CQU Rockhampton will once again host Relay for Life, on May 19-20 next year on behalf of the Queensland Cancer Fund.

Relay For Life is an overnight team event to raise funds for cancer research, education and patient support programs.

The USAID-funded Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) project has been running for 14 years, and CQU’s Professor David Midmore has been involved in the project for the same duration.

Professor Midmore recently completed a 2-week visit to the Philippines and Vietnam, with Dr Robin Marsh of University of California Berkeley Campus.

Central Queensland University has announced new leaders for its campuses in Bundaberg, Mackay and Gladstone.

Two of the new Heads of Campus are coming from similar positions overseas, while the other is already a Head of Campus within the CQU network.

CQU Sydney International Campus and CARE Australia recently arranged a morning tea fundraiser, as part of the World Hunger Campaign bid to promote awareness and urge the public to help hungry children and families.

This initiative was successfully coordinated by TECC Manager Suzana Vicentijevic who organised Brumby’s (one of the partners of the CARE Australia campaign) to provide academics and staff with a delicious morning breakfast and gift bag.

CQU Sydney academics David Fox and Noel Ross have contributed an article titled 'Water is Too Cheap' for the Economics Society of Australia (NSW Branch) newsletter.

Dr Fox, senior lecturer in economics and finance, and lecturer Noel Ross provided a detailed outline on the scarcity of water in Australia and ways to solve this limited supply.

CQU Sydney International Undergraduate Campus recently hosted an end-of-term barbecue for all students and staff.

Participants were invited to relax and chat over sausage sandwiches and soft drinks.

World-renowned scientist, environmentalist, author and broadcaster David Suzuki gave a public address at CQU Rockhampton recently to promote his latest book: 'David Suzuki - The Autobiography'.

The latest book is a story of Dr David Suzuki\'s passion for the planet.

The national 'Weaving Peace' Symposium held at CQU Rockhampton has been hailed as a success.

CQU hosted the one-day symposium on the intersections, divergences, tensions and contradictions in Western, Eastern and Indigenous beliefs about inner and outer peace, creaturely existence and reconciliation.

CQU PhD student Alison Jones has been busy bringing the plight of the Keppel section of the Great Barrier Reef to TV viewers and radio listeners around Australia.

Ms Jones, who also works for the Australian Institute of Marine Science, has been one of the key interview subjects in Channel 7 TV's coverage of global warming and coral bleaching.

CQU's School of Nursing and Health Studies has contributed to a breast screening awareness campaign by decorating one of Rockhampton's famous bulls (the one near Red Hill shopping precinct).

'Nursabull', which has featured on ABC State TV News and WIN TV News, was a project driven by staff members including CQU's Vicki Taylor, Jenny Anastasi and Dr Trudy Dwyer.