The CQUniversity Bundaberg Library recently partnered with students and staff from the School of Education to support the National Year of Reading.

Their project assisted with reading in two local primary schools: Branyan Road Primary School and Kalkie State School.

Students who have a high OP score in 2012 can aim for $10,000 in assistance or even have their tuition fees paid thanks to 'Vice-Chancellor's scholarships' now on offer through CQUniversity.

The 'Academic Excellence' scholarship offering full tuition* is open to students with OPs between 1 and 3 (or equivalent).

David Murray has a busy job as CQUniversity Bookshop Manager but he still finds plenty of time for community service.

He has just led a campus team to the top position in the national 'Movember University Challenge', with a total of $15,200.

CQUniversity's Mo Merchants Movember Team has raised $15,200, making it winner of the national University Challenge category.

Led by CQUni Bookshop Manager David Murray, who was highest individual Uni Challenge fundraiser with $2889, the team completed its efforts with a multi-draw raffle and sausage sizzle on the final day of November.

CQUniversity's Professor Bronwyn Fredericks was recently invited to present at the Indigenous Health Forum hosted during the Australian Health and Medical Research Congress.

Professor Fredericks, who is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement) and BMA Chair in Indigenous Engagement, was invited by the Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR).

CQUniversity Marketing has been busy visiting schools and arranging school visits across our various campus locations.

One of these recent events enabled two groups of 85 Year 9 students from Rockhampton Grammar School to explore Rockhampton Campus.

To some people, hot chocolate is a desirable tasty drink while for others it brings back memories of music from the British pop band that was popular during the 1970s and early 1980s.

The title of the band, as well as selected song lyrics, connected with the tasty desirability of chocolate and offered a variety of themes for artists in a recent exhibition titled Hot Chocolate.

After a year of close mentoring by their school mentor teachers, four Bachelor of Learning Management students selected for the 2012 Morayfield Centre of Excellence graduated on December 8 in front of family and friends.

Kylie Barrand and Di Barrett (Bundaberg), Katie Chaseling (Noosa) and Anita Stockwell (Emerald) completed their year-long experience in Education Queensland schools located in low socio-economic regions.

CQUniversity's Professor Scott Bowman joined a panel of Vice-Chancellors when the Regional Universities Network (RUN) and ABC News 24 visited Ballarat to discuss the role of universities in country Australia's future.

Other panellists included the VCs from University of Southern Queensland, Southern Cross University, University of Ballarat, University of the Sunshine Coast, and the University of New England.

CQUniversity will have the capacity to conduct cattle embryology including IVF and cloning and related research on site thanks a $250,000 allocation to establish an Embryo Laboratory at the Central Queensland Innovation and Research Precinct (CQIRP), opposite the main Rockhampton Campus.

Funding in excess of $7 million has been used to date in the purchase and fit-out for CQIRP.