Students, staff and graduates from the Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Education helped ensure the success of one of Rockhampton's foremost events, Big River Jazz, on Saturday night (September 8).

Thousands of patrons enjoyed the local and visiting bands in the wonderful Ski Gardens riverside location.

Central Queensland University is giving high school students the chance to get a headstart on their career by studying university courses while still in school.

CQU Vice-Chancellor Professor John Rickard recently (Sept 10) launched the Start Uni Now (SUN) program.

An interest in earthquake engineering and seismic monitoring has led CQU Adjunct Research Fellow Mike Turnbull to join a select group of seismologists who will participate in a seismic data management workshop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in October this year.

Mr Turnbull is a research worker at CQU Gladstone's Process Engineering and Light Metals centre (PELM) and was recently awarded a full scholarship to attend the exclusive event.

This year, CQU's Advanced Public Relations students have been put to the test with their first assignment involving the running of a real-life PR campaign for a local charity, Rockhampton Horse Riding for the Disabled Association (RHRDA).

The students have been hard at work since the start of term planning and implementing a Wine and Cheese Evening for September 21 at Rockhampton Customs House, in an effort to raise awareness and gain much-needed funds for the RHRDA.

Classically trained vocalist and violinist Kim Kirkman has taken the opera 'Tosca' down a very dark alley and smashed and grabbed its valuable melodies and chord progressions for what he calls a 'technopera', featuring house music and acid beats.

Almost everything else about the original has been left bleeding in the gutter, including the fat, bloated 3-hour length.

Congratulations to sports teams which have proudly carried the CQU name in finals of rugby union, rugby league, soccer, hockey and AFL in recent weeks.

These teams were previously affiliated with CQU Student Association but have kept their names despite reduced CQUSA involvement in the wake of VSU.

Comprehensive and long-term strategies are required to reduce the potential of social exclusion among some young Muslim people in Australia.

That is according to researchers who have just completed a study of identity and self-perception of young Muslim people.

CQU's Equity and Diversity Office recently awarded the Equity Computer Award to Sonia Bridgeman, a first-year Bachelor of Learning Management student at CQU Emerald.

To be eligible for the award, students need to demonstrate difficulty in accessing reliable computers and have at least 2 years' academic study load remaining.