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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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Staff and students mingle with power institute 

CQUniversity engineering staff recently (March 11) joined students holding power engineering bursaries to mingle with representatives from industry and the Australian Power Institute (API).

They came together at a networking function hosted by Ergon Energy in Rockhampton.

PhotoID:6940, Academics and power engineering bursary holders at the API networking function
Academics and power engineering bursary holders at the API networking function

Staff representatives included Dr Adam Thomson, Associate Professor Ken Kwong, Dr Amanullah M Than Oo and Dr Mohammad Rasul.

API representatives included Dr Adriana Bodnarova (QUT) and API Chief Executive Mike Griffin. Ergon Energy Principal Engineer Network Investigations David Gray also attended.

Earlier in the day, Mr Griffin attended a campus barbecue to promote the opportunities of power engineering careers to first-year undergraduates. The visitor also discussed the 2009 API bursary program available for students.

PhotoID:6941, Power engineering bursary holders meet representatives from the API
Power engineering bursary holders meet representatives from the API