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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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Connecting the brain and the heart 

Two people met, became friends and found love. This is the story of Michael Bradley and Debra Crosswell.

The couple commenced their studies at CQUniversity, one in 2009 and the other in 2010.  One chose Bachelor of Arts (Sociology) while the other chose the Bachelor of Learning Management.

As they studied their love grew, blossoming into a deep commitment and a desire to marry.

PhotoID:12174, Nulloo Yumbah Coordinator Cheri Yavu-Kama-Harathunian officiating at Debra and Michael Bradley's wedding.
Nulloo Yumbah Coordinator Cheri Yavu-Kama-Harathunian officiating at Debra and Michael Bradley's wedding.

On February 19 this year, the couple celebrated their wedding in the beautiful gardens of CQUniversity Bundaberg.

Family, friends, CQUniversity staff and students were there in force to celebrate with the couple on their wedding day.

One of their lecturers, Cheri Yavu-Kama-Harathunian officiated at the sacred event, making it a CQUniversity Bundaberg first.

According to Cheri, university and study can be the impetus for romance and life-long commitment.

"Michael and Debbie's courses will end with the gaining of their degrees of choice. What happened to them along the way will be with them for the rest of their lives.

"We congratulate both students for being the first to celebrate such an important event in their lives on the campus where they are still learning to 'Be Who They Want To Be', together."

* Nulloo Yumbah in the language of the Darumbal people means ‘our home' or ‘place' and it's more formally known as CQUniversity's Indigenous Learning, Spirituality & Research Centre.