A shared desire to recruit, educate and retain Indigenous mental health workers for regional and rural communities across NSW will see the signing of a new agreement between CSU and NSW Health on Tuesday 3 February.

A strong desire to build a workforce of qualified early childhood educators for rural regional and Indigenous Australia, has motivated CSU to successfully secure more than $2 million in Commonwealth funding.

"Luckily we had a torch" is a comment made by a new mother and embraced by researchers from CSU to demonstrate the extraordinary circumstances in which some women living in rural and remote areas of Australia are forced to give birth.

Disadvantaged Indigenous and rural students living in remote Australian settlements will benefit from a three year research project led by Charles Sturt University and Griffith University that uses new thinking in mathematical education and increases access to current technology.

The first Indigenous graduate to receive a Doctor of Business Administration from CSU has been honoured with hearty applause at his graduation ceremony.

The lasting legacy of the late Pastor Cec Grant, OAM, also known as the Wiradjuri elder Wongamar, will be honoured with an annual lecture to be held in his memory at the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture in Canberra.

A burning desire to build a sustainable Indigenous workforce of mental health specialists has led to top honours being bestowed on Charles Sturt University’s Wayne Rigby during Mental Health Week.

If you think the state's hospital waiting lists are shocking, have a look at the waiting lists for treatment in the public dental system. If you can afford a private dentist, a general shortage of practitioners threatens to create crisis in that sector as well.

As part of its ongoing commitment to Indigenous communities within its regions, the 2004 Koori Health Careers Residential Workshop will be launched on Monday 13 September at Charles Sturt University.