Construction of a permanent campus of Charles Sturt University in Dubbo in western NSW, will become a reality in the New Year with the announcement this week of a $3 million capital development grant from the Federal Government.

A CSU intelligence studies academic says there were many motivating factors for the Director General of the Australian Security and Intelligence Service to speak publicly last week for the first time since the organisation was established 60 years ago.

Paramedics have been awarded the eighth consecutive Readers Digest Australia's Most Trusted Profession Award for 2012, and a CSU student was one of three paramedics to receive the award on behalf of the profession at a ceremony in Sydney on Thursday 26 July.

Researchers from CSU have contributed to research that has the potential to radically change the way septic shock (septicaemia, also known as 'blood poisoning') can be treated around the world and save millions of lives and millions of health care dollars annually.

CSU and Western Australia Police have joined forces to recognise the qualifications and experiences gained by WA Police officers towards three CSU qualifications.

Following the death of Australian art critic and author, Mr Robert Hughes, in New York this week, a CSU academic says his eloquent non-fiction contribution to art and letters will live on.

A CSU human movement studies student has been awarded a prestigious scholarship from the National Strength and Conditioning Association in the United States, and is the first Australian and only non-American to do so.

Two CSU theatre/media students gained invaluable professional experience when they were recently given the opportunity to stage manage a production at a leading Sydney theatre company.

Albury-Wodonga will farewell Charles Sturt University’s inaugural Chancellor, Mr David Asimus AO, and his wife Jane, in a series of functions this Thursday 7 November.