Michele Young – TRU Newsroom

Students can tap into new education funding

Posted on: July 22, 2020

Students who sign up for university this fall have access to improved financial resources that could reduce the cost of their education.

Inspiring generations

Posted on: June 12, 2020

Thompson Rivers University is conferring honorary doctorate degrees upon two outstanding women who share remarkable resilience in overcoming traumatic experiences in their lives.

Naowarat (Ann) Cheeptham is one of this year's D2L award winners for innovation in teaching and learning.

Small study subjects reap big award

Posted on: June 11, 2020

Naowarat (Ann) Cheeptham is one of this year’s esteemed recipients of the D2L (Desire2Learn) Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning.

Don Poirier, associate vice-president of TRU Open Learning.

TRU takes lead role in global education accessibility

Posted on: June 9, 2020

Thompson Rivers University (TRU) is at the forefront of making free online education more accessible around the world—a resource that’s more important than ever since the COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered classrooms, and one that more institutions are considering as education moves increasingly online. TRU is the first in North America to offer an international credential…

Nurses shine in turbulent times

Posted on: May 11, 2020

TRU nursing students and faculty are showing strength as they do their best during the COVID-19 pandemic.

TRU Clinical Co-ordinator and Associate Teaching Professor for the Respiratory Therapy program, Mike Lemphers

Students graduate straight to the COVID-19 frontlines

Posted on: May 7, 2020

As the novel coronavirus swept around the globe and killed thousands of people, 65 student respiratory therapists at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) graduated early to work on the frontlines.

Sarah Ewart and Dave Barroqueiro were part of a TRU Law team that developed a series of apps to help people access COVID assistance programs.

Law team creates blog and apps for COVID-19 assistance

Posted on: April 22, 2020

A team of 15 TRU Law students, faculty and alumni collaborated to create a series of apps to help people find out how to access financial help during the pandemic.