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HSC agriculture workshops at CSU in Orange
Tuesday, 10 Jun 2014Year 12 students from central west high schools will visit Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Orange on Wednesday 11 June for workshops about HSC agriculture subjects, as part of the university's MyDay program. MyDay is designed to give high school students who have expressed interest in a particular area of study a taste of 'living and learning' on campus at CSU. The agriculture HSC workshops will include a tour of the campus and sessions on farming in the 21st century, agrifood, fibre and fuel, and climate challenge. Other topics will include plant reproduction and genetics, farm product studies, and exam preparation. MyDay events are planned for CSU in Orange, Bathurst, Dubbo and Wagga Wagga throughout June and July on a range of career areas, including teaching and education, agriculture, nursing, biomedical sciences, communication, and policing and justice studies. Visit here for further details.
Teaching careers revealed in MyDay event
Tuesday, 10 Jun 2014Charles Sturt University (CSU) will showcase its teaching and education courses in Albury-Wodonga during the MyDay event on Friday 13 June. The program aims to give small groups of Year 11 and Year 12 students from schools around Albury-Wodonga detailed and personalised information about the University's Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary) and Bachelor of Education (K-12) and options in teaching and other careers. "By attending the day, we hope prospective students will be able to better choose courses that will suit their needs and career aspirations," said CSU prospective student adviser, Mr Ben O'Brien. The MyDay Teaching and Education event runs from 10am to 2pm on Friday 13 June at CSU in Albury-Wodonga, off Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, Thurgoona.
Young robotic ideas at CSU
Tuesday, 10 Jun 2014
Charles
Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga will this week host young robotic
innovators from across the Riverina with the RoboCup Junior Challenge to be
held from 9.30am to 2pm on Wednesday 11 June. On the day of the competition in
the CSU Convention Centre, over 100 students from schools around the region
will participate in three separate team challenges; dance, rescue, and soccer.
The Challenge aims to develop teamwork and technical skills in an environment
of participation, fun and excitement. Lecturer at the CSU School of Computing and
Mathematics, Mr Allen Benter, said, "The competition is the culmination of
plenty of hard work by students in building and programming their robots, and
is an opportunity to show their ingenuity and creativity to solve complex
problems. Robotics is an emerging career and maybe some of these students will
be designing and building the domestic, industrial and manufacturing robots of
the future." The competition follows an earlier training day for the Riverina
students at CSU in Wagga Wagga on Thursday 27 March.
Students’ healthy interest in careers
Tuesday, 10 Jun 2014
Senior high school students on the Mid North Coast attended workshops about careers in health organised by Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Port Macquarie last week. About 60 students in Years 10, 11 and 12 participated in the 'Hands Up 4 Health' program at the Port Macquarie Base Hospital on Tuesday 3 and in Kempsey on Thursday 5 June. The program showcased a range of professional health careers. Students were also advised about the subjects which will benefit a career in health, and given information about various career options and the availability of courses in the local area. CSU Indigenous Student Support Officer, Ms Helene Jones, said, "Students were able to have a 'hands-on' experience in a hospital environment, talking to radiographers, medical imaging specialists, midwives, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses, administration officers, technicians, pathologists, and environmental health officers. Students were fully engaged and participated in all activities. The program broke down some misconceptions for some students and made them all think that a health career is a realistic option for them."
Students graduate at CSU in Ontario
Friday, 6 Jun 2014
A formal graduation ceremony at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Ontario on Friday 13 June will recognise the achievements of nearly 200 students. Distance education students and more than 150 Bachelor of Primary Education Studies (BPES) Bachelor of Early Childhood Studies (BECS) and Master of International Education (School Leadership) graduands from CSU's School of Education will receive their awards. "It is exciting to see the students in this graduating class take the next step in their careers," said CSU Ontario Provost and Head of Campus, Associate Professor Will Letts. "Each one of our students is truly passionate about teaching and learning and has so much to offer their future students, colleagues and communities. They are so well prepared and I know they are going to shine." Senator, Dr Vern White, who was awarded a Doctor of Police Leadership from CSU's Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security (AGSPS) in 2013, will address graduates, friends and family during the ceremony at the Burlington Convention Centre. CSU Chancellor Mr Lawrie Willett AO and the University's President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Andrew Vann will travel from Australia for the event. Read more about the graduation ceremony here.
High school principals’ conference at CSU
Thursday, 5 Jun 2014Charles Sturt University (CSU) will host the annual 2014 Secondary School Principals' Conference in Bathurst from Tuesday 10 to Thursday 12 June. Professor Toni Downes, the Executive Dean of the CSU Faculty of Education, said, "Charles Sturt University is very pleased to host this annual conference for NSW secondary school principals. I look forward to welcoming the principals, and the NSW Minister for Education, The Hon. Mr Adrian Piccoli, who will deliver an address to the conference on Wednesday 11 June. The conference is especially important at this time when significant government policies that will have profound impacts on the future of education in Australia are being debated. In particular, we need to ensure that all education – from early childhood through to Vocational Education and Training (VET) and higher education - are seen as an investment that has a significant return for the productivity and social inclusion of society," Professor Downes said. Between 280 to 300 high school principals are expected to attend the conference.
Students explore teaching and education courses
Wednesday, 4 Jun 2014Fifty-five senior students from 21 regional high schools will attend a MyDay event at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst on Thursday 5 June to learn about courses and careers in teaching and education. CSU prospective student adviser, Ms Melinda Negus, said, "MyDay events give senior high school students an opportunity to receive detailed and personalised information about a range of courses and career options. This MyDay will enable students to make well-informed choices about which courses will suit their needs and career aspirations. Lecturers and advisers will provide information sessions in the Interactive Learning Centre (building 1432) which is a state-of-the-art high-tech 'classroom of the future'."
Sixty minutes with ‘60 Minutes’ reporter
Tuesday, 3 Jun 2014A Charles Sturt University (CSU) journalism alumnus and '60 Minutes' TV current affairs reporter, Ms Allison Langdon, will address communication students in Bathurst today, Tuesday 3 June. Journalism lecturer at the CSU School of Communication and Creative Industries in Bathurst, Ms Kay Nankervis, said, "It is always very rewarding for our students when former graduates return to speak to them about their experiences of the industry the students are studying to enter. Allison Langdon completed her Charles Sturt University journalism degree at the end of 2000, and went on to a career in television news before joining the '60 Minutes' reporting team in 2011. Allison is keen to share insights with students about gaining employment into the media industry after completing University, and will be open to questions from students." Ms Allison Langdon will address students this afternoon from 3pm to 4pm Tuesday 3 June in lecture room 347 in the Mansfield Building (building 1411).
Aboriginal health and well-being: public lectures
Tuesday, 3 Jun 2014Two experts will consider the current state of Aboriginal Australia from different perspectives as part of National Reconciliation Week at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Albury Wodonga on Tuesday evening, 3 June. CSU education academic Ms Leonie McIntosh with the School of Education will consider what reconciliation means through the eyes of a Wiradjuri person, while Mr Ian Anderson from the University of Melbourne will speak on 'Indigenous Health In a Global Context: Contemporary Challenges' at the free public event. Head of the CSU Albury-Wodonga Campus, Professor Julia Coyle, said the event brings together a very personal story with stark clinical facts about Aboriginal people in modern Australia. The lectures run from 7 to 9 pm in the CD Blake Lecture Theatre, CSU in Albury-Wodonga, off Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, Thurgoona.
Prizes for CSU speech pathology research students
Tuesday, 3 Jun 2014
Two PhD students at Charles
Sturt University (CSU) have been recognised at the recent 2014 Speech
Pathology Australia National Conference in Melbourne. Ms Sarah Verdon from
the School of Teacher Education at CSU in Bathurst was awarded Best Student Paper
Prize. Ms Sarah Masso, also from the School of Teacher Education, was awarded
one of four Best Poster Prizes at the conference held from Sunday 18 to
Wednesday 21 May. Both students are PhD scholars at the University's Research Institute for Professional Practice, Learning
and Education (RIPPLE). They are
supervised by Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Professor Sharynne
McLeod. In June, Professor McLeod and three of her PhD students – Ms Verdon, Ms
Masso, and Ms Suzanne Hopf - will present papers at the International Clinical
Phonetics and Linguistics Association in Sweden and will host a meeting of the
International Expert Panel of Multilingual Children's Speech. Professor
McLeod will also visit the Icelandic National Hearing and Speech Institute
in late June. Her trip will focus on multilingual children's speech
acquisition. : Read more
about Professor McLeod's work in her "Speaking my language" blog here.