The calendar year is almost over but things certainly aren't slowing down at the University yet. On Wednesday, December 11 staff and community members will come together to celebrate our 2019 graduates at a ceremony held at the Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre.

Applications for hundreds of thousands of dollars of scholarships to assist students studying with Charles Sturt University in 2020 will close on Tuesday, December 3.

The University's first round of scholarships for next year range in value from one-off payments of $3000 to assist with the costs associated with studying through to covering 100 per cent of a student's tuition fees.The Charles Sturt Foundation Trust is among the organisations offering this round of scholarships to the University's commencing and continuing students.

Applications for Charles Sturt's accommodation scholarships, and Droder scholarships and prizes will close on Tuesday, January 14 while no entries for the University's main round scholarships will be accepted after Wednesday, February 5. The full list of the University's scholarships and grants can be found on the Charles Sturt Scholarship website.

Early this month, the University was announced as a winner at the 2019 Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability (ACTS) Green Gown Awards.

The University was announced as the winner of the 'Continuous Improvement: Institutional Change' category at a ceremony hosted by the University of Otago at Lanark Castle in Dunedin, New Zealand on Thursday, November 14. The win makes Charles Sturt a finalist in the 'Institution of the Year' category in the 2020 International Green Gown Awards.

The 'Continuous Improvement: Institutional Change' category is awarded to a tertiary education institution that demonstrates a sustained and successful commitment to improving sustainability across the entire institution.

The University was also a finalist in the Learning, Teaching and Skills category, recognising the significant effort and leadership shown to develop the Sustainable Practices module as part of the Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) meaning that by 2024 every undergraduate, no matter what they study at Charles Sturt, will have the demonstrated ability to apply sustainability skills relevant to their area of study.

The campus is currently hosting the final art exhibition for 2019, Artefacts, featuring works by Marcelina Kopczak, Jude Morell and Milena Sallustio. The exhibition is open until December 16, 2019 and is available to the community from Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm with a large variety of photographs on display for viewing and purchase.

The exhibition space at Charles Sturt University offers 28 hanging spaces and is fully accessible to community members within business hours in a temperature controlled room with CCTV cameras throughout the building. There is no fee to exhibit and no commissions charged for the sale of works. If you're interested in exhibiting works at Charles Sturt University, please contact Laura Gibson at lagibson@csu.edu.au for further information.