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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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Inaugural Opal Awards go to projects based in Mackay, Bundaberg and Rocky 

Published on 22 November, 2010 

CQUniversity's first-ever Opal Awards for community engagement have gone to recipients based at the Mackay, Bundaberg and Rockhampton campuses.

The Opal Awards celebrate those who build relationships that support the development of sustainable communities and an equally sustainable CQUniversity.

PhotoID:10044, Vice-Chancellor Professor Scott Bowman with the OPAL-winning MIST team from Bundaberg L-R Wendy Fasso, Dr Rosie Thrupp and Margaret Flanders
Vice-Chancellor Professor Scott Bowman with the OPAL-winning MIST team from Bundaberg L-R Wendy Fasso, Dr Rosie Thrupp and Margaret Flanders

The category winners were the Choices Applied Theatre Project team (Judith Brown, Lisa McKay, Sean Perez and Katelyn Ryan) based at Mackay Campus, Dr Surya Bhattarai's Make That Water Work project based in Rockhampton and Bundaberg's MIST Conference project (Wendy Fasso, Marg Flanders and Rosie Thrupp).

The winners received opal pins as a momento of the award. Prizes were presented by Dr Pierre Viljoen, the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Community and Engagement) and Head of Campus Mackay.

LINK for Choices seeks to reduce risk-taking at Schoolies

LINK for Surya seeks water use efficiencies for irrigated agriculture

LINK for MIST encourages children to engage with science, IT, maths or technology

LINK HERE for a full list of Opal Awards. 

LINK HERE for background on the Opal Awards

PhotoID:10045, OPAL winner Dr Surya Bhattarai
OPAL winner Dr Surya Bhattarai PhotoID:10047, Kim Mackenzie accepts the Opal Award on behalf of the Choices Applied Theatre Project team of Judith Brown, Lisa McKay, Sean Perez and Katelyn Ryan
Kim Mackenzie accepts the Opal Award on behalf of the Choices Applied Theatre Project team of Judith Brown, Lisa McKay, Sean Perez and Katelyn Ryan