CQUniversity students who can demonstrate their environmental empathy are encouraged to apply for the Fitzroy Student Bursary, which is now open to students from all disciplines.

The $1100 bursary is open to students residing in the Fitzroy River and Coastal Catchments region, which extends from just north of St Lawrence, west to Gogango and south to Mount Larcom.

CQUniversity has helped assess the regional economic impacts of flood interruption to transport corridors in Rockhampton, giving local planners a valuable tool to lobby governments for remedial funding.

CEO of Capricorn Enterprise Mary Carroll and Professor John Rolfe from the Centre of Environmental Management at CQUniversity recently launched a joint study into the economic costs of transport corridor closures during peak flooding in the Fitzroy River early this year.

On the surface, she's fresh-faced, feminine and petite. But Cortney Scotney already has experience sorting out road crews competing for gravel deliveries and knows her way around a bitumen project.

CQUniversity Vice-Chancellor Scott Bowman this week viewed the operation of new telescopic seating which should establish the Community Sports Centre on Rockhampton Campus as one of the largest multi-use stadiums outside Brisbane.

While the September graduation ceremony is already scheduled, it's expected the venue will also become popular for major regional sporting, cultural and musical events able to attract between 2000-3000 patrons.

Ten of our CQUniversity Sydney students recently joined Associate Director Student Services Susan Robertson to participate in Planet Ark's National Tree Day.

Our students, varying in nationalities, joined with local residents from the inner city and inner west of Sydney to plant trees and native grasses in Tempe Recreation Reserve on the Cooks River foreshore.

CQUniversity academics Yvonne Toft and Geoff Dell will provide workplace safety presentations during Safety Institute of Australia (SIA) events in Hobart and Launceston in late September.

The associate professors from the School of Health & Human Services are leading the University's new Accident Investigation degree programs, scheduled to be available from 2012 onwards.

Music lovers in Rockhampton and Mackay have the chance to hear some soulful, sultry and spicy guitar music from Latin America, featuring two classical guitar specialists from New Zealand.

The duo will provide a free taste of Guitarmania! at the CQUniversity Rockhampton amphitheatre, from 1pm on Thursday, September 1.

CQUniversity is offering a new short course in Asset Management Systems at its Gladstone Campus, as part of the Power Generation Skills Development program.

Available on November 7-9, the course would benefit professional engineers, managers and those working in para-professional roles within asset management, maintenance, engineering and related areas.