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Higher education on show in North East Victoria
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Charles Sturt University (CSU) will join with 20 other higher education providers to showcase its education opportunities to local high school students at the North East Victoria Tertiary Education Tour on Monday 20 June in Shepparton, and on Tuesday 21 June in Wangaratta. CSU Prospective Student Adviser, Ms Emily Hill, said the expo provides an important opportunity for students to compare what higher education providers around Victoria and southern NSW can offer. “Nearly 1 300 high school students are due to attend the events in Shepparton and Wangarrata, which presents a great oportunity for regional students to access course information from a variety of institutions. The knowledge shared at these events will help students to make informed decisions about their options for life beyond Year 12,” Ms Hill said. The Shepparton event will run from 11am to 2.30pm in the Mercy Centennial Stadium, Notre Dame Catholic College, corner of Skene and Knight Streets, Shepparton. The Wangaratta event will run from 9.15am to 12.45pm in Performing Arts Centre, Wangaratta High School, Edward Street, Wangaratta.
Community adaption to changed climate
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003The capacity of rural communities to cope with changed climate conditions will be discussed at a symposium at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga this week. Organised by the EH Graham Centre and NSW Department of Primary Industries, the symposium will feature presentations from a number of CSU staff and students. CSU PhD student, Ms Katrina Sinclair, will outline the experience of the Wakool Shire in southern NSW, where a project involving CSU researchers is helping the community reinvigorate itself in the face of reduced water allocations. She said the challenges of a changing climate combined with economic and social pressure means some farmers will need to prepare for fundamental change. “My research is exploring the ways government and organisations can help farmers and communities respond to a future that is desirable, viable and durable.” The symposium will be attended by more than 100 people from the NSW DPI, CSU and Bureau of Meterology.
Solutions for a world-wide issue
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003This Thursday, Charles Sturt University (CSU) will be the venue for a significant public event organised by ActionAid which will see Ugandan mother of 11, Ms Polly Apio speak about her life in Africa. According to ActionAid, one billion people will go to bed hungry tonight. Not because there’s not enough food to go around, but because the food system is broken. Ms Apio offers a solution. She grows crops on a small family plot producing enough for her family and a little extra to sell. Women like Ms Apio grow up to 90 per cent of the food in sub-Saharan Africa and, if they had access to the same support and services that their male counterparts have, could alleviate hunger among the most vulnerable people in the world. At the public discussion Ms Apio will cover food security in sub-Saharan Africa, the role of women farmers and why sustainable small scale agriculture is so important for Australia as well as Africa.
Higher education on show on the Border
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Charles Sturt University (CSU) will join with 42 other higher education providers to showcase its education opportunities to local high school students at the Albury-Wodonga Tertiary Day on Wednesday 22 June in Albury. CSU Prospective Student Adviser, Ms Emily Hill, said the expo provides an important opportunity for students to compare what higher education providers around Victoria, NSW and ACT can offer. “Over 1 200 high school students are due to attend the event, which presents a great oportunity for regional students to access course information from a variety of institutions. The knowledge shared at these events will help students to make informed decisions about their options for life beyond Year 12,” Ms Hill said. The Albury event will run from 9am to 2.15pm in the Albury Entertainment Centre, Swift Street, Albury.
Students of Sustainability conference comes to the Border
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
University students from around Australia will gather for five days at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Albury-Wodonga next month to discuss the future of food, water and climate for a sustainable world. The 2011 Students of Sustainability (SoS) conference will be held from Wednesday 6 to Sunday 10 July. The annual event includes forums and workshops on various sustainability topics which will demonstrate how theory and practice can be used to make positive social and environmental changes. Other topics to be covered include anti-nuclear developments, and the Australian Student Environment Network. Conference activities also include hands-on workshops, updates on current campaigns, Do-It-Yourself sustainability skill sharing, music performances, lectures and local excursions. This year is the twentieth anniversary of the SoS conference, and the first time it has been held in a regional city since 1997.
CSU health students to visit USA
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
The main medical research agency in the United States, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will be a highlight of a two week trip to the USA by 15 health students from Charles Sturt University (CSU). As part of CSU’s international study experience program, the group will visit New York City and Washington DC from Sunday 3 July. The students will also visit the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, the AIDS Vaccine Design and Development Laboratory, Columbia University, the Shock and Trauma Center at the University of Maryland, and the Smithsonian Museums complex. “This trip will expose the students to a variety of universities and research facilities to see how they go about their business,” said Dr Chris Blanchard from the School of Biomedical Sciences at CSU in Wagga Wagga. “We encourage our students to have an international perspective during their studies and in their future careers.” The internal and distance education students from Australia and New Zealand are enrolled in a variety of allied health courses including medical science, pharmacy, forensic biotechnology, complementary medicine, and nutrition and dietetics. The students are supported by CSU Global through $500 Vice-Chancellor Travel Grants.
CSU Head of Campus in Orange steps down
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
After 10 years in the role, Professor Kevin Parton will step down as Head of Campus at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Orange at the end of the month, and staff will acknowledge his contribution to the campus at a lunch on Wednesday 29 June. Professor Parton will return to his substantive role as University Professor within the School of Business and his research work with the Institute of Land, Water and Society. “I have enjoyed assisting in the development of individual staff members of the campus in Orange, of the University generally, and people beyond the University,” Professor Parton said. This last 10 years has seen massive change at the Orange Campus in both courses of offer and in infrastructure developments. New courses include pharmacy, dental science, physiotherapy and clinical science, together with a reorganisation in area of agricultural business. The infrastructure changes include new student accommodation, extensions to the learning commons, a new lecture theatre, a cycleway from the city, significant improvements to the sporting facilities, many new teaching classrooms, together with new laboratories, the dentistry complex and physiotherapy building. “Before I left Canada to come to Orange, I was attracted to the role as a leader of change. University planners 10 years ago had foreseen some of the changes that are going on today. Likewise, some of the changes will take another 10 years to unfold and are now on the drawing board,” Professor Parton said.
Graduation at CSU in Ontario
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003A motivated young man will move closer to realising his dream of becoming a teacher when he graduates from Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Ontario on Friday 17 June. Mr Chad Pilon, who uses a wheelchair, will be awarded his Bachelor of Primary Education Studies from CSU. Mr Pilon said graduation is an important milestone both professionally and personally. “I truly believe that disability is a state of mind. There are challenges but I always look forward to meeting them head on,” he said. “I'd like to thank Charles Sturt University for creating an inclusive environment which has allowed me to succeed.” Mr Pilon said the CSU teaching program has prepared him for the classroom. “The program equips us with proven teaching strategies that in some cases are just now being implemented in schools. I really feel ready to face all of the challenges of the teaching profession.”
New CSU Vice-Chancellor to be introduced
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
The Chancellor of Charles Sturt University (CSU), Mr Lawrie Willett, AO, and the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ian Goulter, will introduce and welcome Professor Andrew Vann as the recently-announced new Vice-Chancellor of the University at a media conference at CSU in Bathurst at 10.30am Thursday 30 June. Professor Goulter announced late last year that he would leave CSU at the end of 2011. Professor Vann, who is presently Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor of James Cook University in north Queensland, was chosen as his successor following an international recruitment search. He will take up his appointment in January 2012. Staff of CSU, representatives of media organisations, local government councillors, and members of parliament are invited to attend. Light refreshments will be served.Research into calf scours
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Charles Sturt University (CSU) researchers are asking beef producers to help them find out more information about a condition affecting up to 10 percent of calves. Researchers from the Fred Morley Unit are undertaking one of the first studies of the impact of scours (diarrhoea) in calves in Australian beef herds. It is the most common symptom of illness in young calves reducing growth rates and causing death in a small number of cases. Senior lecturer with the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Dr Jan Lievaart said, “Most of the research into calf scours in beef cattle has been done in Northern America and this project aims to get hard data for the Australian situation to see if there are any differences”. Surveys have been sent to 1 000 beef producers in the Hume Livestock Health and Pest Authority area and researchers hope to follow up by collecting samples from affected animals to identify the types of pathogens causing the infection. Producers who return their surveys will receive free entry to the EH Graham Centre Beef Field Day on Thursday 4 August.