The youngest student to ever study at Charles Sturt University (CSU) will receive a special award to mark her participation in the first year university level Information Technology (IT) subject in Wagga Wagga this week. Fourteen year old Ms Kaitlin Salzke, from Wagga Wagga High School, is on the verge of completing the subject. She studied through the Gifted and Talented program run by CSU’s Faculty of Business. “This program targets talented high school students and gives them an opportunity to study a university subject,” said the Dean of the Faculty of Business, Professor John Hicks. Also from Wagga Wagga High School, Year 12 student Ms Isabelle Walsh, is due to complete a first year mathematics subject through the same program. Professor Hicks, along with Associate Professor Irfan Altas, the Head of the CSU School of Computing and Mathematics in Wagga Wagga and Ms Lorran Hall, the Manager of the Division of Student Administration, will visit Wagga Wagga High School on Wednesday 25 June for a special presentation to the two teenagers. The Department of Education and Training’s Regional Director, Mr Colin Parker will also attend.