Celebrations have taken place after two Indigenous trainees at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga graduated from the TAFE NSW Riverina Institute. Ms Maggie Lipu and Ms Stacey Anne Gemmell received their certificates in business administration during a ceremony in Wagga Wagga on Tuesday 23 March. Ms Lipu completed the course while employed by the University’s School of Education in Wagga Wagga as an Indigenous trainee since the start of 2009. Ms Gemmell finished the same program while working in administration for CSU Training. The traineeships were offered as part of the Australian Indigenous Employment Strategy, which aims to increase the number of Indigenous staff at CSU. Now employed as a casual Administrative Assistant with the School of Education, Ms Lipu is doing a Certificate IV in Community Services at TAFE and hopes to eventually do a CSU degree in social work. Ms Gemmell is considering enrolling in Certificate IV in Frontline Management through CSU Training, then a Diploma of Events Management in the future.