A severe storm did not dampen the spirits of Business & Law students who had gathered to celebrate completing their final term of study on the Rockhampton Campus recently.

While there appeared to an abundance of those completing a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) degree, other students attended and all were glad to have completed the requirements of their degree program.

CQU's School of Chemical and Biomedical Sciences has hosted a visit by one of Australia's leading chemistry researchers in a bid to keep its courses as fresh and industry relevant as possible.

Professor Paul Haddad, an expert on separation science and analytical and environmental chemistry, was invited as a sounding board and extra perspective for the School's self-driven strategic analysis.

Out-going CQU Library Society president and renowned concert pianist Regis Danillon was farewelled recently at the Society’s final meeting for 2003.

CQU Library Manager Pauline McNee said Mr Danillon would be missed greatly by the Library Society, after being on the committee for three years and president for 2003.

Central Queensland's world-class process industries now have a world-class research and development centre in Queensland's busiest port.

High-quality staff, equipment and multifunctional facilities have been assembled at Central Queensland University Gladstone, located on Gladstone's marina.

Central Queensland University’s media historian Dr Denis Cryle has been awarded an ARC Discovery Grant to pursue a project that investigates the role and changing significance of an international media body.

The project, Empire and Antipodes: Australian-New Zealand involvement in the Empire/Commonwealth Press Union (1909-1970), will be undertaken in collaboration with Dr Chandrika Kaul, St Andrews University, Scotland.

CQU Bundaberg has been piloting a program to attract and retain males in teaching called MATES (Male Teacher Support) .

Throughout the world, the numbers of male teachers particularly in primary schools is rapidly declining.

CQU School of Health and Human Performance (HHP) staff were prominent during the recent Sports Medicine Australia 2003 Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport.

HHP Biomechanist Adam Bryant received the British Journal of Sports Medicine Award for Best Clinical Sports Medicine Poster for his paper "Is tibial acceleration related to knee functionality in ACL deficient and ACL reconstructed patients?".

CQU Press has published a vast range of books but it has become the only university press in the world to specialise in northern Australia's outback culture and heritage.

The CQU Press imprint called Old Silvertail's Outback Books has certainly helped keep the dream alive.

State Development leaders Mike Hefferan and Brian Anker and commercialisation expert Dr Rowan Gilmore visited CQU Rockhampton on Thursday, October 30, on their way to Friday's opening of Gladstone's Processing Engineering Light Metals (PELM) Centre.

Mr Hefferan is the Executive Director, Industry Development, for the Department of State Development.

International Development Program country directors Isla Winarto (Indonesia); Shyamala Elango (United Arab Emirates); and Zoe Setshwane (South Africa) spent a day at CQU Rockhampton this week.

The opportunity for CQU staff and the IDP representatives to meet and discuss emerging market opportunities and trends was invaluable and will help strengthen CQU's relationships with these countries.