Archive
Live a healthy life in Dubbo
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
Events highlighting the need for a healthy lifestyle, mental health, and personal and work safety for Charles Sturt University (CSU) staff and students will be held at the University’s Dubbo Campus from Monday 13 to Wednesday 15 October. CSU Campus Operations Manager, Ms Heather Bell, said the event combines issues highlighted by national Mental Health Week on 5 to 11 October and Safe Work Australia Week on 19 to 25 October. “The University’s Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) committee members will wear safety vests and helmets throughout the week to be easily identifiable, and they will introduce themselves to students and staff so that anybody with OH&S concerns will know who to contact.” Activities will include information stalls, talks about health and wellbeing, and stress and stress management, competitions and free healthy food.
Taking up the challenge
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
A Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic has proven his endurance skills go beyond the lecture theatre when he successfully participated in the gruelling Upper Murray Challenge at Khancoban in October. Dr Bruce Graham was part of the three-member Team Wagga which secured second place in the Open Men’s Team Division and third place overall. The challenge, held on Saturday 4 October, involved a 38 kilometre mountain bike ride, 26 kilometre paddle and 25 kilometre run. Dr Graham completed his paddle in the third fastest time of 1 hour 34 minutes and 25 seconds. The other Team Wagga members were Mr Ashleigh Smith, who completed the cycle, and Mr Robert Sharpe, a 1998 graduate of the CSU Bachelor of Teaching (Primary), who completed the gruelling run. Dr Graham lectures in human anatomy and physiology in the School of Biomedical Sciences in Wagga Wagga.
Telstra sponsorship for CSU team
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
Mr Petero Civoniceva, who plays for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League competition, was the special guest at a presentation of Telstra sponsorship to the Charles Sturt University (CSU) rugby league team and other local Bathurst sporting teams on Wednesday 8 October. Four representatives of the CSU rugby league club on the Bathurst Campus – Joel Begnell, Kurt Dickinson, Alistair Murphy and John Killey – received the sponsorship and met Mr Civoniceva at the presentation in the Rafters Bar in the Student Union. The sponsorship to the CSU rugby league team, valued at $1 500, consisted of tackle bags, kit bags, first aide kits, a water drum and water bottles. In 2008 the Telstra Assistance Fund has provided $1.25 million in equipment to 1 282 local sporting clubs involved in football (soccer), surf life saving, swimming, rugby league and Australian Rules.
Promoting mental health
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Students and staff at Charles Sturt University (CSU) will mark Mental Health Week NSW 2008 with a series of activities on the Wagga Wagga Campus on Tuesday 21 October. The activities are being organised by the Health Promotion Service in the CSU Division of Student Services. Riverina headspace - a federal Government mental health youth initiative - will attend the awareness day along with a representative of the local mental health rehabilitation facility, Sunflower House. There will be a barbeque, mural and canvas painting as well as stress balls and bubbles to help students relieve tensions. Students will have the chance to purchase sunflower cut outs to plant at CSU. All money raised during the activities will go to Sunflower House.
Future teachers needed
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Prospective students interested in a career in education, and their parents and partners, are invited to an information session for Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) School of Teacher Education at its Dubbo Campus on Tuesday 21 October. The information session provides information on courses, accommodation, facilities, fees, scholarships and financial assistance. Associate Head of the School of Teacher Education at Dubbo, Dr Bev Moriarty, said the CSU Dubbo Campus offers the residents of western NSW the opportunity to study closer to home and within the region. “With the spiralling costs of travel and living, Charles Sturt University provides a national standard of education for the professions and our graduates can work anywhere in Australia or around the world.” Representatives from Centrelink and other support agencies will be available to talk about study assistance and future employment possibilities.
Hunting for anxious pets
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
Charles Sturt University (CSU) is lending its expertise to a recruitment campaign with a difference. Instead of targeting prospective students, this campaign is targeting pet dogs. In partnership with the Sydney Animal Behavioural Service and the company HomeoPet, CSU is recruiting 150 dogs from across Australia to participate in research into the treatment of anxious animals. The study will examine the effect on dogs of the homeopathic remedy known as Anxiety. “We would like to hear from anyone who has a pet dog which reacts to thunderstorms,” said Dr Jacqui Ley from the Sydney Animal Behavioural Service. “The anxiety may be demonstrated in behaviour ranging from destructive activities to simply barking at a storm.” “Through its veterinary science program, CSU will be supporting the research by analysis of the data,” said Head of the CSU School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, Professor Kym Abbott.
A robust approach to frailty
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
The proper management of the frail aged is vital if elderly people are to maintain the ability to live independently and keep out of institutions. A program, developed by Charles Sturt University (CSU), the University of South Australia and the Greater Southern Area Health Service, aimed at demonstrating improved management of frailty has seen a series of workshops being held in regional areas in NSW and South Australia in the past two years. A workshop will be held on Saturday 18 October in Albury-Wodonga as part of the program. “The workshops are important in rural areas where the support facilities are lacking, distances are great and moving into care may well remove people from friends and family,” said CSU Professor of Rural Pharmacy Patrick Ball. The workshop is designed for doctors, nurses and allied health professionals who are actively involved in the management of frail elderly people. The workshops are funded by the Federal Government under the Rural Health Support Education and Training program. Read more about the workshops here.Nursing student increase at Orange and Dubbo
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
The Federal Government has announced that Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Orange will receive 15 new places in the Graduate Certificate in Rural Mental Health Nursing, and the 30 new places for the Bachelor of Nursing course in Orange and Dubbo in 2009. Supporting higher education places in the national priority area of nursing, the Government offered 300 places for rural and regional areas. “We are happy that 45 places were allocated to Charles Sturt University,” said Professor Elaine Duffy, Head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery. “It may be a small per cent of the total number allocated, but Charles Sturt University is already a dominant industry supporter and our graduates are highly sought. Applicants from around Australia are invited to learn more about the distance education courses via the CSU website link.”V8 Supercars scholarships for CSU students
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
In the lead up to the Super Cheap Autos Bathurst 1000 motor race on Sunday 12 October, event promoter V8 Supercars Australia awarded scholarships to five Charles Sturt University (CSU) students to assist them with their studies. At a ceremony at Bathurst Regional Art Gallery on Thursday 9 October, the retiring chief executive officer of V8 Supercars Australia, Mr Wayne Cattach, presented the scholarships totalling $30 000 to CSU students Ms Lauren Mason, Ms Caris Bizzaca, Mr Justin Lanser, Mr David Marchese and Ms Amy Spear. Head of Bathurst Campus, Mr Col Sharp, said “Charles Sturt University appreciates the generous support of its students by V8 Supercars Australia, which has contributed over $85 000 worth of scholarships to 32 Bathurst recipients in recent years. All the scholarship winners were highly motivated young people who are achieving well in their studies and more broadly.”
Where are the frogs hiding?
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Frogs will be in the spotlight at a ‘talk and walk’ along the banks of Kings Billabong, near the Murray River at Mildura led by Charles Sturt University (CSU) researcher Ms Sascha Healy. The talk to be held on Thursday 16 October will focus on the types of frogs living in the area, where they are found, and how to identify them by sight and sound. Ms Healy is currently undertaking surveys of frogs in the Wentworth and Mildura region as part of a project led by CSU researcher Dr Skye Wassens and funded by the Murray Wetlands Working Group looking at the breeding responses of frogs in wetlands along the Murray River.