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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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Fundraiser helps Japanese tsunami victims 

Published on 17 May, 2011 

CQUniversity staff and students turned out for a special barbecue last week to support the victims of Japan's recent earthquake and tsunami.

The event raised almost $750 which will be donated to the Salvation Army's Japan Relief Appeal.

PhotoID:10841, Suika Ito thanked those who offered support during the Japanese crisis at last week's fundraiser.
Suika Ito thanked those who offered support during the Japanese crisis at last week's fundraiser.About 15,000 people died in the horrific events that unfolded in Japan, while there are still around 15,000 people missing. There was dreadful damage to homes, industry and infrastructure.

CQUniversity was hosting a number of exchange students from Japan at the time of the event, as well as a number of Study Tours at the English Language Centre.

At last week's event, Suika Ito, who comes from Miyagi University of Education in Sendai, spoke of the comfort and strength that the Japanese people have found from gestures like the fundraising barbecue held at the University.