Emeritus Professor C D Blake, AO was honoured with a Charles Sturt University 30 Year Service Medal last week at a special dinner in Wagga Wagga.

As Australia grapples with its mental health crisis, the parental experiences of fathers who suffer from mental illness will, for the first time, be the subject of a new study at Charles Sturt University.

The rich history of migration in regional NSW will be brought to life with the award of a $5 000 fellowship to a Charles Sturt University student for 2006.

Higher mortality and hospitalisation rates for heart failure in regional and rural NSW than in the Sydney metropolitan area has prompted further research into one of Australia’s leading causes of death.

Charles Sturt University and Mission Australia have signed an agreement to train Mission Australia staff in business and management skills.

A new report into the impacts of drought on young people’s access to education in rural and remote Australia has prompted an urgent call for a review of financial support to overcome the tyranny of distance at all levels of education.

Frailty is regarded as a knife-edge condition, like a waiter balancing an overloaded tray. As long as the tray stays balanced, it may be carried safely but if one plate falls off and the balance is upset, it is likely the plates will fall says Professor of Rural Pharmacy Patrick Ball from Charles Sturt University.

The different perspectives held by young and old Australians on multiculturalism was the subject of an award winning story, Melting Pot Burns Low by Charles Sturt University communication student Yuko Narushima who was awarded the 2005 Student Journalism Award by the Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Council of Australia and SBS Television.

More than one million dollars worth of Australian Research Council grants will be administered by Charles Sturt University from next year in a variety of new projects funded by the Federal Government.