About $100,000 worth of costumes have arrived for the Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music’s first week of Chicago rehearsals. Brisbane choreographer Trevor Green has been putting the 31 Bachelor of Music students through their paces from Monday.

Year 10 Pioneer State High School students hope to regain the local National Science Week Year 10 Science Quiz trophy for the third consecutive year on Tuesday. The students will compete against teams of students from Bowen, Clermont, Mackay Christian College and Whitsunday Anglican School.

With almost all the Chicago performances sold out, Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music students have proved local performances can attract support similar to national tours.

Musical director Judith Brown said all evening performances were fully booked, with limited seats left for Friday morning August 22 and Saturday afternoon August 23 shows.

Students from around the country attended classes at Central Queensland University Gladstone this week as part of their engineering postgraduate studies.

Residential Week coordinator, Joanne Simper said 160 Maintenance Management students had attended on-campus classes over the past four days.

The University of the Sunshine Coast and Central Queensland University (CQU) have celebrated the return of nursing education to the Sunshine Coast after a 10-year absence.

The first 31 students to be enrolled in the Bachelor of Health (Nursing) degree at the University of the Sunshine Coast were recently (August 5) joined by their families, staff and more than 100 guests for the official ceremony at the Sippy Downs campus.

Central Queensland University is giving you the chance to win two great prizes at the CQ Multicultural Fair and CQU Open Day this Sunday August 17.

Grab your Passport at one of the University’s open day activities or at the information tent and you could win a HP Printer or Multi Function Device to the value of $400-500 or two adult return tickets from Rockhampton to Brisbane (excluding meals and beverages), economy class, aboard Queensland Rail’s Tilt Train.

Nine new Australians will celebrate becoming an Australian citizen at this year’s Central Queensland Multicultural Fair and CQU Open Day at the Rockhampton campus this Sunday, August 17.

As part of the official opening of this year’s Multicultural Fair, the Rockhampton City Council in conjunction with CQU and ABC Capricornia will mark this important milestone in the lives of these new citizens.

'Bananas in Pyjamas' - arguably the most popular children's act in the country - will be back again this year at the CQ Multicultural Fair.

The Bananas appearance is part of ABC Capricornia's contribution to the Fair which is jointly presented by ABC Capricornia and Central Queensland University.

More than 300 high school students and community members attended a recent Emerald Careers Expo organised by CQU Emerald's Janice Moriarty.

Ms Moriarty said it was encouraging that local industry groups were among the 34 exhibitors, from as far afield as Townsville and Brisbane.

CQU Emerald has hosted a reconciliation event as part of NAIDOC Week celebrations.

A Statement of Reconciliation was handed over to descendants from the local Wangan and Kiari tribes.