It's not everyday that a brother and sister graduate together, but that's a highlight of the CSU Faculty of Business graduation ceremonies on Friday 16 December in Bathurst.

Three graduation ceremonies to be staged by CSU will be held for the first time in Thurgoona from this Friday morning, 16 December.

Four CSU veterinary science students are finalists in two very different categories at the Royal Easter Show in Sydney this month.

In response to graduate feedback, CSU will stage its annual graduations in December 2011. Approximately 1 041 students will graduate at six ceremonies at CSU in Bathurst this week.

CSU Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Ian Goulter, has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Senator the Hon. Chris Evans, of funding of around $8 million to tackle the chronic shortages of tertiary educated agricultural professionals in Australia.

From 2012, students from NSW mid-north coast who wish to study at CSU, but who do not meet the entry criteria, or who require further preparation, will be able to enrol in the University's Pathways Program in conjunction with TAFE NSW North Coast Institute.

Two CSU third-year journalism students have been awarded prestigious traineeships with Fairfax Media publications The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun Herald.

A CSU journalism student has been announced as the 2013 recipient of the JB Fairfax Award for Rural Journalism, an initiative of the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW Foundation.

A unique collaboration between varied institutions and community stakeholders Australia-wide has successfully enabled a new set of educational resources to be developed through the Early Childhood Education Workforce Capacity Project (ECEWC Project).