Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Deputy Chancellor Ian Macintosh received his Australia Day 2006 award, the Member in the Order of Australia (AM), at an investiture ceremony at Government House in Sydney on Friday. The AM is for services to local government, regional development, higher education and public relations. Mr Macintosh says “it is certainly an honour and something that gives you a good warm feeling”, adding that he did not find it cause for self-congratulation. “You look back and think I could have done it better, I could have done more. I could have worked a bit harder, tried a bit harder”. It is a surprisingly humble self-assessment. CSU’s Vice-Chancellor Ian Goulter said Mr Macintosh’s skills and background have strengthened the University. “Mr Macintosh has made a major contribution to both the NSW Central West and the University.” Mr Macintosh says he is most proud of his involvement with the Australian Nuffield Farming scholarships, which are now the premier agricultural scholarships in Australia, his 8 ½ years as Mayor of Bathurst and especially CSU. “CSU is a phenomenally successful operation. The people who built it up showed enormous foresight and energy. It was then and still is a great team of people. My commitment to CSU is about making it not just the state’s, but Australia’s, dominant regional tertiary institution and I think it is an achievable objective.”