A study by PhD student Derek Ball is checking whether the concentration of rainwater at single points of mangrove communities, caused by urban development and altered stormwater drainage patterns, is reducing the number of grapsid crabs.

These crabs are considered a key to the health of the mangroves through leaf removal and processing.

Rockhampton's Sam Ness-Wilson is proud to have graduated from a Graduate Diploma in Learning and Teaching and into a new career as a teacher.

After all she studied full-time with 4 children under 6, including a baby of 7 months when she started (and with no family support in town).

A commission to compose a concerto for World Saxophone Congress featured performer Alan Yang* will enable Australian composer Kevin Purcell to tour China to conduct the work.

Dr Purcell, the new Professor and Director of Music & Performing Arts at Central Queensland University, has been commissioned to compose the concerto in the style of the Butterfly Concerto for violin.

CQU researchers are involved in the first observation of its kind - a coral community in the southern inshore region of the Great Barrier Reef is showing signs of adjusting to higher sea surface temperature by quickly changing its main algal partners to types that can better cope with the heat.

University PhD student Alison Jones (lead author) and researcher Dr Billy Sinclair (contributor) have helped produce a new publication about the observation.

Hundreds of students took the opportunity to attend the 2nd annual Graduate Careers Fair, hosted by CQU Rockhampton as part of the National Careers Fair Circuit, on Tuesday, March 18 at the CQ Sports Complex.

Around 60 companies across all industries and disciplines were recruiting CQU students for graduate work and vacation employment as well as promoting student scholarships, internships, cadetships and work-integrated learning.

Central Queensland University's level of service makes it distinctive among Australian universities because of the emphasis it places on student outcomes, graduate success and quality teaching.

That is according to a recent report by Hobsons, the editor and publisher of Australia's only university ratings publication, The Good Universities Guide.

CQU is extending its long-running support for Rockhampton's Relay for Life event, which is a major fundraiser for The Cancer Council Queensland coming up on May 17-18.

For the sixth consecutive year, the University will provide the venue and infrastructure support for Relay.

A buzz is growing around Australia about a new CQU course for managers and aspiring managers, the Graduate Diploma of Learning Management (Executive Leadership).

Program coordinator Robyn Smith said the 'fully flex' course could be studied on-line from anywhere and was proving just as popular with industry leaders as with school leaders.

A delegation from CQU's Faculty of Sciences, Engineering & Health was welcomed at Hungary's Miskolc University recently, fostering links for teaching, learning and research.

CQU's Associate Dean of the College of Engineering and Built Environment, Dr Patrick Keleher visited Miskolc with colleagues Dr Prue Howard and John Mark.