The Flinders Ranges in South Australia beckon Mr Joey Hull, Indigenous Student Support Officer at the Wammara Indigenous Student Services Unit at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst, when he retires on Friday 30 July. For the last four and a half years Mr Hull has recruited Indigenous students from across regional NSW to CSU courses, and has seen positive growth in both interest and applications. “I look forward to heading home to my mother’s country in the Flinders Ranges, but I leave Charles Sturt University confident that this extremely important role, and the University’s mission to increase the number of Indigenous students and graduates, will continue,” Mr Hull said. “When I started we had about 35 students who were offered courses through the Koori Admissions Program (KAP), but in 2009, as a result of the KAP, we had a big increase in enquiries which translated into 53 student enrolments in a range of courses in 2010. Many of the enquiries were for the policing course, which enrolled 10 Indigenous students this year, and the rest were spread across areas such as teaching, psychology, mental health, natural resources and social work.”