Queensland IVF patients can draw on Judith Applegarth's broad health experience but they might occasionally need her ability to focus on a target as well.

You see, Judith has managed to become a multi-skilled nurse and midwife while also reaching state and national competition level in target shooting.

Year 4 and 5 students at St Peter's School in Rockhampton have been gearing up to complete a virtual walk of the Great Wall of China, as part of a CQUniversity research project.

Students will wear a personal pedometer to measure the number of steps they take on a daily basis and will get the chance to add the statistics into an interactive website.

Noosa has hosted the first graduation under Central Queensland University's new brand - CQUniversity Australia.

The brand change was launched during a function at the University's Goodchap Street facility on the same day as the Noosa graduations.

CQUniversity Mackay had a role in supporting the first graduate from the University of Tasmania's Master of Contemporary Arts course offered by distance mode in Mackay: 53-year-old Ann Williams-Fitzgerald.

The head of the UTAS School of Visual and Performing Art, Professor Vincent McGrath, said that Master of Contemporary Arts by distance mode had first been offered in 2007.

Stacey Rigney walked out of CQUniversity recently, confident that she had already established a career path with the Australian Navy.

In fact, the mechanical engineering (Co-op) student had already been allocated a rank and had gained work experience with the Navy's helicopter service.

CQUniversity Australia and educational industry leaders had reason to celebrate recently with the launch of the new Graduate Diploma of Learning Management (Executive Leadership) available through CQUniversity, starting this July.

The Graduate Diploma of Learning Management (Executive Leadership) was officially launched last month at a ceremony to thank and acknowledge industry partners who assisted in developing this innovative program.