Posted on: June 27, 2006
KAMLOOPS – After a national search, Thompson Rivers University has decided upon one of its own for the position of Dean of the Faculty of Science, TRU Provost and Vice-President Academic Mark Evered announced today. “We conducted a national search and interviewed three candidates for the position,” said Dr. Evered, explaining that a ten-member search…
Read morePosted on: April 12, 2006
KAMLOOPS – The TRU Board of Governors is pleased to announce the ratification of collective agreements reached late last month with both CUPE support staff and the TRU Faculty Association. The long terms agreements are in place for the next four years. “We are very pleased to have reached these agreements, and extend our appreciation…
Read morePosted on: March 8, 2006
The opening of the collaborative art exhibition ImagiNative at TRU at 5 pm on Monday, March 13 promises a unique opportunity to meet and view the work of over 20 regional aboriginal artists. Everyone is invited to attend. The ImagiNative exhibition in the TRU Visual Arts Gallery will showcase some of the most innovative and…
Read morePosted on: November 25, 2005
Among those who received more than a much-appreciated cheque to help them further their studies when 408 students received scholarships and bursaries at yesterday’s annual awards ceremony at TRU, were Jasmin Wright of Sicamous and Greg Hibbert of Kamloops. Wright was awarded the Lieutenant-Governor’s Silver Medal, given to a student in a one-year program at…
Read morePosted on: October 18, 2005
TRU will join more than 2,000 communities across the country to celebrate Canada Career Week from October 31st to November 5th. Businesses throughout Kamloops will be on campus to discuss labour market information, personal hiring practices and to meet students that are interested in working for them. “The goal of the week’s activities is to…
Read morePosted on: November 22, 2004
KAMLOOPS-Third-year Bachelor of Business Administration student Christina Antoniak has been named UCC Co-op Student of the Year at a noon ceremony on the UCC campus today. Antoniak, who is majoring in Marketing, worked a co-operative education term for eight months with Enterprise Rent-a-Car in downtown Vancouver. Her Assistant Manager, Elliot Richter, who nominated Antoniak for…
Read morePosted on: June 3, 2004
KAMLOOPS-Next stop: Finland. After winning the annual Skills BC competition provincial finals in April, UCC Electronics student Greg Hibbert went on to compete with provincial gold-medal winners across the country at the National Skills Canada competition held in Winnipeg last week. The 19-year-old Kamloops student, who has just completed the first year of his two-year…
Read morePosted on: May 26, 2004
KAMLOOPS-It’s great timing. The University College of the Cariboo (UCC) has just been proclaimed BC’s newest university, and so is in a unique position to host a meeting of Presidents, Vice Chancellors and Rectors from other “new generation universities” worldwide that have achieved university status within the past 30 years. Delegates from about 50 universities…
Read morePosted on: March 11, 2004
KAMLOOPS-The UCC School of Tourism has announced the nominees for the 1st Annual Tourism Awards. A dinner and ceremony to honour these nominees, who have distinguished themselves in the tourism industry or in tourism education, will be held on Friday, March 19th in the UCC Culinary Arts Building, with colleagues of nominees urged to attend…
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