International Nurses Day will be celebrated with a double-bill film night at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst on Tuesday 19 May. Associate Professor David Stanley, the Head of the CSU School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health, said, International Nurses Day (12 May) is an important reminder of the valuable work nurses do around the world. "We invite members of the community to join our students and staff for the screening of two engaging films about nursing as a career. The first film is The Lamp Still Burns, a classic black and white film from 1943, the story of how nursing and nursing education use to be. During intermission we'll draw the lucky door prize. The second film is Wit (2001), staring Emma Thompson, a wonderful film about nursing care and illness from the patient's perspective." The films will be screened at 7pm Tuesday 19 May in lecture room 205, building 1292, at CSU in Bathurst. Entry is a $5 donation, and food and drinks provided by the CSU Bathurst Nurses Club can be purchased. Money raised will go to Daffodil Cottage (cancer treatment support) in Bathurst.

The annual Facts About Careers and Tertiary Study (FACTS) Day will be held at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst on Thursday 7 May. FACTS Day is organised by the Central West Careers Advisers Association to assist Year 12 high schools students from across the central west to explore their future career and employment opportunities. CSU prospective student adviser, Ms Fran Dwyer, said, "Approximately 900 Year 12 students from schools in Bathurst,  Kandos, Oberon, Blayney, Cowra, Canowindra, Orange, and Molong  will seek information from about 120 representatives of more than 50 career and employer organisations, including universities, private providers, TAFE, Centrelink, police, and other government agencies. FACTS Day provides regional final-year high school students the opportunity to speak with a range of educational providers, and hear a motivational speaker. It is also an opportunity for students to experience Charles Sturt University by attending the campus, which some schools will tour."

Charles Sturt University (CSU) will give 500 copies of a new book to Bathurst Regional Council to mark the 200th anniversary of the settlement of the city. CSU Vice-Chancellor Professor Andrew Vann will deliver the book, From Flag Staff to Town Square - A Guide to the Government Settlement Heritage Trail, to the Mayor of Bathurst, Councillor Gary Rush, on Monday 4 May at Bathurst Regional Council chambers. The formal presentation of the book will be at a bicentenary luncheon on Thursday 7 May. From Flag Staff to Town Square is an illustrated guidebook to the Bathurst Government Settlement precinct and acts to support the interpretation signage for a heritage walk created by the Bathurst Regional Council. "Charles Sturt University and its predecessor institutions have grown and developed with, and as part of, Bathurst," Professor Vann said. "The University is proud to be an integral part of the educational, cultural and economic landscape of the region, and congratulates Bathurst Regional Council on its achievements to date. The university has a strong commitment to working for the betterment of the community into the future. I am delighted to present From Flag Staff to Town Square - A Guide to the Government Settlement Heritage Trail as a gift from the University to the Bathurst community on the occasion of the bicentenary of the establishment of Bathurst. I congratulate and thank the author, adjunct senior lecturer Dr Robin McLachlan, on his fine work, and note the contribution of another University staff member, Ms Natasha Townsend, for the value she has brought to this book as its graphic designer."

The television studio at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst will be used for a Wiradyuri nation-building event on Saturday 2 May. The Wiradyuri-gu Yindyamarra (Respect for Wiradyuri) is a taped discussion with Elders, invited speakers, and relocated Wiradyuri people from 10.30am to12.30pm. CSU alumnus Ms Suzanne Ingram (communication, 1996) will emcee the event. "This is a very special event to be held in a very special place, Bathurst," Ms Ingram said. "The opportunity for our people to connect on country with Wiradyuri from all over to celebrate and discuss our future, our way, to bring young people and Elders together with everyone in between - it's fantastic." Discussion will encompass the recently announced co-naming of Mount Panorama as Wahluu by the Geographical Names Board. This event stems from the First Nations (Native American) initiative in Arizona USA, and is understood to be the first of this kind globally. Wiradyuri-gu Yindyamarra is presented by the Bathurst Wiradyuri and Aboriginal Community Elders in conjunction with the Black Theatre Company. Find out more here. The event is in The Studio (room 117, building 1399), Charles Sturt University, Panorama Ave, Bathurst. CSU staff and students are providing technical assistance.

Charles Sturt University (CSU) Lecturer in psychology Dr Judith Gullifer will deliver a free public lecture at CSU in Orange on Friday 1 May 2015 which will discuss the psychology of ageing. 'Recent developments in the psychology of ageing' is part of the University's Explorations Series and will be held in building 1004, room 120 from 6 pm to 7pm. Dr Gullifer is a Lecturer at CSU's School of Psychology and will discuss results from a research project she completed in late 2014. "With the Australian population aged over 65 expected to double within the next 30 years, increased life expectancy and many government resources being poured into helping our aging population it is important for us to understand how ageing is perceived in society and the experience of older people," Dr Gullifer said. "The ageing population also applies to regional Australia, however Orange itself is slightly unique. The strong mining industry seems to have drawn families with younger children to the area and in 2011 the proportion of pre-schoolers was higher than the proportion of persons at post retirement age." Dr Judith Gullifer is a registered psychologist with a background in professional counselling in rural and remote Australia. She also holds various positions with the Australian Psychological Society. For more information about the public lecture please visit http://news.csu.edu.au/events

Four paramedic students at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Port Macquarie will have their heads shaved to raise money for charity on Tuesday 5 May. Bachelor of Clinical Practice (Paramedics) students Mr Dane Rickwood, Ms Erika Williamson, Ms Taylor Mclean, and Ms Gemma Tobler will have their heads shaved to raise funds for the Leukaemia Foundation. The head-shave will be at 1.30pm Tuesday 5 May at Student Central in CSU at Grant Street, Port Macquarie. There will also be a bake sale at the event to raise funds for the Leukaemia Foundation. Donations can be made here.

The US Consul General will visit Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Dubbo on Thursday 30 April as part of his tour of the city. Mr Hugo Llorens, and his wife Lisett, will arrive at CSU at 2pm and be welcomed by acting Head of Campus Dr Patricia Logan and Associate Professor Jay Phillips, the Head of the CSU School of Indigenous Australian Studies in Dubbo. "The staff and students of Charles Sturt University in Dubbo look forward to welcoming the Consul General and Mrs Llorens. The University has much to offer and we will showcase our courses and contribution to the city and region," Dr Logan said. Mr Llorens is particularly interested in the Indigenous Teacher Education in Community (ITEC) program. Ms Maria Bennet, lecturer in the CSU School of Teacher Education, will explain the program and introduce Mr and Mrs Llorens to staff and to students who are on campus this week for a residential school. All CSU staff and members of the University community in Dubbo are invited to join the visiting party. Find out more about the US Consulate General here.

Selected staff at Charles Sturt University (CSU) will participate in a mental health education program in Bathurst on Wednesday 29 April that's designed to build awareness of the challenges faced by people who hear distressing voices. CSU's School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health is hosting the 'Hearing Voices That Are Distressing' simulation program to train some staff to deliver the program within mental health subjects in the paramedic and nursing courses. Lecturer in mental health, Ms Denise McGarry, said, "The School aims to take a lead in training staff and providing this important mental health education across the University and in the local community. We have engaged international expert Mr Arana Pearson from the Hearing Voices Network to train relevant staff to deliver the 'Hearing Voices That Are Distressing' simulation program at the University. This program was developed from the work of Patricia Deegan, an adjunct professor at Boston University, who has been a major influence in the mental health recovery movement," she said. Staff from different Schools and disciplines have also been invited to experience the simulation, but not to receive the training, so they can familiarise themselves with the potential application within their own courses; for example, in policing, justice studies, psychology, teacher education, and other allied health disciplines."

Staff and students at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst paused solemnly today to reflect on the service of young men from one of its predecessor institutions, the Bathurst Experiment Farm. The ceremony was prompted by Mr Sam Malloy, a PhD researcher and sessional academic in the CSU School of Humanities and Social Sciences, who has investigated the 1914-1918 Honor Roll on the historic building on campus known as 'The Cow Shed'. Mr Malloy spoke briefly to those who had gathered to pay tribute, before a wreath was laid by CSU Vice-Chancellor, Professor Andrew Vann, and Head of Campus in Bathurst, Professor Jo-Anne Reid. "It is most fitting that we gather here this morning on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the landing of the ANZACs at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915," Mr Malloy said. "This small historic brick building, which many of us walk past every day, carries this Honor Roll dedicated to 139 young men who served and died in the First World War. These men are not only special because of what they did as patriotic young Australians serving in a war so far away, but they lived and worked where we stand now, as students and staff of the old Bathurst Experiment Farm, which some of us also know as the Bathurst Agricultural Research Station." Mr Malloy noted that this memorial carries not just the names of students, but also the names of teachers and 'farm' staff who taught and supported the students. "These 139 men went about their daily studies and practical work in the paddocks, orchards, and timber and brick buildings that existed here on this campus site in 1915," Mr Malloy said. "This memorial is a poignant reminder of them and the carefree lives they once led, here, at the former Bathurst Experiment Farm. Lest we forget."