CQUniversity's Dr Dave Swain has showcased our growing capability and leadership in precision livestock management research, by presenting the prestigious 'Harry Stobbs keynote talk' in Armidale recently..

CQUniversity is part of a five-institution consortium of universities marking a milestone for the new Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education, a professional development option for academic staff across Australia.

After two years of lead-up, lecturers have started to enrol and begin their studies in what is a collaborative offering across the institutions.

A dozen students from Japan's Komatsu Municipal High School have gained a taste of Australia during a two-week visit to Rockhampton region (July 11-24).

While based at CQUniversity's English Language Centre and staying with local Homestay families, the visitors managed to cram in plenty of experiences, as well as plenty of Australian cooking.

CQUniversity lecturer Kim Kirkman recently joined local school music specialist David Bayliss and visiting composer Sarah Hopkins to conduct Divine Kitchen Experience events, as part of Mackay's Arts Festival.

A preparatory workshop and soup-lunch concert featured performers from Mackay North State High School Big Band and Mackay Choral Society.

CQUniversity has formed a partnership with Darumbal Community Youth Service Inc to help provide services for troubled children and their families..

Rocky region teachers with an interest in English, drama or creative writing can still gain a place in a workshop on North Keppel Island, from July 30-August 1.

Presenters include youth author Michael Hyde and CQUniversity-based author and lecturer Dr Lynda Hawryluk.

Rockhampton region needs more than miners and cowboys so there's plenty of opportunities in the local information and communications technology (ICT) sector.

That's according to Associate Professor Greg Whymark, one of the organisers of a free ICT Careers Fair due at CQUniversity Rockhampton on Monday, July 26.

Nursing lecturer Kadie Cheney says her volunteer involvement with The Smith Family's i-Track mentoring program has been a very worthwhile experience.

Rockhampton-based Kadie spends one hour each week chatting online with a Townsville high school student who is interested in a career in veterinary science.

CQUniversity's sponsorship of the Sister Cities Australia Annual Conference and Youth Program has helped to showcase the region to national and international participants.

The event opened this week at Rydges in Yeppoon, with the theme Real, Relevant and Rewarding.

India's Riti Sharan and former Bangladesh student Sadia Jihan Khan have crossed paths in Rockhampton, where they have been swapping notes on using metals to kill water-borne diseases.

The PhD researchers share a common supervisor, Professor Rob Reed at CQUniversity, and both presented posters on their projects at the Australian Society of Microbiology Conference in Sydney recently (July 4-8).