Community Engagement

School Prizes

CSU Orange Campus sponsors a number of prizes at schools in the Orange community. This is a tangible way of supporting other education providers in the local community and of encouraging young students to strive for academic excellence.

'Explorations' Series

About the series

The 'Exploration' series is a University-Community initiative by Charles Sturt University to engage rural and regional communities in discussion and debate about major issues facing our regions, the nation and the world.

The Explorations Series includes public lectures, workshops, panels and conferences, and each campus will host at least two 'Explorations' events every year.

The name of the University honors the noted explorer Captain Charles Napier Sturt.  It was, in the words of Charles Sturt, a "... wish to contribute to the public good" that gave him the gumption to explore and map the interiors and major waterways of western NSW.  Through his Explorations, he contributed to our understanding of rural and regional Australia, and the natural world.

In this vein, the University aims to share the knowledge of its own academic and intellectual leaders with our communities, and to bring new knowledge, thinking and ideas from elsewhere, to build our understanding of the big issues facing us as individuals, communities and peoples.  We also want to learn from our communities by encouraging debate and discussion through the series.

We invite all members of our communities to visit our campuses, and to share in the opportunities and services available to the public including events (like our 'Exploration Series), community library membership, Art Gallery (Wagga Wagga), theatre productions (Bathurst and Wagga Wagga), dental and health clinics, sporting facilities, equine facilities (Wagga Wagga), continuing education and our award winning Cellar Door (Orange and Wagga Wagga).

Our Town, Our University

This column is published in the Central Western Daily newspaper each Wednesday. It aims to keep local residents informed about happenings at the Orange campus, such as new research projects, research outcomes or upcoming seminars or public lectures. In doing so, the column helps foster closer ties between the Orange Campus and the local community.

Our Town, Our University Columns

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