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Successful Bathurst play returns for one night
Tuesday, 19 Oct 2010After featuring at the Sydney Fringe Festival in September, a play written by a final-year Charles Sturt University (CSU) student will have a special one-night-only return performance at the Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre on Monday 25 October. The play, Before and After Knockoff, was written by Mr James Pike who is studying theatre/media at the School of Communication and Creative Industries at CSU in Bathurst. Mr Pike said, “Before and After Knockoff is a hard-hitting story about the brutal consequences of mixing business and family life, told by combining the coarse language of the building site with a poetic eloquence. The play involves a range of new and experienced theatre-makers in Bathurst. It’s a mark of the production’s strength that it has the support and involvement of the Bathurst Theatre Company, Local Stages, Arts Outwest and Charles Sturt University’s theatre/media course.”
CSU students recycle for charity
Tuesday, 19 Oct 2010
Students living on-campus at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga are being urged to do their bit for environmental sustainability by supporting an inaugural market day on Sunday 24 October. The Residence Market Day is open to the public and will be held from 9am to 2pm at CSU in Wagga Wagga. “The idea of the day is to allow students to recycle their old unwanted items and to reduce waste around the campus,” Head Resident - Full Board, Ms Lana Whytcross said. “We also hope to raise money for charity by donating the profits to a university support network known as Red Frogs.” Donations are now being accepted for the Market Day including old clothes, fridges, furniture and even non-perishable food. Dental construction complete
Tuesday, 12 Oct 2010Regional dental patients have something to smile about with construction of the new Charles Sturt University (CSU) Dental and Oral Health Clinic in Dubbo now complete. “The clinic will have 16 dental chairs,” explained senior lecturer Dr Sabrina Manickam. “Professional dentists and students from the School of Dentistry and Health Sciences at CSU will provide patient care in 2011.” The new state-of-the-art dental clinic has been designed and constructed at a cost of $8 million, with funds from CSU, NSW Health and The University of Sydney. Dental staff from Greater Western Area Health Service (GWAHS) will be the first to occupy the new facility with the relocation of its public dental services currently provided from the Dubbo Community Dental Clinic in Ronald Street. The new CSU Dental and Oral Health Clinic will open for public patients on Monday 18 October.
Student cancer research on display
Tuesday, 12 Oct 2010Research into cancer education will be presented by third year clinical science students at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Orange on Friday 15 October. Community members will join CSU staff and students to discuss student research at the University Experiential Learning Centre (ELC). “The students have spent months working on their research as part of their studies,” lecturer from the School of Biomedical Sciences, Ms Sarah Hyde said. “The students conducted the research by designing and mailing out surveys, entering and analysing the data, with a surprising number of responses.” The research topics include; oral cancer awareness and its risk factors, the relationship between breast screening concordance and the location of residence, awareness and education of cancer screening in female patients, the effectiveness of the ‘three-step breast check shower card’ in increasing breast self-examination amongst CSU students; and general practitioner attitudes and knowledge concerning prostate cancer screening.
Strengthening international student Study Centres
Tuesday, 12 Oct 2010
Representatives of Charles Sturt University (CSU) and Study Group Australia (SGA) will meet at a ceremony at CSU in Bathurst on Tuesday 12 October to mark the signing of a new services agreement for the ongoing delivery of courses at CSU Study Centres in Sydney and Melbourne. The CSU Study Centres offer courses from the Faculty of Business to international undergraduate and postgraduate students. The Vice-Chancellor and President of CSU, Professor Ian Goulter, said, “The renewal of the services agreement for the Charles Sturt University Study Centres is strongly aligned to the University's strategic planning priorities and its Internationalisation Strategy.” Study Group Australia Pty Ltd, as part of one of the world’s largest private education providers, has been engaged in the quality provision of higher education services to international students in collaboration with CSU since 1995. Although studying in Melbourne or Sydney, many of the students graduate at ceremonies at the regional campuses of CSU.Soaring high
Tuesday, 12 Oct 2010
The creative skills of Charles Sturt University (CSU) lecturer Mr Damian Candusso are again on the big screen with the release of the film, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole. Directed by Hollywood director Zac Snyder, this film is Australia’s first 3D animation production. Mr Candusso, worked as the sound effects editor on the film. “I created many of the 3D sound effects, including the 3D slow motion battles and surreal sound effects,” Mr Candusso said. “Being the country’s first 3D animation, this film has redefined the benchmark for quality Australian cinema. In addition, the sound design for this film is the first in the country to be created for a 3D animation.” The film is based on Kathryn Lasky’s novels, Guardians of Ga'Hoole. Mr Candusso is a lecturer with the School of Communication and Creative Industries at CSU in Wagga Wagga. He is well known for his work on Daybreakers (2009), Farscape: The Peacekeepers Wars (2004), Happy Feet (2006) and Australia (2008). In 2001, the CSU academic was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in the Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Australian society and Australian film production
Watery studies on film
Tuesday, 12 Oct 2010A group of Charles Sturt University (CSU) students has portrayed the considerable research being undertaken by the University’s Institute for Land, Water and Society in a short film being launched on Thursday 14 October. The students, who study television production with the School of Communication and Creative Industries based at CSU in Wagga Wagga, have looked at a variety of research projects such as the fishing history of the Murray River; how well Murray Cod fingerlings swim; Indigenous knowledge of inland fisheries; varying water flows from dams; and social justice in the use and administration of water in the Murray Darling Basin. Ms Juliet Cullen from the Murray Catchment Management Authority introduces the film, which is part of the Water on Tap? exhibition in the Albury Regional Art Gallery, Dean St, Albury.
Water on Tap
Tuesday, 12 Oct 2010An exhibition using art and science to depict water will open in Albury on Thursday 14 October. Titled Water on Tap?, the exhibition highlights 15 works by Charles Sturt University (CSU) staff as part of National Water Week. Ms Julie Montgarrett and Ms Margaret Waller from the School of Communication and Creative Industries at CSU will explore water management in a collaborative photographic and textile piece, as well as digital photographs by Mr Jamie Holcombe and a computer generated flyover the Murray River. There is also a video by CSU television production students on water research being carried out by researchers from the University’s Institute for Land, Water and Society (ILWS) and display of the Murray Catchment Management Authorities 'Edward Wakool' project. The display, sponsored by ILWS, Murray Catchment Management Authority and Albury City, will be opened with a 'Meet the Artists' event at 6pm, Thursday 14 October in the Albury Regional Art Gallery, Dean St, Albury.
Prophets in Christianity and Islam
Tuesday, 12 Oct 2010The role of prophets in Christianity and Islam will be explored in a free public talk to be held at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga on Wednesday 13 October. The speakers are CSU Professor of Theology and Executive Director of the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, Reverend Professor James Haire and CSU adjunct lecturer and Executive Director of Islamic Sciences and Research Academy of Australia, Mr Mehmet Ozalp. The dialogue between the two leading religious figures will examine how Christianity and Islam view prophets, their role and characteristics. How does one know a person claiming to be a prophet is telling the truth? What is the central place and meaning of Jesus Christ in Christianity? What is the role and importance of the Prophet Muhammad in Islam? Essentially the lecture will look at how Islam views Jesus Christ and how Christianity views the Prophet Muhammad. The public lecture will be held from 11am to 1pm in the Wal Fife Theatre at CSU in Wagga Wagga.
Nursing students’ final days
Tuesday, 12 Oct 2010Third year Bachelor of Nursing students at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Dubbo celebrated their final day of study today before venturing into their professional career. A BBQ lunch was followed by professional photos of the 15 students. “The group is graduating as registered nurses and the majority will be employed in the local and surrounding areas,” said Academic Advisor, Ms Cathy Maginnis. The students will officially graduate early 2011. “The completion of the course is an accumulation of a lot of hard work. During their time at Charles Sturt University, the students had the opportunity to undertake clinical placements in a variety of health care settings in many different rural locations and cities.”