Curled in a chair with knees up to chin, phone pressed to ear and toddler trying to open her shirt, Jessica Cotterell seems in her element, as she calmly copes with an incoming tide of calls, emails and visitors..

CQUniversity has closed its Mackay Campus until further notice, as cyclone Yasi approaches.

The University's main focus at this time is the welfare and safety of students and staff who could be affected by the cyclone.

CQUniversity's new Chair in Ecological Security has found the ideal location to study the complex interactions between conservation, sustainability, food security, biosecurity, policy and risk..

Bundaberg aviation lecturer Ron Bishop is flying high after taking out the top UniJobs Lecturer of the Year award for the second consecutive year within the CQUniversity community.

The award recognises lecturers who have gone above and beyond in their efforts to better the lives of their students and their campus communities.

CQUniversity Noosa-based arts education lecturer Dr Sue Davis recently met internationally renowned arts luminary Elliot Eisner, when she attended an arts-based research conference in Phoenix, Arizona.

The conference was attended by hundreds of academics from the USA and a range of other countries, with a contingent of Australian academics.

Rockhampton music teacher and CQUniversity graduate Janet Stevenson has been named as a final-19 shortlisted finalist in a national award scheme recognising inspiring leadership.

The third annual Music in Communities Awards, run by the Music Council of Australia, offer a prize pool of $20,000 and are themed each year to focus on an important aspect of community music making.

CQUniversity is moving its Brisbane Campus closer to the heart of the CBD, with a move from Margaret Street to 160 Ann Street.

The new campus comprises eight floors of new modern-standard amenities and facilities for the students and staff of CQUniversity.

CQUniversity sponsored and took part in the recent Super Sports Expo 2011, held at Rockhampton Showgrounds on Sunday (Jan 30).

Held to encourage participation in sports and fitness, the event enabled visitors to engage with sport and recreation clubs, health services providers, gyms, sport retailers and education providers.

CQUniversity welcomed a federal government report this week which places its Engineering, Medical & Health Sciences and Nursing research at a world-class standard, saying significant changes had been made to the University's research program since the 'retrospective' Excellence in Research (ERA) process, which relied on 2003-2008 data.

"We see a strong connection between the areas in which research is excelling and the growing reputation we have for courses and programs in the natural resources and health sectors," said CQUniversity Vice-Chancellor Scott Bowman.

Miranda Ward loves the world of theatre, including behind the scenes where things don't always go to plan.

"We had auditions for Jekyll & Hyde once and a guy came along saying he only wanted to audition for the role of Jekyll, not for Hyde," she chortles.