Over 100 invited guests enjoyed lunch with Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson on Friday as he unveiled the federal government’s plan to fund a science and technology precinct based at Central Queensland University Mackay.

CQU Vice Chancellor Professor John Rickard and Head of Mackay Campus, Professor Phillip Clift were among the invited guests at the lunch held in the grounds of CQU Mackay.

The Postgraduate Student Organisation (PSO) and International Student Alliance (ISA), with active support from CQU Student Association; recently organised a conference to educate students about exam preparation, plagiarism, overseas health cover and immigration.

Students were pleased with the guidance provided by Mary Agar Wilson and Roslyn McCarthy (both from Student Services) in relation to exam procedures.

Work is planned to rectify cracks which have been developing in the external wall of the Old District Court in East Street.

CQU Director of Facilities Management Philip Hancock said the Queensland Government Department of Public Works and the University had jointly agreed to a program of works to rectify the problem.

School leavers, university graduates and people with a trade qualification are enouraged to consider becoming a high school teacher.

CQU Gladstone has announced it will introduce the Bachelor of Learning Management (BLM) degree with a secondary school option from next year, thanks to additional funded places from the Commonwealth Government.

There was plenty of 'gown' at the Sydney Town Hall for last Friday's CQU Sydney graduation ceremony.

Photo (right): Campus Director's Leadership Award Recipients assemble with CQU staff.

In 1949 on Australia Day weekend, eight teams played three days of cricket in the searing heat in Charters Towers.

They weren't to realise it at the time but, over 50 years later, Charters Towers is still hosting cricketers on the Australia Day weekend in the searing summer heat.

Rockhampton residents can explore pathways towards teaching careers by attending an information evening at Central Queensland University next Wednesday (September 22) from 5.30pm-6.

Jazz and sports icons Don Burrows AO MBE and John Bertrand AM were among guests for Central Queensland University graduation ceremonies in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this month (September).

The CQU graduation ceremony at Sydney Town Hall on Friday, September 10, included the presentation of an Honorary Doctor of Education degree to Don Burrows, who has been at the forefront of the jazz world for most of his 62 years in the business.

After a renal/pancreas transplant and 17 years away from the workforce, Sheena Hutchison never imagined she would be setting foot in hospital again as a nurse.

However, she has now completed her "extra special journey", thanks to enrolment in Central Queensland University's Competence Assessment Service.

CQU staff member David Downer has used a fusion of painting and photography to create works for his first art exhibition, ‘The Light Fantastic’.

The exhibition will be open from 7pm on Friday, November 5, at the Walter Reid Cultural Centre in East Street.