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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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First combined prizes and awards for Sciences, Engineering and Health 

The Faculty of Sciences, Engineering & Health held its first combined Prizes & Awards Ceremony recently to recognise the outstanding academic achievements of students.

PhotoID:3577 The annual event was attended by over 150 students and their families, faculty staff, donors and industry representatives who helped celebrate the excellent results obtained by students.

A total of 58 prizes were donated by sponsors for the highest achieving students from various subjects across all of the programs offered within the Faculty.

Photo (above): Bernard O’Donnell receives the Rockhampton City Council Prize for achieving the highest GPA in the second year of Advanced Diploma/Bachelor of Engineering Technology (Civil) from Deputy Mayor Jim Webber.

PhotoID:3578 Photo (below): Winner of the ACMI Queensland Branch Midwifery Prize, Jacqueline Bunt receives her award from ACMI representative Dawn Hay for achieving the highest GPA upon graduating from a Diploma of Midwifery.