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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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Maths talk adds up to stimulating event 

Published on 16 July, 2008 

Around 60 Rockhampton residents this week enjoyed a humorous but informative talk by self-confessed ‘maths bum' Dr Marty Ross, while another 15 people joined in via videoconference from other campuses.

Dr Ross spoke about ‘The Da Vinci Code and Other Nonsense' when he visited CQUniversity Rockhampton this week (July 15).

PhotoID:5926, Self-confessed 'maths bum' Dr Marty Ross
Self-confessed 'maths bum' Dr Marty RossThe visitor told his audience that mathematics occasionally makes its way into popular culture, "usually in a manner which is clumsy, clichéd, or just plain silly".

"Sadly, the blockbuster The Da Vinci Code offers no exception."

Dr Ross describes himself (tongue in cheek) as a ‘mathematical bum who ran away to join the circus'.

"After some controversy involving an elephant, he returned to America to do his PhD on geometric analysis at Stanford University. After a stint at Rice University, he came back to Australia. Since then, he has wandered from Maths Department to Maths Department, aimless but happy," Dr Ross says of himself.

PhotoID:5961, Dr Rob McDougall welcomes Dr Ross
Dr Rob McDougall welcomes Dr Ross PhotoID:5962, The presentation
The presentation PhotoID:5963, Members of the audience
Members of the audience