Although Science Week activities finished last week, CQU Mackay lecturers Dr Judith Wake and Delma Clifton were still out and about analysing pond samples during this week's visit by Indigenous students from Mackay State High School.

During the environmental science workshop, students viewed micro-organisms including diatoms, rotifers, ciliates and flatworms under a microscope, and there were many surprised faces when the students realised the abundance of life in the CQU pond water!.

Dreams really do come true, thanks to CQU and its friends.

A casual conversation over dinner has made one of the seemingly unattainable dreams of "Project Kial" leader Tina Janssen, come true.

The Library at CQU Mackay celebrated its latest acquisition with a wine and cheese night earlier this week.

The reason for the celebration is that Mackay Orchestras Incorporated (MOI) has transferred its orchestral music collection of scores to the CQU Library to be properly housed in an air-conditioned environment and managed appropriately by the library.

The celebration of National Science Week at CQU Mackay culminated in the annual SCINEMA Film Festival, which was held over the weekend.

SCINEMA is run by the National Museum of Australia and CSIRO and has been screened at CQU Mackay for the past two years as part of the National Science Week program.

The Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music established yet another link with Australian Idol this weekend as the CQCM Jazz Orchestra performed on Hamilton Island during the Hahn Premium Race Week presentation evening on Saturday.

Performing with the Jazz Orchestra was past top 3 Australian Idol Courtney Murphy, who lit up the stage with his famous ‘Idol’ charm as he sung the Beatles ‘Help’ and ‘Bad Habits’ by Billy Fields to a Race Week crowd of over 700 people.

CQU's recent Queensland Social Survey has revealed a number of newswothy trends, including public views on the sale of Telstra and the Howard-Costello leadership transition.

The survey has revealed that 51.

Chinese Ministry of Education officials visited CQU Rockhampton this week as part of a tour of Queensland to meet education and training providers.

The delegation included Ministry of Education Officials and education agents.

Vanessa Palmer (pictured left) and Miranda McLachlan (right) are keen to encourage other girls to attend the annual CQU Girls in Maths, Science and Technology Summer School, held in February each year.

Vanessa, who attends Rockhampton Girls Grammar School, said the event was a great way to discover the diversity of career pathways on offer.

Central Queensland University will hold an Engineering Co-op Information Night this Thursday, September 1, from 7.30pm in Rockhampton.

Studying via distance education takes on a whole new perspective when you consider the life of CQU’s journalism student and boatie Colleen Burns.

As the University term kicked off last July, Colleen and her husband and two children set sail from Gladstone for this year's winter cruising season aboard their 50-foot ketch.