Mackay News
Sporty mum aces studies with scholarship support
04 February 2022
Ever since Catherine Rogers was young, she has had a passion for sport and exercise, even playing tennis at a national level during her teenage years.
31 January 2022
A Mackay-based landscaping and native plant business, dedicated to working with First Nations people to reconnect with Country, is blooming thanks to Arrow Energy’s Whanu Binal Indigenous Entrepreneurship Program which is delivered by CQUniversity Australia.
CQUniversity welcomes government's renewed commitment to agricultural traceability
25 January 2022
As one of the nation's leading agricultural research universities, CQUniversity stands to benefit from a renewed federal government funding commitment to develop agricultural traceability systems.
Audiences are taken on a magic carpet ride of excitement at CQCM Summer School performance
CQUniversity’s Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music (CQCM)recently hosted its biggest Music Theatre Summer School Spectacular with 34 high school students involved in this year's performance of Aladdin. Read more
Published: 17 January 2022
Brooke is living out her childhood dream to help others in their time of need
Brooke Cowie has always wanted to help people, and now she's living out that dream by studying to become a nurse. Read more
Published: 15 December 2021
CQUniversity Mackay trio recognised for a combined century of vocational teaching
CQUniversity Mackay teachers Russell Gardner, Linda Nugent and Michael Wilson might share a combined 100 years of teaching experience between them, but they’re all equally passionate about sharing that professional experience with their students. Read more
Published: 15 December 2021
Gabby looks forward to CQUni TAFE Careers Expo and a future in Nursing
Mackay high schooler Gabby Baron hopes the CQUniversity TAFE Careers Expo will be the first step on the path to becoming a nurse so she can help others. Read more
Published: 01 December 2021
First in family takes necessary STEPS to dream degree
Delton Clark is the first in her immediate family to attend university and plans to use her degree to make positive change to society. Read more
Published: 22 November 2021
Teens rev up for F1 in Schools State Finals in Mackay
Queensland’s brightest young minds took to the track to compete in the F1 in Schools STEM Challenge at the CQUniversity Mackay Ooralea campus on Thursday, 18 October 2021. Read more
Published: 03 November 2021
Alex hopes tough 24-hour row will benefit mental health sufferers
A Mackay-based CQUniversity Exercise and Sports Science student has this week endured a 24-hour session on a rowing machine to raise awareness for mental health. Read more
Published: 27 October 2021