http://www.acu.edu.auACU National News and Events RSS FeedFri, 30 Jan 2009 16:09:23 +1100 News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:27:48 +1100 http://www.acu.edu.au/acu_national/news_events/media_releases/media_releases/repository/acu_academic_wins_australian_award_for_university_teaching 6 November 2009: Associate Professor Maureen Walsh from Australian Catholic University (ACU) has received a 2009 Australian Award for University Teaching.]]> News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:33:54 +1100 http://www.acu.edu.au/acu_national/news_events/media_releases/media_releases/repository/study_shows_calcium_and_vitamin_d_supplements_improve_bone_health 6 November 2009: A study led by Dr David Greene, Lecturer in Exercise Science at Australian Catholic University, has shown that calcium and vitamin D supplements improve bone health in young girls.]]> News Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:01:42 +1100 http://www.acu.edu.au/acu_national/news_events/media_releases/media_releases/repository/acu_national_graduate_awarded_universitys_highest_honour 2 November 2009: Fifty five students graduated recently from the Catholic Teachers College in Baucau, East Timor, where they completed education degrees in collaboration with Australian Catholic University (ACU).]]> News Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:30:42 +1100 http://www.acu.edu.au/acu_national/news_events/media_releases/media_releases/repository/research_looks_at_the_schools_parents_choose 27 October 2009: Dr Joy Kennedy, senior education lecturer at Australian Catholic University's (ACU) Brisbane Campus (McAuley at Banyo), is set to discover the factors which determine a parents' choice of school for their children.]]> News Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:56:16 +1100 http://www.acu.edu.au/acu_national/news_events/media_releases/media_releases/repository/first_preference_applications_on_the_rise_at_acu_national 22 October 2009: Australian Catholic University (ACU) is strengthening its position as the university of choice for high-achieving students, with applications for bachelors degrees up 20.7 per cent nationally on this time last year.
]]> News Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:53:53 +1100 http://www.acu.edu.au/acu_national/news_events/media_releases/media_releases/repository/$2_million_funding_boost_for_university_facilities 21 October 2009: Physiotherapy facilities at Australian Catholic Universitys (ACU) Brisbane Campus will be boosted by a Federal Government funding injection of more than $2 million over two years.]]> News Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:34:00 +1100 http://www.acu.edu.au/acu_national/news_events/media_releases/media_releases/repository/acu_national_student_is_act_business_woman_of_the_year 13 October 2009: Veronica Wensing , a student at Australian Catholic Universitys (ACU) Canberra Campus  has been named  2009  Telstra Australian Capital Territory Business Woman of the Year.]]> News Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:33:29 +1100 http://www.acu.edu.au/acu_national/news_events/media_releases/media_releases/repository/acu_national_students_top_of_the_class_at_uni_games 8 October 2009: Australian Catholic University's (ACU) men's AFL team won gold this month at the 2009 Australian University Games.]]> News Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:33:02 +1100 http://www.acu.edu.au/acu_national/news_events/media_releases/media_releases/repository/australian_general_awarded_universitys_highest_honour 30 September 2009: Immediate former chief of the Defence Force, General Peter Cosgrove, AC, MC was yesterday awarded Australian Catholic Universitys (ACU) highest honour, Doctor of the University, in recognition of his outstanding leadership and service to the Australian and international community in times of peace and of conflict.]]> News Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:29:20 +1100 http://www.acu.edu.au/acu_national/news_events/media_releases/media_releases/repository/acu_national_philosopher_marks_anniversary_with_public_lecture 6 October 2009: Professor Raimond Gaita, Foundation Professor of Philosophy at Australian Catholic University (ACU), presented the inaugural ACT Councils Rights of the Child Lecture to mark the 90th anniversary of Save the Children.]]> News Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:46:50 +1100 http://www.acu.edu.au/acu_national/news_events/media_releases/media_releases/repository/acu_national_academic_is_victorian_business_woman_of_the_year 6 October 2009: Professor Pauline Nugent, Dean of Health Sciences at Australian Catholic University (ACU), has been named 2009 Telstra Victorian Business Woman of the Year.]]> News Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:29:53 +1000 http://www.acu.edu.au/acu_national/news_events/media_releases/media_releases/repository/theology_book_takes_out_top_prize 22 September 2009: Dr Alan Cadwallader, a Biblical Studies lecturer at Australian Catholic University's (ACU) Canberra Campus, has won the Lynlea Rogers Australasian Theological Book of the Year award.]]> News Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:54:01 +1000 http://www.acu.edu.au/acu_national/news_events/media_releases/media_releases/repository/2009_social_justice_statement 17 September 2009: ACU Strathfield Campus hosted the 2009 Social Justice Statement launch of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference last Wednesday.]]>