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Faculty and staff, Featured, School of Trades and Technology
Six medals won at Skills Canada BC May 11, 2018

TRU earned a healthy haul of medals at the recent Skills Canada BC championships in Abbotsford. And one student—Drew Hegyi—won gold in the high school…

Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Education and Social Work, Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies, School of Nursing
Sharing a passion for research peer-to-peer May 11, 2018

[caption id="attachment_2710533" align="alignright" width="400"] Graduate Research Mentors, 2018-19[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2710534" align="alignright" width="400"] Undergraduate Research Ambassadors, 2018-19[/caption] Even without the title and the award, Breanne McAmmond…

Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Let the cars do the talking May 11, 2018

We’re 10 years away from having 100 per cent of vehicles speak to each other through the Internet of Vehicles Dr. Ning Lu predicts, but…

Faculty and staff, Featured, School of Trades and Technology
Becca Peters shines as trades valedictorian May 10, 2018

[embed]https://youtu.be/4qcuQx0pe4M[/embed] Underrepresentation of women in the trades kept Becca Peters away from pursuing a career in heavy duty mechanics. Despite keen interest, she spent nearly…

Campus News, Featured, Office of the President
Old Main gets new life May 10, 2018

Students coming to campus at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in September will find parts of Old Main made new. More than half of the classrooms…

Faculty and staff, Faculty of Science, Featured, Indigenous Education, School of Nursing
Aboriginal youth camp receives $10K from Telus April 27, 2018

[caption id="attachment_2695873" align="alignright" width="1200"] From left to right: Ann Cheeptham, camp co-founder; Paul Michel, TRU Director of Aboriginal Education; Wendy Heshka, Telus Community Foundation; Karen…

Faculty and staff, Faculty of Education and Social Work, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Vera Wu—social capital butterfly April 26, 2018

TRU Master of Education (MEd) student Vera Ziwei Wu has received the 2018 Nan Poliakoff Memorial Award, which supports professional development for English language educators in BC. Wu used…

Faculty and staff, Faculty of Arts, Featured, TRU World
More than meets the eyes April 19, 2018

What do you get when you take a legally-blind writer, a tourist from the UK and someone with a keen interest in getting to know…