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CDU Alumni E-News
July 2022 issue
Calling all Darwin Alumni...
Join us to meet, mingle and share memories with fellow CDU Alumni at the inaugural CDU Darwin Alumni Reception.
Hosted by Professor Scott Bowman AO, Vice-Chancellor and President, enjoy light refreshments and hear from our guest alumni panel featuring:
- Rebekah Rosser - Head of Venue Business at Cricket Australia
- Dan Richards - Chief Executive Officer of Humpty Doo Barramundi
- Stuart Kenny - Managing Director of Territory Instruments
**Enter the business card draw for a chance to win a $500 Visa gift card!**
Wednesday 3 August 2022
5.00pm - 7.00pm
Darwin Trailer Boat Club
8 Atkins Drive, Fannie Bay NT 0820
Registration essential by Friday 29 July 2022
CDU to revitalise Sydney Campus and expand international course offerings
The Sydney campus of Charles Darwin University (CDU) is set to be revitalised with expanded course offerings to cater to more international students who want to experience living and working in Australia’s biggest city.
CDU will continue to attract international students to its Northern Territory locations but will also look to get an additional 200 students out of Sydney to support CDU’s operations in the Territory.
CDU partners with ANU to support better outcomes for First Nations people in the Territory
Charles Darwin University (CDU) is collaborating with Australian National University (ANU) to seek better outcomes for First Nations people in the Territory.
CDU Vice-Chancellor Scott Bowman joined ANU Vice-Chancellor Brian Schmidt in Canberra to formalise the partnership to build the leadership capacity of First Nations peoples of the Northern Territory.
The MOU, which will run for five years, will also seek to support social and economic outcomes for the Northern Territory and will support study outcomes for students studying at both universities.
More than 10 CDU VET staff and students recognised in training awards
Charles Darwin University (CDU) staff and students in Vocational Education and Training (VET) have been recognised as finalists in the 2022 Northern Territory Training Awards.
More than 10 CDU students studying a VET course have been selected as finalists in categories including the Austin Asche Apprentice of the Year, School-based Apprentice or Trainee of the Year, VET in School Student of the Year and Vocational Student of the Year.
The finalists from CDU are studying in areas such as mechanics, electrotechnology, hairdressing, retail cosmetics, business, community engagement and fitness.
CDU records $62.1 million surplus in 2021
Charles Darwin University (CDU) has reported a surplus of $62.1 million from continuing operations in its annual report for 2021, released this week.
This reflects an improvement on the financial performance compared to the previous year with the recorded surplus of $42.8 million
The surplus reported for 2021 included capital grants relating to the development of the Education and Community Precinct. CDU’s operational surplus was $16 million.
CDU Vice-Chancellor Scott Bowman said the surplus would allow CDU to invest in upgrading campuses, and new facilities, expanded course delivery, students, and staff.
New project to support Hermannsburg Aboriginal community
A new tourism partnership between Charles Darwin University (CDU) and the Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade (DITT) will increase the local workforce in the tourism and hospitality sectors in the Hermannsburg community.
The Skills Development Project will deliver funding for CDU to employ a project officer to work alongside the local Aboriginal community to help deliver skills appropriate to the local tourism sector.
Street named after beloved staff member at CDU
Charles Darwin University (CDU) has recognised one of its longest-serving and beloved staff members by naming a street after them at its Casuarina campus.
Ken Suter Drive was recently named after Special Projects Manager and former Chief Financial Officer at CDU, Ken Suter, who has been a staff member at the University for more than 17 years.
As part of his role at CDU, Mr Suter has worked on several major building projects, managing the establishment of the Higher Education Building in Alice Springs, the Australian Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Education, and the CDU Chancellery in Casuarina.
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- Business or Accounting
- Women in STEM
Northern Territory to receive first hydrogen-fueled generator as CDU prepares for future
Charles Darwin University (CDU) will be part of the Northern Territory’s hydrogen-fueled future with a pilot hydrogen generator, storage, and fuel-cell system to be established in Darwin.
The Hydrogen Energy Storage System (HESS) is a first for the Northern Territory.
CDU’s Energy and Resources Institute (ERI) will operate the system for industry partners, students, and researchers to further develop and commercialise hydrogen as an energy source.
ERI Director Professor Suresh Thennadil said a green hydrogen future for the NT would need comprehensive research and evaluation and the ability to train a workforce with the appropriate skills required for sustaining a hydrogen industry.
New scholarship attracts Timorese students to CDU
A new partnership between Charles Darwin University (CDU) and an international school in Timor-Leste will develop a new scholarship program to support the economic growth of the country and foster connections between the Territory and Timor-Leste.
The new scholarship will enable five students from the Dili International School to receive funding for a three-year bachelor’s degree at CDU each year.
Supporting training and technology in advanced manufacturing in the Territory
Manufacturers in the Northern Territory will soon gain access to a multi-million-dollar advanced manufacturing facility that will house robotic and bespoke automation products.
The facility will provide on-site technical support and knowledge transfer assistance to businesses while upskilling manufacturing capability across the region via its implementation of advanced technologies.
Administered by the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC), the co-investment will provide almost half a million dollars toward the new Advanced Manufacturing initiative, giving industry the ability to experience and test the latest in automation technology.
First public training courses launched by CDU in Nhulunbuy
Charles Darwin University (CDU) is launching its first public qualifications for the local community in Nhulunbuy since 2013, as a part of the University’s plans to reinvigorate its presence in the region and train people on their home soil.
A range of qualifications that have been developed from community interest will be offered over the coming months with Lecturers travelling to the region to support face-to-face delivery, the first being a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment which will run throughout the remainder of 2022 and early 2023.
CDU helps shape landmark Australian Ceramics Triennale
A creative contingent drawn from Charles Darwin University (CDU) is helping to shape Australia’s flagship ceramics conference against the backdrop of the Northern Territory for the first time this year.
The 16th Australian Ceramics Triennale, titled Apmere Mparntwe, spans two national ceramics exhibitions and three days of conference presentations, masterclasses and workshops, a ceramics market, performances and events.
Australian native rice is one step closer to appearing on restaurant menus
Putting Australian native rice on our plates and in restaurants is one step closer after a successful harvest of three species sourced from Northern Australian wetlands.
Charles Darwin University (CDU) researchers have been collecting rice from Wulna-Limilngan country on the Adelaide River and cultivating it in trials in the University’s Casuarina campus nurseries.
This year the team has cultivated it in demonstration plantings at Northern Territory Government’s Coastal Plains Research Farm.
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CDU Art Gallery presents:
5 August - 22 October 2022
With an authoritative and defiant hand, Shock & Ore bursts forth a hype of guerrilla theatre. It calls on the heroes of the old world and new. Archetypal champions claim the stage, parading their power and misadventure, alluding to a pastiche of conflict and pillage. Painted story boards, fuel drums and TVs sendup pipedreams from the colonial project and hint at the collateral damage of its offensive. Angels and promises take wing only to be shot down in flames. Incantations from ashes manifest as jewels on paper with their iridescent coding and song maps. In this exhibition, the Brio bravely declare their stories of living culture from Country: a psalm of Ancestral power, alchemy and renewal.
The Tennant Creek Brio is an artist collective based on Warumungu Country in the town of Tennant Creek. They navigate their individual practices through a collective spirit of energetic and transformative work, captured by their name brio, a word meaning mettle, vigour or a sparkling vivacity of performance. The Brio collective honours connectivity. Their studio is a place of empowerment, brotherhood and dissemination.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Madalena Costa Soares
Class of 2013 - Master of Public Policy
Winner - CDU International Alumnus Award 2021 & Distinguished Alumnus Award 2021
Madalena Costa Sores began her career as a nurse in Timor-Leste in 1985, working her way up swiftly from clinical nursing roles to Nurse Educator roles, and became the Director of a Nursing Academy in Timor-Leste in 1996. During the political turmoil in Timor-Leste, she worked in advisory and coordinator roles for the ICRC and AMI France to assist with the transition of government and upgrading of health systems and qualifications.
After completing further nursing qualifications at the Australian Catholic University in 2004, She returned to Timor-Leste to work as Manager of Quality Control at the Ministry of Health National Hospital and worked as a lecturer at both Dili University and the National University.
After completing her Master of Public Policy at CDU in 2012, she went on to work as the Vice Chairman of the Executive Board to the World Health Organisation, then Deputy National Authorising Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
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