A Charles Sturt University (CSU) student is a finalist in the 2014 NSW International Student Awards for the second successive year. Ms Saba Nabi from the School of Biomedical Sciences at CSU in Wagga Wagga is a finalist in the Higher Education category. The winners will be named at a ceremony at the Opera House in Sydney on Monday 15 September. Ms Nabi moved with her young family from New Delhi, India, to Wagga Wagga in regional Australia in 2011 to undertake a PhD at CSU in the pharmaceutical sector. She was the first international student to be elected to the University's governing body, the CSU Council, in 2012. She was also the postgraduate student representative on CSU's Faculty of Science Board. Ms Nabi is currently President of the University's International Student Club. Earlier this year, the PhD student was nominated as a finalist in the Wagga Wagga Business Chamber's annual Crow Awards. The NSW International Student Awards are organised by StudyNSW and the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet 'to celebrate the outstanding contribution international students make to communities in NSW'.