CQU's Professor Evelyn Hovenga recently returned from San Francisco where she attended the International Medical Informatics Association Board and General Assembly, the IMIA Nursing Informatics, and the IMIA Education working group meetings, the Medinfo2004 international conference and the ISO TC215 meetings as a member of the Australian delegation.

"In between I also attended meetings and social functions with health informatics leaders, the American MedicalInformatics Association (AMIA), the IMIA Medinfo steering committee, the IMIA senior officers club and the AMIA nursing informatics group," she said.

Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar Alicia Clendenin has gained a real taste of Australia since arriving at CQU Rockhampton in February.

Alicia spent the first term working hard to gain a Graduate Certificate in Marketing Management but lately she's been having a bit of fun with a grab-bag of undergrad programs including Australian history, Australian sociology, PR and media and outdoor pursuits.

Stories about talking fish, nude models, an illegal cricket bat, Jupiter's Casino, Jewish orange cake, growing up with the Hills Hoist and the FJ Holden, a vampire bat seeking converts and a pod of women ocean-swimming..

Bobby-Lee Kennedy returns to CQU this week with a team of auditors from KPMG to carry out the annual university audit.

The Auditor General's Department has for the first time awarded a contract to a consulting firm for the audit and we are fortunate to have on the team one of our former students.

Emerald-based graduate Glen Millar has a day job with Natural Resources and Mines involving large-scale catchment research and computer-modelling.

But he has also developed a business as a Microsoft Powerpoint guru.

CQU graduate John Millar is the Director of Physical Facilities and Information Technology for the Pacific Area for the Church Educational System of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

The Sydney-based man is graduating in Rockhampton on Saturday with the Professional Doctorate (Transdisciplinary Studies).

Associate Professor Gayle Jennings, School of Marketing and Tourism, was one of number of international authors invited to contribute to the forthcoming three-volume Encyclopedia Of Social Measurement to be published by Academic Press/Elsevier in November 2004.

Associate Professor Jennings contributed two articles to the Encyclopedia: ‘Business, Examples of Social Science Methods Used in’ and ‘Business Research, Examples of Theoretical Paradigms that inform’.

Rockhampton’s Sharon Marks is looking forward to graduation day (Saturday, October 2) as the proof she is fully recovered from serious head injuries sustained while working as a volunteer overseas.

A few years ago, she was working as a biodiversity officer through Australian Volunteers International in Tuvalu, a tiny coral atoll developing country about 1000km north of Fiji, when she was assaulted and medivaced back to Australia.

Simon Kelly has gained a job as an adviser to Federal Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister, the Hon Warren Truss MP, after completing a degree at CQU.

He will attend his graduation in Rockhampton on Saturday (October 2).

Graduating CQU student Debara Foran is hoping for an extra award soon after she collects her graduate certificate in Human Resource Management at a ceremony in Rockhampton on Saturday, October 2.

Ms Foran, a consultant currently working as a project manager for Ergon Energy in Rockhampton, is currently short-listed for the regional AIM (Australian Institute of Management) Professional Manager of the Year awards due to be announced later in October.