CQU’s Professor David Midmore, based in Rockhampton, was invited to make a presentation to the Third OFA Conference, and the Darling Harbour Convention Centre, on the subject of sustainability in intensive organic production systems.

The conference was timed to coincide with the Organic Expo 2006, Australia's premier certified organic and environmental products and services (eco-ganics) expo.

CQU has had representatives from the Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Health and the Mackay campus partipating in the biannual Mackay Mining Expo this week.

This event is a showcase of over 400 participating organisations with involvement in the mining industry.

Staff at CQU Mackay campus last week learnt more about why they should look after their hearts at the first of a series of Health and Wellbeing sessions supported by CQU Mackay campus.

While 26 staff members of CQU Mackay munched on a healthy, hearty lunch, Heart Foundation representative and physiotherapist Mandy Lawless highlighted some of the alarming statistics on heart disease and the Australian population and ways to combat heart disease.

CQU Noosa Hub has (Saturday, July 22) celebrated its third graduation ceremony, at the Sheraton Noosa Resort.

A total of 37 graduates attended - most from the innovative learning management program which has been praised at national level.

Country music recording artist Kimber Sparks credits CQU with helping to ease her back into the world of study, and her marketing lessons have given her confidence to tackle the music industry head on.

Kimber's aptly titled debut single 'Go Get 'em Girl' has already reached number one on country music countdowns around the world and her new video is playing nationally on the Country Music Channel.

CQU has expressed sadness over news this week of the death of a key founder, Greig Turner.

Greig was not only among a select group of people who advocated for a Rockhampton-based tertiary institution in the 1950s.

CQU Bachelor of Creative Enterprise student Anthony Doak is turning from class-smart to street-smart to give real meaning to the core performance and entrepreneurial apects of his degree.

The Rockhampton-based 3rd-year student will perform with professional entertainers at the Brisbane EKKA (August 10-19) and, later this year, will work behind the scenes for Cairns' Just Us Theatre Ensemble.

All interested people are welcome at a free presentation about efforts to create an internet reference library of the DNA barcodes of the world's fish species (currently numbering up to 30,000).

The presentation is from 1pm-2pm on Wednesday, August 9, at CQU Rockhampton (building 32 room G.

CQU's International Program of Psycho-Social Health Research initiative has published an article in collaboration with psychiatric experts, describing an innovative approach for psychiatric training in Queensland.

The collaboration developed and refined a psychiatric training package for schizophrenia through an interactive workshop.

CQU Faculty of Business and Informatics was a proud sponsor of the Association of Financial Services Educators annual conference held Sydney recently.

The conference was well attended by CQU staff, including Gold Coast International Campus Director Associate Professor Ken Bruce, Helen Yang from CQU's Melbourne campus, Commerce lecturer Rakesh Gupta and Head of Commerce Beth Tennent from Rockhampton campus.