| Welcome from the VC |
 Welcome to the May edition of Discover SCU. It has been a time for celebration with hundreds of students gathering with family and friends at the graduation ceremony at the Lismore campus... more |
| News & Features |
 Support for student reservists
A Southern Cross University initiative to support students who are members of the Australian Defence Force Reserves will be used as a model for ‘best practice’ for other Australian educational institutions.
The University’s policy was officially launched at the... [more] |
 Career Hub helps employers
Employers throughout the Mid North Coast and North Coast regions are being encouraged to tap into a free online recruitment service being offered by Southern Cross University.
The University has recently upgraded its online Career Hub system to provide an... [more] |
New $2.2 million education facility
The Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health (NRUDRH) Education and Research facility in Lismore was officially opened by the Minister for Health and Ageing, Mr Tony Abbott in April.
The NRUDRH is a joint venture of The University of... [more] |
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| New model for health care needed |
Health care systems around the world are in urgent need of remodelling and Professor Iain Graham, newly arrived from the United Kingdom, is playing a key role in making that happen. Professor Graham, the new Head of Southern Cross University’s School of Health and Human Sciences, says health care systems around the world are wrongly focused on disease, not prevention.  Read the full article about Iain Graham
Celebration time for students |  | An 'Australian National Treasure' and one of the country's finest artists, Dr Margaret Olley, was among the recipients of awards at Southern Cross University graduation ceremonies last month. Also among the recipients were Uncle Angus Binge, an Aboriginal warrior of the Kamilaroi tribe, and Envic Galea, a European Judo Association administrator and businessman. Top Read the full article about graduation |
Shopfront in Byron Bay |  | Byron Shire will have a University presence following the announcement of an agreement between Southern Cross University and the Byron Community and Cultural Centre. Top Read the full article about Byron Bay |
Governor opens Widjabul Park |  | The Widjabul tribe of the Bundjalung Nation were honoured when NSW Governor Marie Bashir opened a park named for them at Southern Cross University recently. Top Read the full article about Widjabul Park |
Writing careers take off |  | Tweed Heads author and Southern Cross University graduate Katherine Howell is ‘frantic’. She has just launched her first published novel – a crime thriller of that name – and is just weeks off delivering the second book she has been contracted to write for leading Australian publisher Pan Macmillan. Top Read the full article about writers Katherine Howell and Josh Creighton |
Farmers move into agri-tourism |  | An innovative business development program designed to assist farmers develop agri-tourism opportunities was launched recently by the Honourable Tony Kelly, Minister for Regional Development, Lands and Rural Affairs. Top Read the full article about agri-tourism |
Arts degree puts Christine on right path |  | When Dr Christine Maingard graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Southern Cross University, she could have had no idea that one day she would be earning a six-figure income, as head of client services for an international company. Top Read the full article about Dr Christine Maingard |
Celebrating the 1967 Referendum anniversary |  | On May 27, four decades will have passed since the historic 1967 Referendum when a huge majority of Australians voted to count people of Aboriginal descent in the national census and granted the Federal Government jurisdiction over Aboriginal people, a right previously held by the States. Top Read the full article about the Referendum anniversary |
Postcard to home |  | Falling in love with the English language has led Zhanna Stolyarchuk on a journey from her hometown in the most remote part of Russia - the Kamchatka Peninsula in the north-east - to Southern Cross University's Lismore campus. Zhanna is now in her second year of the Bachelor of Education (Primary) Top Read the full article about Zhanna Stolyarchuk |
Updated: 10 May 2007 |
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