CQUniversity Noosa first year BLM students, with lecturers Sue Davis & Kathy Bauer, provided a range of creative activities for children who came to the Great Noosa Camp Out last weekend.

These activities focussed on using the environment and natural materials to create rubbings, collages, a story mat and weavings.

Former CQUniversity Vice Chancellor and Emeritus Professor John Rickard has been appointed the Foundation Chair of the new Higher Education Governing Council of the Melbourne Institute of Technology, it was announced this week by the organisation.

"John Rickard [‘s]wide experience and industry knowledge will be invaluable as MIT builds the foundations for university college status," said  Mr Shesh Ghale, a joint owner of MIT, in a media statement.

Miram Vale's Evan Bayliss started his engineering studies in Rockhampton with a perfect grade point average (GPA of 7) and now he can look forward to continued success thanks to an Orica Engineering Scholarship valued at $8000.

Evan has also earned a 'potential expertise fund' prize for being the highest-performing first-year student at CQUniversity Rockhampton, an Engineers Australia Rockhampton Prize for the highest GPA in Engineering Foundation Mathematics and the Homer Cheng Ergon Energy Memorial Prize for the highest GPA in first-year Electrical Engineering.

CQUniversity's Director of Development and Graduate Relations, Suzi Blair had the chance to dine with 4 of our Malaysian MBA graduates when she attended the Council for Advancement and Support of Education Asia Pacific Advancement Conference in Kuala Lumpur.

Her dinner guests included:

Wong Nyuk Lian (Senior Manager - Customer Service - Maakl Mutual) - Graduate Diploma of Management 2002 & MBA 2003

Neoh Chiaw Kheng (Director for Aqua Synergy Discus Farm) - Graduate Certificate of Management 2002, Graduate Diploma of Management 2002 and MBA 2003

Raymond CK Tan (Director - Global Supply Management for Spansion) - Graduate Diploma of Management 2002 and MBA 2003

Jimmy Lim (Business Consultant - Trime Management) - Graduate Certificate of Management 2002, Graduate Diploma of Management 2003 and MBA 2006

She was pleased with feedback from the quartet, who all stated how helpful their MBA qualifications and experiences had been in career progression, which has been key to their success, along with the network of professional contacts and friends their university experience provided.

Keith Milne Harrower (1948-2010)

 - OBIT by Dr Bob Newby.

I've known Keith for nearly half his life (and vice versa).

The information technology sector's continuing need for skilled employees has been given top priority by CQUniversity and the Mackay Information Technology Network (MITN).

The University and industry representative group this week (March 31) signed a Memorandum of Understanding at Mackay Campus to address skills shortages in the information technology sector.

The 1^st Annual CQUniversity ResearchExpo will take place from April 12 to 16.  This event will be a week-long celebration of our research activities, expertise and level of research engagement with industry, government and the community.

Alumnus Tiziana Zorzi's long association with our institution harks back to the 1970s when she was among Student Association executives who had the chance to mingle with Princess Alexandra, when Her Royal Highness visited to open the Rockhampton Campus Library.

Now based in the USA, Tiziana was recently visiting relatives in Yeppoon with her husband and family, and took the opportunity to retrace her steps at the Rockhampton Campus.

CQUniversity Student Association marketing officer Kerry Parsons has praised support for the World's Greatest Shave event held on Rockhampton Campus this week (March 31).

"Thank you to everyone who attended the event and donated money for The Rockhampton Leukaemia Foundation," Kerry says.

Congratulations to 7 of our senior academics who are profiled in the current 2010 Edition of Who's Who of Australian Women, published by Crown Content..