Only 5 years after arriving in Australia and starting to learn English, Faezeh Nabiollahi has completed a Biomedical Science degree and hopes to become a surgeon or medical specialist one day.

Faezeh grew up in Iran's second-largest city - Mashhad (also known as Iran's holiest city, 850km east of the capital Tehran and with 6.

A jazz musician, 2 mums, a former Iranian dental technician and a former South African student have all gained Vacation Scholarships from the National Heart Foundation to carry out research projects over the summer.

This diverse bunch have just completed Biomedical Science degrees at Central Queensland University in Rockhampton and are planning to progress into Honours in 2008.

There have been plenty of positive responses to a CQU Adopt a School project aimed at helping Rockhampton district high school students get a taste of what a career as an entrepreneurial web developer would be like.

Career Links CQ and CQU staff recently presented students with certificates of completion at the launch of their completed website.

The work of Rail CRC will not finish with the recent closing of the Centre, which has been headquartered at CQU Rockhampton for the past 6 years.

Rail Innovation Australia Pty Ltd - the company created to hold the Intellectual Property developed within Rail CRC - has commenced with a significant asset base and will commercialise key technologies and grow this business going forward.

Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music (CQCM) Bachelor of Music Theatre student Paul Tabone is ending the year on a high note.

The talented 19-year-old from Ingham has been selected (via a radio competition) to join the likes of musical theatre leading lady Marina Prior, former Australia Idol Guy Sebastian and jazz legend James Morrison, all performing at this year's Carols in the City in Brisbane.

Central Queensland University welcomed Japanese Associate Professor Kanaho Matsuda to the Rockhampton campus this week to share CQU's experience and knowledge in online learning and cooperative education.

Professor Matsuda, a key academic from the Tomakomai National College of Technology in Tomakomai, is developing a telecommunications system between her college and an institute in New Zealand.

CQU, in conjunction with the Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research, will host visiting speaker Professor Cathy Humphreys, Alfred Felton Chair of Child and Family Welfare, University of Melbourne, this Friday, December 7, from 11am to 12 noon at CQU Mackay.

(The presentation will also be video-linked to 18 sites across Queensland including, Cairns, Mareeba, Townsville, Rockhampton, Bundaberg, Gladstone, Emerald, Mt Isa, Longreach, Nambour, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Toowoomba, Roma and St George.