The ’rich heritage’ left for Charles Sturt University (CSU) by the first students enrolled in the Wagga Wagga Agricultural College in 1949 was acknowledged during a ceremony held at CSU at Wagga Wagga on Friday 24 October. Several of the inaugural students, known as ‘the 49ers’ gathered to honour their former classmate, the late Mr John Bowen. The University has honoured Mr Bowen by naming a student accommodation building John Bowen Hall. The 1912 building was used by the first group of students to attend the Wagga Wagga Agricultural College in 1949. Mr Bowen’s widow, Mrs June Bowen, and their son, Mr Ken Bowen, met with former agricultural students at the naming ceremony. Mr Bowen told the audience that his father, who lived on the NSW Central Coast, kept coming back to Wagga Wagga and “loved the college and the city”. Read more here.