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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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Dimitri a busy baritone 

Former CQ Conservatorium of Music staff member and current CQU PhD student Dimitri Kopanakis recently sang the Australian or Greek anthem at seven events in as many days recently.

Dimitri's busy week included the Premier's farewell dinner to Queensland Olympians, then an Australian Council for Europe celebration at Parliament House, and also Brisbane's annual Paniyiri Greek Festival.

Dimitri, who is based in Brisbane, also recently conducted the Queensland Pops Orchestra in Eglar's Nimrod Variations at a tribute to the orchestra's founder, Colin Harper.