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Welcome Day 2006
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Prospective students, their parents and friends will receive a taste of university life when they attend Welcome Day 2006 at Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Albury-Wodonga Campus this Wednesday 25 January. Students who have received enrolment offers in CSU business, education, environmental and information sciences and health courses can attend the day-long event. The day will include a welcome from the Head of Campus, course information sessions, campus tours and accommodation information. Head of the Albury-Wodonga Campus Professor Gail Whiteford said the day offers an important opportunity for new students to meet with staff, complete administrative tasks and settle accommodation arrangements before the start of the new academic year in February. “Welcome Day activities will help remove some of the anxiety of starting university life, especially for students moving to Albury for their studies,” Professor Whiteford said. Events will be held on the University’s Thurgoona Campus, Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, Thurgoona, and on Albury City campus, Olive St, Albury between 10am and 3pm.
Leadership development for CSU women
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Charles Sturt University (CSU) will launch a new comprehensive leadership development program for women staff this Monday 6 February. Australian universities record low numbers of women in senior management positions, with national figures showing just 11 per cent of women hold professorial positions. The CSU Leadership Development for Women Program will run throughout 2006 and commences with a week of activities being held from Monday 6 February to Friday 10 February. Guest speakers who will give presentations on their experience of moving into leadership positions include: Dr Jeane McConachie, Director Division of Teaching and Learning Services, Central Queensland University; Ms Sarah Davies, Vice-President Student Affairs, Swinburne University; and Professor Margaret Sheil, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) at University of Wollongong. Associate Professor Marian Tulloch, Director CSU's Centre for Enhancing, Learning and Teaching or CELT will officially launch the program at 2 pm Monday 6 February in the Foundation Rooms, Centre for Professional Development on CSU’s Bathurst Campus.
CSU welcomes new students
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
Charles Sturt University (CSU) is welcoming new students for the start of the 2006 academic year. For many, it will be their first move away from home. Students from around Australia and overseas are arriving at CSU campuses in Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst, Dubbo, Orange and Wagga Wagga in central and southern NSW. Orientation week (O Week) starts on Monday 13 or Tuesday 14 February for most of the new arrivals, and will include intensive sessions on enrolments, study skills and using the CSU Library and computer facilities, as well as getting to know the University, its people and the towns in which they will live. Click here to see O Week programs for each campus.Bones for gifted boys
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
When the Dead Bones Society meets under the gigantic jaw of a T.rex, it will be boys only. Teenage fiction author, Charles Sturt University (CSU) tutor and literacy consultant Paul Stafford usually focuses on making writing ‘cool’ for ‘reluctant’ boys, but these ‘comedy horror’ workshops at the Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum in Bathurst from Thursday 23 February are aimed at gifted 9 to 12 year old boys with an interest in writing and science. They will be mentored by male teacher education students from CSU, where Paul Stafford graduated with a degree in print journalism. “I’m really attracted to the idea of it being like a secret club, because boys love that kind of thing…they like to stick to their own company. The idea of a museum after-hours, a creepy old museum at night, is pretty exciting, that sort of out-of-bounds thing,” said Paul Stafford. Mr Stafford says a gifted boy of 12 could be just three or four years away from publication if he was steered along the right path. Student enrolments for 2006: Albury-Wodonga
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Health and education courses are a popular choice for commencing Charles Sturt University (CSU) students in 2006, according to the latest figures from the NSW Universities Admissions Centre. “CSU continues to take large numbers of students into education courses. Intakes into health courses are up about a hundred up on last year – graduates in both areas provide direct benefit to rural and regional NSW and Victoria,” said Director of CSU’s Office of Planning and Audit, Col Sharp. High profile courses at Albury-Wodonga Campus in which entry was particularly competitive included physiotherapy, which also had success with early childhood and middle schooling teaching courses and occupational therapy and podiatry.
Student enrolments for 2006: Bathurst
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Health and education courses are a popular choice for commencing Charles Sturt University (CSU) students in 2006, according to the latest figures from the NSW Universities Admissions Centre. “CSU continues to take large numbers of students into education courses. Intakes into health courses are up about a hundred up on last year – graduates in both areas provide direct benefit to rural and regional NSW ”, said Director of CSU’s Office of Planning and Audit, Col Sharp. At Bathurst Campus, places in the journalism, policing and criminal justice studies were highly sought-after. “Many students are opting for double degrees, to provide that extra edge in the employment market,” Mr Sharp said. These include sports studies/journalism, nursing/paramedic studies and psychology/teaching.
Student enrolments for 2006: Dubbo
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Health and education courses are a popular choice for commencing Charles Sturt University (CSU) students in 2006, according to the latest figures from the NSW Universities Admissions Centre. “CSU continues to take large numbers of students into education courses. Intakes into health courses are up about a hundred up on last year – graduates in both areas provide direct benefit to rural and regional NSW ,” said Director of CSU’s Office of Planning and Audit, Col Sharp. Primary teaching and nursing were the most popular courses at Dubbo Campus, while pharmacy and nursing proved popular at Orange.
Student enrolments for 2006: Orange
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Health and education courses are a popular choice for commencing Charles Sturt University (CSU) students in 2006, according to the latest figures from the NSW Universities Admissions Centre. “CSU continues to take large numbers of students into education courses. Intakes into Health courses are up about a hundred up on last year – graduates in both areas provide direct benefit to rural and regional NSW ,” said Director of CSU’s Office of Planning and Audit, Col Sharp. High profile courses in which entry was particularly competitive include pharmacy at Orange Campus, while nursing also proved popular.
Student enrolments for 2006: Wagga Wagga
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Health and education courses are a popular choice for commencing Charles Sturt University (CSU) students in 2006, according to the latest figures from the NSW Universities Admissions Centre. “CSU continues to take large numbers of students into education courses. Intakes into health courses are up about a hundred up on last year – graduates in both areas provide direct benefit to rural and regional NSW,” said Director of CSU’s Office of Planning and Audit, Col Sharp. High profile courses in which entry was particularly competitive include veterinary science and pharmacy at Wagga Wagga Campus. “The health courses proved particularly strong at Wagga Wagga medical imaging, nursing and pharmacy are real strengths, but the primary education, agriculture and medical science areas also enrolled large numbers of students,” Mr Sharp said.
Indigenous Police training proposal for CSU
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
An outreach program run by Charles Sturt University (CSU) for Indigenous recruits will be proposed by NSW Police. This follows a recommendation from the NSW Ombudsman’s report into Aboriginal policing throughout rural NSW. The proposal has enthusiastic support from the