Alumni Q&A: From OL to entrepreneurship November 25, 2021
By TRU Alumni TRU alum Ryan Dennis (Cert. Mgmt Studies ’13) is the founder of organic grocery retailer Larry’s Market in Vancouver. Dennis caught up…
By TRU Alumni TRU alum Ryan Dennis (Cert. Mgmt Studies ’13) is the founder of organic grocery retailer Larry’s Market in Vancouver. Dennis caught up…
By Brynn Roach When asking a founder, CEO or investor what the most important lesson in entrepreneurship is, you’ll likely hear the phrase: “Don’t start…
From the Kamloops Blazers to the NHL, TRU alum and sportswriter James Mirtle has had a whirlwind of a career. After more than 20 industrious…
TRU Law alum Candace Formosa placed third for the essay she submitted while still a student to the annual Insolvency Institute of Canada Law Student…
TRU alum Emily Bootle (BA ’14) is a funeral director, embalmer and the founder of DeathCare BC. We got in touch to learn more about…
If you want to know what Patrick Blennerhassett is up to these days, just look him up in the South China Morning Post. The 2017…
After changing careers and countries, Odo Nkum feels she has reached her destiny. Odo (she has asked that she be referred to by her first…
Driving a haul truck has had a profound effect on TRU alum Chace Barber —and not just financially. It also helped him focus his career…
By Tyler Lowey Flexibility has always benefited TRU alum Christine Wunderlich. Whether she's spinning, twirling, bending entwined around a piece of fabric strung up 20-feet…
Colin Carson, TRU alumnus and CEO of Tourism Prince George Colin Carson came to Thompson Rivers University to play volleyball and left with a Bachelor…
By Tyler Lowey Whether it be Cariboo College, University College of the Cariboo or Thompson Rivers University, the institution has always believed smaller class sizes…
Generous donors not only met the unprecedented $50-million goal of Thompson Rivers University’s Limitless Campaign, they exceeded it. The campaign concluded at the end of…
By Jordin Wilkinson, student ambassador Adam Miron, entrepreneur, TRU alumni and recent Learn with Leaders speaker, shared his experiences starting businesses with TRU students. Here…
When Jim Reilly was celebrating the publication of his most recent book, he contacted someone who had particularly inspired him: a university professor. Reilly completed…
Entrepreneur Emily Sedgwick is an '07 TRU business grad and returning student who opened the Crooked Crown in downtown Kamloops in 2020. Emily’s boutique carries…
TRU alum Monique Gray Smith has been very successful in her career as both a psychiatric nurse and author since studying at Cariboo College. In…
TRU alum Kamal Rai (MBA '19) recently published the Punjabi-English children’s book Up or Down. We caught up with her: Why did you choose TRU?I…
By Tyler Lowey There are surely thousands of people around the world that would love nothing more than to play, study and discuss video games…
Teacher, nurse, accountant, journalist—these are just some of the more typically sought-after career paths of university students. However, Bachelor of Arts (BA) grad Luke Kernan…
By Tyler Lowey Having one eye on the future and one eye on the past has carried Dr. Dan Connolly to heights in the academic…