Students are being encouraged to take part in Stress Less Week during their final weeks of term at CQU.

CQU will reinforce the Stress Less Week message with free campus activities in Bundaberg (Monday, September 25), Mackay (Tuesday, September 26), Gladstone (Thursday, September 28) and Rockhampton (October 2-3).

Three CQU researchers were recognised for quality research at the 7th International CINet (Continuous Innovation Network) Conference in Lucca, Italy, last week.

Dr Claudine Soosay and Professor Paul Hyland from the Faculty of Business & Informatics presented their paper entitled “A Case Study on Knowledge Transfer as an Integrative Approach to Competitive Advantage” and Karen Becker, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Education, presented her paper entitled “Unlearning: a people development issue for sustainable change and innovation”.

The Department of Main Roads launched a $7000 scholarship with Central Queensland University in April to attract more students to study civil engineering.

Mackay resident Paula Clark was recently awarded the lucrative scholarship.

Patients undergoing treatment at the Sunshine Coast Private Hospital in Maroochydore have praised the professionalism and bed-side manner of CQU’s student nurses.

This positive feedback was provided to CQU by the hospital’s Quality Manager who had coordinated a survey of patients’ experiences as part of the hospital’s quality assurance processes.

CQU nursing students won 2 out of the 6 prestigious Queensland nursing awards up for grabs last week.

CQU Bundaberg third-year nursing student James Ukena won first prize worth $1000 for his essay submitted to Queensland Cancer Fund's prestigious Alf Kretschmar Award.

Queensland historian and bush poet Jack Drake has launched his second volume of 'The Outback vs The Wild West: The Wild West in Australia and America'.

Published by CQU Press, commonly referred to as Outback Books, this sequel tells us about the fantastic journeys of Australian drovers compared with America's cattle drives.

The current spate of shopping centre developments can help Rocky beef up its brand as long as enough major events are scheduled so visitors get a taste of the city.

That is according to CQU marketing lecturer Dr Ho Wong, who is developing his research profile in the area of branding (particularly for Small and Medium Enterprises).

CQU Rockhampton performing arts graduate Jessica Havens has been cast in Ignations Theatre Company's (Brisbane) production of 'Cats', set to run in February and March next year.

Ignations is the first Brisbane company and only the 3rd in Australia to get permission to do the famous show.

Public Works and Housing Minister Robert Schwarten (pictured above) and long-serving CQU staff members Errol Payne and Lesley Warner will be recognised with honorary awards during graduation ceremonies in Rockhampton on Saturday, September 23.

A total of 200 graduates will attend the morning (10am) and afternoon (2pm) ceremonies at the Rockhampton Baptist Tabernacle in Norman Road.

Future mining engineers can now commence their study in Central Queensland.

Central Queensland University (CQU) and The University of Queensland (UQ) have joined forces to offer students more flexibility in completing a degree in mining engineering.