In
This Section:
Scholarships – The Corporate Advantage
Veterinary Science – A First in Education for Regional
Australia
Pharmacy – Educating Professionals for Rural Australia
Historically, the Foundation's most successful activity has been providing undergraduate student scholarships. Many young Australians' professional lives have been considerably helped through the Foundations scholarship program.
Benefactors include organisations, companies and individuals that all contribute to the educational life of many of our students. Many staff pledge regular donations from their pay.
Many of our sponsors comment on the advantages that offering a scholarship to a student brings. The donor is able to work with the Foundation to determine the criteria for the scholarship thereby tailoring the scholarship in order to get the maximum benefits.
The sponsor benefits considerably by having an association with a quality student with possibilities for internships and future employment on completion of their degree. Sponsors, through work experience or internships, have the opportunity to see the student's work and also tap into current theory and practice.
Regionally based Scholarships can also be established to encourage students, once they have completed their degree, to stay in the region. These scholarships provide benefit to the community that has supported the student.
To find out more about how to fund a scholarship, please contact the Foundation.
There
has been widespread industry concern and media coverage given to the supply
and ongoing availability of rural veterinarians caused by the significant
number of retirements and the lack of new graduates seeking rural opportunities.
From 2005, Charles Sturt University will be the first veterinary science education
provider in Australia located outside of a metropolitan area and, with research
recognising that 60-70% of CSU graduates remain in regional locations, it
is hoped that CSU Veterinary Science graduates will reverse this trend.
The CSU course will be a six-year program - one year longer than other courses in Australia, designed to address the limitations perceived in other courses, including herd health management and epidemiology, communications, business management and large animal skills. The course will have a strong rural focus and it is hoped will deliver long-term benefits to both regional Australia and Australia as a whole given the economic importance of its livestock production for its exports.
The University has appointed a core team of staff based on the Wagga Wagga campus to develop the curriculum and is working with the Charles Sturt Foundation to seek $150,000 per annum for five years in sponsorship from corporations and individuals to fund a Professor. In addition, the Foundation has embarked on a fundraising campaign to secure resources that will support the course, including infrastructure, equipment, capital projects and scholarships for students.
To find out more about how you can support Veterinary Science at CSU contact the Foundation.
The
Pharmacy Foundation was established within the Charles Sturt Foundation to
support the Pharmacy Course that was introduced at CSU in 1997. CSU’s
Veterinary Science course will aim to replicate the achievements of the Pharmacy
course in producing a significant number of graduates that want to practice
in rural areas.
Through a comprehensive fundraising campaign, the Foundation continues to receive pledges ranging from $20 to $150,000 to assist the next generation of pharmacy practitioners. Proceeds from the campaign will enable the funding of a Chair in Rural Pharmacy, research, the continued development of the Pharmacy course and undergraduate scholarships for students.
Click here for more information on how you can support the Pharmacy Foundation and for a donation form http://www.csu.edu.au/special/pharmacyfoundation