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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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CQCM lecturer interviewed for TIME magazine 

Published on 18 August, 2006 

CQCM lecturer, Kim Kirkman has once again made the news but this time has been interviewed by TIME magazine.

Elizabeth Keenan, TIME magazine journalist, heard about Kim’s work with the Mackay Choral Society as Music Director for its up and coming production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera 'The Gondoliers' and thought it sounded like a good story.

PhotoID:3189 Kim was thrilled to not only have been interviewed but also to see the article published in the most recent TIME magazine under the ‘Australia Journeys’ section of the famous mag.

The article focuses on the team spirit and good times had by the members of the Choral Society at rehearsal with Kim. The necessity to love music is highlighted as the only prerequisite for a spot with the group's production.

The article can be viewed at:.

www.time.com/time/pacific/magazine/article/0,13673,503060814-1223433,00.html .

Photo above: The most recent edition of TIME magazine features a story on CQCM lecturer Kim Kirkman and his work with the Mackay Choral Society.