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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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Four PhDs and an honorary doctorate for Rockhampton graduation 

Published on 18 September, 2012 

Four PhD scholars and an honorary doctorate recipient will be among 178 graduates celebrating at CQUniversity's Rockhampton ceremony, from 2pm on Thursday September 20.

The PhD scholars have completed research in areas as diverse as assisted reproductive technology nursing, aeration of subsurface drip irrigation water, Indigenous adolescent offending, and tracking control for computer networks.

PhotoID:13150, Guest speaker Patrice Brown
Guest speaker Patrice Brown

Meantime, Judith Tatow will also have the honorary degree of Doctor of the University conferred on her in recognition of a lifetime of community service in both the Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities.

Graduates will hear a guest address by Patrice Brown, Director of CQG, a local consulting firm which is now one of the largest environmental consultancies in regional Queensland, offering services in planning, environmental management, geographic information systems and engineering.

Accounting student Samantha Fox will deliver a response on behalf of graduates.