Indigenous teen girls experience CSU

25 NOVEMBER 2014

Aboriginal girls from Albury, Wagga, and north-east Victoria will spend two days at CSU in Albury-Wodonga in a new program to give the teenagers first-hand experience of higher education.

Aboriginal girls from Albury, Wagga, and north-east Victoria will spend two days at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Albury-Wodonga in a new program to give the teenagers first-hand experience of higher education.

Twenty-five high school students will join University staff, Elders and community members on Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26 November for the Danygamalanha Career Links Girls Camp.

The students are drawn from Years 7 to 10 at Murray, Mount Austin and Wagga Wagga high schools, Yarrawonga College P-12, and Bright P-12 College.

Danygamalanga is a Wiradjuri word meaning 'to excel', and the Career Links Camp is part of CSU's Future Moves program, developed to encourage aspiration for higher education among students in rural and remote NSW and Victoria.

The teenagers will spend two days at CSU, including staying overnight in student accommodation at Thurgoona.

They will participate in fun interactive workshops from 9am to 3pm. The program focuses on topics such as women and culture, environmental science, mathematics, speech pathology and physiotherapy.

University students will take the girls on a guided tour of CSU. There will also be local story telling and trips to the Burraja Cultural Centre, Wonga Wetlands and the Albury-Wodonga Aboriginal Health Service.

Future Moves Program Coordinator CSU in Thurgoona, Ms Ilena Young said, "By introducing young people to the University we're hoping to encourage them to become more engaged at school and more confident in considering tertiary education.

"Future Moves works with students who have the potential to succeed at University, but who may have little or no experience of higher education," Ms Young said.

The University's Future Moves program continues to grow, and currently works with 75 schools across NSW and north-east Victoria.

Ms Young said, "Students often say, I never considered university but now I really want to go.

"Events like the Danygamalanha Career Links Girls Camp are a great way to start conversations with students and their families about what options and pathways are available to them after school."

Media Note:

Ms Ilena Young is the Program Coordinator for Future Moves at CSU in Thurgoona. She is available for interviews.

There is a media opportunity from 10.45am to 12pm on Wednesday 26 November where the school students will be focussing on physiotherapy and occupational therapy programs at building 667 at CSU in Thurgoona.

For further information about the two-day program contact CSU Media.

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