Purpose-built student accommodation could be ready by 2005, according to CQU Gladstone Head of Campus Associate Professor Robert Prater.

Assoc Prof Prater is quoted by The Gladstone Observer as saying that the building would address the lack of affordable student accommodation and allow the campus to grow as intended.

Training Minister Hon. Tom Barton has announced that CQU Emerald will move out of the TAFE facility to the local agricultural college in time for Winter Term classes.

Former Gladstone resident Angela Barram did not have to travel far to get her foot in the door of the global employment services industry.

The degree she started at CQU Gladstone and completed at CQU Rockhampton has led to a consultant position with the Rockhampton office of Manpower Services (Australia), part of a global Manpower network of 4300 offices in 67 countries.

Former Central Queensland University student Paul Cochrane will be the envy of cricketers around the world next week when he lines up alongside the game’s greatest ever run-scorer on a tour of the sub-continent.

Former test captain Allan Border will be the guest of honour in a combined Queensland Universities squad touring Sri Lanka and India.

CQU Professor Elizabeth Taylor, Dean of the James Goldston Faculty of Engineering and Physical Systems, has joined the 13-member Queensland universities delegation to India and Sri Lanka.

The delegation is visiting India in conjunction with the Queensland Universities Cricket Team tour led by former Australian captain Allan Border.

Central Queensland University Gladstone recently played host to visitors from Brazil and Mexico as part of an initiative to promote regional universities to Latin American students.

Eduardo Heidemann from Brazil and Catherine Ausman Torres from Mexico were in Gladstone this week as part of their tour of regional universities.

The Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music celebrated its 15th birthday with a gala concert and the naming of the Helen Lancaster foyer on Saturday evening.

Staff and students entertained the packed auditorium throughout the evening, which also included a piece that unexpectedly required Associate Professor Lancaster to be ushered from the audience to accompany Ian Bofinger’s performance.

Live and vivid music will bring the documentary work of internationally renowned Italian director Folco Quilici to life at CQU Mackay on April 2.

The CQU Library Society presentation allows guitarist Mike Cooper to play original work throughout the film.

The largest cohort of Central Queensland University Mackay postgraduate students met at the campus recently. Of the 16 students, nine are completing Doctoral study, with the remainder undertaking Masters or Honours degrees.

At Matter Chatter, a monthly event at CQU Bundaberg, a challenge is set to either an artist, staff member or community member to explain why their topic matters.

This Friday (March 26) CQU Bundaberg Equity and Diversity Officer Neil Wex will encourage the group to have a chatter about social justice and answer the question - does social justice matter? Neil will focus on two areas specifically related to social justice, bullying and discrimination.