Orchestral and symphonic music will flow throughout St Paul's Cathedral from 6.30pm on Wednesday, April 20, when 100 Central Queensland secondary school musicians dedicate their concert performance to CQ flood families.

The characters from Mighty Foods the Musical will return to the stage in Mackay next month in a second crusade towards encouraging healthy eating habits in children..

CQUniversity Gladstone researcher Gopinath Chattopadhyay has had a flying start to 2011, facilitating a major conference and attracting media attention to his work on rail grinding and lubrication.

And he's also been making his mark across the globe, with one of his publications based on collaboration with Sweden's Lulea University of Technology making International journal publisher Emerald Group's top reading list for the maintenance performance measurement area.

Two outstanding students will receive medals and two researchers will accept doctoral awards during the CQUniversity's Bundaberg graduation ceremony, at the Moncrieff Theatre from 4pm on Thursday April 14.

The event features an academic procession from the Civic Centre to the Theatre before the ceremony.

Sea Dreams is a week-long community arts festival planned for the Gladstone region from August 20-28 in 2011. 

It will involve creative writing, ballet, drama, music and visual art as well as public talks and possibly film.

CQUniversity Rockhampton Campus staff and students prepared for the annual Mini Olympics with a parade of flags and torch lighting ceremony on Friday.

UniNews' Peter Lawrence was on hand to capture the action which included a performance by Thai students visiting our English Language Centre as part of a Universal Cultural Exchange program.

Immigration and Citizenship Minister Chris Bowen has officially opened the impressive new CQUniversity Brisbane Campus at 160 Ann Street, during an evening function for invited guests..

CQUniversity Mackay researcher Dr Judith Wake has taken on the role of Chair of the Ecosystem and Water Quality Think Tank, which feeds expert scientific and technical advice into the new Healthy Waterways Alliance for the Mackay Whitsunday Isaac regions.

The new waterways alliance body was officially launched at our Mackay Campus on April 7, bringing together key organisations with an interest in waterway health from across the state and region, creating a strategic partnership to improve water quality and aquatic ecosystem health.

CQUniversity academic Kerry Reid-Searl has gained renown for using Hollywood-standard silicone masks as an educational tool, through a process now known as MASK ED ^TM(KRS Simulation)*.

Her University colleagues are used to seeing the innovative Associate Professor take on the guise of elderly hospital patients while helping Nursing students to understand clinical procedures.