The graduation of more than 2 000 students from Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Wagga Wagga Campus will be celebrated on the city’s main street when academics don their gowns to march along the city’s main street on Tuesday 8 April. The annual Town and Gown Academic Procession will start at 4pm at the corner of Morgan and Baylis streets to the Civic Theatre, where the Head of the CSU Wagga Wagga Campus, Professor David Green will host a reception from 4.30pm. The procession will be led by  Wiradjuri Elder, Ms Gail Manderson, carrying the message stick followed by the Esquire Bedell, Mr Henry Gardiner, carrying the mace, then the Chancellor Lawrie Willett AO and Mayor Kerry Pascoe. University and Wagga Wagga City councillors, academic staff, eligible general staff and graduating students have also been invited to participate in the event. Eligible staff working at the TAFE NSW Riverina Institute, the University of NSW Rural Clinical School and Wagga Wagga City Council are also invited to the procession. Six CSU graduation ceremonies will be held on the Wagga Wagga Campus from Wednesday 9 April to Friday 11 April.