CQUniversity has been considering potential development opportunities for parts of the Rockhampton Campus over the next 20-30 years.  

While no firm decisions have been made, the vision is to transform a portion of the 106 hectare campus into a 'University Village', with student and residential accommodation, a professional precinct and enhanced community facilities, including redeveloped sports and recreation infrastructure.

While studying the community legacy from major sporting events, Danya Hodgetts has been through her own 'motherhood olympics' on her way to gaining a PhD during CQUniversity's September ceremony in Rockhampton.

Baby Layne 'helped' her through the initial stages of the doctorate, and then twin boys Jake and Jordan arrived around the time Danya's thesis was due.

The Annual Tony Novak Memorial Shield (Catholic Schools' Touch Football Challenge) was held this week in memory of CQUniversity alumnus Tony Novak.

Tony was a teacher for Catholic Education, Rockhampton when he passed away.

As two of the leading tertiary institutions in regional Queensland, James Cook and CQUniversity are bound to have some common threads of interest.

One of these areas of overlap ocurred at the recent doctoral graduation of Molly Yang, a JCU International staff member who celebrated gaining her PhD at CQUniversity's Gold Coast graduation ceremony.

More than 50 power and energy researchers and industry specialists converged on CQUniversity this week for an inaugural seminar on contemporary issues in Power and Energy.

According to CQUniversity's Power Engineering Research Group (PERG) leader Dr Aman Than Oo, the seminar was a huge success with excellent feedback from the industry participants.

CQUniversity researcher Dr Susan Williams recently presented her latest analysis of data gathered to gauge the level of association between negative childhood experiences and adult physical activity behaviour.

A national study of more than 1700 people indicates that children who had positive family experiences such as being praised, having warm/caring parents, and having a sense of well-being during their childhood tend to have healthier physical activity habits as adults.

Shiftwork may be a cornerstone of Central Queensland's resource boom, but industry has long grappled with questions about its effect on miners' productivity, fatigue and alertness levels.

Now, with its newest senior research appointment, CQUniversity is attempting to tackle this regionally relevant concern from an unlikely setting - Adelaide, South Australia.

CQUniversity Rockhampton this week hosted a regional launch of the LEAP strategy, which is designed to help  'close the gap' for Central Queensland's Indigenous youth and adults.

Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Curtis Pitt was present to officially launch LEAP, which stands for Learning, Earning, Active Places.

CQUniversity's Professor Marnie Campbell will chair a newly-formed scientific panel of experts who will oversee the Port Curtis and Port Alma Ecosystem Research and Monitoring Program (ERMP).

Professor Campbell's appointment was made at federal ministerial level and the advisory panel has a lifespan of at least 10 years.

Dr Gareth Pearce has arrived from the University of Cambridge to work with the CQUniversity Behavioural Ecology group, based in the Centre for Environmental Management.

Dr Pearce is a member of academic staff at the Veterinary School in Cambridge, and a Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge.