CQU Head of Nursing & Health Studies Dr Lorna Moxham has recently returned after representing Australian nurses on behalf of DEST (Department of Education, Science and Training) during a major event in Manila in The Philippines.

Dr Moxham was a speaker for the 47th annual convention of the Association of Deans of Philippine Colleges of Nursing (ADPCN).

CQU Rockhampton's Anetta Hinchliffe was awarded the Australian Sports Medicine Federation Fellow Award for the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport Best Poster Presentation during the recent Sports Medicine Australia Conference in Fiji.

Ms Hinchliffe's poster was entitled 'Applying usability testing techniques to improve an interactive physical activity website: The case of 10,000 Steps'.

- Submitted by Priscilla Arnold from CQU Sydney Client Services.

Congratulations to the triumphant CQU Sydney International Campus 'Undies' for their magnificent 5 to 4 defeat over sporting rivals the CQU Sydney Graduate Campus 'Posties' during last week's touch football match at the Domain.

Central Queensland University offers school leavers the opportunity to study innovative bachelor degrees while gaining industry experience.

Setting it apart from many other universities, CQU prides itself on offering study programs that incorporate industry experience, making students job-ready when they graduate.

A CQU School of Nursing and Health Studies graduate, local Emergency Registered Nurse and inventor, Glen Riverstone, has invented a much-needed device aimed at making the opening of glass ampoules safe.

The `SNAPIT' device, which Mr Riverstone has patented, fits over the tops of ampoules and replaces the use of fingers breaking the tops.

The Central Queensland University STEPS (Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies) program will celebrate 20 years of success at a Rockhampton event this Friday, November 3.

CQU has been inviting back all past STEPS graduates and their families to a celebratory evening at each of the STEPS sites.

School of Health and Human Performance lecturer Danya Hodgetts will be at Bondi Beach (Sydney) this Friday to take part in Governor-General\'s launch of \'Between the Flags: One hundred summers of Australian surf lifesaving\'.

For the past 3 years, Ms Hodgetts has been a member of the book\'s editorial committee.

A recently-arrived German civil engineer, Bianca Pischke, is already working with the CQU Plant Sciences Group.

Ms Pischke, a Masters candidate in the field of Tropical Water Resource Management at the University of Lueneburg, is currently focusing on subsurface drip irrigation.

The Study With Family and Friends (SWFF) team at CQU Sydney International Campus held a pizza party for all members recently.

SWFF is an initiative designed to make studying at CQU a rewarding experience by allowing SWFF points to be rewarded to students whose family and friends have enrolled at one of CQU's Australian campuses under their recommendation.

Indian communities around the world have been celebrating Diwali, the Festival of Light.

The festival is the most popular of all the Indian festivals, and is traditionally celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains.