A leading advocate for community services in regional Australia and an academic who has championed the cause for older Australians, Celia Bevan, will retire from Charles Sturt University (CSU) this week. Apart from a 12-year academic career as course coordinator in gerontology with CSU, Ms Bevan was a NSW representative with the Australian Council for Social Services (ACOSS) and NSW president and national secretary with the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). Ms Bevan will be farewelled by her academic colleagues this Thursday 13 July at the University’s Albury-Wodonga Campus.