She’s smaller than a cat, has fur like a dog and looks like a baby kangaroo, but she is none of these. Kooloola is a southern hairy-nosed wombat – the newest addition to the Central Queensland’s Wombat Research Centre.

Central Queensland University’s SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) team dazzled adjudicators at the recent national competition taking home three awards.

The eight-student team was presented with the runner-up award in the Cadbury Schweppes League, while Professor Glenice Hancock was awarded the Woolworths Leadership Award for the Most Supportive Vice-Chancellor.

Central Queensland University Melbourne International Campus opened its first library cafe this month.

The focus of the cafe was to further improve the facilities offered to students on campus.

There's been no rest for the dressmakers but costumes are finally ready for the production of Kiss Me Kate in Mackay next month.

The major production of Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music will be staged from 8pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights (August 22-24), with matinees at 11am on the Thursday and Friday and at 1pm on the Saturday.

Rockhampton has been known as Rockvegas for many years and now it can get a taste of Las Vegas, thanks to a new production at the Pilbeam Theatre.

Vegas Showstoppers will be presented from 2.

Organisers of Community Technology Day, 26 August, like to say “you don’t have to understand I-T to use it.” To that end, they’ve scheduled demonstrations at Rockhampton High and infotainment at the Pilbeam theatre to highlight the benefits of technology as a community component.

Central Queensland University staff, students and local residents are invited to participate in a workshop on Electronic Health Records (EHR's): Clinical Aspect and Standards to be held at Rydges Capricorn International Resort on the 2 and 3 August at Yeppoon.

The workshop will be of major interest to health professionals providing direct patient care in any setting, health researchers, those involved in clinical governance, academics, health service managers and health information technology, information management or information systems specialists.

The Virtual Conservatorium is now a reality, with the first Master of Arts Administration (MAA) students starting on-line studies with Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music this week.

The MAA degree has more than 100 students enrolled in Sydney, Rockhampton and now in Cyberspace - making CQCM's post graduate entity the largest of any conservatorium in Australia.

At 77 years of age, Grace Johansen has become one of Central Queensland University’s oldest students to receive a Doctoral Degree.

The Doctor of Philosophy, one of the highest degrees obtainable, earns Grace the title of \'Doctor\' and places her on the top rung of the academic ladder.

Research at Central Queensland University on digital image enhancement is leading to development of a new tool that will remove high levels of noise from digital images, significantly increasing overall quality and picture resolution.

Associate Professor Russel Stonier of the School of Mathematical and Decision Sciences and Mohamed Anver, will present their findings on artificial intelligence and image processing at two conferences this week in the United States.