Budding high school and university musicians from throughout Queensland with take to the stage as part of the inaugural Asia Pacific Jazz Conference and Great Barrier Reef Jazz Festival on Hamilton Island from September 12.

School students from Gladstone, Moranbah, Rockhampton, Worree and Sarina and CQU university jazz students will attend the event that has attracted internationally renowned musicians and speakers.

The Central Queensland University-based Queensland Health-funded 10,000 Steps Rockhampton program and the National Heart Foundation announced today the successful outcome of the not-for-profit Corporate Golf Challenge conducted in July 2003 with a total of $ 456 donated to the local National Heart Foundation branch.

The Corporate Golf Challenge attracted 113 players from a number of Rockhampton based organisations including The Morning Bulletin, The Commonwealth Bank, WIN television, Capricorn Credit Union and this years’ overall winning team Retire Invest/HOTFM.

Central Queensland University Mackay invited school leavers and prospective mature-age students to attend its Careers Evening on September 4.

In a first for the campus the event included interactive activities alongside displays from each faculty.

This year’s annual Southern Cross Soloists tour included an intensive workshop with Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music recently.

CQCM educator Ian Bofinger said the three-day program allowed the students to attend masterclasses, workshops and concerts.

Central Queensland University Mackay formed the largest display at the recent Mackay Careers Market.

Universities, training colleges and employment organisations from throughout Queensland displayed material relating to career options, with CQU staff from all faculties offering advice to prospective students.

New Dean of Business & Law Professor Catherine Smith (second from left) has hosted the first of several lunches planned with business and community leaders.

Also pictured are (from left) Brad Carter (State Development); John Lever (Koorana Crocodiles); Mayor Margaret Strelow; Margaret Goody (Rockhampton Regional Development); and Arthur Hunt (Premier\'s Department).

Central Queensland University staff and students and interested community members are welcome to attend a seminar by the Victorian State Coroner, from 9am-1pm next Monday (September 1).

The Victorian State Coroner, Graeme Johnstone will speak on 'Learning from the past to prevent deaths in future'.

The Cooperative Research Centre for Railway Engineering and Technologies (Rail CRC), headquartered at CQU Rockhampton, this week (Wednesday August 27) brought together leading academics, researchers and industrialists from around the world to discuss the latest developments in sensor measurement systems technology.

Rail CRC chief executive officer Professor Dudley Roach, who welcomed participants to the Sydney event, said the workshop provided a forum for extensive interaction among those interested in the application of sensors and measurement systems to the railway industry.

Presenters at a health conference in Mackay will explore ways that advanced nurses can save more lives during medical emergencies in regional areas.

One Central Queensland University presentation reports perceptions that in regional Queensland hospitals without 24-hour on-site medical coverage in critical care units, a new advanced nursing practice role is needed to achieve the goal of early treatment for complications.

CQU's Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music helped launch last year's inaugural Australian Institute of Country Music Conference at Gympie, and it is back again as sponsor of this year's event.

Conservatorium industry mentors Dr Geoff Walden and Professor Phil Hayward are also delivering papers at the event held on August 29-30, in parallel with Gympie's National Country Music Muster.