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Orientation for new students at CSU in Orange
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Orange will welcome approximately 150 new students on Sunday 19 February when they arrive to register for on campus accommodation before the start of Orientation Week (‘O Week’) on Monday. They will join about 300 continuing students for the start of session one of the new academic year a week later on Monday 27 February. Dr Heather Robinson, the Head of Campus at CSU in Orange, said, “Orientation Week is always an exciting time, and we look forward to welcoming new students and the many parents who will visit on registration day. It is important to make the students’ tranistion to university life as smooth as possible, and all our staff are focused on this goal.” The students will register for their on campus accommodation between 12noon to 4pm on Sunday 19 at the Templers Mill Bar on campus. An accommodation information session for students and parents is scheduled at 4.30pm, to be followed by a barbeque. The University expects about 3 000 new domestic students and 260 new international students on its NSW campuses for its first intake this year, and a further 5 000 new domestic distance education students.
CSU staff judge Australian poetry prize
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
Three Charles Sturt University (CSU) academics are on the 2010-11 judging panel for the prestigious Australian poetry prize, the Mary Gilmore Award, presented by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) for the best first book of poetry published by an Australian in the preceding two years. The academics include panel chair Mr David Gilbey, an adjunct senior lecturer in English at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Dr Mark Macleod, senior lecturer in English; and Director of Booranga Writers’ Centre at CSU in Wagga Wagga, Dr Derek Motion. Mr Gilbey said, “Poets from all over Australia were represented in this year’s Award and the preoccupations and styles showed the variousness, intensity and virtuosity of the current Australian ‘new’ poetry scenes: metropolitan/rural/coastal; professional/political/personal; formal/free; lyrical/surreal; and in size, from chapter books to full 100-plus page collections.” Six poets have been named on the short list from the 27 titles submitted by publishers. The winner of the Mary Gilmore Award for 2010-11 will be announced at the Association’s annual conference in New Zealand in July. This event draws together many of the people who organise the study of Australian poetry at universities, plus other writers, teachers, postgraduate students and librarians. The winning poet will have opportunities to meet many of these people during the conference.
Celebrating 20 years of ministry
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
As new students settle in to life on campus, St Martin’s College is celebrating 20 years of ministry to young people studying at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga. The College is a joint ministry of the Anglican Dioceses of Riverina, and Canberra and Goulburn, offering self-catered residential accommodation to CSU students in Wagga Wagga. The milestone was marked by a weekend of celebrations on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 February which included tours, an anniversary dinner, a book launch, and a service of worship in the newly-renovated College Chapel. The new Garden of Reflection for the chapel was also blessed and dedicated by Bishop Doug Stevens from the Diocese of the Riverina. The garden features olive hedges, a pool of reflection, a waterfall, outdoor seating and an altar. The Head of St Martin’s College, the Reverend Jenny Willsher, hopes the garden will benefit staff and students. “This is a sacred space people can bring their stress, sadness, sorrows, and challenges, as well as their joys and celebrations, and find themselves renewed and refreshed.”
Preventing cyber-bullying in public spaces
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003The role of librarians and teachers in preventing cyber-bullying will be discussed in a public lecture hosted by Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) School of Information Studies on Wednesday 29 February. In her lecture at CSU in Wagga Wagga, the Director of School Information Studies at McGill University in Canada, Associate Professor France Bouthillier, will explore how the popularity of social media and the commercialisation of new technology have the potential to bring cyber-bullying into public spaces such as libraries. CSU Research Fellow, Dr Paul Scifleet, said the School of Information Studies is excited to be hosting the seminar. “Balancing safety and a duty of care with access to social media in this rich information landscape is a genuine concern for us all,” he said. “Dr Bouthillier's presentation will be a valuable exploration of the current issues and challenges faced by those who provide public access.”
Welcome to study at CSU in Albury-Wodonga
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003International students from around the world will be welcomed this week to Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Albury-Wodonga and, for some, to Australia. Approximately 35 students from South Korea, Canada, America, Ireland, Nepal, Zimbabwe, India and Malaysia will undertake undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in disciplines such as business, health and environmental sciences. CSU’s International Student Support Officer, Ms Rachel Ayton, said Orientation Week was an important time for international students, as it laid the foundation for their lives and studies at CSU and in the Border region. “I’m really looking forward to getting to know our new students and look forward to helping them settle into their new environment on the Border,” Ms Ayton said. On Friday 24 February, some of the group will visit the oz.e.wildlife Sanctuary to meet the ‘locals’, starting after 10.30am and leaving at 12.30pm. A second group of international students will arrive at 2.30pm.
Staff to trial new clinical simulation centre at CSU
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Academics in health disciplines will hold a day-long trial in the new $2.8 million regional inter-professional clinical simulation centre at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst on Friday 24 February. Coordinator of the trial, Dr Ann Lazarsfeld-Jensen, a lecturer in the Bachelor of Clinical Practice in the School of Biomedical Sciences, said, “This first event in the new clinical simulation centre will be an exciting pilot run for a major research project, with another exercise scheduled for April. We will run five scenarios on a tight schedule using ‘actors’ (staff) from the School of Biomedical Science. Medical professionals are generally taught in their own discipline groups and have little contact with each other until they get into clinical settings. In the simulation centre, we will have inter-disciplinary groups – nurses, doctors, registrars, paramedics and other health professionals – working together in the research project.” The $153 000 research project is funded by Australian General Practice Education (GPET), in collaboration with Beyond Medical Education (BME) which is responsible for the further training of general practitioners in this region.
University life kicks off in Port Macquarie
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003The first students enrolled in courses at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Port Macquarie will commence their studies with Orientation Week. Activities start this Thursday 23 February at 4pm with the official welcome to the campus for around 30 new students and their parents and friends by the newly-appointed Campus Director, Dr Muyesser Durur, and CSU Dean of Studies, Professor Ken Dillon. “Students will get to meet their teaching staff and find out what it’s like to study and work at university,” Dr Durur said. The students will then receive information on the CSU library, support services and academic advice. The new students in Port Macquarie are enrolled in such diverse CSU courses as business studies, social work, and health and rehabilitation science.
Wagga Wagga is twice as good
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
There’ll be more than a few proud audience members at the official viewing of a new video to promote Wagga Wagga as a place to visit, to live and to do business. The four minute film, Wagga Wagga…Twice as Good, featuring members of the Wagga City Rugby Men’s Choir and Murrumbidgee Magic singing Eric Bogle’s Shelter, will be launched at 4pm on Saturday 25 February in Wagga Wagga. Produced by Mr Greg Conkey, the new film was directed and edited by Mr Matthew Olsen, a television production lecturer from the School of Communication and Creative Industries at CSU in Wagga Wagga. In addition to the use of the University’s editing and audio equipment, television production lecturer, Mr Patrick Sproule, technical officer, Mr David Hawke, and technical support officer, Mr Andrew Harris, donated their time as sound engineers. Third-year television production student Mr Johannes Sudbrink, from Germany, was employed as camera operator. Mr Olsen said, “I felt, as a local resident, it was important I lend my professional skills to promote the wonders of Wagga Wagga to the wider world. By donating its facilities and staff, Charles Sturt University also shares this view.”
Aboriginal students to start new teaching course in Dubbo
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
The first group of Aboriginal students enrolled in the new Teacher in Community program at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Dubbo will attend an introductory residential school starting on Monday 27 February. Ms Maria Bennet, lecturer at the CSU School of Teacher Education in Dubbo, said the students enrolled in the four-year mainstream Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary) will be on campus for their first residential school from Monday 27 February to Friday 2 March, inclusive. “My colleagues, Professor Jo-Anne Reid who devised the program, and project officer Ms Kathryn Walford, and I are delighted with the strong interest in and support for this program from communities across western NSW,” Ms Bennet said. “We look forward to welcoming the three male and 16 female students who come from rural and remote locations in NSW: Dubbo, Wagga Wagga, Gilgandra, Walgett, Wilcannia, Bourke, Darlington Point, Brewarrina, Narrabri, Broken Hill, and Dareton. As part of their first orientation program, the students will attend on campus classes and be introduced to the technology and systems that will then support them to continue to study in their communities.” Three other residential schools are scheduled for 23 April, 9 July and 3 September. The pilot project is funded by the Higher Education Participation and Partnership Program (HEPPP) of the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.
CSU medical school advocate to address Orange Council
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003A leading advocate for the establishment of a new rural medical school at Charles Sturt University (CSU) will meet local councillors in Orange on Tuesday 28 February to update them on the University’s bid. Professor John Dwyer, founder of the Australian Health Care Reform Alliance and medical consultant to CSU, has been invited to address Orange City Council about the University’s proposal to establish a medical school. Professor Dwyer has been studying the reasons for the rural doctor shortage with colleagues from CSU for the last two years. He has argued recently that projected health budget savings from the federal government’s proposed introduction of means testing for health insurance rebates should be redirected to establishing a new rural medical school at CSU. If the bid proves successful, the School will be located at CSU in Orange. Professor Dwyer will address Council at 5.30pm Tuesday 28 February at the Council Chamber, corner of Byng Street and Lords Place, Orange.