With only just over a month to go until the first ever TEDxRockhampton event kicks off at CQUniversity Rockhampton, the organising team are putting the finishing touches on what will be a marvellous line-up of speakers.

Attendees at the event on May 25 will hear from an internationally acclaimed TED Fellow, a grazier and rural educator, a Gen Y advocate and dreamer, local business identities, and a trailblazing teacher - to name a few.

CQUniversity Mackay Student Residential students dressed in their best 'red carpet' attire at their first annual Mackay Student Residence Ball on Saturday, April 20.

The F-Block carpark was transformed for the event, with nibbles and drinks served upon arrival, and a buffet dinner provided.

Community radio station 4YOU was happy to pick up a couple of surplus computers from CQUniversity recently.

The technology won't just be sitting on an administrator's desk.

CQUniversity is once again a sponsor for the Taste of the World Festival presented by the Central Queensland Multicultural Association (CQMA) at Rockhampton's Riverside Park.

This year's event is scheduled from 10am-4pm on Saturday, June 1.

Two CQUniversity students have been recognised in the state's capital as 2013 Brisbane International Student Ambassadors.

Azadeh Faaliyat from Iran and Edward Kasamba from Uganda are among 33 new advocates from 29 countries.

CQUniversity Bundaberg recently hosted local high school teams competing in a major Science & Engineering Challenge.

Entrants came from Shalom College, St Luke's Anglican School, North Bundaberg SHS and Gin Gin SHS.

Domestic and family violence services in Mackay are inviting the public to witness a hypothetical scenario to gain a better understanding of the effects that domestic and family violence has on individuals and families.

This free hypothetical event is being held on Thursday, May 16 from 9am at the ‘Space' located at the Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre (MECC) and is part of Domestic Violence Prevention Month activities.

Sixteen Thai students aged between 12 and 20 are visiting Rockhampton region on an ‘Education and Cultural Exchange' tour.

Hosted by local ‘homestay' families and based at CQUniversity's English Language Centre, the visitors will brush up on their English, network with local high school students and visit tourism attractions throughout the region between April 21 and May 10.

There'll be plenty of room for romping at Rockhampton Botanic Gardens during the annual children's festival known as Romp in the Park.

CQUniversity learning management (early childhood) students traditionally take a key role in organising and staging this event, offering a morning of fun activities for young children and their families.

The CQUniversity Law program will once again be actively involved in Law Week in Rockhampton, with another mock trial of the 'three little pigs' on the agenda..