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Riverina Outlook 2008 to focus on forage conservation
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
Climate change and international markets are influencing the demand and supply of conserved fodder in Australia, and this year’s Riverina Outlook Conference will focus on the strategies needed to manage these changes. Hosted by the EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation at Charles Sturt University (CSU), the conference will be held in Wagga Wagga on Thursday 14 August. EH Graham Centre Director, Professor Deirdre Lemerle said, “The aim of the event will be to highlight key issues that make the difference between profit and loss from conserved fodder. The Conference continues the long-standing tradition of highlighting future challenges for agriculture while offering suggestions and solutions to deal with them. Managing risks and the challenges of maintaining livestock production levels in a variable climate make the theme for this conference highly relevant to producers, agricultural advisors, consultants, educators and agricultural industry representatives.”Lamb the focus at Forum
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
For the first time, more than 80 sheep and lamb producers will converge on the NSW town of Cowra for Charles Sturt University's (CSU) annual Asia Today forum on Thursday 14 August 2008. Director of the CSU Asian Agribusiness Research Centre, Dr Claus Deblitz, says the day will cover all aspects of marketing lamb, from trends in the Asian markets to hearing from a local marketing group on their ability to lift returns. Dr Deblitz said, “Cowra is an important town within CSU’s region, with many of its residents studying at one of its campuses, so this is why we decided to hold this major conference there. Two areas which will receive attention on the day are the threats from and opportunities offered by climate change and current developments and their consequences for grain markets.” said Dr Deblitz. “We are delighted to be able to bring such a major conference to the local area, and given the high standard of speakers we hope local lamb and sheep meat producers will take part in these discussions.“Cellar praised as top spot with top drop
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
Not only are Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) wines rated among some of the best in the country, but the ‘Cellar Door’ on the Wagga Wagga Campus has been hailed as one of the top four outlets in the Tourism Winery category of the 2008 Inland NSW Tourism Awards. CSU Winery Marketing Manager Mr Richard Lawson said, “It’s a great effort considering the number of wineries in inland NSW”. Meanwhile, in the recently released 2009 James Halliday Wine Companion, the renowned wine critic again rated the CSU Winery at four and a half stars, which matches its 2007 rating. All wines submitted by CSU were rated four stars or higher, with five stars awarded to the 2007 Chardonnay, which was also placed in the ‘Top 10 Best Value White Wines ($10 - $15)’ category in Australia. Mr Lawson said, “It shows the quality of CSU wines and that they more than hold their own in a crowded and competitive wine market”.Road to discovery at Thurgoona meeting
Thursday, 12 Dec 2013
Participants can hear and discuss spirituality expressed by three religions - Bhuddhism, Islam and Christianity – in a public meeting to be held on Thursday 14 August at Charles Sturt University's (CSU) Thurgoona site. Speakers are Greg Sneddon, teacher of Lam Rim Bhuddism, The Reverend Bryn Jones, chaplain at Trinity Anglican College, and CSU postgraduate researcher and Muslim, Bugi Sumirat. The meeting, titled ‘An Interfaith Dialogue: The Road to Discovery’ and hosted by CSU Student Services and the CSU students’ Murray Campus Council, will be held at The Gums Café, Thurgoona Campus, off Elizabeth Mitchell Drive. An afternoon tea will be provided to enable listeners to discuss issues further with the speakers.
State-wide airing for Wiradjuri DVD
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
A DVD made by Charles Sturt University (CSU) television production students documenting the lives and experiences of respected members of the West Wyalong Aboriginal community will be used in schools across NSW as part of the state’s Aboriginal education policy. The 20 minute DVD West Wyalong Wiradjuri will be officially launched at West Wyalong High School (WWHS) on Thursday 14 August at 11am. Filmed in West Wyalong, the DVD documents the childhood, schooling and family experiences of four West Wyalong locals and what it means to grow up as an Indigenous person. Third year television production student and DVD producer Ms Gemma Thornton was assisted with camera work and sound and lighting by other CSU students. “I learnt a lot about Indigenous culture and also about dealing with West Wyalong High School as a ‘client’, which is invaluable experience for getting a job after university,” she said. WWHS’s Ms Jenene West said it was essential to capture local people talking about their lives in the local region. “There is no point in showing school children a DVD about Arnhem Land as it just isn’t relevant. It’s important that they can relate to the location,” Ms West said.
Australia-India sustainability youth forum
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
Ms Rebecca Turnbull, a medical science and applied biotechnology student from the the Charles Sturt University (CSU) Wagga Wagga Campus, was chosen as CSU representative to the inaugural Australia-India Universities Youth Forum in July. The forum drew together almost 60 Australian and Indian university students. Highlights included a sustainability leadership training program in Sydney, a three-day eco-tour of outback Australia, a tour of a biodynamic organic farm near Canberra, and workshops with the City of Sydney’s Sustainable Sydney 2030 project team. “Each participant brought a different area of expertise from their university education; from engineering to teaching, languages to economics, architects and town planners and those in science and biotechnology,” said Ms Turnbull. “We were constantly consulting our fellow student experts which reinforced the concept that sustainability affects us all, regardless of occupation and origin.”
CSU student contemplates equitable water distribution
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Charles Sturt University (CSU) agricultural science student Mr David Gale, from the CSU Wagga Wagga Campus, was one of 22 young people selected to attend the World Council of Churches’ international dialogue centre, the Ecumenical Institute of Bossey Institute in Switzerland in July. Mr Gale participated in the inaugural Ecumenical Water Network Summer School on Water, not far from Lake Geneva. “The incredible bit for me was that a group of culturally, sexually, denominationally, vocationally and politically diverse young adults, who have an incredible passion to see water more equally shared, were able to come together and I was able to be a part of it,” said Mr Gale. “As a group we reflected on water and the ecumenical response to the global water crisis, especially issues of privatization, water management, water scarcity, gender and water, water rights and sanitation.”
Students aim for national games
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Six students from Charles Sturt University's (CSU) Albury-Wodonga Campus will represent the University in netball in the upcoming Australian University Games to be held in September in Melbourne. Led by CSU education student Ms Chelsea Daly, the group is seeking donations from Albury-Wodonga businesses to raise money for travel and accommodation for the group. The Australian University Games are Australia's largest annual multi-sport event, the national university Olympics, and are the most exciting event on the national tertiary calendar. The 2008 event, hosted by Monash University, includes teams from all Australian universities and runs from 28 September to 3 October.
Canada calls to education student
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
A third-year Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) student at the Charles Sturt University (CSU) Dubbo Campus will travel to Canada at the end of August to spend her next academic session at the University of Regina in the province of Saskatchewan. Ms Sally Holland, from Wellington, NSW, is the third student from the Dubbo Campus to participate in the CSU Study Exchange Program when she starts her semester abroad on Tuesday 2 September. “I was lucky to successfully apply for this scholarship which only became available since the end of 2007, when the CSU Office of International Relations secured an additional $5 000 overseas scholarship for one Dubbo exchange student to study abroad in 2008,” Ms Holland said. “I am very excited about my upcoming trip to Canada to study for a semester.” The CSU International Exchange Program offers CSU students a variety of study abroad opportunities to gain credits towards their degree under its student mobility program CSU Global.
'Bollywood' beckons CSU student
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
A Charles Sturt University (CSU) student will experience the razzle-dazzle of ‘Bollywood’ when she heads to Mumbai, India, in August for work experience in the sub-continent’s filmmaking capital. Ms Zoe Kelly, a theatre/media student at the School of Communication on the Bathurst Campus, won a scholarship to take part in the India Study Abroad Centre’s ‘Film & Media Program’ for four weeks during August-September 2008. Ms Kelly said she was very interested in a career in filmmaking. “When I found out about the film and media program it sounded like such a great opportunity to travel and experience a culture that would challenge and inspire me in many different ways to broaden my perceptions of filmmaking. The idea of experiencing such a foreign culture as well as simultaneously being able to experience the biggest film industry in the world seemed like an incredible way to study abroad. I love the exuberant colours, high-spirited characters and mixture of different genres that ‘Bollywood’ films have to offer, and this is something that I would love to learn more about and experience in the flesh,” she said.