Central Queensland University is hosting its first Fiji graduation since its move this year to a new campus (at 3rd Floor, 1 Ratu Dovi Road, Vinod Patel Plaza, Centrepoint, Laucala Beach Estate, Nasinu).

This move has occurred because the site CQU has occupied since 1998 was sold last year by TELECOM Fiji to the University of the South Pacific (USP), which requires vacant possession by April 1, 2004.

Ascertaining the risk and understanding the effect of flow accelerator corrosion at Mica Creek is all in a day's work for Central Queensland University student Bob Engwicht (pictured).

Bob has been working with Alf Little for the past nine months as part of CQU’s Cooperative Education scheme.

International students using the 'homestay' accommodation option while studying at Central Queensland University Language Centre are finding that Rockhampton is one of Australia's most hospitable and tolerant communities.

That is according to regular 'homestay mum' Michelle Hanlon (pictured with current Japanese visitor Yukako Kimura), who has hosted about 20 students from Japan, Korea and Thailand over the past two years.

Only one in five Central Queenslanders embarking on information technology careers is female, but a lunchtime event this week (Thursday, April 1) was held to help redress the situation.

Women in Technology co-hosted an information session with Central Queensland University to promote its 2004 Scholarship and Awards program.

The Queensland Cancer Fund’s 2004 Relay for Life has the support of even more CQU staff and students, with 10 000 Steps and the School of Health & Human Performance combining forces to raise money for cancer research.

Relay for Life is due to be held at CQU Rockhampton athletics track on May 15-16.

An author and consultant to Sweden's leading manufacturers will offer advice about e-commerce and e-logistics to a half-day public workshop in Rockhampton during April (Thursday morning, April 15).

Professor Dag Ericsson pioneered the Swedish concept of materials administration and supply chain management in the 1970s and founded the international Business Resource Management company.

CQU senior management is currently in negotiation with Australian University Quality Agency (AUQA) regarding the scheduling of the 2005 AUQA audit.

Completion and deployment of the CQU Quality Management Framework (QMF) is progressing through a final consultation and review process and will form the foundation for the AUQA audit preparation project.

The first in a series of outdoor film nights was held on Saturday night at CQU Gladstone.

More than 150 people attended the first Movies by Moonlight event and were treated to pre-feature entertainment by local band, “Looking for Matt”, a range of food vendors and two foreign films.

The CQU Security team has been presented with a Rotary Pride of Workmanship Award.

The Rockhampton East Rotary Club president Adrian DeGroot and Vocational Service Director Robyn Ivett presented the award during a ceremony this week.

The oldest AustraLearn student yet to study at CQU arrived in February leaving a husband and 14-year-old son back in Maine, USA.

Forty-eight-year-old Crystal Hamilton (pictured) is studying here for one semester and plans to finish a teaching qualification on her return home.