Dr Maree Bernoth, a lecturer and researcher in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health at CSU in Wagga Wagga has received a Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning from the Australian Government's Office of Student Learning and Teaching.

Inclusive Education Team: Director of Smart Learning Professor Alan Bain, Assistant Director of Smart Learning Ms Lucia Zundans-Fraser, Dr Sarah McDonagh, Ms Julie Lancaster and Mr Gregory Auhl from the School of Teacher Education in Bathurst and Educational Designer Ms Catherine Newell. They received a Citation for the team's sustained commitment to capacity building, change agency and bringing research to scale through evidence-based approaches to educational design, learning and teaching in Inclusive Education.  

Microbiology Development Team: Dr John Harper and Dr Leigh Schmidtke from the School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences in Wagga Wagga, Mr Brett Biles from the Faculty of Science in Albury-Wodonga and Dr Peter Anderson and Dr Thiru Vanniasinkam from the School of Biomedical Sciences in Orange, and Wagga Wagga. They received a Citation for an inter-disciplinary science team teaching initiative for on-campus and distance education students: fostering student engagement in first year microbiology.  

Dr Maree Bernoth from the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health at CSU in Wagga Wagga: She was awarded a Citation for the development of information and communication technology materials and community involvement to foster engagement, learning and enquiry in a stigmatised discipline of nursing – aged care.  

Dr Christine Edwards-Groves and Ms Rhonda Hoare, from the School of Education in Wagga Wagga, received a Citation for program innovation demonstrating commitment to sustainable quality teaching practices among education students through learning about, practising and integrating theories of 'dialogic pedagogies' in schools.  

Dr Danielle Sulikowski, from the School of Psychology in Bathurst, received a Citation for the development of engaging, expertise-based resources and curricula that make complex theory accessible and relevant to undergraduate psychology students.