Evaluation of the Outback Satellite Education trial, launched by Education and Training Minister John Aquilina in Sydney this week, is being conducted at the Charles Sturt University.

Dubbo has received official status as a full campus of Charles Sturt University with the appointment of a new Advisory Committee announced at the inaugural meeting of The University Council in Bathurst.

A major new report by the Western Research Institute at Charles Sturt University has put forward a strong case for regional airlines to be encouraged to move to an upgraded Bankstown Airport.

Budding researchers will be heartened by a $100, 000 injection by Charles Sturt University into funding for research into science, agriculture and information technology.

The Gilmore Centre for Rural Health Improvement has won a $210,000 funding boost awarded in recognition of innovation and excellence in health and medical research.

The productive partnership between Charles Sturt University and the Department of Education and Training to create HSC On-line, has been recognised with a bronze award in the Premier's Public Sector Awards for 1999.

Research into acid-producing soils along major rivers in northern NSW has illustrated the added threat posed by Mother Nature to fish stocks in the region, according to Dr Ben Wilson from Charles Sturt University.

Only four years into its lifespan, Charles Sturt University's advertising course is already making a name for itself in the competitive international arena, with its most recent graduates accepting some of the industry's highest honours.

While most voters in the Armidale region decided against giving young Martin Lawrence their number 1 vote, Charles Sturt University had no hesitation in awarding him the highest graduate academic honour.