A new workplace giving initiative for Charles Sturt University (CSU) staff to financially support students through scholarships will come to fruition at Wagga Wagga on Wednesday 14 October.Staff are presenting inaugural CSUgive Student, Research and Work placement Scholarships across the University during October.  Ms Caroline Love will receive a CSUgive Research Scholarship at 12.30pm on Wednesday 14 October at The Hub, building 20, at CSU in Wagga Wagga. Among the staff to attend the event will be Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Ken Dillon.Since the program started this year, staff have raised close to $20 000 to assist students with their undergraduate degrees, higher degree research or the cost of work placements.Manager of Alumni and Donor Relations at CSU Ms Gael Evans-Barr, said "I'm proud to say that 100 per cent of these funds have gone directly to assist Charles Sturt University students."CSUgive is a program designed to provide Charles Sturt University staff with another way to change lives through higher education."Ms Love's PhD is entitled Making Decisions on Water Trading: What are Irrigators' views? The Scholarship will go towards the cost of extensive travel in regional NSW to conduct interviews with farmers and other stakeholders.CSUgive scholarships are administered through the CSU Foundation Trust, a registered charity.Education is an enduring gift, and CSU Foundation Trust simply wouldn't be able to introduce scholarships like these without the support of valued donors. To find out more, or to make your own fortnightly donations please visit www.csu.edu.au/give