Thompson Rivers University

Month: May 2015

Faculty of Student Development
Punctuating Your Quotes May 29, 2015

Many writers get confused about where to put the punctuation at the end of a quote. Does the period/comma come before the closing quotation mark…

Campus News, Faculty and staff
A serious exercise for TRU May 22, 2015

Emergency Exercise Index 2 1/2 years of planning. 122 RCMP personnel, who included emergency response team (ERT) members, negotiators, Immediate Action Rapid Deployment (IARD) members,…

Campus News, Research and Graduate Studies
Vote for your favourite 3MT presenter May 19, 2015

Update, June 6, 2015: Elizabeth Watt from the University of Calgary wins the 2015 national Three Minute Thesis competition. Now is your chance to vote for Canada’s…

Alumni
Alumni Profile of the Month May 13, 2015

Pioneering the Kamloop's food truck industry wasn’t something that Natalie Basil, TRU Alumna ‘06 and partner Mikey Wheeler-Johnson had ever envisioned for themselves; but, with…

Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Campus News, Faculty and staff
Schmietenknop awarded Woman Leader of Tomorrow May 13, 2015

Acacia Schmietenknop’s tireless dedication to improving the Kamloops community has earned her the national recognition of being a female leader of tomorrow. She was presented…

Faculty and staff
Free tours of campus gardens May 6, 2015

Learn more about the plants and garden spaces on campus during free, guided tours provided by members of the TRU Friends of the Gardens. Scheduled…

Faculty and staff, School of Trades and Technology
Millwright program a go for TRU May 6, 2015

The Ministry of Advanced Education recently announced it would pay for 16 seats in the Foundation millwright program. Years of lobbying for a millwright program…