Adaptability key to messy real-life research
Posted on: June 9, 2015
An honours thesis project gave psychology student Nicole Vance a better understanding of herself and how the ups-and-downs of a project can mirror life in general.
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Camera Obscura rolls into Dawson City
Posted on: June 8, 2015
The SSHRC-funded Camera Obscura project, led by TRU visual arts professor Donald Lawrence, is culminating in the Midnight Sun Camera Obscura Festival, held during Summer Solstice, June 17-21 in Dawson City, Yukon.
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Art student to exhibit alongside First Nations masters
Posted on: May 27, 2015
Kelsey Jules, a third-year Bachelor of Fine Arts student, has been awarded a $5,000 Youth Artist Scholarship from the YVR Art Foundation to develop work for a year-long exhibit at Vancouver International Airport.
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Book explores how WWI authors turned to spiritualism to cope with tragedy
Posted on: May 26, 2015
Thompson Rivers University professor and English Department Chair Dr. George M. Johnson’s latest book, “Mourning and Mysticism in First World War Literature and Beyond: Grappling with Ghosts,” publishes later this spring through Palgrave Macmillan.
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Geography class campaigns for sustainability
Posted on: April 22, 2015
Instead of just talking about environmental concerns, TRU geography students took action through six crowdfunded projects to raise awareness, purchase needed equipment and even create awards for student research.
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Graduating artists showcasing with year-end show
Posted on: April 17, 2015
Students graduating from the Bachelor of Fine Arts program host their year-end exhibition from April 17 to May 1 in the TRU Gallery and the various studios in the Visual Arts wing.
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Psyched up for New York
Posted on: March 24, 2015
A university education can take you to amazing places. Fourteen TRU undergraduate students are headed to New York City in May for a unique opportunity to immerse themselves in research.
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2015 Distinguished Alumni
Posted on: March 12, 2015
TRU will recognize two alumni, a student leader, and a local accounting firm on April 10 at its annual Distinguished Alumni Awards.
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Employers looking for the intangible skills offered by liberal Arts graduates
Posted on: March 9, 2015
The value of a Bachelor of Arts degree has taken many hits in recent years, but that will turn around as BC employers look for the so-called soft skills a liberal Arts degree provides.
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Family ties on a global campus
Posted on: February 12, 2015
When you’re thinking about moving 15,000 kilometres away from family and friends for school, homesickness is to be expected. But when recent graduate Idah Msiska (’14) considered coming to TRU from her home country of Zambia, family made all the difference.
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