles Sturt University (CSU) will honour former Prime Minister Mr John Howard OM AC during a graduation ceremony at Orange on Tuesday 16 December.

The achievements of more than 1 100 students will be recognised in six formal graduation ceremonies at CSU in Wagga Wagga from Monday 15 December.

A CSU social work graduate from Wagga Wagga will receive the inaugural Western District Department of Family and Community Services (FACS) Social Work Prize from the NSW Department of Family and Community Services.

Senior officers from the Australian Defence Force will join CSU Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) Professor Ken Dillon and senior CSU staff to celebrate the growing relationship between both organisations at the inaugural graduation for five Defence Investigators in Goulburn on Tuesday 10 June.

CSU will hold its largest graduation ceremony for 2014 on Wednesday morning, 14 May.

Charles Sturt University (CSU) has conferred the title of Emeritus Professor on Professor Bill Green in recognition of his outstanding contribution to rural education and literacy studies.

Following an extensive career as an applied economist in a of range sectors, Associate Professor Tom Murphy was awarded a Doctor of Business (honoris causa) at a Charles Sturt University (CSU) Faculty of Business graduation ceremony on Friday 20 December.