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Readying Indigenous students for police studies
Tuesday, 14 Jun 2016Indigenous students from across the state are preparing to join the NSW Police Force with the help of a workforce essentials course at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Dubbo.
Thirty six graduates of the awarding-winning Indigenous Police Recruitment Our Way Delivery (IPROWD) are now studying the University Certificate in Workforce Essentials through CSU.
IPROWD aims to increase the number of Indigenous Australians in the NSW Police Force and these students will study on campus at CSU in Dubbo full time for five weeks to complete their University Certificates.
Course Manager Dr Amanda Davies said, "Success in the University Certificate and pre-entrance exam enables students to progress in the recruitment process that leads toward attending the NSW Police Academy in Goulburn.
"Success in these studies prepares the prospective students for enrolling in CSU's Associate Degree in Policing Practice, completion of which is required to join the NSW Police Force as a Probationary Constable," Dr Davies said.
"This extensive process helps maintain the high academic and professional standards demanded of new recruits by the NSW Police Force, while helping prepare indigenous Australians for the academic rigour of university courses."
The next intake for the NSW Police Academy is in August this year.
Trialling agricultural careers
Thursday, 9 Jun 2016
Almost 200
agriculture, primary industries and science students from across the Riverina
will converge on the Graham
Centre for Agricultural Innovation in Wagga Wagga on Friday 10 and
Friday 17 June for the annual Science and Agriculture Enrichment Days.
Since the event's inception in 2006, high school students have received an insight into the work of agricultural and veterinary scientists.
It gives student's hands-on experience working with researchers from Charles Sturt University (CSU) and NSW Department of Primary Industries in four 45 minute workshops.
With the current skills shortage in agriculture escalating, this day provides a great opportunity for students to see science in action, encouraging them to consider a future career in the agricultural supply chain.
This year students will participate in hands on workshops looking at lamb production and management; the rise of superbugs; the health benefits of rice and insights into careers in agriculture.
The workshops will be held in the University's National Life Sciences Hub and the CSU sheep-yards.
The Graham Centre is an alliance between CSU and NSW DPI.
Spotlight on education in the future of NE Victoria
Tuesday, 7 Jun 2016Charles Sturt University will host a forum focused on the future needs for education and skills training at its Regional Study Centre in Wangaratta this week.
The forum will feature leading futurist and strategist Dr Peter Ellyard, who will assist community and industry leaders across the region and representatives from CSU and Goulburn Ovens TAFE to discuss future trends, priorities and needs for education across North East Victoria.
"Dr Ellyard is a prominent futurist and strategist, known for his challenging and inspirational ideas on shaping the future," said coordinator of the invitation-only event and manager of CSU's Regional Study Centre, Ms Ilena Young.
"As our global society becomes more interdependent and interconnected, we need to come together to prepare for the challenges of keeping pace with fast moving regional changes.
"The afternoon forum is a collaborative opportunity to consider the future of North East Victoria, and the education and skills that we will need to support a thriving and sustainable community."
The forum will run from 1pm to 6 pm on Thursday 9 June at the Wangaratta Regional Study Centre, 218 Tone Road, Wangaratta.Hugh Mackay public lecture at CSU in Bathurst
Tuesday, 7 Jun 2016
Renowned
author and social commentator Mr Hugh Mackay, AO, returns to Charles Sturt
University (CSU) in Bathurst to deliver a CSU Explorations Series public
lecture on Thursday 16 June.
Mr Mackay (pictured) will discuss his new book, Beyond Belief: How we find meaning, with or without religion, which explores the ways we try to find a sense of meaning and purpose, and even a 'spiritual direction', in a society where traditional religious faith and practice are in sharp decline.
Head of Campus at CSU in Bathurst, Associate Professor Chika Anyanwu, said, "Charles Sturt University's Explorations Series is part of our Community-University Partnership (CUP) program to engage our communities in discussions and debate on major issues. The Exploration Series resonates with our role and mission as a regional University to explore and take education to rural and regional Australia as part of our community social responsibility, and to share and stimulate intellectual discussions in our communities."
In Beyond Belief: How we find meaning and purpose without religion, Mr Mackay argues that while our attachment to a traditional idea of God may be waning, our desire for a sense of meaning remains as strong as ever. He looks at the various ways we try to find transcendence in our often stridently materialistic lives, and considers what may be lost with the wholesale casting out of organised religion. He strongly endorses the Christian ideal of the good life - a life lived for others - but acknowledges there are many pathways to that same goal, not all of them religious.
"It will be a great pleasure to welcome Mr Mackay to campus on Thursday 16 June to discuss some of these issues with our Bathurst and regional communities," Professor Anyanwu said. "As one of Australia's most widely respected authors, his book and lecture will stimulate passionate debate about one of the most important but least examined ways we negotiate our world and manage our lives."
Festival of engineering for Bathurst
Thursday, 2 Jun 2016
The engineering course at Charles Sturt University (CSU) will host a feast of all things engineering over three days next week on the Bathurst campus.
Engineering firms, local high schools and the wider Central West community will see and hear how the engineering profession assists national and local economic development and learn about opportunities to study engineering at CSU.
All visitors can view the first projects completed by the inaugural student group enrolled in engineering at CSU in Bathurst, which are part of the annual Engineers Without Borders challenge for university students. These projects aim to produce solutions that address engineering problems in developing countries. [See details here]
Day one (Tuesday 7 June 2016) will provide an opportunity for local engineers and their employers to address issues affecting them, including water quality, regional development, and the impact of local government restructure on the provision of engineering services to the community.
On day two, high school students will have their own work on show while teachers receive the latest information on engineering and technology for schools.
In the afternoon, visitors can also enjoy a comic debate on whether engineers would survive a 'zombie apocalypse'. The debate will take place in the environmentally sustainable CSU Engineering building, which will also be open for inspection throughout the three-day event.
During the debate, younger budding engineers will be entertained at the nearby 'creation station', with spaghetti bridges, gallery wall paintings, a magician and the magic of science.
Day three is the final demonstration of the student projects before they formally 'pitch' and exhibit their ideas in the gallery of the Engineering building.EngFest 2016 runs from 10am on Tuesday 7 June to 2pm on Thursday 9 June.
See the event program for details of activities.
Crow award for the CSU environment
Monday, 23 May 2016Charles Sturt University (CSU) has again been recognised for its efforts to help the environment by winning a regional award for excellence in sustainability.
The
Wagga Wagga Business Chamber's annual Crow Award for Excellence in
Sustainability was awarded to CSU for its initiatives aimed at reducing the
University's carbon footprint.
The sustainability initiatives, coordinated through CSU Green, include the adoption of the Learning in Future Environments (LiFE) as part of the CSU Strategy, the annual Sustainability Grant program, and initiatives to reduce University waste, cut energy use, improve local biodiversity and encourage staff and students into environmentally friendly transport.
The latest CSU Green initiative is the purchase of electric cars for CSU in Bathurst and Wagga Wagga.
CSU Green Manager Mr Edward Maher said, "Environmental sustainability is a big part of the Charles Sturt University ethos of 'acting for the public good'.
"The University places great importance on being a valued contributor to the regional communities in which we operate so it's particularly rewarding to be recognised by the Wagga Wagga business community through this Award."
The award was accepted by Mr Maher during the Golden Crow Awards' presentation ceremony on Friday 13 May.
Re-worked Euripides play at CSU Engineering
Thursday, 19 May 2016
A
radical adaptation of the ancient Greek tragedy The Trojan Women will see the play transposed to the modern age at Charles
Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst next week.
Final-year theatre/media students in the CSU School of Communication and Creative Industries are staging Euripides' The Trojan Women in Bathurst from Monday 23 to Saturday 28 May.
Director Mr Adam Deusien and final-year theatre/media student Ms Nina Oyama adapted this version of The Trojan Women from Euripides' original text.
"The Trojan Women is an exciting collaboration between the School of Communication and Creative Industries and CSU Engineering as one way to reveal the newly-opened building to the wider Bathurst public," Mr Deusien said.
"This site-specific and immersive theatre experience takes a harrowing look at bureaucracy, loss, and femininity across both the modern and ancient worlds, and will be performed using multiple spaces in the new state-of-the-art facility."
While tickets are available at the door, the performances on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 are sold-out, and tickets for other performances are selling fast, so online booking at www.sprungfestival.com is recommended.
Major CSU benefactor honoured in scholarship ceremony in Wagga Wagga
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
The memory and generosity of two passionate advocates for
regional higher education will be honoured at the annual scholarship ceremony
at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga.
The annual ceremony, starting at 4.30pm on Thursday 19 May, will celebrate the academic achievements and endeavours of more than 100 students enrolled in business, arts, education and science courses at CSU in Wagga Wagga.
This year, the event will hold special significance as CSU Foundation Trust welcomes the receipt of a bequest of over $3 million from Carole and Stan Droder.
Another new donor is the CSU Bushpigs Football Club, providing a scholarship to help a gifted footballer succeed at both academic and sporting endeavours. The new scholarship is partially funded from the generous donations received from the Club's supporters and former players.
Other local businesses and organisations will also present scholarships to deserving students to assist them in their studies.
CSU Foundation administers over 300 scholarships annually, 73 of which will be presented at the ceremony in Wagga Wagga.
CSU will award more than $1.2 million in scholarships in 2016 to help students reach their full potential.
Modern students meet history in Bathurst
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
The
relationship of Charles Sturt University (CSU) history students with cultural
sites in Bathurst grew when they recently visited a National Trust of Australia
(NSW) home to experience Australian colonial life.
The second-year history students, many of whom are studying teacher education degrees, visited the historic Miss Traill's House in Bathurst as part of their exploration of the subject 'Colonial Australia'.
History tutor in the CSU School of Humanities and Social Sciences in Bathurst Mr Sam Malloy (pictured with students, at right) said, "This subject explores how class mobility in 19th century colonial Australia included free convicts (emancipists) who rose to become middle-class. Students' insights into and empathy with bygone eras grows when they can step in an historic space and see tangible artefacts used in previous centuries.
"The collection at Miss Traill's House is one of the rarest examples in Australia. It shows in one place how two Bathurst pioneering families, the Lee and Kite families, prospered from convict and settler beginnings to become two of the most prosperous families in the Bathurst district."
Mr Malloy said Miss Traill's House is an excellent example how its collection of original furniture, porcelain, paintings, and family memorabilia shows these dramatic changes in colonial fortunes.
"The house and its possessions derive from William Lee and Thomas Kite, Miss Ida Traill's maternal great-grandfathers, who were among the first ten men granted land in the Bathurst district in 1818 by Governor Lachlan Macquarie," Mr Malloy said.
"Miss Traill died in 1976 and bequeathed her house, family collection, and garden to the National Trust of Australia (NSW). The students' tour of the house included the formal rooms as well as the bedrooms, kitchen, and Miss Traill's personal office."
Major benefactor honoured in Albury scholarship ceremony
Tuesday, 17 May 2016The memory and generosity of two passionate advocates for regional higher education will be honoured at this year's major scholarship ceremony at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Albury-Wodonga.
The annual ceremony, starting at 5.30pm on Wednesday 18 May, celebrates the academic achievements and endeavours of current students enrolled in business, education and science courses at CSU in Albury-Wodonga in the CD Blake Auditorium at Thurgoona.
This year, the event will hold special significance as CSU Foundation Trust welcomes the receipt of a bequest of over $3 million from Carole and Stan Droder.
Other new donors presenting prizes at this year's ceremony include the Westpac Corporation and the Rand-Walbundrie Football Club.
They will be joined by other local businesses and organisations in presenting scholarships to deserving students to assist them in their studies.
CSU Foundation administers over 300 scholarships annually, 39 of which will be awarded at the Albury ceremony.
CSU Foundation recognises that by giving rural and regional students in Australia fair access to higher education, CSU can develop professionals who have experience in regional areas and further afield, which will help them to maintain and develop healthy local economies and vibrant communities.
This year across all campuses, CSU will award more than $1.2 million in scholarships to help students reach their full potential.