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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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Preparatory and degree students at Emerald Orientation 

Published on 28 February, 2008 

Central Queensland University's first-year Emerald students attended Orientation on Wednesday February 27 to get to know the campus and its staff before classes start on March 3.

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Business students at Emerald Orientation

Students studying the STEPS program, and those starting a Bachelor of Business/Accounting and a Bachelor of Learning Management attended the Orientation day.

To reduce the stress of commencing study on a university campus, Student Mentors are assigned to first-year students.

Mentors are second and third-year students who volunteer to assist first-years settle into university life.

Campus Coordinator Gai Sypher said that while degree numbers were down - part of a wider trend - the bridging program STEPS had an encouraging enrolment of 23 students.

Ms Sypher said that a high enrolment in the bridging program this year may reflect positively on next year's undergraduate intake.

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Fresh starters in Emerald