Nursing & Health Studies staff member John Kemsley, who is based at the Sunshine Coast, has been appointed to the Executive Committee of the Association of Queensland Nurse Leaders.

Head of the School of Nursing & Health Studies Dr Lorna Moxham said this was great news for John, the School and CQU.

In a timely coincidence of Mackay boy Brayden Foxley-Conolly recently winning his fight against the deadly disease meningococcal septicemia, a public seminar will be videoconferenced to the Mackay site on Meningococcal B Vaccine development on Monday 18th September from 11am – 12pm at CQU Mackay campus, building 20/G.11.

CQU Mackay is gearing up for the stressful final exam period and is preparing a Stress Less Day, to be held at the campus on Tuesday September 26.

The program is part of a nationwide Healthier Universities Program (HUP) which has been enthusiastically adopted by CQU and strongly supported at the Mackay Campus.

Artist and lecturer at CQU Mackay Ashley Holmes is displaying his interactive, multimedia art works at the Artspace ‘Pacific Edge’ Contemporary Art From Coastal Queensland exhibition which opened last Friday, as part of the Regional Arts Australia, National Conference.

On Wednesday, Ashley spoke to art enthusiasts on his life and its influence on his works throughout his career.

CQU Mackay Health and Well Being program is in full swing, making us all at the campus get off our chairs and move.

As well as the regular exercise classes held in the Conservatorium foyer on Thursday at lunch time, next Tuesday CQU staff and students will have a chance to sit in on an informative session presented by Lyn Dupuy, a Naturopath from Dupuy's Pharmacy in Mackay.

A Memorandum of Understanding signifying the strong research relationship between QR (Queensland Rail) and Central Queensland University’s Centre for Railway Engineering has been signed in Rockhampton.

Mr Brian Bock, QR General Manager of Shared Services, and Professor Elizabeth Taylor, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Sciences, Engineering & Health at CQU, signed the agreement to continue the already strong research collaboration that exists between QR and the Centre for Railway Engineering.

A number of CQU staff members, family and friends have been knitting squares to make into blankets for the Salvation Army project 'Knitting for the Homeless'.

Participants supply the wool, knit and sew the squares.

CQU alumnus Amy Chen has become a critical identity for new multicultural families in Biloela, Central Queensland.

The former Bachelor of Business and international student from Rockhampton has become the liaison person for 26 Chinese male workers and their wives at Teys Brothers Meatworks.

CQU Professor Kerry Mummery has been accepted as a Fellow of the Australian Sports Medicine Federation (FASMF).

He will receive his certificate during the Fellows Dinner at this year's Conference on Science and Medicine in Sport, due to be held in Fiji during October.

The Australian Institute of Management, supported by CQU, was proud to award John Lever with the Manager of the Year and Darren Pirie the Young Manager of the Year Award at the 2006 Management Excellence Awards evening in Rockhampton recently.

CQU is a regional partner of AIM and host of the AIM secretariat (via the Faculty of Business and Informatics).