Central Queensland University is making workers’ transition into management roles easier with a new workshop offered at regional centres throughout Central Queensland.

“Excelling as a First Time Manager or Supervisor Workshop” is being conducted by SkillPath Seminars’ Kati Jacobs in Bundaberg on 27 March, Gladstone on 28 March and Mackay 31 March.

CQU has signed up under the Macromedia Australia and New Zealand University Licensing Program, which will ensure that the University is correctly licensed and that all staff has the tools necessary to teach and create eLearning and Internet business applications. The agreement is effective for 12 months from 11 March 2003 to 11 March 2004.

Central Queensland University's Dr Barbara Webster will launch her first book, Marooned, today.

The book describes the most severe Rockhampton flood in white history.

Adhering to advice given by speakers at last week’s orientation address, Central Queensland University students are hoping to capture the complete university experience.

According to some students on-campus in Rockhampton this week, although their initial expectations from university were to get a degree, they were planning to get more from the university experience.

Three first-year Mackay engineering students were among those who received scholarships via video-conferencing links with Rockhampton and Gladstone CQU campuses recently.

CQU Bachelor of Engineering (Co-Op) students Cameron Domotor, Brendan Peach and Nicholas Weiske were each awarded $1000, with selection based on outstanding Year 12 English, Physics and Maths results.

A CQU Rockhampton Bachelor of Engineering Co-op student was still in awe today after being notified he had won the prestigious International Coal Mining Exchange Scholarship.

In an Australian first, CQU engineering student Tim Heron will gain industry experience at leading coal companies RAG and DBT in Germany and study at the prestigious Aachen University of Technology.

The spectacular Beef 2003 Opening Ceremony will have a ‘Beef Meets Reef’ theme, recognising the industry’s importance to country and coast.

Thousands of locals and visitors are expected to crowd the main ring of Rockhampton Showgrounds for an afternoon and evening of entertainment on Sunday, April 27.

Drum master Grant Collins can offer more bang for the buck in 2003, with an even bigger drum kit and the debut of several new works.

Grant will perform some of the favourite tracks off his previous CD recordings, as well as the new works, which will be ready especially for the Mackay concert.

Livingstone Shire invites CQU staff and students and their families to participate in Livingstone’s Harmony Project, a youth art competition open to anyone under the age of 25. Participants may enter any number of artworks that celebrate the cultural diversity of Livingstone Shire.

Mackay people are invited to attend a series of performance-based seminars charting the history of popular music.

The seminars, which are free of charge, will be presented throughout the year by Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music lecturer Judith Brown.