Preparations for this year’s CQ Multicultural Fair and University Open Day have kicked off with this year’s first committee meeting to be held next week.

The Fair will be staged on Sunday 17 August and will focus on “Multiculturalism in the Workplace”.

Counselling, Careers & Health have undergone some changes to the services it provides.

Manager of Counselling, Careers & Health Mary McKavanagh said following consultation with the University's Senior Executives, Union and Student Association, the University has made the decision to discontinue the visiting medical practice currently available at CQU Rockhampton.

CQU Bundaberg’s Dr Christine Murphy was a guest speaker at the International Women’s Day celebrations recently held in the city to mark the important day.

Dr Murphy told the audience International Women’s Day was a day filled with promise, with a focus toward the future and the important role that women and mothers will play in the days ahead.

Central Queensland University’s Jacqui Ewart has teamed up with the University of Utah to study newspapers' treatment of the public. This unique joint project looks at the extent to which ordinary people's voices are represented in both regional and metropolitan media.

The Multimedia Design Centre (MDC) has begun to showcase some of its products on-line at http://mdc.cqu.

Central Queensland University, after a very careful review of the safety and security of our staff during this time of international crisis, has announced new travel guidelines.

University approval of travel by any staff member on university business to the USA between now and 31 March 2003 is now withdrawn.

Academic writers should not despair when they received apparently negative critiques, according to Associate Professor Denis Cryle.

“Some people just focus on a critical sentence and forget the positive advice," he said.

Rockhampton’s successful 10,000 Steps project – which supports physical activity in the community – starts a major health initiative this month challenging industries and local businesses to have their employees walk to the Gold Coast or equivalent.

“That’s about one-point-eight-million steps,” according to Glenn Austin, 10,000 Steps Project Officer at Central Queensland University.

As Australian forces embark on war with Iraq we are reminded of the possible threats of biological, chemical and nuclear attacks on our country. But how many of us understand the likelihood and severity of a possible cyber-terrorist attack? Central Queensland University’s specialist in Cryptology and Network Security and former researcher with the Australian Defence Science Technology Organisation (DSTO), Lyta Penna, believes cyber-terrorist attacks could become very real with the onset of war with Iraq.

Central Queensland University Toastmasters Club recently kick started its 2003 activities by holding a demonstration meeting.

CQU Toastmaster Peter Baxter said the meeting offered insight about what the Club offered and the benefits provided to members.