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International volunteer program helps employees Leave for Change

Posted on: March 3, 2016

Kelly Warnock, an instructional designer, was one of two inaugural TRU participants in the Leave 4 Change international volunteer program, an initiative designed to match the needs of international partner organizations with skills of employee volunteers from Canadian partner institutions. Warnock spent three weeks in Vinh Long, Vietnam last fall, teaching lesson plan design and educational technology.

More than 700 immersion students help drive regional economy

Posted on: August 7, 2015

Summer is a time for many to unwind and to even slow things down a bit, but that doesn’t mean TRU stops being an economic driver for Kamloops and the region.

Potential collaboration with Chinese Maple Leaf schools

Posted on: July 21, 2015

Representatives from Maple Leaf Education Systems and TRU meet to discuss adding to their existing partnership.

Agreement with Mexican university expands global network

Posted on: June 26, 2015

TRU has expanded its global network of institutional partners with its first formalized agreement with a Mexican state university.

Leave For Change program supports staff and faculty volunteering overseas

Posted on: March 9, 2015

New program has TRU offsetting some costs of staff and faculty using vacation time to volunteer overseas.

Living Library promotes intercultural conversations

Posted on: March 6, 2015

Sign out a living book and learn about that person’s stories, background, and beliefs.

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.

Clemantine Wamariya opens International Days at TRU

Posted on: March 11, 2014

Leading up to her keynote address at International Days, genocide survivor and activist Clemantine Wamariya talks with the Newsroom about her fight for human rights and how she inspires others to make a difference.

TRU is colourful: the sights and sounds of International Days

Posted on: March 5, 2014

TRU celebrates diversity at International Days March 11 to 14. Enjoy the colours, flavours, textures and sounds of this four-day festival, opening with keynote speaker Clemantine Wamariya.

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International volunteer program helps employees Leave for Change

More than 700 immersion students help drive regional economy

Agreement with Mexican university expands global network

Leave For Change program supports staff and faculty volunteering overseas

Living Library promotes intercultural conversations

Family ties on a global campus

Clemantine Wamariya opens International Days at TRU

TRU is colourful: the sights and sounds of International Days

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