The Spring 2015 issue of Bridges Magazine features campus news, student initiatives, the latest in faculty and student research and community partnerships, and other stories…
An accomplished teacher, scholar and experienced academic administrator joins Thompson Rivers University’s executive team this fall. Dr. Christine Lisa Bovis-Cnossen has been appointed Provost and…
The following from Provost and Vice-President Academic Dr. Ulrich Scheck announces the appointment of Dr. Michael Bluhm as the new Associate Vice-President Strategic Enrolment and…
The following from TRU President and Vice-Chancellor Alan Shaver announces the appointment of Dr. Michael Henry as the new Dean of the School of Business…
TRU Community: I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Michael Henry as the new Dean of the School of Business and Economics at…
Today, Cathy McLeod, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and for Western Economic Diversification, and Member of Parliament for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, on behalf of the…
Do rent banks help to prevent homelessness? According to the results from the first year of a three-year research study into the effectiveness of rent…
Commitment to a high-calibre learning experience has earned TRU’s School of Nursing the highest accreditation possible from the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN).…
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] Research at TRU— like examining how urban systems respond in extreme weather by TRU geography faculty member David Hill (above)—is helping…
Dr. Anne Lavack may have retired from teaching in June 2015, but her name lives on at TRU in the form of the Dr.…
Thompson Rivers University has expanded its global network of institutional partners with its first formalized agreement with a Mexican state university. The agreement with Universidad…
Ken Lepin presents Kimberley Taylor with the Ken Lepin 2015 Entrepreneurship Spirit Award. Kimberley, a BBA 2015 graduate with double major in Marketing and New…
Helping a local U-Brew operation save money by reducing the cost of brewing supplies, and working with a local microbrewery to sequence the genomes of…
[youtube]https://youtu.be/YGN1ngAZJG8[/youtube] A master’s student specializing in radiation oncology won Canada’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) challenge. Elizabeth Watt's explanation of how radioactive “seeds” can be used in breast…
This afternoon the first person to cross TRU’s Convocation Coordinator was Wanda Cowles. [caption id="attachment_110441" align="alignleft" width="214"] Wanda Cowles crosses the convocation stage on June…
It is the highest achievement offered to Canadian graduate students, but when Julie Schooling walks across the stage to accept the Governor General’s Academic Gold…
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="377"] Learning the ups and downs of research during her honours thesis has given Nicole Vance greater confidence as well as honing…
Thompson Rivers University visual arts professor Donald Lawrence’s interest in the camera obscura takes many shapes. As an artist, he’s always finding new ways to design…
Low-income adults looking for upgrading courses at Thompson Rivers University can expect to find easy access to the Adult Upgrading Grants recently announced by the…
Thompson Rivers University’s commitment to reducing its impact on the environment while encouraging others to do the same has earned it a gold STARS rating…
