It has been a very rewarding career. I enjoyed my interaction with the people, the patients, the colleagues I worked with, the nurses, the doctors, and people in general in other fields. It’s just amazing; what a profession. I really feel I’m blessed.”

"There's nothing quite like a lion's roar, it just vibrates through your chest," says CSU student Ms Emma Dunston, who is preparing to travel to Africa as part of her Bachelor of Animal Science studies.

Research into the aspirations of international students from non-English speaking backgrounds at Australian universities, challenges common preconceptions about how these students learn and the ways in which they are commonly taught and assessed at university.

If CSU dental science student Ms Donna Furler needs a reminder of why she is undertaking the five-year program, she need only reflect on her recent oral health work in East Timor.

Already the market leader in domestic IT postgraduate course enrolments, Charles Sturt University (CSU) seeks to be the leading IT research university by 2017.

A final report led by a CSU academic on the management of 'whistleblowers' in the public sector highlights the need to better support and protect people who come forward with reports of wrongdoing in their workplace, and suggests how to overcome the problems.

A native plant nursery is to be established at the EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation at CSU in Wagga Wagga, as part of a demonstration site for sustainable farming practices.

CSU is aware of the public inquiry being conducted by the Independent Commission Against Corruption known as Operation Jarek.

A human face to the broad field of information studies could well be Canadian Lisa Given, a new Professor at CSU.