In celebration of TRU’s 45th anniversary as a post-secondary institution, the Spring 2015 issue of Bridges Magazine takes us back to our Cariboo College and UCC days in newsprint and photos. See the entire story on page 20. Here we give you a better look at our selection of photographs—click on an image to see the larger version.
Do you have a favourite photo or story from your student days at Cariboo, UCC or TRU? Submit it to alumni@tru.ca before our 45th anniversary celebration at the Back to School BBQ, Sept. 11, 2015.
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- A deer impersonating a caribou stands outside Cariboo’s new Old Main building in 1971.
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- The first campus signage for Cariboo College shows the range of programs still available today.
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- Picketers attend an interview with Premier W. A. C. Bennett, visiting campus in May 1972.
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- In 1977 the Culinary Arts cafeteria served over 3,300 students and 244 faculty and staff.
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- Learning to communicate with a computer terminal in February 1979.
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- Archaeology field school in 1979 discovers Secwepemc history.
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- Joe Presta (left) and Chuck Brewster check out new bells and whistles in Media Services.
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- View from the Science building during construction in May 1979.
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- Breaking ground for the Clock Tower in 1987, with the architects, David Cane, Stella Black and Claude Richmond.
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- Rick Hansen rolls onto campus at the end of his Man in Motion World Tour in May 1987.
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- An early “microcomputer” lab, September 1987.
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- Nelson Riis (left) and Ron Ignace at the Canada Summer Games opening ceremony Aug. 6, 1993.
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- UCC is a host of the Canada Games—staff and faculty volunteer.
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- In time to host the 1993 Games, the new pool at TCC and Hillside Stadium open.
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- The Arts and Education building opens in 1993, with a second wing underway.
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- The first International Students Day was celebrated Nov. 1, 1993.
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- The campus in 2003: the new International Building, but no Residence tower, House of Learning or BC Centre for Open Learning.
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- Donors and special guests were on hand to open the Brown Family House of Learning on May 26, 2011.
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- WolfPack player Justin King rises to the challenge vs. University of the Fraser Valley, Nov. 4, 2011.
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- Celebrating diversity and LGBTQ pride, a student initiative created TRU’s rainbow crosswalk Sept. 16, 2013.
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- Chris Hadfield delights a packed house at the President’s Lecture Oct. 4, 2013. Photo Kevin Skrepnek/The Omega
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- Honorary degree recipient Craig Kielburger with valedictorian Sara Corless, Spring Convocation 2014
See the full story in the Spring 2015 web edition of Bridges Magazine.
