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Engaging Indigenous people within Higher Ed

CQUniversity's Office of Indigenous Engagement recently hosted a visit from the Oodgeroo Unit of Queensland University of Technology (QUT), at Rockhampton Campus.

Professor Anita Lee Hong, Director of the Oodgeroo Unit, and Lone Pearce, Project Officer, met with Office of Indigenous Engagement staff to discuss employment issues and best practice models for engaging Indigenous people within the higher education sector, including governance matters.

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Melbourne Campus celebrates high achievers 

CQUniversity Melbourne has celebrated the success of 16 high-achieving Term 1 2010 students*, during a gathering on September 21.

The honoured students shared a few tears of joy with their lecturers while receiving their commendation letter from the State Director (Victoria), Darryl Stewart.

PhotoID:9683, Melbourne Campus high-achievers gather to be recognised
Melbourne Campus high-achievers gather to be recognised

One student went as far as to say that she was so motivated and touched with the recognition that she will work hard to be back at the next event with top marks for more courses.

While students thanked their lecturers for the best possible support and guidance, lecturers acknowledged how proud they were of the top students. One of the lecturers commented that the top students "provide us with the best motivation to strive for better Learning & Teaching skills".

The analysis of Term 1 2010 results revealed 50 other Melbourne students secured either the second or the third top positions across their University courses.

The top 16 students were:

Yarlagadda Ramya

Joseph Joyal

Hettiarachchi Yaseema

Nishikawa Yuka

Panich Napawan

Muliadi Sutjiawati

Prasad Kushiel

Al Darei Hamad Salem Saeed Slayem

. Upasna

Choksy Natasha

Muliadi Sutjiawati

Gaynutdinova Gyulnara

Shigetomi Ayaka

Jin Sun

Akila Udara Siriwardhana

Waseem Shaik

PhotoID:9684, More images from the presentation event. LINK HERE for a larger image
More images from the presentation event. LINK HERE for a larger image