Two graduates from CSU's advertising degree have been honoured at the 2008 Media Federation of Australia Awards in October, demonstrating the value of links between leading Australian advertising agencies and CSU's School of Communication, said Head of the School, Associate Professor Rod McCulloch.

An innovative new information technology course at CSU, which has been developed with a range of industry partners to keep pace with industry needs, will be officially launched at the CSU Bathurst Campus on Friday 7 November by the Hon. Phillip Costa, MP, NSW Minister for Water, Rural Affairs and Regional Development.

New research by CSU suggests that social and economic conditions are so difficult in the Murray Darling Basin that researchers are calling for a treaty between government and the people and communities of the region.

Teaching and student spaces at CSU will be revitalised from 2009 as it embarks on a major capital works program after the University secured federal Government funding for infrastructure improvements.

Government agencies in Indonesia and Singapore are set to benefit from degree courses developed by Charles Sturt University in policing and emergency management.

Gaining vital practical work experience in their degrees has become easier for some veterinary science students at CSU after they were named as the inaugural recipients of scholarships to assist them with essential part of their professional education.

Journalism students at CSU will produce a daily newspaper for the Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers' Association annual conference – PANPA '08 – on Queensland's Gold Coast from Monday 8 to Wednesday 10 September.

If media coverage of the XXIX Olympiad at Beijing, China, has prompted high school students to consider a career in the global media industry, they can discover how to launch their career at CSU communication courses information day - iDay08 - at Sydney's Powerhouse Museum on Saturday 30 August.

Addressing the severe skills shortages in Australia’s information technology (IT) industry, Charles Sturt University announced a new degree on Tuesday 29 July that will see students enter the IT workforce in 12 months instead of the usual three or four years.