The 9th Earl Bathurst visited Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst on Friday 8 May while he was visiting the city for its bicentenary celebrations. CSU Vice-Chancellor Professor Andrew Vann was pleased to receive the Right Honourable Earl Bathurst who was a special guest of Bathurst Regional Council during the Bathurst200 celebrations last week. The acting University Secretary, Ms Linda Breen, and the Director Procurement and Risk Manager in the CSU Division of Facilities Management, Mr Keith Hogan escorted Lord Bathurst and the General Manager of Bathurst Regional Council, Mr David Sherley, on a tour of the campus. "Lord Bathurst is a member of the Board of the Royal Agricultural University in Circencester, in the United Kingdom," Ms Breen said. "He has a particular interest in Charles Sturt University, its agricultural courses and connections to regional communities, with a view to establishing formal links between the two universities."