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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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Premier dotes on Maisie after very public sonogram 

Mackay baby Maisie was already a media star in the womb, as reporters from national news outlets recorded Premier Anna Bligh performing an ultrasound scan on her mum.

Maisie's mum Tamasine Kiln is a CQUniversity staff member who was helping out during the official launch of Mackay's new $4 million Medical and Applied Sciences Laboratories earlier this year.

PhotoID:11320, Premier Anna Bligh performs an ultrasound scan on Mackay Campus staff member Tamasine Kiln
Premier Anna Bligh performs an ultrasound scan on Mackay Campus staff member Tamasine Kiln

Now Tamasine has received a heart-felt letter from the Premier, congratulating her on Maisie's birth.

The letter, which includes a hand-written congratulations note, even jokes about Ms Bligh's 'learner driver' attempts at using the sonography equipment.

Tamasine noted that, during the scan, "the Premier was able to obtain a clear image of Maisie despite what she describes as her 'Learner Driver' attempts and it was a lovely gesture to receive the note from her".
 
"We are both doing well, and I am lucky that Maisie seems to be such a content baby, with no apparent side affects from being used as a test subject whilst on the inside!"

CQUniversity is addressing the need for qualified radiographers and sonographers in regional Queensland with inaugural intakes for the four-year Bachelor of Medical Imaging and Bachelor of Medical Sonography/Graduate Diploma of Medical Sonography programs at its Mackay Campus.

These degrees will deliver regionally-trained specialists for communities experiencing a critical shortage of these skilled professionals.

PhotoID:11322, Baby Maisie
Baby Maisie
 PhotoID:11323, Baby Maisie with her proud parents Mat and Tamasine
Baby Maisie with her proud parents Mat and Tamasine