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25.01.2022 Have you ever felt like you were 'in the zone'? It may have been playing sport, music, video gaming, or going for a run. For decades, researchers have tried to find out what the zone is and how to enter it. And the assumption has been that there is one zone that we can experience. New research from Southern Cross University sport and exercise psychology experts Dr Christian Swann and PhD candidate Scott Goddard suggests that there may be two types of zone.... One is a 'flow state', where athletes describe effortlessly 'letting it happen'. The other is a 'clutch state', where athletes report making it happen by purposefully and powerfully stepping up in a key moment. Here’s how to decide which zone you need to be in and how to get there: https://bit.ly/35URdZp

24.01.2022 It all starts with the soil. The next episode of the Ground Cover podcast features Derek Smith, a mixed farmer in Gurya on the Northern Tablelands in NSW. He talks to Kerry Cochrane about his journey from conventional to regenerative farmer. He explores the importance of soil health, soil microbiology, and the links between soil health, plant health, and human health. Listen to podcast: https://soundcloud.com//it-all-starts-with-the-soil-with-d... The Ground Cover podcast is presented by the Regenerative Agriculture Alliance and Southern Cross University. Each episode explores real life stories of land managers who have transitioned from conventional farming to regenerative agriculture.

23.01.2022 The happy faces of ARIA Award winners! Congratulations to our Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Music Brad Hosking Music who was awarded Best Australian Live Act as part of Amy Shark's band at last night's awards. From producing records with Amy back in 2011 and working as her Musical Director, Brad has played gigs with the band on guitar, bass and synth ever since. "It's a great privilege to be working with talented locally-grown artists who are doing things on a national st...age. For the live touring crew and everyone who does everything behind the scenes, it’s fantastic to share the recognition," Brad shared. Brad has also been instrumental in the launch of Southern Cross University's Contemporary Music program at the Coomera campus this year, as senior lecturer and course coordinator.

22.01.2022 For all the new dads or dads-to-be! Northern NSW Local Health District is running a free program in Northern NSW to help fathers support and connect with their partner and baby, while looking after themselves. The program is available to anyone undertaking the role of a father, from any cultural background, over 18 years of age. From 16 weeks into the pregnancy until 24 weeks post birth, fathers can sign up to receive text messages containing valuable tips, information and li...nks, at relevant times based on the baby’s birth date. The messages will continue until the baby is one. If you know a new or expectant father, get them to head to www.health.nsw.gov.au/focus-on-new-fathers to find out more and sign up.

22.01.2022 Meet Christie, Snowy, Emily, and Peter. They're Southern Cross Uni students and some more of the friendly faces from our Study Buddi team. These students are here to help with: How to get started on your assignments Navigating the University website and finding resources... Referencing and other practical tips Click on the photos to read more about our Study Buddies, what they're studying, and how they can support you. The Study Buddi team finishes for the holidays on December 10, so we encourage students to drop-in before then! Visit https://www.scu.edu.au/learning-zone/study-buddi/

20.01.2022 Who else is ready to hear live music again? Southern Cross University and NORPA are excited to present Showcase, a stellar line-up of students from the Southern Cross University contemporary music program featuring live performances by: Maya Holstegge... Mykaela Baillie Joe Conroy Georgia Cummins Tickets are FREE! Show your support for our home-grown music talent on Thursday 5 November at Lismore City Hall. Registration is essential. Visit the link below to secure your place: https://norpa.org.au/events/scu-student-showcase/ This is a COVID-safe event. Check the event page for details.

19.01.2022 Happening now! Enjoy an hour of live music with Mitch Lucere for Mental Health Month. Brought to you by our very own SCU Lismore Student Association - LEXSA.

18.01.2022 UPDATE: Due to the passing of a community member, out of respect we are postponing the Thursday Night Live NAIDOC event to November 19, 2020. We hope you can join us then for - Elders Speak - Always Was Always Will Be. Our deepest sympathies are with the community at this time.... - Join us next Thursday 19 November at 6pm (NSW time) to hear from our all-Indigenous panel at the last Thursday Night Live! event of the year. Hear from Bundjalung and Gumbaynggirr Elders as they share their stories of connection to Country, culture, and community. Facilitated by Naomi Moran, a Nyangbal, Arakwal and Dunghutti woman, and General Manager of the Koori Mail, the discussion will respond to the 2020 NAIDOC week theme of ‘Always Was, Always Will Be’ and the Black Lives Matter movement. The event will be live-streamed right here on the Southern Cross University Facebook page and via Zoom. Visit the Facebook event below for more info and to register. Thursday Night Live! is presented by Southern Cross University - Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples in partnership with Lismore Regional Gallery #NAIDOC #NAIDOC2020 #alwayswasalwayswillbe

17.01.2022 Shout out to our Queensland students receiving their year 12 results this morning! Don't forget to join us from 11am - 12pm (QLD time) for our Options Day webinar. Talk to our expert student advisers about high school results, degree or pathway options and how to apply for university.... If you already have an offer, we can even help you enrol! Register here: https://bit.ly/37LIp7Q

17.01.2022 #Bignews The first Coral IVF babies deployed onto the Great Barrier Reef are thriving! Despite the most widespread bleaching event ever recorded, Southern Cross University researchers have found more than 60 coral colonies, born through the first Coral IVF trial on the Reef in 2016, thriving and likely to spawn next year. Lead researcher Professor Peter Harrison has just returned from a research trip to Heron Island to check on the progress of the 2016 coral babies and to co...nduct further Coral IVF trials in the southern Great Barrier Reef. I was thrilled to see healthy branching Acropora colonies that are on track to start reproducing themselves in the coral larval restoration sites we settled larvae in four years ago during the first small-scale pilot study, Professor Harrison said. The first Coral IVF trial was made possible with the support of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. Read more: https://bit.ly/3aorJGu

16.01.2022 Join us for a free virtual event on Rural Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Digital Era. Our global expert panel consists of researchers from Australia, Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia.

15.01.2022 Tonight is the night! Don't miss the Connect Quest Big Meet Up Online Party, kicking off at 7pm NSW / 6pm QLD time. We'll be celebrating all our Connect Quest finishers and announcing our 2020 Student Awards! WHARVES will also be joining us for a special performance. Register here for a link to join the party: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/southern-cross-uni-connect-... SCU Lismore Student Association - LEXSA CoastRs Inc Student Association (SCU) Coffs Harbour Student Association - CHSA

13.01.2022 Southern Cross University scientists have won the global NASA competition with their Rapid Repair wound-healing technology! The ground-breaking technology will be catapulted into space to treat astronauts, repairing wounds in days rather than weeks. Developed by Southern Cross University’s Dr Rosemary Craig and Dr Nedeljka Rosic with business partner Gerard Criss, Rapid Repair projects a fine virtual skin scaffold into damaged skin so that molecules flowing into the wound a...lign as they would in undamaged skin. This reduces the need for stitches, staples and glue in many clinical situations. NASA has requested us to send a sample to the International Space Station for astronauts to test in micro and zero gravity. And following this week’s announcement of Australia partnering with the NASA Artemis Accord, our technology could be on the mission where the first female astronaut walks on the moon in 2024," Project leader Dr Rosemary Craig said. Congratulations team! Read more: https://bit.ly/31EPLYP

13.01.2022 Sheldon Harrington is a Widjabul artist (Lismore) from the Bundjalung Nation and an Indigenous Knowledge student here at Southern Cross Uni. He features in this month's Blank Magazine, chatting about his art practice, culture, and connection to Country. "The importance of connection to our Country, our family, our community and our way of being has been taught to me by my grandparents, parents, Uncles and Auntys and the wider family in many forms of oral and visual language.... These teachings now permeate through my artworks and visual designs, and pay respect and celebrate the survival and continence of our knowledge and dreaming," Sheldon shared. Read more: https://blankgc.com.au/meet-the-artist-sheldon-harrington/ You can check out his work at SJH Kreations.

11.01.2022 The tawny frogmouth is one of Australia’s most-loved birds. They are masters of disguise, mates for life, and excellent parents... even if they can't build nests very well . Southern Cross University's Professor Les Christidis shares eight fascinating things about tawny frogmouths that you might not know. Read more: https://bit.ly/3jigct5

10.01.2022 Applications are now open for the Summer Research Scholarships Program with the National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine (NCNM) at Southern Cross University. Gain first-hand research experience and develop valuable industry connections whilst partaking in a research project selected from an exciting range of topics. Potential projects include investigating hypnosis in dentistry, the use of cannabis by Parkinson’s Disease patients, the effects of leech therapy, and more. ... The first session will run from 11 January to 19 February 2021 and is now open for applications. To learn more about the program and talk with NCNM researchers, register for our Q&A webinar on Thursday 5 November at 5pm AEST. Register: https://bit.ly/34mU5O8

09.01.2022 The spectacular natural phenomenon of corals spawning when coral polyps simultaneously release egg and sperm bundles that they’ve spent months growing is underway on the inner reefs of the Great Barrier Reef. It’s a busy time of year for Southern Cross Uni’s ‘coral IVF’ expert Professor Peter Harrison who is leading a number of projects to restore damaged sections of the Reef. Marine Ecology Research Centre Great Barrier Reef Foundation... #GreatBarrierReef See more

09.01.2022 Welcome to all our new students joining us for orientation this week! Make sure you take part in our online orientation to find out everything you need to know about study, student support, and engagement activities at Southern Cross University. Visit Blackboard: https://bit.ly/2Tifhyj... If you have questions, our Client Services team is here to help. 1800 005 687 [email protected] or chat using webchat on our website.

09.01.2022 Are you interested in a higher degree by research? Apply now for a 6-week scholarship to undertake a research project supervised by one of the leading researchers from the National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine. You will be able to choose from a range of exciting health science research projects, such as investigating how CAM practitioners promote themselves to the public, the use of cannabis by Parkinson’s Disease patients, the effects of leech therapy, and more.... Follow the link in our bio for more information and to apply, visit: https://www.scu.edu.au/national-centre-for-naturopathic//

08.01.2022 Are you a farmer, landowner or gardener, or just wanting to learn more about regenerative agriculture? The 'Ground Cover' podcast, presented by the Regenerative Agriculture Alliance and Southern Cross University, explores real life stories of land managers who have undertaken the transition from conventional farming to regenerative agriculture. The first episode discusses 'the regenerative agriculture revolution' with farming revolutionary and author Dr Charles Massy, a well ...known grazier from Cooma in Southern NSW. Dr Massy realised through a paradigm shift in a very tough drought, the ignorance of conventional and industrial farming. Listen to podcast: https://soundcloud.com/sout//ground-cover-the-regenerative Find out more about regenerative agriculture at Southern Cross University: https://bit.ly/2IwQTa5

08.01.2022 Are you new to Southern Cross University in Session 3? Orientation will be held online on Wednesday 28 October. Here’s how you can start getting organised:... Head to our Orientation site to find your online session time Watch our Introduction to MySCU video Check out our cheat sheets on preparing for study, starting classes, and more. Visit Blackboard: https://bit.ly/37p1ONA

08.01.2022 These are the creative works of our Bachelor of Art and Design graduating class. This year the 2020 Graduate Show is being held online. We invite you to be part of the exhibition by following the link below: https://www.badgradshow.com/... A small selection of the works is also viewable at Elevator Gallery in Lismore from Wednesday to Friday this week, from 10am - 2pm. Congratulations to each of these students on these incredible, thought-provoking pieces.

08.01.2022 Good luck to all the Year 12 students sitting final exams! In a year of lockdowns, social distancing, and online learning, the #Classof2020 has shown incredible perseverance and resilience. Congratulations on making it this far, #yougotthis!

07.01.2022 During the time of the Soviet Union, a targeted research directive on the popular adaptogenic herb Eleutherococcus also known as Siberian ginseng was undertaken in the USSR. PhD student Sophia Gerontakos travelled to Russia to uncover and translate these studies that until recently has been kept largely hidden from the global scientific community. Read more: https://bit.ly/3fqy44L

07.01.2022 Only two weeks until Session 3 starts! Make sure you’re enrolled in your units and start preparing for your studies, before classes start on Monday 2 November. Class registration opens this week.... For guidance on selecting units, check out http://bit.ly/SCUcourse. If you're not sure how to get started, our Client Services team are here to help. Phone 1800 005 687 Email [email protected] or Chat to us on the Southern Cross University website chat function.

07.01.2022 SCU Options Days

06.01.2022 Options Day webinar - Explore your uni options!

05.01.2022 Hello, my name is Hannah! I am a fourth-year Bachelor of Education student at Southern Cross University. I’m passionate about special and inclusive education and am working hard to gain experience in a variety of educational settings before I graduate through working in schools. As part of an undergraduate degree, I get the opportunity to go on practicums - I want to show you a bit about what prac looked like for me over session 2! Head over to today’s story to check it out. Practicum is my favourite part of education because they are such a fantastic opportunity for learning and growth. It’s important to soak up every experience and challenge you get.

05.01.2022 Five tips for a healthier Christmas Christmas is a time of fun, family, and festive cheer. It is also a time where we tend to over-indulge. Southern Cross University PhD candidate and academic tutor Megan Lee specialises in nutritional psychiatry. She shares some small and easy ways we can feel happy and healthier this Christmas.... 1Get involved in active Christmas sports. Join the kids in the backyard for some cricket, head to the beach or your favourite swimming spot and cool down. After Christmas dinner encourage the family to all get out for a walk to see the local Christmas lights. 2Snack throughout the day rather than eating three large Christmas meals (summer stone fruits and nuts are amazing choices). If you do choose to eat a big lunch, try to go for the seafood options over starchy carbs like bread and pudding. Skip the turkey, it has a protein in it that makes you feel sleepy after eating it. 3Skip or slow down your alcohol intake. Drink water between drinks, use soda water as a mixer rather than sugary fizzy drinks. 4Reduce holiday stress remember you don’t have to spend time with anyone who makes you unhappy or uncomfortable (even if they are family). Start your own Christmas traditions, if the ones your family have cause unnecessary stress. 5Instead of giving presents this year, trade experiences with your loved ones. Make a voucher book for the kids with trips to the movies, slumber parties, favourite foods, hugs, board game nights that they can redeem throughout the year. Bake, build, grow, paint or make gifts for other family members.

05.01.2022 Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and the beginning #16Days16Ways to end violence against women. At Southern Cross University, we understand that as an educational institution, workplace, and community hub, we have a vital role to play in creating an Australia free of gender-based violence. Southern Cross has played a pivotal role in the development of a National Framework for Australian Universities: Respect and Equality In Austral...ian Universities to address gender-based violence alongside Our Watch, Monash University, La Trobe University and Western Sydney University. Check out the post below from UN Women for 10 ways you can make a difference during the #16Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, and every day.

04.01.2022 Nominations for the 2020 Alumni Impact Awards are now open! The Alumni Impact Awards are designed to recognise and celebrate our extraordinary graduates, in what has been an extraordinary year. Alumni Impact Award nominees are leaders in their fields who have leveraged their education, passion and skills to make a positive contribution to their communities, professions and countries. They exemplify the values and ethos of Southern Cross University.... Nominations are now open for the following awards: Alumnus of the Year Young Alumnus of the Year International Alumnus of the Year Community Impact Award You can nominate once for as many categories as you like. Award recipients for each category will receive $1,000 prize money. Find out more and submit your nomination: https://bit.ly/2KSOeZx #AlumniofSCU

03.01.2022 Don't forget! Nominations for the 2020 Student Excellence Awards close at Midnight this Friday 23 October 2020. These awards recognise outstanding Southern Cross University students who have distinguished themselves in areas such as leadership, sport, volunteering, or community engagement. University students and staff are invited to nominate here:... www.scu.edu.au/studentawards See more

03.01.2022 $4.1m in scholarships are up for grabs at Southern Cross University! Those looking to pursue higher education in 2021 are encouraged to apply for one of almost 400 scholarships. Find out more: https://bit.ly/33kOWVO

01.01.2022 Zoe Bertuzzi is our 2020 Southern Cross University student of the year! Fifteen students were awarded at last night's Big Meet Up online ceremony, with Zoe Bertuzzi saying she was ‘deeply honoured’ to be named Southern Cross University’s student of the year. As a recent graduate from Southern Cross University’s Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science double degree, Zoe worked tirelessly in her role as sports ambassador to new students both in person and over... zoom, and was influential in the development of several representative and social sports teams and assisting in coordinating ‘Intercampus Clash’ sports events between the University’s Gold Coast, Lismore and Coffs Harbour campuses. Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating at last night's celebrations, and congratulations to all of our Student Excellence Award recipients: Zachary Marceau (Sports Blue) Courtney Osborne Kaarin Goeldner Ken Dinh Meisha Grant Tyrone Orr Rhiannon Mitchell Hunter Mircev-Cox Nicolas Colbrelli Adams Emanuel Limbongan Mahmudur Rahman Joshua Cotton Snowy Frankland Larissa Jordan Zachary Marceau Southern Cross University’s Student Excellence Awards recognise outstanding students who have distinguished themselves in areas such as leadership, sport, volunteering or community engagement. Read more: https://bit.ly/3fFycNP

01.01.2022 Tiny coral larvae, just visible to the eye! Millions of these coral babies, born and hand-reared on land, will soon return to Magnetic Island to help replenish damaged sections of reef. Until then, the larvae are swimming in seawater tanks at the SeaSim facility at the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) in Townsville. This is one of the innovative Coral IVF projects on the Great Barrier Reef led by Southern Cross University’s Professor Peter Harrison, this one in partnership with AIMS and JCU: James Cook University, Australia.

01.01.2022 Thumbs up if a massage has ever helped improve your mental wellbeing. if you've experienced the same benefits while pregnant. New research reveals the benefits of partner-delivered relaxation massage to help with anxiety in pregnancy. One in five pregnant women suffers from perinatal anxiety and/or depression, corresponding to nearly 100,000 women a year. According to a recent analysis, perinatal mental health issues are costing Australia a staggering $877 million per ye...ar. "New parents often report feelings of insecurity and lack of confidence in the efficacy of self-care activities. Through the partner delivered massage our participants regained feelings of control and autonomy which are key drivers in maintaining positive psychological health and reducing the need for clinical and/or pharmacological interventions," Associate Professor Romy Lauche, Deputy Director of Research at the National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine, Southern Cross University explains. But it was not only women who benefited from the partner-based interventions: their partners also reported significant changes. Continue reading: https://bit.ly/31c8dI1