The CQU graduation ceremony at Melbourne last week (September 9 at the Grand Hyatt in Collins Street) included a guest speech by Lord Mayor John So.

A total of 183 graduates attended, representing more than 20 nationalities.

The CQU Library Society’s annual second-hand book sale has been and gone, but the profits will linger longer.

The sale included close to 10 000 items donated by the public and various libraries.

Sunshine Coast residents now have more opportunity to prepare as secondary school teachers in a local environment.

Preparing for the fifth intake of students in 2005, Noosa Hub sub-Dean David Lynch has announced that CQU’s Bachelor of Learning Management (BLM) degree will be extended to include secondary studies.

Brisbane primary school pupils were in full control of an electron microscope peering at lady beetles and bed bugs this week (Tues, Sept 14).

But they had to arrive at school a little earlier than normal (8am) to fit in with ‘Bugscope’ staff at the University of Illinois, Urban-Champaign, who set up the experiment on Monday evening (USA time).

If today’s MBA doesn’t help you understand and respond more effectively to the uncertainty and complexity that is today, then what good is it? An MBA, you have noticed, is no longer exclusive. Gaining a MBA from a reputable university, however, is still hard work.

CQU Bachelor of Information Technology student Crystal Gill has won the 2004 WIT Scholarship for Indigenous Women in Technology.

Crystal is in her first year of study at Central Queensland University and is “thrilled to receive the scholarship”, which includes 12 months' paid work experience with Brisbane City Council.

CQU's business program is one of only eight in Australia to be accredited by the peak human resources body for the next three years.

HR lecturer Karen Windeknecht (pictured) is pleased to announce that graduates of our Bachelor of Business (Human Resources Management) program will now have automatic membership of the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) when they apply.

The Rockhampton and Capricorn Coast region has won the right to host the Sustainable Economic Growth for Regional Australia (SEGRA) National Conference in September 2005. Chief Executive of Rockhampton Regional Development, Ms Margaret Goody, said the organisers of SEGRA stated that the region would provide an interesting and stimulating setting to raise issues of value to delegates, as well as profiling broader regional economic development issues.

Farmers and graziers can now support each other via the internet to develop environmental management systems (EMS).

A new pilot project encourages small groups of property managers to work together with an experienced facilitator to develop their own EMS.

Year 11 and 12 students and their parents are welcome to attend a Co-op Engineering information day at CQU campuses in Gladstone, Bundaberg, Mackay and Rockhampton, from 9am to 1pm on Sunday, September 12.

Participating students will be eligible for one of 12 $1000 scholarships being offered to promote Co-op Engineering.