Two third year nursing students from Charles Sturt University (CSU) have been awarded 2007 Australian Rotary Health Research Fund Rural and Remote Nursing Scholarships. Ms Susie McCalman, from Peak Hill, and Ms Janet Paine, from Warren, won the only two scholarships available for country NSW, each worth $12 500. Ms Cathy Maginnis, lecturer in nursing and course coordinator at the University’s Dubbo Campus, said this was a great achievement for the students and for CSU’s nursing course on the campus. “We are very proud of these two students, and their achievement confirms why CSU is the University of inland Australia. The Rotary scholarships acknowledge their hard work and commitment to nursing, as they are both are from rural properties and travel long distances to attend the University,” she said. The students are currently undertaking their final clinical placements in hospitals in rural and remote NSW.