Up to 20 Paramedic Science students had the chance to participate in a mock coronial inquest at Rockhampton's old sandstone courthouse recently.

Thanks to cooperation between the Schools of Medical & Applied Sciences and Commerce & Law, there were great learning opportunities within a short period of time.

A sod-turning this week marked the start of construction for a new Multi-Faith Centre which will literally bring spirituality closer to the heart of CQUniversity's Rockhampton Campus.

The centre near the campus flagpoles, Chancellery building and bus-stop will be much better located than a previous 'sacred garden building', which was not only tucked away in a remote part of campus, but was also in need of major repairs.

Over 30 representatives from the Chiropractic profession in Mackay were welcomed at a recent event held at CQUniversity Mackay..

CQUniversity adjunct research fellow Jennifer Marohasy is set to confront what she calls 'virtual science' when she delivers a plenary paper during the 16th Australian Agronomy Conference* in Armidale in mid-October.

Delivering a paper co-authored with colleague Dr John Abbot, Dr Marohasy will address assumptions concerning ‘chemical-free' agriculture, challenging the way decisions are made and stressing the importance of being consisent, logical and sceptical.

Visiting Senator Fiona Nash has praised CQUniversity for showing there's no point in a 'one size fits all' approach to the delivery of higher education in regional areas.

The Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Education toured Rockhampton Campus this week with LNP Candidate for Capricornia Michelle Landry.

Dean of Nursing and Midwifery Professor Ysanne Chapman has literally sprung into Spring, with major initiatives in Mackay.

She recently took part in a successful Zonta Birthing Kits Assembly Day initiative organised by the Zonta Club of Mackay.

A broken back wasn't going to stop Andrew Thompson from taking on a new career.

The former business owner had a life-changing decision to make six months ago after falling off a ladder and badly injuring his back while working on his house.

A launch was held this week in Melbourne for the new HealthTrain@CQUni and Train@CQUni concepts, flowing from CQUniversity's acquisition of HealthTrain, a well-established Victorian vocational education and training business.

HealthTrain Executive Director Dr Greg McMillan was MC for the event, while the Chancellor Rennie Fritschy, Vice-Chancellor Professor Scott Bowman and Deputy VC (Industry and VET) Nik Babovic provided brief speeches to mark the occasion.

Originally installed in the late 1980s, CQUniversity's Private Automatic Branch Exchange (PABX) telephone system managed to operate throughout five institutional name updates over a quarter of a century.

Senior Network Engineer Julianne Weekers says that, with further expansion for a growing University in 1993, "it has outlasted all the staff responsible for its care and feeding over the years".