Four students from Kwassui Women's College in Nagasaki, Japan have spent three weeks in Rockhampton, gaining experience of early childhood education in various settings and honing their language skills.

The students from Kwassui's Child Development and Education department attended intensive English classes, visited tourist and heritage attractions, and were hosted by local Homestay families.

Congratulations to CQUniversity PhD candidate Ria de Guzman (nee Reyes) who performed well to reach the semi-finals of UQ's Inaugural Australia & New Zealand Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition in Brisbane.

Ria, who recently submitted her thesis on the stevia plant, is now employed as a food technologist by a food ingredients company in Melbourne.

Visiting academic Associate Professor Bradley Bowden will present a seminar on the rise and fall of Australian unionism next week at CQUniversity.

The Griffith Business School academic's presentation will be held in Rockhampton on Wednesday September 29 from 1 to 2pm.

Long-serving University staff member Kim Gohdes has cheered from the sidelines since her sons played minkey hockey at the tender age of 4.

And now she is cheering for her son Matt on an international stage.

Two CQUniversity first-year engineering students have been awarded power engineering bursaries.

Matthew Lowrey and Ryan Muller were among 14 Queenslanders who received Australian Power Institute bursaries at a special award ceremony in Brisbane recently.

CQUniversity was a major sponsor of the recent Isis District State High School Australian Business Week (ABW) activities and competition.

Eight teams of 10 were formed and each group was in charge of running and making business decisions for a virtual 200-room hotel/motel.

Mayor of Rockhampton Regional Council, Cr Brad Carter has thrown his full support behind CQUniversity's bid to amalgamate with CQ TAFE.

Mayor Carter sent a letter to Premier Anna Bligh earlier this week seeking her influence within both Queensland and federal governments.

CQUniversity music student Amelia Kase is building her performance skills and helping to entertain young children at the same time, as she volunteers at the C&K n'Gundanoo childcare centre on Rockhampton Campus.

"I go down between classes .

The painting depicts the journey of the Brolgas down the great western river system which flows from Carnavon Gorge Marlong Plains Central Queensland down to Victoria, South Australia into the Murray River system than into the ocean..

The CQUniversity Chinese Association has hosted students, academics and community members for a luncheon on Rockhampton Campus, leading up to this week's Moon Festival.

Special guests included Liu Jiang, an education official from the Chinese Consul-General's office in Brisbane.