Past and present staff and students of Central Queensland University’s STEPS program gathered at CQU Gladstone for a night of reminiscing, inspirational stories and celebrations last Friday.

Over 150 people attended an official function to mark the 20th anniversary of STEPS, the pre-university preparatory program that helps mature-age students achieve study ambitions.

Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner Pru Goward told a Rockhampton audience that the 20% female population in academia was a reflection of a lot of employment areas in Australia.

Commissioner Goward delivered a free public address at CQU Rockhampton on Wednesday titled 'What women research and what we need to know'.

A total of 117 new learning managers celebrated the completion of their teaching studies with a barbecue at Rockhampton’s Riverside Park this week (Tuesday, October 10).

The Bachelor of Learning Management (BLM) students were congratulated by Regional Executive Director of Schools, Rockhampton District, for Education Queensland, Lynne Foley, Catholic Education’s representative Dr Leigh Stower and Executive Dean of CQU’s Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Education, Professor Richard Smith.

It was dubbed the 'Posties' versus 'Undies' match when staff from CQU Sydney’s postgraduate campus took on the undergraduate campus in their first 'friendly' soccer match.

Staff members came together last Wednesday at the Domain sporting fields in the city to let off a bit of after-work steam.

Teaching Australian history will be up for debate when the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Education hosts visiting scholar Professor Kate Darian-Smith later this month.

The University of Melbourne History Professor will participate in a lunch-time colloquium on the 'Teaching Australian History Debate' on Friday October 27 (1pm-2pm at CQU Rockhampton, building 33/G.

Former Sydney International Campus student Christian Lik Shan Chu, has been offered a full scholarship to the University of Bradford in England to study a Master of Science in Digital Special Effects.

Christian was awarded the Sydney International Campus Directors award at his graduation in September 2005 for outstanding leadership after graduating from the Bachelor of Multimedia Studies with Distinction.

The Chinese Moon Festival was celebrated at the Sydney International Campus last Friday.

The Festival falls on the 15th of the 8th lunar month.

Plant Sciences PhD candidate kartik Venkatraman and former CQU student Mase C. Cheng participated in the Sunshine Coast doubles Badminton Championship at Nambour recently.

Research into cycling performance put CQU's Ben Dascombe within a point of winning the 'Young Investigator of the Year' Award at a peak industry conference recently.

The Rockhampton-based PhD candidate within the School of Health and Human Performance recently made the final of the award at the Australian Association for Exercise and Sports Science Conference held at the University of NSW from September 28-October 1.

Online newsletter 'the Hub' has profiled an initiative of the School of Commerce and Marketing, within the Faculty of Business & Informatics.

Lecturer Jim Callan is delighted that the publication (offering business and technology news for home business) has focused on CQU's 'e-Metaphor Framework for Interactivity on the Web' project.