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Faculty and staff, Featured, Indigenous Education
Reconciliation Pow Wow March 13, 2017

More than 200 participants and spectators from infants to older elders were on campus for the TRU Reconciliation Pow Wow: Honouring Our Culture Through Education.…

Faculty and staff, Featured, School of Trades and Technology
Skills Canada banners applaud and inspire March 10, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2245708" align="alignright" width="800"] Some of the Skills Canada banners found in the trades building. These are located in the main lobby by the stairs…

Alumni, Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Campus News, Faculty and staff, Featured,
Young alum leading the way for women in business March 8, 2017

Just three years after graduating with her business degree, Twyla Hartnell has climbed the corporate ladder to a successful career path in a traditionally male-dominated…

Faculty and staff, Faculty of Arts, Featured,
Never too late to paint March 7, 2017

When Alan Brandoli looks around his classroom, a third of the artists are not your average university student, they're mature. One of those students, Carol Schlosar, teaches…

Campus News, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Education and Social Work, Faculty of Law, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Researchers team up to solve community challenges March 6, 2017

Five TRU researchers will embark on community-driven research projects as part of an initiative to spur social innovation. The Community Driven Research Fund, which was…

Campus News, Faculty and staff, Faculty of Law, Featured
Career fair informative for law students March 6, 2017

Law students had the opportunity to connect with prospective employers on Friday at the second annual TRU Law Career Fair. Over 100 sharply-dressed students attended…

Alumni, Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Faculty and staff, Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism, Featured,
Alum at Sports Council reflects on TRU difference March 2, 2017

Ellice Clement has a double major in tourism management and marketing and landed her dream job in January, working as administrative coordinator for the Kamloops…

Faculty and staff, Faculty of Law, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Whose Games are they anyway? March 1, 2017

“The Olympic Games is unquestionably the largest and most important sporting event in the world. Yet who exactly is accountable for its successes and failures?”…

Campus News, Faculty and staff, Featured, TRU World
Leave for Change March 1, 2017

The name Leave for Change says it all—take your annual vacation and be the change you want to see in the world. For the third…

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, Indigenous Education, Research and Graduate Studies, School of Nursing
Knowledge Makers program has impressive impact March 1, 2017

When the Knowledge Makers program launched in 2016, organizers hoped the program would inspire more Indigenous students to participate in research. Now in its second…

Campus News, Faculty and staff, Faculty of Law, Featured
TRU Law connects Kamloops alumni February 28, 2017

Recently, TRU Law held its first official Kamloops alumni event. About twenty people gathered in an intimate setting at Terra Restaurant in downtown Kamloops to…

Campus News, Faculty of Education and Social Work, Faculty of Science, Featured,
STEM program: First-ever for TRU February 27, 2017

TRU announces secondary school teacher training in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) A new program for educating secondary school teachers of science and mathematics, the…

Faculty and staff, Featured, School of Nursing, Williams Lake
Nursing from experience February 24, 2017

Understanding the pain and frustration of people suffering from illness can be difficult, but nursing students at the Williams Lake campus now know what it’s…