Papua New Guinean computing specialist Lorna Denema will join around 230 graduates travelling from throughout Central Queensland, Australia and overseas to attend their ceremony at CQUniversity Rockhampton Campus.

Helped by an AusAid scholarship, Lorna is proud to have completed her Master of Information Technology with Distinction, helping to develop her career as a lecturer at the Divine Word University in PNG.

The latest Rockhampton Campus graduation ceremony will be held from 2pm on Thursday February 23 at the CQ Community Sports Centre on Rockhampton Campus.

Graduates and their families and friends will hear from guest speaker Graham Carpenter, a CQUniversity alumnus who is now Chairman of the Board for Stanwell Corporation Ltd. A response on behalf of graduates will be delivered by Nicole Hinder, who has completed a Bachelor of Business (HRM) with Distinction.

Other proud graduates will include Matt Thompson. Matt has not only completed his Bachelor of Science (Honours) (Applied Physics) First Class. He's also the University Medallist and has earned the Chancellor Stan Jones Scholarship.

Faculty Medalist Jarrod Spear will attend, having completed Bachelor of Accounting with Distinction.

Phd graduate Jesmin Nahar has completed a thesis on Computational Intelligence for the Diagnosis of Cancer and Heart Diseases and PhD graduate Mohammad Mazid's thesis was on Intrusion Detection Using Machine Learning.

Other awards to be presented include the Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Learning and Teaching (to Michael O'Malley and Assoc Prof Peter Reaburn); the VC's Award for Emerging Researchers (to Dr Mitch Duncan); and the VC's Award for Excellence in Research Higher Degree Supervision (to Prof Brenda Happell).