This week, as we celebrate 30 years of Charles Sturt University, it is an interesting exercise to consider what our town and region might be like without the university.
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To consider not only the significant economic benefit ($41.6million GRP and 390 full-time equivalent in employment to the Orange region alone), but also the richness, culture, diversity and opportunity the university brings to individuals, to our regions, to our nation and indeed, to global relations through our international students.
For decades we have provided the highest standards of education in fields critical to the ongoing success and development of our region and nation, including teaching, policing, nursing, allied health, business, communication, accounting, computing, and mathematics.
In more recent years, we have added engineering, law, physiotherapy, dentistry, and soon, the Joint Program in Medicine here in Orange.
Furthermore, our graduates are the most employed in the country.
Charles Sturt University is consistently ranked in government surveys as the Australian University with the highest full-time employment rate.
The past three decades have been about creating opportunities in regional Australia, growing new campuses, shaping courses to meet industry needs, and offering flexibility to make study possible and developing graduates who can give back to their communities.
We proudly live and work by our university ethos - Yindymarra Winganganha - to create a world worth living in.
The past three decades have been about creating opportunities in regional Australia.
With the continued support of the communities we serve, we look forward to evolving and growing to meet community and industry needs in the decades to come.
The students and staff at Charles Sturt invite everyone in the community to join us at the Orange campus today to help celebrate Foundation Day.
There will be a Welcome, a presentation of Charles Sturt Excellence Awards and a cake cutting ceremony with Mayor Reg Kidd at Templer's Mill at 11.30am.
The party will kick on over lunch-time with music from amazing folk singer/songwriter Matt Boylan-Smith, free lunch and a lolly buffet.
Please come along to help us celebrate 30 great years, and many more to come, of your university.
Get your CUP Grant Applications in now. Don't forget that University CUP Grants are now open again, closing on August 9.
The grants, of up to $2000, are to help boost projects for community groups, school, sporting club, Indigenous group or cultural organisations.
Go to about.csu.edu.au/community/grants for more information.
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