Almost 1 700 Charles Sturt University graduands will gather this week in Bathurst for six ceremonies over three days commencing Wednesday 9 May. The graduands will receive their degrees, diplomas and certificates from CSU Chancellor Lawrie Willett, AO.

Charles Sturt University will celebrate the reward for years of toil embodied in degrees, diplomas and certificates to be awarded to 2,168 graduands.

A Charles Sturt University team has just been confirmed as the 2008 Asia-Pacific champions of a global competition for advertising students.

Charles Sturt University students have rated the University significantly higher than other Australian universities in a range of key areas related to work integrated learning.

Thousands of family members and friends of graduates are expected to throng to the city when the annual graduation ceremonies are held at CSU in Bathurst next week. Approximately 1 195 graduates will receive their academic awards from Chancellor Lawrie Willett, AO, at six graduation ceremonies on Wednesday 5, Thursday 6 and Friday 7 May with a combined guest attendance expected to be about 4 000. A further 838 students will graduate in absentia.

The growing importance of international work experience for university graduates will be highlighted when CSU launches its new student mobility initiative, CSU Global, on Monday 23 February.

The School of Human Movement Studies at CSU in Bathurst has received recognition for its Bachelor of Exercise Science degree in strength and conditioning from the peak international body, the National Strength and Conditioning Association in the United States.

Driven by his mantra 'of having a go', 73 year-old Mr Mike Strange has just been accepted into CSU's early entry scheme, known as the Principal's Recommendation Entry Program.

A CSU theatre/media graduate has won a prestigious Walkley Young Journalist of the Year Award for her online reporting of the recovery of the Grantham community in south-east Queensland following the devastating floods that swept through the town in January 2011.