Australian singer-songwriter Graeme Connors' first DVD release was recorded in front of a live audience at CQU's Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music in Mackay.

And Conservatorium staff member and cellist Ian Bofinger appears on several of the tracks.

Several CQU staff members have become regular radio commentators on pop music and pop culture.

Rockhampton-based PhD student and part-time staff member Jim Douglas (pictured) has a spot on ABC Radio Queensland Drive, between 4.

CQU Plant Sciences is helping with an ice-to-eskimo type project which includes the aim of exporting Asian vegetables to a Japanese company.

Plant Sciences research officer Daniel White recently met with representatives of Morita Agriculture Research Centre in Bundaberg, after Professor David Midmore received an invitation to be involved.

Central Queensland University showcased advancements in the delivery of courses during the 2004 Teaching and Learning Showcase this week.

CQU’s Shaune Sinclair and Jillian Litster introduced CQU staff and other educators and trainers from the region to the possibility of streaming multimedia content for teaching and learning purposes.

CQU’s Indigenous learning, spirituality and research centre, Nulloo Yumbah is offering mature aged people in the region the chance to study at university.

The successful bridging program, Tertiary Entrance Program (TEP), has limited vacancies in its on-campus program for people aged between 19 and 99 who may not have completed school.

Just over 500 prospective Central Queensland University Mackay students have been offered a chance to begin tertiary studies in 2004.

The number of offers is similar to those made in 2003, with the university’s five faculties receiving interest from local, interstate and international students.

Thirty-two year 10 girls from throughout Central Queensland got a taste of unconventional careers for women at the inaugural CQU Girls in Maths, Science and Technology Summer School this week.

Students got the chance to tour the Glenmore Water Treatment Plant and see laboratory employees carrying out testing of the treatment plant process and algal analyses.

Central Queensland University has places available for its full-time and part-time evening STEPS (Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies) programs in Rockhampton beginning in March.

STEPS is a practical pathway to higher education providing mature-age students with the necessary skills to succeed at university.

New CQU International Marketing Manager Gabrielle Rolan has arrived in time for a new phase in promotion.

She is part of a team helping to integrate the University's approach to offshore recruitment and marketing, while focusing on a single CQU brand.

Retiring State MP the Hon. Vince Lester has handed over his collection of leather-bound Parliamentary Hansards to the CQU Library.