Be, a new quarterly 36-page colour magazine for Central Queenslanders, debuts at the end of June.

The Winter edition of features CQUniversity marine and coral ecologists' work off the Capricorn Coast to save the Great Barrier Reef. Other stories are about the mining boom and environmental sustainability, the hidden epidemic of domestic violence in rural Australia and the staging of the Olympics.

You can also read about what energises the CEO of Energex, and hear from a few inventors and entrepreneurs,entertainers, wildlife rescuers, a high-powered editor who traded in the race-track for the classroom and others who are benefiting from their relationship with CQUniversity. Readers, as well, have a chance to win a free holiday in the Whitsundays, thanks to Rydges.

"Other universities publish magazines, but not quite like ours: this is for everyone, not just students, It's accessible and readable, lifestyle in its approach, and it's focused on the extraordinary things that ordinary people are doing every day right here," explained Mike Donahue, Editor-in-Chief of Be and Corporate Communication Manager, CQUniversity.

The magazine - in its content, approach, look and feel - raises awareness of CQUniversity and all aspects of what the University does in Australia and overseas that makes its style of higher education so relevant, meaningful and accessible to people of all ages from all backgrounds.