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US Consul General at CSU
Monday, 22 Sep 2008
Charles Sturt University (CSU) will host a visit this week from the US Consul General, Mrs Judith Fergin. CSU Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Ian Goulter, will welcome Mrs Fergin to the University’s Wagga Wagga Campus on Tuesday 23 September. While at CSU, the US Consul General will tour the CSU Winery, the new Veterinary Clinical Centre and the Equine Centre where she will be shown the large 3 000 square metre indoor arena. CSU equine studies students will also present a dressage display at the centre. Head of the CSU Wagga Wagga Campus, Professor David Green, will then accompany Mrs Fergin to a lunch with senior CSU staff. Mayor of Wagga Wagga, Councillor Kerry Pascoe, is also expected to attend the lunch. Mrs Fergin has been the US Consul General in Sydney since July 2007.Global smart water solutions
Thursday, 18 Sep 2008
Assisting the Chinese government to improve its management of water resources in large irrigation systems is the motivation behind a visit to Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga by a delegation from China. The nine officials from China’s Ministry of Water Resources, the Yellow River Commission and Irrigation Department and Research Institutes will meet with representatives from CSU’s International Centre of WATER for Food Security (IC WATER) in Wagga Wagga on Friday 19 September. The Australia-China Environment Development Program (ACEDP) is a five year, $25 million Australian Government, AusAID initiative. Managing large irrigation systems using remote sensing is one of 11 approved projects under the ACEDP initiative. IC WATER is working with Chinese agencies to improve water use efficiency in the People Victory Channel Irrigation System in China. While at CSU, the delegates will learn about the novel remote sensing application for irrigation water management, while the delegation will also travel to Coleambally in southern NSW on Saturday 20 September. “The visit demonstrates how state-of-the-art remote sensing based hydrological assessment tools could be used for efficient water management in data sparse environment,” said the new Director of IC WATER, Associate Professor Mohsin Hafeez. Read more about Professor Hafeez here. Council visit to vet facilities
Monday, 8 Sep 2008
The Veterinary Clinical Centre at Charles Sturt University (CSU) will play host to senior staff from the Wagga Wagga City Council on Tuesday 9 September. Council's new Director of Environmental and Community Services, Mrs Janice Summerhayes, acting Director of Planning, Mr Mark Gardiner and acting Manager Natural Environment and Regulatory, Mr Greg Minehan will inspect the new facilities for the CSU veterinary science program from 8.30am. Fourth year veterinary science students are the first CSU students to benefit from the clinic which was officially opened in July. The clinic includes modern surgical facilities for large and small animals, diagnostic imaging and reproduction services for horses. In agreement with Wagga Wagga City Council, fourth year students conduct health checks and spey dogs and cats from the Council’s Glenfield Road Animal Shelter. New homes are then found for the animals. The visit to the Veterinary Clinical Centre will be hosted by the Head of the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Professor Kym Abbott. Read more about the clinic here.Almost foot in mouth
Tuesday, 26 Aug 2008
The surgical skills of staff at the Veterinary Clinical Centre at Charles Sturt University (CSU) will come to the fore today Tuesday 26 August when a hoof is removed from the head of a three week old calf. The animal will be operated on by the Centre Director Associate Professor Bryan Hilbert from 1.30pm. The Veterinary Clinical Centre on CSU's Wagga Wagga Campus was officially opened last month when its experienced clinicians were praised for their vital role in producing well rounded professionals for inland Australia. As Associate Professor of Equine Medicine and Surgery at CSU, Professor Hilbert heads the team overseeing modern surgical facilities for large and small animals, diagnostic imaging and reproduction services for horses. Fourth year veterinary science students are first CSU students to benefit from the Veterinary Clinical Centre. Death and the Motorway
Tuesday, 29 Jul 2008
In his first full-length collection of poetry, Charles Sturt University (CSU) lecturer Mr David Gilbey has drawn on his international travel in 2006 for inspiration. Death and the Motorway will be launched in Wagga Wagga this Thursday 31 July at the Wagga Wagga City Library by local arts commentator Mr Fred Goldsworthy. Mr Gilbey is a senior lecturer in literature and creative writing in the CSU School of Humanities and Social Sciences in Wagga Wagga. He is President of the Booranga Writers’ Centre on CSU’s Wagga Wagga Campus and has edited the group’s annual anthology of poetry and prose, fourW. Published by IP Press, Death and the Motorway was completed after Mr Gilbey travelled to the United States, United Kingdom, France, Japan and China on study leave in 2006. Author and poet Ms Kate Llewellyn has described the CSU academic as “a poet of the people, never pretentious or obscure. He has a clear voice which goes straight to the heart of the matter.”
Student accommodation work underway
Thursday, 24 Jul 2008Construction has commenced on vital new student accommodation facilities on the Charles Sturt University (CSU) Wagga Wagga Campus. The work, being undertaken by Joss Construction, will provide 200 new on-campus beds for CSU students at the start of the 2009 academic year. The ten modular concrete and corrugated iron buildings will provide self catering accommodation. The work is part of a large scale project for 600 new on-campus beds across CSU campuses. It will expand the range of student accommodation at the University to about 3 000 beds. “The development will include open plan kitchens and living areas will feature in each block. “The corrugated iron, which is light, strong, adaptable and durable, highlights the heritage of Australian agricultural buildings while shielding the internal concrete walls from the summer heat,” said Executive Director of CSU Division of Student Services, Mr Andrew Callander. “This will enable the buildings to maintain a more constant temperature without the use of expensive air conditioning. Rainwater collected from roofs will be used to flush toilets and for irrigation.”
Academics promote ethical writing
Thursday, 17 Jul 2008
Australian academics from a variety of disciplines will meet to discuss ethical engagement in academic writing at a conference at Charles Sturt University's (CSU) Bathurst Campus on Friday 18 July. Dr Sue Saltmarsh from CSU’s Faculty of Education said the one-day invitational conference includes leading scholars whose work addresses key issues to do with ethical academic writing. “In an era of intense competition to attract and retain students in the global knowledge economy, it is vital to recognise the importance of ongoing discussions about scholarly ethics in all aspects of academic writing. The conference will focus discussion on locally relevant issues from international perspectives. We are fortunate to have Dr Tracey Bretag, from the School of Management at the University of South Australia, as a keynote speaker, and we have people travelling to the conference from as far away as Adelaide,” Dr Saltmarsh said.
Chifley documentary launch in Bathurst
Tuesday, 24 Jun 2008
A Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic says that communal memory lies at the heart of a feature-length documentary film about former Australian Prime Minister Ben Chifley and his wife Elizabeth. Dr Robin McLachlan, an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in History and Cultural Heritage Studies in the University’s School of Social Sciences and Liberal Studies on Bathurst Campus, was co-producer and historian for The Chifleys of Busby Street – A Community Remembers. He says the film, which will be launched in Bathurst on Wednesday 25 June, is an exercise in ‘people’s history’. “It’s an attempt to find and share the communal memory of the Chifleys which lives on in their hometown of Bathurst, NSW, where Chifley’s extraordinary compassion and idealism are still treasured 50 years after his death. He was a politician who lived by principles of compassion and concern for his fellow Australians and he had a profound effect on the path of Australian history following World War Two,” Dr McLachlan said.
Primary students get a taste of tertiary education
Tuesday, 24 Jun 2008
Borenore Public School students from Years 3 to 6 recently became university students for a few hours to further their understanding of micro organisms. The students visited Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Orange Campus where they received a short lecture, used microscopes and looked at and drew fungi and bacteria. They learned basic differences between fungi and bacteria, facts about good and bad micro organisms, and were somewhat unimpressed to return to school with a short homework activity. Associate lecturer at the School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences, Mr Yann Guisard, said this was the first workshop he had given to primary school students at the campus. “It all went well and we hope to develop this workshop with other primary schools in the future.”
CSU hosts HSC Study Day
Tuesday, 24 Jun 2008Year 12 students from high schools across the NSW Central West region will converge on Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Bathurst Campus on Thursday 26 June to attend the 2008 Higher School Certificate (HSC) Seminar Day. The day is an initiative of secondary teachers with the NSW Department of Education and Training in the region, and is sponsored by CSU. Organisers estimate that about 300 HSC students will attend from schools in Bathurst, Blayney, Boorowa, Orange, Cowra, Grenfell, Kandos, Lithgow, Molong and Oberon. Ms Kerry Browning, Manager of the CSU Contact Centre which provides information and advice to prospective students, said the day would provide students with information relevant to their HSC exams, as well as provide a positive experience of life at university. “The students will attend separate seminars and lectures on a variety of HSC topics provided by experienced HSC teachers. Then they will have lunch in the CSU cafeteria and be able to go on a tour of the Bathurst Campus and seek course advice from University advisers,” Ms Browning said.