Alumni Cocktail Parties coming in May at Wagga Wagga and Albury - Register Now

ALBURY

May 14 2012

Join us in coming together to celebrate your CSU common threads.

Alumni of all ages and backgrounds are invited to attend a cocktail evening in Albury to catch up with old friends and make some new ones.

The Bended Elbow

480 Dean St Albury

6.00pm - 8.00pm

Finger food and drinks provided

Guest Speaker

Debra Unsworth, Assistant Commissioner at the Australian Tax Office

Debra is currently Assistant Commissioner in the Client Account Services Business Line. She has responsibility for Enterprise Work Management, including the capture of all forms and payments, workflow and work allocation within the ATO. Debra is also currently responsible for the delivery of projects that support the shift to electronic lodgement and payment. The portfolio has over 1300 staff located over 8 geographic locations.

Debra, an CSU alumnus will speak about her experience at CSU and her career journey.

Ms Kathryn Pitkin, Deputy Chancellor, Charles Sturt University

Ms Kathryn Pitkin was elected as Deputy Chancellor in 2007. Ms Pitkin was a former senior officer in the NSW TAFE and held the position of Campus Manager for the Bathurst, Walgett and Lightning Ridge campuses of TAFE NSW Western Institute.

She was educated, and has always worked, in public education as she is committed to the access to, and quality of, public education.

Ms Pitkin brings an in-depth understanding of the VET sector to support CSU's approach to dual sector programs.

Dr Krissy Wilson - CSU Lecturer - School of Psychology

Krissy has had rather an eclectic career starting out as a professional actress. Her main claim to fame being that she once played a prostitute on The Bill .She then joined British Airways and worked as cabin crew for six years. Whilst working for BA she studied for a BSc in Psychology and went on to complete a PhD at Goldsmiths, University of London. In 2007 she emigrated to Australia taking up a position at the University of Tasmania. She began working at CSU in March 2011.

Her doctoral thesis was on the topic of memory for anomalous events. Her main research area is in the field of Anomalistic Psychology - exploring psychological and physiological bases of belief in extraordinary phenomena. She is a keen member of the Skeptic's organisation worldwide and has given talks and presentations both nationally and internationally and regularly appears on national radio and television to discuss a variety of belief related topics. Other areas of research interest include the creation of false memories, the psychology of belief and individual differences.

 

 

WAGGA WAGGA

 

May 23

Join us in coming together to celebrate your CSU common threads.

Alumni of all ages and backgrounds are invited to attend a cocktail evening in Wagga Wagga to catch up with old friends and make some new ones.

Country Comfort

Cnr Tarcutta & Morgan St's

Wagga Wagga

6.00pm - 8.00pm

Finger food and drinks provided

Guest Speakers;

Professor Andrew Vann - Vice-Chancellor CSU

Professor Vann trained as a civil engineer and worked in engineering consultancy before completing a PhD in the Civil Engineering Systems Group at University of Bristol in 1994.

He lectured in structural engineering at University of Bristol prior to coming to Australia in 1996 where he took up a similar post in the Faculty of Engineering at Central Queensland University in Rockhampton. During this time he pursued research interests in structural monitoring and artificial intelligence as well as leading pedagogical change in moving the Bachelor of Engineering at CQU to a project-based format.

He held various senior academic and administrative roles at CQU before joining James Cook University in North Queensland in 2004 as Pro Vice-Chancellor Information Services and Technologies, subsequently Pro Vice Chancellor and, from 2008, was Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor with responsibility for the Faculties and Teaching and Learning.

Professor Vann joined Charles Sturt University as Vice-Chancellor in December 2011.

He has held a number of board and community leadership roles, is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and an Associate Fellow of the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation.

Dr Krissy Wilson - CSU School of Psychology

Krissy has had rather an eclectic career starting out as a professional actress. Her main claim to fame being that she once played a prostitute on The Bill .She then joined British Airways and worked as cabin crew for six years. Whilst working for BA she studied for a BSc in Psychology and went on to complete a PhD at Goldsmiths, University of London. In 2007 she emigrated to Australia taking up a position at the University of Tasmania. She began working at CSU in March 2011.

Her doctoral thesis was on the topic of memory for anomalous events. Her main research area is in the field of Anomalistic Psychology - exploring psychological and physiological bases of belief in extraordinary phenomena. She is a keen member of the Skeptic's organisation worldwide and has given talks and presentations both nationally and internationally and regularly appears on national radio and television to discuss a variety of belief related topics. Other areas of research interest include the creation of false memories, the psychology of belief and individual differences.

More details to be confirmed

Register now so you don't miss this great networking opportunity.

Alexander the Great - Alumni Deal

Alexander the Great - Alumni Deal at the Australian Museum

Ticket Presale Monday April 16

Exhibition opens November 24

Alexander the Great: 2000 years of treasures is the most prestigious and vibrant classical culture exhibition ever to be hosted by the Australian Museum in Sydney and features the largest collection

of treasures ever to come to Australia from the world famous State Hermitage in St Petersburg, Russia.

The exhibition includes over 400 objects from classical antiquity through to the modern age from both Western and non-Western origins, spanning a period of almost 2500 years.

Signature pieces that people travel from all over the world to the State Hermitage to see, including the famous Gonzaga cameo and the polished black basalt statue of Cleopatra VII will be on display!

Simply click through to secure your timed and dated tickets to what will surely become one of the biggest exhibitions in Sydney for 2012!

This exhibition will not be touring as it is exclusive to the Australian Museum in Sydney.

Pre-sale tickets to this highly anticipated exhibition are available to Charles Sturt University Alumni. Follow the link below and enter the dedicated password ANTIQUITY to receive priority access to tickets.

To purchase tickets CLICK HERE. Tickets go on sale for pre-sale 9.00am Monday 16th of April and will be available to Alumni to purchase from then.

For more information on Alexander the Great: 2000 years of treasure please visit www.alexandersydney.com.au

Interested in Organising a Reunion?

If you are interested in organising a reunion or alumni event, please go to the How to Organise a Reunion section of the website for information or contact:-

 

The CSU Advancement Unit

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Telephone: 02 63384834

Photos from Recent Reunions

We are currently starting to share photos for recent reunions. If you have some photos send a disc to the Charles Sturt University Advancement Unit, The Chancellery Panorama Av Bathurst NSW 2795. We will then add them as an album to our Facebook Page and share them here.

 

Click here to access the Alumni Photo Album