A dawn phone call from Breakfast radio giant and comedian Red Symons was the last thing CQU's Lisa Bricknell expected after making a presentation at an environmental health conference recently.

Ms Bricknell's conference topic was aflatoxin contamination - surely not something the news media would have grabbed with 2 hands and run with.

The latest crop of Central Queensland graduating engineers are being snapped up to help lead Australia's resources boom.

The 27 CQU Engineering students who will give their final presentations in Rockhampton this week (Friday, June 20) are already on the radar of potential employers and many will be considering job offers, even before completing their degrees.

CQU Bachelor of Performing Arts drama students recently made a welcome return to the stage to present 2 performances in one showcase.

They performed 9999 - You live 1nce, don't regret it (Advanced Level students) and Who's Afraid of the Working Class (Level One Students) in early June at the University's Bencke Studio.

Fiction, non-fiction, children's books, text books, music (including LPs), magazines and much, much more is still being sought for the massive CQU Annual Book Sale to be held on August 24-25.

The book sale is not far away but the Library still needs more donations to make it a really successful event.

The simple act of creating water holes has turned into a ‘whole in one' project for Rockhampton Golf Club, in terms of linking organizations and people from all walks of life.

The networking involved has turned an initial Commonwealth Water Grant of $46,000 into a finished product valued at well over $500,000 if done at full commercial rates.