Alumni, Featured
TRU alum TikToker just keeps on trucking August 3, 2021
Driving a haul truck has had a profound effect on TRU alum Chace Barber —and not just financially. It also helped him focus his career…
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Winnipeg Free Press | Dairy to dream — Entrepreneurs hope to make their creamy condiment the finishing touch for discerning home cooks July 26, 2021
TRU culinary arts alumna Rob Sengotta and his business partner Landon Kroeker have started a venture called Von Slick’s Finishing Butter — a high-quality, salted…
Castanet Kamloops | TRU teammates at Olympics July 26, 2021
Two former Thompson Rivers University volleyball standouts have reunited in Tokyo, representing Canada and France on the Olympic stage. Gord Perrin and Kevin Tillie will…
100 Mile Free Press | PRIME TIME: Mike Archie remains committed to promoting the Shuswap people July 22, 2021
Giving back to the people of the Canim Lake Band is what drives Mike Archie, a graduate of TRU and former chief who is now…
The Lethbridge Herald | Skeleton sledders being sought July 14, 2021
Joe Cecchini's career in the sport of skeleton began as his soccer career was winding up at TRU in Kamloops in 2006. The vice president…
Alumni, Featured,
Open Learning gives artists freedom to study their way July 6, 2021
By Tyler Lowey Flexibility has always benefited TRU alum Christine Wunderlich. Whether she's spinning, twirling, bending entwined around a piece of fabric strung up 20-feet…
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Business alum now heads Tourism Prince George July 5, 2021
Colin Carson, TRU alumnus and CEO of Tourism Prince George Colin Carson came to Thompson Rivers University to play volleyball and left with a Bachelor…
InfoNews Kamloops | Kamloops teacher picking up pieces of her culture, empowering Indigenous youth June 28, 2021
Kelsey Jules decided to become a teacher from a sense of responsibility to pass on her First Nation's culture. Jules lives in Kamloops on Tk’emlups…
Akimblog | Levi Glass, artist — Victoria June 24, 2021
Check out this TRU alumnus's latest works on this listings site. Read more
The Lawyer's Daily | Three new associates for Harper Grey in Vancouver June 3, 2021
Two TRU Law alumna are among three new hires at Harper Grey in Vancouver. Karina Alibhai and Aman Taggar have just joined the firm. Read more
Alumni, Featured
Charter alum pays it forward four decades later June 2, 2021
By Tyler Lowey Whether it be Cariboo College, University College of the Cariboo or Thompson Rivers University, the institution has always believed smaller class sizes…
Heroes Lottery | Life as an ICU nurse at VGH during a pandemic May 20, 2021
TRU School of Nursing alumna Dana Fedor is featured for her work in intensive care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
Castanet Kelowna | New CFO announced May 13, 2021
TRU student Elma Hamming is taking over the chief financial officer position for the Town of Oliver this July. She has a CPA/CMA and is…
Kamloops BC Now | The Face of Baking: Paige Knapp May 7, 2021
TRU event management alumna Paige Knapp has found sweet success running the Sweet Spot cupcake bakery. Owning the business that she started off at is…
Academica | TRU Limitless Campaign exceeds $50M goal April 28, 2021
Academica's daily Top Ten includes news about TRU's Limitless Campaign exceeding its $50-million goal. Read more
Fun 107 Radio | Preserving a future for polar bears across the Arctic April 28, 2021
The Buttonwood Park Zoo’s Virtual Wildlife Education Series in New Bedford is featuring Alysa McCall, director of Conservation Outreach for Polar Bears International. McCall earned…
Radio NL | Thompson Rivers University raises $50 million dollars at 50th anniversary April 27, 2021
TRU's multi-year Limitless Campaign raised $53.7 million from 4,500 donors, exceeding its initial goal of raising $50 million by 2020, which was the university's 50th…
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Donors fulfill record-setting Limitless Campaign April 26, 2021
Generous donors not only met the unprecedented $50-million goal of Thompson Rivers University’s Limitless Campaign, they exceeded it. The campaign concluded at the end of…
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Donors drive TRU’s Limitless Campaign to record finish April 26, 2021
KAMLOOPS — Thompson Rivers University’s Limitless Campaign exceeded its historic goal and reached $53.7 million due to generous giving of 4,500 donors who showed they…
Kamloops This Week | Artist and her work enjoy homecoming in Kamloops March 24, 2021
Kamloops artist Martha Jane Ritchie took her first printmaking class decades ago at Cariboo College (now Thompson Rivers University), then went on to study printmaking…
