TRU wins national teaching excellence award June 12, 2019
Thompson Rivers University has won two of three prestigious national teaching awards from the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STHLE). On Wednesday,…
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Sampling trades June 10, 2019
This story first appeared in the spring 2019 edition of Bridges Magazine: The Sustainability Issue. Bridges is the official publication of TRU alumni and…
Meet our donors: The TB Vets Charitable Foundation June 7, 2019
Support from the TB Vets Charitable Foundation and its donors has fuelled the respiratory therapy program at Thompson Rivers University for 30 years through critical…
TRU broadens perspective from small town to the wide world June 7, 2019
The road to TRU took Devon Banks on a few turns before she came to Kamloops. Born and raised in the small community of Delburne,…
Indigenization is a blue-chip investment in people, the future June 6, 2019
Indigenization is not only is the right thing to do, but could be what makes or breaks Canadian organizations in the years going forward. And…
Brett Fairbairn installed as fourth TRU president June 6, 2019
TRU proudly celebrated the installation of Dr. Brett Fairbairn as TRU’s fourth president and vice-chancellor on Wednesday morning at the first of six spring convocation…
2019 Convocation welcome from the chancellor; president and vice-chancellor June 5, 2019
Congratulations graduates! You did it! More than 1,800 of you from more than 50 countries just completed requirements toward a certificate, diploma or degree; and…
Embracing big data and big ideas from abroad June 5, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijTzDMKhwog Vimaljeet Singh is TRU’s 2019 School of Business and Economics valedictorian, graduating with his Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in International Business. Before coming to TRU and…
Rattlesnake researcher receives gold medal June 5, 2019
When Stephanie Winton arrived at TRU to pursue her Master of Science in Environmental Science, she had no idea that the work she would undertake…
A life-long love of (machine) learning June 4, 2019
https://youtu.be/hwC1rLAed8s Marco Lussetti is the 2019 TRU Faculty of Science valedictorian, graduating with his newly minted Bachelor of Computing Science degree. Originally hailing from Italy,…
Viewing sustainability from all angles May 31, 2019
This story first appeared in the spring 2019 edition of Bridges Magazine: The Sustainability Issue. Bridges is the official publication of TRU alumni and friends,…
Tourism grad sets sights on industry sustainability May 30, 2019
https://youtu.be/c6E2XdW87uc Fauve Garson is TRU’s 2019 valedictorian for the Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism Management. Garson grew up in BC’s Lower Mainland before…
PLAR gets you credits for interests, volunteer work, workshops, more May 30, 2019
Getting transfer credits is one thing, but earning credits for your employment, volunteering, independent studies, professional development, hobbies and even travel—well, that’s a game changer…
New country, new language, new future May 29, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_ZuIV7lLIo When Anh (Colddy) Nguyen decided he wanted to study at a university outside of his home country of Vietnam, Canada quickly came to…
Building a healthier future May 29, 2019
This story first appeared in the spring 2019 edition of Bridges Magazine: The Sustainability Issue. Bridges is the official publication of TRU alumni and friends,…
From earthquakes to wildfires. What are the human impacts? May 29, 2019
This story first appeared in the spring 2019 edition of Bridges Magazine: The Sustainability Issue. Bridges is the official publication of TRU alumni and friends,…
Student research—from beer and birds, to fish guts May 28, 2019
Ten TRU students have been awarded Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA), with each receiving a minimum of $5,625,…
Lawrence a ‘culture changer’ in undergraduate arts research May 24, 2019
For Donald Lawrence, the true reward for mentoring undergraduate students is in watching their careers take off and seeing them fulfill their artistic and career…
Lawrence a 'culture changer' in undergraduate arts research May 24, 2019
For Donald Lawrence, the true reward for mentoring undergraduate students is in watching their careers take off, and seeing them reach their full potential. This…
TRU researchers share $579,000 in federal awards May 23, 2019
KAMLOOPS – Five Thompson Rivers University researchers received $579,240 over five years through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grants program, announced…
