Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) graduation season in Wagga Wagga will kick off with the annual Town and Gown Academic Procession along the city’s main street on Tuesday 31 March. In a spectacle of colour and movement featuring academic regalia, the parade involves CSU graduating students, academic and general staff of CSU, TAFE NSW Riverina Institute and the University of NSW Rural Clinical School, and Wagga Wagga City Councillors. Wiradjuri Elder Mrs Isobel Reid will lead the procession. Mrs Reid will be accompanied by her 11 year old grand-daughter Madison Fisher, who will carry the CSU Message Stick for her grandmother.  They will be followed by the Esquire Bedell, Dr Henry Gardiner, carrying the University Mace, the CSU Chancellor Mr Lawrie Willett, AO, and Wagga Wagga Mayor Councillor Kerry Pascoe. The Riverina Concert Band will escort the procession which commences at 4pm at the corner of Morgan and Baylis Streets and ends outside the Civic Theatre. The CSU Chancellor and the Mayor will host a reception from 4.30pm. Over 2 000 students will graduate from CSU during six ceremonies in Wagga Wagga from Wednesday 1 April to Friday 3 April.