Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad Commander Detective Superintendent Deborah Wallace will be guest speaker for next Tuesday's (May 14) graduation ceremony hosted by CQUniversity in Sydney.

As a junior constable in 1986, Deborah was chosen to play the part of murdered Sydney nurse Anita Cobby in a police re-enactment of the crime that shocked a nation.

Community members are asked to clear out their bookshelves and donate generously to the CQUniversity Library Society's Annual Second Hand Book Sale on August 18.

Celebrating its 20^th anniversary in November, the Library Society is hoping this year's book sale will be the biggest and best fundraiser so far.

The CQUniversity Ally Program is going from strength to strength after the roll-out of the new Ally Network on Moodle for Term 1 2013.

This network is for everyone who is interested in supporting LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex) people at CQUniversity.

Timed to coincide with the Queensland Plan Summit in Mackay, Mark Ogge from The Australia Institute will discuss economic impacts of the mining expansion on other industries and examine the implications for the Mackay region.

The Australia Institute is an independent research organisation that has undertaken extensive research on this issue.

CQUniversity Mackay was on hand to support the Mackay Engineering College (MEC) Open Day recently, meeting with prospective students and industry stakeholders.

The Open Day was an opportunity for the community, industry and education representatives to tour the new facility, situated right beside CQUniversity on Boundary Road, Ooralea.

Newly-arrived lighting gear enhanced the wonderful sounds from CQUniversity Music students during their recent 'Big Night In' concert on Rockhampton Campus.

The energetic concert featured fast moving and high energy sets of jazz, pop and rock standards.

A study into how mental health problems can affect students, and what support services they need from staff while at university, will be explored through interviews conducted by CQUniversity.

The joint research project between CQUniversity and Curtin University hopes to improve university experiences for students who are identified as managing a mental health problem.

The Health Collaborative Research Network (Health CRN) in partnership with the Office of Research has established the National Health & Medical Research Council (NH&MRC) Support Group to assist researchers in developing applications in the 2014 round of NH&MRC grants..

CQUniversity PhD candidate Michele Lastella has been representing Australia in the emerging sport of beach soccer and hopes to play at Olympic level one day.

He recently represented his country at World Cup qualifiers in Qatar.

CQUniversity researcher Dr Anjum Naweed has been gaining worldwide renown for his focus on improving the fidelity of a freight locomotive simulator, after it has been deployed.

This project has been funded by the CRC for Rail Simulation and pertains to the rail simulator now housed at the Appleton Institute (CQUniversity's Adelaide Campus) where Dr Naweed is based.