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Born in Banff and raised in the West Kootenay by hippies, Robin is a Nelson transplant from the mountains. She’s inspired by natural beauty, traditional and contemporary art and when environmental conservation meets savvy business decisions. A visual thinker, she likes sketching her ideas, photography and capturing funny videos for all the social media channels. You’ll catch her on a skateboard or snowboard most weekends, loving the Kamloops life—brewpubs, sagebrush, big skies and all. Send her your story ideas via rphelan@tru.ca

Posts by Robin:

Ellice Clement, outside of her office at Riverside Park in Kamloops.

Alum at Sports Council reflects on TRU difference

Posted on: March 2, 2017

Tourism management and marketing alum, Ellice Clement is enjoying her new position at Kamloops Sports Council and credits the TRU advantage.

High stakes for editing students

Posted on: February 17, 2017

Fifty-two creative non-fiction submissions are currently being reviewed and longlisted by students in a senior editing and publishing class.

MBA students compete as furniture CEOs

Posted on: February 9, 2017

Strategic Management Information Systems students are working with local Wholesale Furniture Brokers, competing in online sales and profits.

Arts alum on Latin American mining issues

Posted on: January 30, 2017

TRU alum Jeff Weber will be speaking on the evening of Feb. 2 about his book, Blood of Extraction Canadian Imperialism in Latin America.

TRU Alumna, Julie John, at her desk, in her store—Eagle Eye—First Nations Gifts

Grad hosts inspiring conference for women entrepreneurs

Posted on: January 27, 2017

Julie John recently graduated from TRU. She's been busy opening a gift shop, running an event management business and planning a conference.

Don’t miss Mockus

Posted on: January 13, 2017

Chimera Theatre presents Mockus, a play written by Arts Faculty member, George Johnson and performed by current students and alumni.

Love at first semester

Posted on: December 9, 2016

Arts students tell us what they like most about TRU in their first semester of university classes.

SoBE Student Centre grand opening a success

Posted on: November 25, 2016

The School of Business and Economics celebrated the opening of their new SoBE Student Centre today with a grand opening party.

Geography alum explores aerial archaeology

Posted on: November 17, 2016

Sarah Cooke, geography and environmental studies alumna, is pursuing a rewarding career combining archaeology, drones and GIS.

Blazers players hit the books

Posted on: November 15, 2016

Players from the Kamloops Blazers develop their abilities to compose scholarly writing in Intro to University Writing with Jan Duerden.

Five Ch’nook Scholars announced

Posted on: November 8, 2016

Five business students have been announced as 2016/17 Ch’nook scholars for excelling in their studies and giving back to their communities.

Teaching management, having fun breaking the ice

Posted on: November 7, 2016

SoBE faculty member, Nancy Southin, has created a teaching brief which has been used by 35 universities in eight different countries.

The victorious TRU MBA team

TRU students win BC MBA Games trophy

Posted on: November 4, 2016

21 MBA students faced off against four other universities in case studies, fundraising, dodgeball and canoe races and came out victorious.

A TRUly United co-op

Posted on: October 20, 2016

Co-op student, Nick Saxby, is working as a marketing and communications associate with United Way, helping to change lives in the community.

Game on for MBA students

Posted on: October 17, 2016

A team of MBA students is set to compete in the BC MBA Games in Nanaimo this Friday.

Projecting new perspectives

Posted on: October 7, 2016

Fourth year visual arts and philosophy student, Levi Glass, is finding his passion in the art of optics and projected imagery.

TRU expert weighs in on carbon pricing

Posted on: October 3, 2016

Dr. Joel Wood calls today's federal carbon pricing announcement "really good news for the BC economy."

Seeing obscurity and magic in Knutsford

Posted on: September 12, 2016

Arts faculty member Susan Buis is on the 2016 CBC Creative Nonfiction Prize Longlist with her latest work.

Stay safe with new app

Posted on: September 8, 2016

The Office of Safety and Emergency Management is launching a new TRU app on September 9—TRU SAFE.

Choose your own co-op

Posted on: August 30, 2016

Before starting fourth year courses, arts student Jake MacLaren is wrapping up a creative co-op with the School of Business and Economics.