Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga has adapted the national Walk to Work day held at the start of the month to suit local circumstances. Organised by the University’s Occupational Health and Safety Committee, the annual Walk at Work day will be held on Friday 29 October. Also supported by CSU Green, the event involves a four kilometre walk around the campus from 7.15am to 8.15am. With a theme of ‘sustainability’, the Walk at Work will start and end at the student dining area, building 20D near car park 2, Darnell Smith Drive, CSU in Wagga Wagga

In celebration of the United Nations Day on Tuesday 26 October, research students at the EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation  and the National Wine Grape Industry Centre (NWGIC)  at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga will come together to showcase their cultures. Countries represented in the two research organisations include Australia, China, Germany, Ghana, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines and Tibet. During the International Food and Trade Fair at CSU in Wagga Wagga, the postgraduate students will bring their national cuisine for tasting and display costumes as well as items and photographs of interest from their home countries. The fair will be held from 12.15pm to 1.30pm on Tuesday 26 October near the School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences, building 286 near car park 16, Nathan Cobb Drive, CSU in Wagga Wagga.

The real impact of cyber-bullying on children, schools and the wider community will be explored during a free public forum hosted by Charles Sturt University (CSU) and Wagga Wagga City Council on Wednesday 26 October. In the second Edversations Professional Forum for 2010, a panel of three educators will speak on the topic Cyber-bullying … the real impact! before the public forum is open for comments and questions. The panel members include Ms Jacquie Tinkler, a lecturer from the School of Education at CSU in Wagga Wagga, Senior Constable Rebecca Lanyon from NSW Police, and Mr Trevor Howard, Head of Maths and IT at The Riverina Anglican College. The panel will discuss preventing and responding to cyber-bullying and strategies for dealing with this behaviour in the virtual world. The forum will be held from 6pm to 8pm on Tuesday 26 October in the council meeting room, Civic Centre, Baylis Street in Wagga Wagga.

Students at Charles Sturt University (CSU) are being urged to consider taking a step towards creating positive environmental change and embracing the sustainability sector. CSU is the first regional university to host the Green Steps program following its introduction by Monash University in 2000. It has expanded to a number of metropolitan universities and won several major awards including a Banksia Environmental Award. The Green Steps program is a nationally recognised training and internship course offered to students from a range of degrees in 2011. Inaugural Green Steps coordinator, Ms Nicole Hyde, said, “Green Steps is open to students from across Charles Sturt University. The students who are selected will benefit from 30 hours training and 12 days placement with an organisation working on environmental sustainability projects, developing useful networks. Green Steps bridges the gap between the knowledge acquired through study and the skills required in the ‘real world’ of work. Training will be offered in environmental auditing, project planning and management, and communications.”   

Students living on-campus at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga are being urged to do their bit for environmental sustainability by supporting an inaugural market day on Sunday 24 October. The Residence Market Day is open to the public and will be held from 9am to 2pm at CSU in Wagga Wagga. “The idea of the day is to allow students to recycle their old unwanted items and to reduce waste around the campus,” Head Resident - Full Board, Ms Lana Whytcross said. “We also hope to raise money for charity by donating the profits to a university support network known as Red Frogs.” Donations are now being accepted for the Market Day including old clothes, fridges, furniture and even non-perishable food.

The creative skills of Charles Sturt University (CSU) lecturer Mr Damian Candusso are again on the big screen with the release of the film, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole. Directed by Hollywood director Zac Snyder, this film is Australia’s first 3D animation production. Mr Candusso, worked as the sound effects editor on the film. “I created many of the 3D sound effects, including the 3D slow motion battles and surreal sound effects,” Mr Candusso said. “Being the country’s first 3D animation, this film has redefined the benchmark for quality Australian cinema. In addition, the sound design for this film is the first in the country to be created for a 3D animation.” The film is based on Kathryn Lasky’s novels, Guardians of Ga'Hoole. Mr Candusso is a lecturer with the School of Communication and Creative Industries at CSU in Wagga Wagga. He is well known for his work on Daybreakers (2009), Farscape: The Peacekeepers Wars (2004), Happy Feet (2006) and Australia (2008). In 2001, the CSU academic was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in the Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Australian society and Australian film production

A group of Charles Sturt University (CSU) students has portrayed the considerable research being undertaken by the University’s Institute for Land, Water and Society in a short film being launched on Thursday 14 October. The students, who study television production with the School of Communication and Creative Industries based at CSU in Wagga Wagga, have looked at a variety of research projects such as the fishing history of the Murray River; how well Murray Cod fingerlings swim; Indigenous knowledge of inland fisheries; varying water flows from dams; and social justice in the use and administration of water in the Murray Darling Basin. Ms Juliet Cullen from the Murray Catchment Management Authority introduces the film, which is part of the Water on Tap? exhibition in the Albury Regional Art Gallery, Dean St, Albury.

The role of prophets in Christianity and Islam will be explored in a free public talk to be held at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga on Wednesday 13 October. The speakers are CSU Professor of Theology and Executive Director of the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, Reverend Professor James Haire and CSU adjunct lecturer and Executive Director of Islamic Sciences and Research Academy of Australia, Mr Mehmet Ozalp. The dialogue between the two leading religious figures will examine how Christianity and Islam view prophets, their role and characteristics. How does one know a person claiming to be a prophet is telling the truth? What is the central place and meaning of Jesus Christ in Christianity? What is the role and importance of the Prophet Muhammad in Islam? Essentially the lecture will look at how Islam views Jesus Christ and how Christianity views the Prophet Muhammad. The public lecture will be held from 11am to 1pm in the Wal Fife Theatre at CSU in Wagga Wagga.  

For the second successive year, Charles Sturt University (CSU) will be well represented at an international meat judging competition in the USA in January next year. Two CSU students were recently selected to part of the five-member Australian team to tour the USA in January during the national college competitions. The selection of Bachelor of Agricultural Science  student Ms Jess Loughland and Bachelor of Veterinary Science student Ms Claire Pettessen followed an intensive national training workshop held in Brisbane at the end of September. “Charles Sturt University has a proud record of having two participants in this Australian team annually over the past two years,” Professor of Animal Production Peter Wynn said. “The success of our students augurs well for the future of the animal industries in our region.”