The final countdown is on for the launch of a new online magazine created and designed by a team of graphic design students from CSU.

In a peaceful glasshouse at CSU, a research student bends over small pots of barley as he poses the big question of whether compost could one day replace synthetic fertilisers to promote plant production.

What does an ancient Chinese proverb about 'teaching a man to fish' have to do with war-ravaged modern-day Iraq? The link is clear to a CSU student who will graduate at the Faculty of Arts graduation ceremony in Bathurst on Friday 7 May after studying post-war reconstruction efforts in Iraq.

There's been a call for improved assessment of the effect of naturally-occurring or herbal treatments for horses suffering from insulin resistance.

The star of the new Australian feature film Beneath Hill 60, which opens in cinemas nationally on Thursday 15 April, says he's glad he trained in the Theatre/Media course at CSU in Bathurst and he'd happily do it again.

Representatives of CSU and the Ambulance Service of NSW will sign a MoU on Wednesday 14 April which is expected to see an unprecedented level of collaboration in support of boosting CSU paramedic enrolments to 300 students a year.

Flying over the Himalayas in a private plane, scoring an extras role and credit in a Bollywood movie and working with disabled children in a Vietnamese orphanage are just some of the experiences that have opened the eyes and expanded the minds of CSU students.

Disaster emergency management research by a CSU postgraduate student in New Zealand has found that 99 per cent of pet owners identified pets as part of their family, and that in an emergency, 56 per cent of owners would refuse to evacuate without their pets.

Good practice in preparing graduates for work in professional practice, in fieldwork based education and flexible learning and support for regional employers and communities have earned CSU commendations from the Australian Universities Quality Agency.