As the 2012 academic year draws to a close, Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Orange is just 12 months away from a landmark moment in rural health.

Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Orange will host a very special graduation on Tuesday, October 30, when about 70 primary school students don the mortar boards as part of Check It Out day.

The strong interest by prospective students in the availability of the paramedic course at CSU in Port Macquarie has been welcomed by University officials.

Social researchers from Canada and the United States will join Australian collaborators, including CSU academics, when they visit the NSW-Victorian Border region at the end of October to investigate how to build trust between communities prone to serious bushfires and fire management agencies.

A valuable new video and brochure for Riverina parents on how young school children learn to write will be launched in Wagga Wagga on Wednesday 24 October.

Two CSU student teams have been selected for the finals of the annual national inter-university student marketing communications competition in Sydney on Monday 12 November and will compete against each other and two teams from other universities.

Twelve CSU students from the School of Human Movement Studies in Bathurst will fly to Samoa at the end of October to promote the game of rugby union to primary and high school students in the capital, Apia.

Seven CSU students from the School of Communication and Creative Industries in Bathurst and Wagga Wagga are about to embark on a month-long exploration of the 'Bollywood' film industry in Mumbai, India.

New research at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Orange will attempt to find new ways to protect Australia's vineyards from two of the wine industry's biggest scourges.