Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Orange will host a very special graduation on Tuesday 3 September, when 60 primary school students don mortar boards as part of a Check It Out day. Year 6 students from Peak Hill Central School, Tullamore Central School and Trangie Central School will spend the day on campus participating in a selection of workshops to give them first-hand experience of university life. The Check It Out days are part of CSU’s Future Moves program, which aims to encourage aspiration for higher education among students in rural and remote NSW and Victoria. Future Moves coordinator Ms Tonya Graham said the students would engage in fun, interactive workshops involving nursing, human movement, biomedical science and botany. The day will wrap up with students dressing in graduation attire for a mini-graduation. “The program is directed at students who have the potential to succeed in tertiary education and who come from families with little or no experience of higher education,” Ms Graham said. “Events like the Check It Out days are a great way to start a conversation with students and their families about what options are available to them after school.”