Annual Report 2008 - Central Queensland University

New streamlined donor-centric procedures were developed and personal contact
established with every donor. Three new scholarship partnerships were established
and one new prize.
Significant progress was made in connecting individuals and community groups to
the University through the relationship development activities of the Community
Relations Program which focuses on older members of the community and donors
who have remembered the University in their will. Community members Bob Muir
(NAIDOC Elder of the Year) and Shirley Shannon (Queensland Senior Citizen) were
successfully nominated for their awards and celebratory events held on campus. A
policy for the management of bequests and bequest marketing material was drafted.
The Office has begun the process of centralising management of the University’s
extensive community and corporate sponsorship partnerships to ensure maximum
benefit is derived from each partnership. Sponsorship relationships involved The
Smith Family, Rockhampton Basketball Association, Rockhampton Regional
Development Limited Business Excellence Awards, Rockhampton Cycle Club and
included a fund to support community based multicultural activities in lieu of the
Multicultural Fair previously hosted by the University. Three partnership events
were hosted at the Rockhampton Campus bringing approximately 120 community
members on to campus.
ODGR supports the Rockhampton Campus Advisory Committee which met four
times in 2008. The main issues discussed were the Rockhampton Heritage Post
Office, enrolments, the new branding and marketing campaigns and the Bradley
Review of Higher Education.
The Office also supported funding submissions that resulted in almost $2million
funding for Learning Partnerships at the Mackay and Gladstone campuses.
The Director, Office of Development and Graduate Relations represented the
University on the Rockhampton- Ibusuki Sister City Committee and the Queensland
Resources Expo Management Committee, as well as at Rockhampton community
events throughout the year.
Engagement
CQUniversity Australia is proud of its
association with two of NAIDOC’s
national 2008 winners, former student
Amy McQuire (Apprentice of the Year)
and Bob Muir (Elder of the Year – Male).
Amy supported by Nulloo Yumbah
(CQUniversity’s Indigenous Learning,
Spirituality & Research Centre), started
her studies at CQUniversity before taking
a journalism cadetship with the National
Indigenous Times in Canberra. At 18,
Amy became the youngest member
of the Parliamentary Press Gallery,
and its only Aboriginal reporter. With
an Aboriginal and South Sea Islander
heritage, she is devoted to social justice
issues for Indigenous people and writes
about contemporary and historical
subjects.
Leader, speaker,
activist, mentor and
innovator.
All words to describe
Bob Muir, whose
deeds in the Central
Queensland region
over the past
two decades are
legendary. Born
in 1958, Bob is a
descendant of the
Woppaburra people
of the Dharumbal
nation. Nominated
by CQUniversity,
Bob has inspired
others to believe
that dreams can
come true. In
pursuit of this,
he has touched
many lives and
achieved much
for his people and
the Reconciliation
process within
Queensland and
Australia. A 14-year
campaign, led by
Bob, to locate and
reunite around
600 Woppaburra
descendants from
across Australia
culminated in
the hand back of
traditional lands
on Queensland’s
Great Keppel
Island and Mt
Wheeler in 2007.
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