The 2015 Frank Ponton Memorial Prize has been awarded to Charles Sturt University (CSU) theatre/media student Mr Stefan Elbourne. The annual prize is awarded in memory of the late Mr Frank Ponton, a lecturer in English and theatre at the CSU predecessor institution Mitchell College of Advanced Education in Bathurst. Mr Ponton was instrumental in the development of the now renowned CSU theatre/media course, and the former Little Theatre on campus was renamed the Ponton Theatre in his honour. The 2015 Ponton Prize, valued at $300, was presented to Mr Elbourne at an informal ceremony at the School of Communication and Creative Industries in Bathurst yesterday by the Head of School, Associate Professor Chika Anyanwu. Professor Anyanwu congratulated Mr Elbourne on his contribution to theatre-making at the University and in the community and urged him to continue his studies and career in theatre. Mr Elbourne thanked the University and his lecturers and said, "It's great to have this acknowledgement of my hard work, and I look forward to continuing to create theatre in its many forms." The Frank Ponton Memorial Prize is awarded to the most academically and professionally promising third-year student who has completed at least two Theatre Studies subjects undertaken through the School of Communication and Creative Industries.