CDU Palmerston librarian Jayshree Mamtora is taking up a new position at the Casuarina campus in 2007.

CDU Vice-Chancellor, Professor Helen Garnett, reflected on the university's achievements this year in an interview on Territory FM's live broadcast from the Casuarina shopping centre last Friday (December 15).

Canadian artist Lyndal Osborne is spending a week in Darwin researching her latest project, which will draw on the differing environments between Australia and Canada.

2006 has been a great year for community engagement at CDU.

Campus administrators from Tennant Creek, Nhulunbuy, Palmerston and Katherine attended a round table hosted by Alice Springs administrator Di Underwood in early December to plan the future strategies of regional and remote education at CDU.

A joint agro-forestry project between CDU and Indonesia has won an award for environmental excellence.

CDU and Greening Australia have won $44,000 to create a cutting edge water saving nursery at CDU's Alice Springs campus.

Enrolled nurses at the Alice Springs Hospital will soon be offered a complimentary accredited pharmacology course offered by CDU.

For Northern Territory University graduate Franck Gohier, his journey from student turned lecturer to acclaimed visual artist has been as rewarding as it has been varied.

CDU's bookshop has the perfect stocking fillers this Christmas.

A CDU team has won an award for best online educational website (small project) at the Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education awards in Sydney.

It has been a big year for hairdresser and CDU graduate Kalotina Kotis, who was named a Youth Business Champion.

A group of secondary students interested in developing careers in trades have been treated to a four day hands on experience.

CDU printmaker Leon Stainer will spend part of his long service leave in January helping artists in West Timor learn new printmaking skills.

Yothu Yindi's co-founder and lead singer Mandawuy Yunupingu rounded off the launch of the Garma Report with two of the song's from the band's back catalogue at Parliament House.

The latest Australian Graduate Survey shows that four out of five graduates have found fulltime jobs within four months of completing their degrees.

Federal Labor's deputy leader Julia Gillard has promised a Labor Government would hold a cabinet meeting in Darwin within 12 months of being elected.

CDU's Alice Springs Campus staff commenced moving into the new higher education building this week after approval for occupancy was granted in December 2006.

A network of registered training organisations has been established for the north eastern region of East Arnhem to increase value and opportunities of training in the region.

A landmark report on Indigenous education and training will be launched by Education Minister Paul Henderson at Parliament House on December 13.

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Jen Rae and Lyndal Osborne will provide a talk about art in Canadian Indigenous contexts on 15 December 12pm to 1.30pm.

Alice Springs painters Marina Strocchi and Wayne Eager are the latest to learn the secrets of printmaking at Northern Editions on the Casuarina campus at CDU.

Campus print gallery Northern Editions' exhibition at the Alison Kelly Gallery in Melbourne's upmarket Toorak last month proved a big success.

Students from Batchelor Area School visited CDU's Palmerston Campus last Friday (1 December), spending time with lecturers from hospitality, hairdressing and beauty.

Alice Springs student Brooke Rainbird has won the Prime Minister's award for skills excellence.

CDU Alice Springs VTE lecturer Amanda Cawthorne-Crosby has accepted a six month position as secondary schools liaison lecturer, Community and Access.

CDU Alice Springs artists are showcasing their work at 'Illumination', the 2006 exhibition of CDU's degree and VTE visual arts courses launched yesterday (5 December).

A CDU team has won an award for best online educational website (small project) at the Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education awards in Sydney.

Got something big - or even small - happening at CDU in 2007? An event, conference, workshop, short course, seminar, exhibition, concert? Why not promote it through What's On? - CDU's event calendar.

Dr Linda Kennaugh presents 'Intellectual Property - Patents, trade marks, registrations and research', on Tuesday 5 December from 12pm to 1pm.

A former CDU student has taken out a major training award in Western Australia.

Following a meeting of the MCVTE in November 2005, Minister Hardgrave announced that the term Vocational Education and Training (VET) would be replaced by Vocational and Technical Education (VTE).

Year 10 students entering Centralian Senior Secondary College next year will be able to sample different VTE courses offered by CDU's Alice Springs Campus.

The 2006 Northern Territory E-Learning Showcase - 'Power Up for Learning' - ignites on Wednesday 6 December continuing through to Thursday 7 and Friday 8 December with an action packed feature filled program.

CDU Alice Springs automotive lecturer Tony Harding has won a $10,000 fellowship to improve his expertise in the field of automotive engineering.

The table grape industry of Ti Tree is to benefit from a specialised training package developed by CDU and to be introduced early next year.

VTE lecturer in livestock, Dan Watson, celebrated his last day at CDU's Alice Springs Campus with staff, family and friends.

CDU's community engagement website is now up and running.

More than 60 water experts and scientists from around Australia gathered at Parliament House last week to determine the future of northern water resources.

A new language course offered at CDU is giving students the opportunity to learn more about other cultures, while increasing their employment opportunities in Australia and overseas.

CDU's School of Australian Indigenous Knowledge Systems has received a $25,000 grant that will ensure Indigenous women participate in decision-making about water in their community.

Staff at CDU's Tennant Creek Centre have been busy over the last month.

For Abdi Gedi, the Certificate I in Clothing Production at CDU has given him the opportunity to improve his English while perfecting tailor making skills already learnt in his home country.

A group of students participating in the Department of Employment, Education and Training's Indigenous Students Leadership and Mentorship Program recently paid a visit to CDU's Casuarina Campus.

With approaching wet season weather, Katherine Campus remote field lecturers have been working hard in remote communities before any heavy rains cut access.

The first Northern Territory-born lawyer to become a Queen's Counsel might not have taken his career path if he had not made a trip home to visit his parents.

After an initial career in hospitality Anna Constantini decided her real passion lay with the visual arts.

Seven third year cookery students of Alice Springs produced the final meals of their course tonight at CDU's Desert Lantern Restaurant. (Thursday 30 November)

It's not 'Gorillas in Tthe Mist', but guests are guaranteed an eye opening night of short films and plenty of fun at the 3rd Annual ApeTV Golden Gorilla Awards.