Rated among the best universities in Australia for the overall education experience and ranked highest among all Queensland-based universities for graduate starting salaries, Central Queensland University will draw school leavers and prospective adult students to its information booth -- - at the Rockhampton Careers Expo at the YMCA on Robinson Street on Tuesday 07 June from 3pm to 7pm - at the Gladstone Careers and Training Expo at the CQU Gladstone Engineering Building on Wednesday 08 June from 11am to 3pm and 4pm to 7pm “We’re providing quality degrees and offering graduate job opportunities that new students want,” said CQU representative Tony Gubbins, who will be on-hand to talk to prospective students and their families.

Attendees to the Market will be able to find out information on all the programs offered by CQU, on-campus and to external students, including details on new programs Property, Business Specialisations, Creative Enterprise and more.

CQU Brisbane International Campus library staff donned chef’s hats and aprons this week to produce a chocolate feast for students and staff, who were invited to share in celebrating Library and Information Week and National Library Technician’s Day.

Against a backdrop of LIW posters and balloons, students and staff tucked in to a variety of baked chocolate goodies, including chocolate chilli bites.

CQU Mackay’s Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research (CDFVR) is celebrating its association with two awards presented by the State’s Minister for Women, the Honourable Desley Boyle, during a function at Parliament House on Tuesday (May 24).

The Minister presented Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Awards in five categories to recognise and reward the work of individuals and organisations striving to end domestic and family violence.

Central Queensland University academic Dr Keith Harrower has been appointed as Editor-in-Chief of Australasian Plant Pathology (APP), the journal of the Australasian Plant Pathology Society.

APP has developed as an international journal with high standards, disseminating plant pathology knowledge relating particularly to Australasia and, increasingly, to the Southern Hemisphere.

Caitlyn Wilson is a third-year Bachelor of Engineering Co-op Student at Central Queensland University currently on field placement at Connell Wagner in Mackay.

Ms Wilson took the opportunity last week to extend her knowledge and experiences to Mackay State High Students and encouraged girls and boys to enter the field of Engineering.

CQU Rockhampton's early childhood students have organised a range of activities to celebrate Under 8s week.

Under the theme of 'Leap into Life - embracing health and wellbeing', they have arranged an exhibition of photographs taken by children.

CQU was represented at this week's 'pets in crisis' launch by the dvconnect Domestic and Family Violence Service and RSPCA Qld.

Dr Nik Taylor (pictured), from Psychology and Sociology, attended the launch of the program which will care for the pets of women in domestic violence refuges.

The Alliance Frangaise de Rockhampton will be holding French Language classes at Central Queensland University’s Language Centre, Bld 13, commencing July 6.

Classes are held on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8:30pm.

Staff at CQU Gladstone were pleased to see former Queensland Alumina Limited (QAL) scholar, Luke McArthur (pictured), return to Gladstone recently to begin his Masters of Applied Science. Luke will be based at CQU’s Process Engineering and Light Metals centre and will be working on a project that aims to assess the precision and accuracy of mineralogical analysis of Weipa bauxite using near infrared spectroscopy.

Three postgraduate students have been honoured with Campus Director’s Leadership Awards, announced at the CQU Melbourne Graduation Ceremony on May 17.

Parampreet Singh, Fan Zhou (Felix) and Kan Choi Ha (Daisy) were selected based on their outstanding academic results, dedicated attitude and leadership qualities.