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Students learn from top operator
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
The secret to filming the perfect shot as an athlete lunges for the finish line will be explored when an internationally renowned camera operator visits Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga on Wednesday 22 May and Thursday 23 May. Mr Glen Steer - a Steadicam operator - has worked on nine consecutive Olympic Games, as well as live programs such as The Voice, Celebrity Splash and NRL broadcasts. During two days of workshops he will teach Bachelor of Arts (Television Production) students the craft of using this highly specialised camera equipment. “This is an outstanding opportunity for students to network and learn directly from Australia’s most acclaimed operator. It will help boost their career prospects as they prepare to enter the industry,” said Associate Head of the School of Communication and Creative Industries at CSU in Wagga Wagga, Mr Patrick Sproule. “The fact that Mr Steer has taken time out of his busy schedule to provide this workshop is a testament to the industry recognition of our program and the capabilities of our graduates.” CSU has recently purchased a full Steadicam system which students have used to film public events such as Twilight by the Lagoon and the Food and Wine Festival in Wagga Wagga.Donations to CSU paramedics
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
More than 100 motorcyclists from the Far Riders club will arrive at Mount Panorama in Bathurst on Saturday 25 May to donate surplus or damaged gear to the Charles Sturt University (CSU) paramedic program for use in student simulation exercises. Mr Brian Haskins, lecturer in the paramedic program at the CSU School of Biomedical Sciences in Bathurst, said, “The bikers are due to arrive by about 11.30am and will do a lap of the Mount and then gather for a group photo at the Start-Finish line in Pit Straight where they will present the donated equipment – boots, jackets, helmets, gloves. They will be joined by other donors, Ms Cherelyn Chapman and Mr Andrew Carnegie-Smith, who both donated cars that will be modified for use in student extrication exercises. I’ll be there with the new CSU paramedic trauma car to collect the equipment in, and I’ll present certificates of appreciation to the donors. On Saturday afternoon, I will show the CSU Inter-Professional Simulation Centre to some of the donors, including Mr Philip Lennon, who is an Australian specialist in the removal of helmets from injured riders.”
Journalist returns to speak to CSU students
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
Journalist and Charles Sturt University (CSU) alumnus Mr Hamish Macdonald will visit the University in Bathurst on Tuesday 21 May to screen and discuss a segment for his new TV show with students at the School of Communication and Creative Industries where he studied. Journalism lecturer, Ms Kay Nankervis, said, “It’s always a pleasure to welcome back former graduates to speak to current students about where a career in journalism can lead. Mr Macdonald has subsequently had an international career in the media as a journalist, foreign correspondent, and anchorman at news desks for CNN and Al Jezeera, as well as in Australia. It will be interesting for our students to learn about Mr Macdonald’s career path, and his new three-part series The truth is? for TV network TEN, which explores a range of contemporary social and political issues.” In 2012 Mr Macdonald received a Walkley Award and a Human Rights Television Award for his report ‘The Age of Uncertainty’ on The Project TV show. Mr Macdonald will screen an episode of his new program, The truth is?, and answer students’ questions between 11am to 12.30pm on Tuesday 21 May at the Media Centre TV studio (building C7).
Donate blood at CSU in Bathurst
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003The Red Cross blood donation mobile service will be at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst next week from Monday 3 to Thursday 6 June. The unit will be located outside the CSU gymnasium (CD Blake Auditorium, building E1). The acting Head of Campus, Associate professor PK Basu urged CSU staff and students to donate blood if they can. “One in three people will need blood in their lifetime, yet only one in 30 Australians donate blood each year,” he said. “The demand for blood and blood products is expected to double in the next decade, and more donors are needed. I encourage staff and students to make the time to donate blood here next week, or whenever they are able.” To make an appointment to donate please call the Red Cross on 13 14 95 or visit donateblood.com.au.
Twelfth Night opens at the Ponton Theatre
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
A Charles Sturt University (CSU) production of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night opens at the Ponton Theatre at CSU in Bathurst on Tuesday 28 May and runs until Saturday 1 June. Described as ‘a whimsical comedy’, this modern interpretation is given the full title, Twelfth Night, As Performed By The Illyria Women's Prison Laundry Detail. Mr Ray Harding, theatre/media lecturer at the School of Communication and Creative Industries in Bathurst, and co-director of the production, says he has entertained the idea of ‘prison inmates’ performing Shakespeare for many years. “The inmates in this instance are, of course, very talented third-year theatre/media students, but the idea and interpretation resonates with the first US production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting For Godot which was set in a prison,” he said. Student co-director Ms Fiona Spitzkowsky said, “The complexity of the language combined with the prison-based creative brief provided by Ray has allowed us all to challenge ourselves and eventually produce an exciting, engaging and surprisingly funny Shakespearean performance, with a little modernity for good measure.”CSU scholarships and prizes presentation in Bathurst
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Eighty-three Charles Sturt University (CSU) Foundation scholarships and prizes will be presented to students from all four faculties at the University in Bathurst on Friday 31 May. The total value of scholarships and prizes awarded at ceremonies on various campuses of the University is more than $955 000. The acting Head of Campus at CSU in Bathurst, Dr PK Basu, said, “We look forward to welcoming the generous donors and the hard-working students selected to receive the 2013 scholarships and prizes. All these students have demonstrated outstanding personal qualities combined with strong academic results or financial need in order to be chosen as recipients. I congratulate them and wish them well for their continuing studies and future careers.” A brunch for scholarship donors and recipients will be held in the James Hardie Room at the Centre for Professional Development (CPD) (building S17) at 9.15am. The official presentation ceremony starts at 10.30am in the large lecture theatre (room 2.23) in building S15, followed by lunch/refreshments from 12.30pm in the foyer of S15.
CSU student wins national dairy scholarship
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
A Charles Sturt University (CSU) veterinary science student has won the $12 000 Greenham Dairy Scholarship for 2013. Ms Katherine Lang, from the Victorian town of Tatura, is in her fifth year of a Bachelor of Veterinary Biology/Bachelor of Veterinary Science at the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences at CSU in Wagga Wagga. The Greenham Dairy Scholarship was established by HW Greenham and Sons Pty Ltd in 2000 to ‘encourage young people to make a commitment to the improvement of the dairy industry through education’. CSU students won the Greenham Dairy Scholarship in 2009, 2010 and 2012. Ms Lang said, “I have a strong interest in the future of the dairy industry in Australia. I grew up on a dairy farm in regional Victoria and I plan to work as a veterinary scientist in the dairy industry.” Ms Lang will use the scholarship to fund a four-week work placement from late October at the University of California (UC) Davis in the USA. She will be based in UC’s Dairy Teaching and Research Facility which includes a milking herd of 100 cows. Welcome to Wangaratta
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Charles Sturt University (CSU) courses, offered through its partnership with Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE (GOTAFE) and the National Centre for Dairy Education Australia (NCDEA), will be on show at Wangaratta on Tuesday 11 June. CSU’s Pro Vice-Chancellor (International Education and Partnerships), Professor Heather Cavanagh, will host a wine and cheese evening at the campus to talk about CSU’s aspirations and plans for Wangaratta. GOTAFE CEO Mr Paul Culpan will also attend. This is the first in a series of regional community and industry functions to discuss current and proposed CSU courses on offer, and the design of the new CSU building in Wangaratta, with local representatives.
Visiting education expert speaks at CSU
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003A visiting Australian education expert will deliver a public lecture in Bathurst and workshops for education staff at Charles Sturt University (CSU) next week. Professor Bronwyn Davies, an independent scholar and professorial fellow at the University of Melbourne, will address the topic, ‘The Fairy Who Wouldn’t Fly’ revisited: Playing with and against the forces of normalisation: feminist narratives and lines of flight, on Thursday 13 June. Host of the visit, Professor Tara Brabazon, Head of the School of Teacher Education in Bathurst, said, “The distinctive features of Professor Davies’ work are her development of innovative social science research methodologies. Her research explores how social worlds are constituted. She is best known for her work on gender, for her development of the methodology of collective biography, and her writing on feminism and poststructuralist theory.”
Physical theatre tour to Central West schools
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003
A new physical theatre production by Charles Sturt University (CSU) theatre/media students will tour secondary schools in central west NSW from Tuesday 11 to Friday 14 June. The production, titled Outta Touch, was devised as part of the second-year subject Drama and Theatre for Young People, and involves movement, comedy, body percussion and acrobatics. Outta Touch is directed by Mr Dan Aubin, lecturer in theatre/media at the CSU the School of Communication and Creative Industries in Bathurst, and Mr Adam Deusien. Mr Aubin said, “The cast has been working to devise a show from scratch exploring the questions: Have we become too distant? What would happen if we could not touch? How far will our safety culture go, and what does this mean for connecting to other people?” The production will visit four schools - The Scots School, Bathurst; Canowindra High School; La Salle Academy, Lithgow; and Wellington High School. Find out more about Outta Touch here.