A new senior academic position and a network for new veterinary graduates will benefit from a $600 000 financial commitment from the McCaughey Memorial Institute towards veterinary science programs at Charles Sturt University over the next five years.

Charles Sturt University's National Radio News service will present its first-ever national coverage of a federal election on Saturday 24 November 2007.

People and communities will receive major benefits from a high capacity telecommunications link now running north-south through inland NSW. The new Mitchell Link is a high speed fibre optic line that connects Charles Sturt University campuses and other public and private partners across NSW.

The Rotary Club of Orange has demonstrated its support of health in regional NSW by announcing a new scholarship to be offered through the Charles Sturt Foundation at Charles Sturt University.

The Vice-Chancellor and President of Charles Sturt University (CSU), Professor Ian Goulter, has welcomed the announcement of the ministerial appointments for the new Labor government by the Prime Minister, Mr Kevin Rudd, MP.

Australia and other developed countries could learn a lot from some developing countries about how communities can work to address pressing needs caused by climate change, says the new Director of Charles Sturt University's Institute for Land Water and Society, Professor Max Finlayson.

The decision by the newly elected Rudd Labor government to ratify the Kyoto Protocol effectively ends Australia’s international isolation on climate change and redefines the national agenda for social, economic and environmental challenges.

Charles Sturt University has been rated above average by its graduates, according to the 2007 Australian Graduate Survey released on Tuesday 11 December by Graduate Careers Australia.

Since my last V-C News I visited Malaysia, Spain and the United States, as well as travelling to China and India in my role as Convenor of the NSW Vice-Chancellors’ Committee, leading the education delegation which was a key part of the NSW Premier’s Senior Trade Mission. The purpose of this trip was to support the growth of NSW by establishing new education and business contacts. During the visit to India and China I was also able to represent and position CSU as a competitive provider of quality higher education as the national University of inland Australia.