Central Queensland girls are encouraged to apply for CQU's inaugural Girls in Maths, Science and Technology Summer School, to be held at Rockhampton campus next February 9-13.

Interested students should apply via their high school administration office.

CQU Mackay Head of Campus Associate Professor Phillip Clift has been appointed as chair of the Mackay Whitsunday Regional Economic Development Corporation.

The MWREDC is the peak economic development organisation for the Mackay Whitsunday Region.

CQU graduate Neville Tickner has contributed to the history of Australian droving by working on a series of three books called 'Last of the Packhorse Stockmen'.

The books tell the story of Warwick Edwards, who spent a life-time droving after heading for the Kimberley as a 14-year-old.

September has been a hot month for metropolitan coverage of CQU and CQU academics, with more than a dozen hits.

Helping to lead the charge was Professor Bob Miles from the Institute for Sustainable Regional Development, with a series of quotes about population trends in today's Australian newspaper.

Central Queensland University has welcomed another export award, to add to the State and national export awards it has won in recent years.

Wednesday night (Sept 24) at Mackay\'s Ocean International Resort, it was announced that CQU has won the Education Category for the 2003 CQ Regional Export Awards and is now eligible for selection for the Premier of Queensland\'s Export Awards on October 22 in Brisbane and could be in contention for the national export award finals in Sydney on December 4.

Dr Wal Taylor, from Informatics and Communication, has just returned from being an invited speaker at Community Informatics events in Salzburg (Austria) and Prato (Italy) during September.

Dr Taylor said he was highly honoured to be invited to be a member of the Faculty for the Salzburg seminar on Digital Inclusion held in Salzburg, Austria.

Central Queensland University will host an exhibition by the Amaroo Art Group in the University’s Ron Smyth Building (Early Childhood Building) at 240 Quay Street from Friday October 3.

The gallery will be open from 9.

Central Queensland University students will take on the best university athletes in Australia when they travel to Newcastle to compete in the Australian University Games, being held from September 28 - October 3.

Hosted by the University of Newcastle, this year's Australian University Games will attract more than 4000 student athletes from more than 40 universities throughout the country.

CQU’s International Student Alliance is inviting you to its biggest event of the year.

International ‘Nite’ will be staged at the CQU Sports Complex on Saturday, October 4, from 7pm with performers from a variety of countries displaying their culture in various forms of art, dance and song.

After a memorable stay in Rockhampton eight years ago, German teacher Markus Most has brought his class of secondary school students to visit the place he remembers so fondly.

Mr Most studied at Central Queensland University through a Study Abroad program offered through the University’s International division.