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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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Former champ in supporting role 

Former champion powerlifter Peter Smith, the Rockhampton campus gym manager, was in a supporting role recently as coach of Gary Roberts (husband of CQU staffer Jenny) at the National Powerlifting Championships in Brisbane, For the record, Gary squatted 310kg, bench-pressed 170kg and dead-lifted 290kg for a total of 770kg. This gave him a second victory in the under-125kg division at national level.