Lepin awards enrich graduate education October 22, 2019
Eight exceptional TRU graduate students have been recognized for their efforts, each receiving $6,000 Ken Lepin Graduate Student Awards during an Oct. 17 ceremony. This…
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TRU empowers faculty to lower costs for students October 2, 2019
Deadline to apply: Oct. 15, 2019 at 9 a.m. Ever-increasing tuition and textbook costs are creating educational blockades. As a result, only those…
Alaska Highway News | Fort St. John student travels to Ecuador to work with Amazon animals September 25, 2019
Fort St. John student Brittney Hein has worked from the African savanna to the Amazon rainforest as a veterinarian in training. She recently spent two…
TRU Law faculty and students publish journal on animal law September 12, 2019
The latest volume of the Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law edited by faculty and students of TRU Law is delving into a topic…
TRU student is well suited for charity work September 6, 2019
Master of Education student, lifestyle and fashion blogger, Sultan Sandur is using his skills to give back to the community by suiting up high-school grads…
Sustaining success September 4, 2019
This story first appeared in the spring 2019 edition of Bridges Magazine: The Sustainability Issue. Bridges is the official publication of TRU alumni and friends,…
TRU is so sustainable it tops the coolest of Cool Schools September 3, 2019
KAMLOOPS—Building on its success as the first Canadian university to receive platinum ranking for its leadership in sustainability, Thompson Rivers University is now also the…
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education | AASHE Releases the 2019 Sustainable Campus Index August 26, 2019
AASHE ranks universities and colleges around the world for their sustainability efforts and TRU is the only institution in Canada to achieve its platinum status.…
University Affairs | How Thompson Rivers University is improving outcomes for Indigenous people August 21, 2019
The award-winning Knowledge Makers and the Coyote Project are moving TRU's indigenization efforts forward by leaps and bounds. Read more
Brighter World | Why cultural safety is critical to the health of First Nations July 11, 2019
TRU alum Erin Slade is working to make Indigenous communities and people healthier. Her degree from TRU took her to a master's program at McMaster…
Accreditation recognizes TRU’s commitment to quality July 10, 2019
KAMLOOPS–The quality of education and commitment to student success at Thompson Rivers University has received major recognition with the university achieving accreditation status through the…
TRU celebrates achieving accelerated accreditation July 10, 2019
Thompson Rivers University has been granted accreditation by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) two years ahead of schedule. This makes TRU the…
Career and Experiential Learning nets national award July 4, 2019
Members of TRU’s Career and Experiential Learning (CEL) department have earned national recognition for their work and leadership in growing career education. The team was…
Provincial scholarships awarded to graduate researchers June 13, 2019
KAMLOOPS – Four exceptional graduate students at Thompson Rivers University will share in scholarships valued at $60,000. They are the first at TRU to receive…
TRU wins national education award for Indigenous student research mentoring June 13, 2019
KAMLOOPS–Thompson Rivers University has won the 2019 Alan Blizzard Award from the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) for its unique, collaborative…
CBC Kamloops | Kamloops poet releases Gatecrasher June 12, 2019
TRU faculty member Susan Buis recently released her first book of poems, Gatecrasher, at a launch at the Kamloops Art Gallery. CBC Kamloops asked her…
Kamloops This Week | Convocation kicks off with TRU president's installation June 7, 2019
TRU's fourth President and Vice-Chancellor Brett Fairbairn was installed at this start of this year's convocation ceremonies. Read more
TRU broadens perspective from small town to the wide world June 7, 2019
The road to TRU took Devon Banks on a few turns before she came to Kamloops. Born and raised in the small community of Delburne,…
Rattlesnake researcher receives gold medal June 5, 2019
When Stephanie Winton arrived at TRU to pursue her Master of Science in Environmental Science, she had no idea that the work she would undertake…
New country, new language, new future May 29, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_ZuIV7lLIo When Anh (Colddy) Nguyen decided he wanted to study at a university outside of his home country of Vietnam, Canada quickly came to…
