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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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Gladstone hosts avalanche of awards 

Published on 07 December, 2012 

More than a dozen student prizes and scholarships will be presented during an afternoon tea at CQUniversity Gladstone, from 2pm on Monday, December 10.

Around 50 people have been invited, including Nicholas Linwood and Reuben Smith who have been short-listed for the QAL scholarship. The winner will be announced during the afternoon tea.

The QAL scholarship (and runner-up award) will be announced by Mike Dunstan, General Manager of QAL.  Others attending from QAL include Peter Odgers (Chief Financial officer), Peter Barnwell (manager - Engineering and Asset Integrity), Mark Greenaway (manager - Utilities) and Jade Walters and Crystal Lindberg from Community Relations.

The guest list also includes: Glenn Schumacher, General Manager of NRG Gladstone and Gladstone Regional Engagement Committee Chair; Peter Corones, Companion of the University, and former Mayor of Gladstone; State Member for Gladstone Liz Cunningham; and Professor Chad Hewitt, the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) and Head of Gladstone Campus.

Other awards include:

Ryan Muller                        - Andrew Cataldo Memorial Prize

Joshua Ward                      - Bruce Hiskens Memorial Prize

Johnathon Baque            - Bruce Hiskens Prize

Evan Baylis                          - David McPherson Memorial Prize

Damien Hansen                - Homer Cheng Ergon Energy Memorial Prize

Samuel Eborn                    - Queensland Alumina Limited Engineering Prize

Palisa Huoth                       - Reg Tanna Memorial Prize

Graham Banks                   -  Australian Institute of Management, Gladstone Prize

Bernice Robertson          -  Catholic Education (Diocese of Rockhampton) Prize

Bernice Robertson           -  CQUniversity Gladstone Learning and Innovation Prize (joint winner with Danielle Johnston)

Danielle Johnston            -  CQUniversity Gladstone Learning and Innovation Prize (joint winner with Bernice Robertson)

Joshua Oates                     - CQUniversity Humanities Honours Prize            

Donna Rooney                  - War Widows Guild of Australia - Gladstone Prize