CSU hosts business leaders

Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
Nearly 30 delegates from the Sustainable Economic Growth for Regional Australia (SEGRA) Conference being held in Albury will visit Charles Sturt University (CSU) as part of their meeting on Wednesday 20 August. Hosted by the Head of CSU’s Albury-Wodonga Campus, Professor Gail Whiteford, the delegates, who are from the business community around Australia, will receive short guided tours around the University’s award-winning Thurgoona site. “The visit will highlight the partnership between CSU and Albury City Council, especially in the economic, educational and social development of the Border region,” Professor Whiteford said.

Dubbo benefits from donated books

Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Division of Library Services will ensure Dubbo’s educational resources are of the highest standard by donating a significant number of visual arts and photography books to the TAFE NSW Western Institute – Dubbo campus library on Thursday 21 August. “The books are duplicates of copies already held in the CSU Library collection at the Wagga Wagga Campus,” explained CSU’s Director of Operations at the Division of Library Services, Ms Kerryn Amery. “We go to great efforts to make sure any duplicates are given a good home.” The books will enable the Dubbo TAFE Library to provide additional support for fine arts, cultural arts and Aboriginal visual and performing arts courses taught at Dubbo. “CSU has a strong relationship with TAFE NSW and this is just one of the many collaborative efforts that guarantee our campus towns offer the highest educational programs,” Ms Amery said.

To act, or not to act

Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
Theatre/media students at Charles Sturt University (CSU) and members of the public will be able to attend a Shakespeare masterclass by one of the great British actors, Mr Barrie Ingham, who was given his Broadway debut opportunity by Sir John Gielgud. Mr Ingham will perform his one-man show The Actor at CSU’s Ponton Theatre on the Bathurst Campus on Tuesday 26 August, and will present the Shakespeare masterclass on Wednesday 27 August. Mr Karl Shead, Theatre Technical Officer at the CSU School of Communication, explained that The Actor was devised by Barrie Ingham and Terry Hands during their time together at the Royal Shakespeare Company. “The play asks ‘who and what is an actor?’, and reveals how all of us are actors. It has been performed in New York and London, and toured to South Africa, Australia and throughout USA,” The performance and masterclass arise from the partnership between the Local Stages/Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre program in Bathurst, which provides performing arts development opportunities for artists in the region, and the theatre/media department at CSU’s School of Communication.

CSU academic addresses intelligence community

Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
The heads of intelligence agencies gathered in the New Zealand (NZ) capital of Wellington in August to hear from guest speaker and Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic Mr Patrick Walsh. Over 150 intelligence officers attended the inaugural conference of the New Zealand Institute of Intelligence Professionals. Mr Walsh, who addressed the intelligence officers after the conference was opened by NZ Prime Minister The Hon. Helen Clark, is a senior lecturer in criminal intelligence at CSU’s Australian Graduate School of Policing (AGSP) based in Manly, Sydney. He is also the course co-ordinator for the University’s intelligence program and  a vice-president of the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers (AIPIO). “It was an honour to address this inaugural event,” Mr Walsh said on his return to Australia. “I talked about the history of AIPIO as a professional body for the Australian intelligence community and the role tertiary education can play in collaboration with intelligence agencies in delivering industry-relevant intelligence education programs”

NAIDOC at CSU Dubbo Campus

Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
Charles Sturt University's (CSU) Dubbo Campus will mark the National Aboriginal and Islander Day of Celebration (NAIDOC) for the first time on Wednesday 27 August. Head of the CSU Dubbo Campus and Director of the University’s Centre for Indigenous Studies, Mr Gary Shipp, said NAIDOC is a very significant part of the Australian Aboriginal calendar of events which began in the 1930s when William Ferguson commenced his fight for the rights of Aboriginal people, giving impetus to the May 1967 Referendum. “This year is important for CSU Dubbo Campus to celebrate this occasion and have special guests to share with us their stories and art,” Mr Shipp said. “It will be our first NAIDOC, and I am proud to have Roy and June Barker, elders from Lightning Ridge, and Lewis Burns, a renowned local Aboriginal artist. The activities on Dubbo campus will provide an insight into Aboriginal culture, music and art. It is a time for reflection and sharing stories with visiting and local elders and school students from senior schools in Dubbo.”

Sportswear on international catwalk

Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003

Aiming for one step better next year

Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
A team of seven Charles Sturt University (CSU) students are looking to go ‘one better’ after completing the 2008 City-to-Surf Fun Run last month in Sydney. The team – including Brad White, Andrew Burns and Dominique Ferguson who were the fastest runners in the Brooks Podiatry Team – came second by 35 seconds to the eventual winners. “I am sure we can make that up next year and go one better,” said Mr White, the team leader. “Not a bad showing for a group of ‘no name’ university students!” The students, who are all enrolled in CSU’s podiatry course, based on its Albury-Wodonga Campus, are already talking about improving their performances in next year’s event.

Is mediation a profession?

Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
A Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic has called on the mediation community to consider that it now deserves the title of ‘a profession’. Associate Professor Anne Ardagh addressed the question ‘Is Mediation now a Profession?’ during her recent address to a dinner in Canberra to celebrate the 20^th anniversary of the Conflict Resolution Service (CRS) in the ACT. “Even though there is no one recognised path to becoming a mediator, mediators are becoming more educated through university and TAFE qualifications, and perhaps on quality assurance grounds the mediation community should embrace the idea that it now deserves the status of a profession,” said Professor Ardagh. The CSU academic believes mediation is at a stage that perhaps psychology or social work or counselling was at not so long ago.

CSU students battling the bulge

Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
Charles Sturt University (CSU) students are making the battle against obesity and eating disorders personal with a cooking competition to show healthy eating can be cheap as well as nutritious, quick, tasty and good looking. Three student groups – the Nutrition and Dietetics (or Nut) Club, the Social Workers Club and the Health Action Team – are gathering favourite student recipes for a recipe book, with the top 12 recipes entered into a cook-off competition to be held in October on the University’s Wagga Wagga Campus. A panel of local judges will name the winner of a $150 voucher for groceries. President of the Nut Club, Mr Kingsley Vance, hopes that initiatives like this will help the communities within CSU campuses – Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst, Dubbo, Orange and Wagga Wagga – to improve their food choices. “University students are often at risk of not eating a nutritious diet, so our competition is all about raising awareness of good nutrition in all our communities,” he said.

Book collection for Nepal

Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003