As new students arrived at CQUniversity Emerald Learning Centre for orientation recently, student mentors and centre staff worked overtime to ensure there was no 'fear factor'.

Student mentors assist the new first-year students to settle into University life.

Already well recognised for its sugar, rum, tourism, horticulture and aviation industry, Bundaberg will now be known as a ‘University City' as well.

Bundaberg Regional Council and CQUniversity Australia signed an Accord this week (Feb 28) as a formal expression of their common goals and partnership intentions.

CQUniversity's Information Technology Division (ITD) was delighted to donate 10 computers to the Rockhampton branch of the National Union of Retired Workers, on behalf of the University recently.

ITD's Client Support Manager Owen Osborne and Senior Technology Support Officer Josh Batts were on hand to present NURW President Marion Lawler and several of the branch members with the computers at the NURW headquarters in Rockhampton.

Tasmanian-based author Peter Kay has earned a book publishing deal thanks to his writing talents, following encouragement to try a 'magical realist' writing style.

Peter's PhD supervisor Associate Professor Wally Woods helped him try a more adventurous style and now the CQUniversity doctoral student has a book publishing deal with Interactive Publications.

CQUniversity has unveiled a state-of-the-art collaborative learning space as the centrepiece of its highly-anticipated $2.5 million Noosa Campus expansion.

Early last year, Tomonori Ichinose was feeling sorry for Queenslanders caught up in summer floods, little knowing that his own country of Japan was about to experience something much worse with a triple whammy earthquake, tsunami and radiation emergency. Tens of thousands were killed and many more left homeless.

Rockhampton's Joanne Emmert has plenty to look forward to as she takes on a new career with the Department of Education and Training, thanks to graduating with a Bachelor of Learning Management (Secondary and Vocational Education and Training) from CQUniversity.

She can also look back on what has been a bumpy ride over the past few years.

IT lecturer Michael O'Malley has been recognised with a Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, presented during the recent graduation ceremony on Rockhampton Campus.

This award acknowledges Michael for developing an innovative, engaging, and personalised method of teaching complex programming concepts for first-year students that motivate and inspire learning.

Associate Professor Peter Reaburn received a Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching during the recent graduation ceremony on Rockhampton Campus.

This award acknowledges Peter for applying inspirational, student-centred teaching strategies and research-based assessment practices, to achieve outstanding, long-term student learning outcomes, through exercise physiology courses.

CQUniversity Professor Brenda Happell has been recognised with a Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research Higher Degree Supervision, during the recent graduation ceremony on Rockhampton Campus.

This award acknowledges Brenda Happell for her commitment to achieving an outstanding level of performance in supervising, mentoring and training research higher degree candidates.