Alumni & Friends gives $10K to support new students August 20, 2020
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) alumni are paying it forward. The TRU Alumni & Friends Association is donating $10,000 to the First-Year Student Resiliency Fund, which…
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Kamloops This Week | TRU alumni group donates $10,000 to First-Year Student Resiliency Fund August 20, 2020
TRU's Alumni & Friends Association is donating $10,000 to the First-Year Student Resiliency Fund for students starting their education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
Canadian Grocer | 2020 Star Women in Grocery winner Stephanie Ames August 19, 2020
The Save-On-Foods store manager in Kimberly, BC, Stephanie Ames has put her #myTRU Executive Management and Leadership program skills to good use. Read more
Quesnel Cariboo Observer | Kismet Industries: A homegrown success story June 25, 2020
Meet Erin Josephy, a TRU School of Business and Economics grad who has created Vancouver-based Kismet Industries, a company that specializes in self-care products such…
Radio NL | David Hughes on employee privacy rights during the pandemic June 11, 2020
Forward Law lawyer David Hughes, who teaches employment and privacy law at TRU, joined NL Morning News to talk about what employers have the right…
The Ashcroft-Cache Creek Journal | Ashcroft Museum invites people to take part in ‘Project of Heart’ June 5, 2020
TRU BEd graduate Breana Paulos is spending the summer working at the Ashcroft Museum on The Project of Heart. It's a tile-decorating program that gives…
Students graduate straight to the COVID-19 frontlines May 7, 2020
For someone who is hit hard by COVID-19, the sound is both reassuring and terrifying. The shoop click click, shoop click click, of a ventilator…
CFJC Today | Windsor Plywood Foundation chips in $75k for TRU carpentry program May 5, 2020
The Windsor Plywood Foundation has donated $75,000 to TRU’s carpentry program, thanks to a request from the Kamloops store owners, one of whom is an…
Alumni connection drives donation from Windsor Plywood Foundation May 5, 2020
KAMLOOPS—A $75,000 donation from the Windsor Plywood Foundation has supplied Thompson Rivers University’s carpentry program with new, state-of-the-art equipment. Local Windsor Plywood Kamloops owners Bryan…
Law team creates blog and apps for COVID-19 assistance April 22, 2020
While there is a lot of information on websites and other sources about government programs available for people whose lives are impacted by the pandemic,…
Donation prepares students for hospital work March 31, 2020
Health-care workers have always been unsung heroes, but the COVID-19 pandemic has put a new spotlight on the people who spend their lives saving others.…
Above and Beyond | Alysa McCall’s polar bear and Arctic conservation efforts earn award January 2, 2020
Kamloops-born, TRU alumna Alysa McCall has studied polar bears in Canada's North for nine years and is determined to protect them. She is the director…
Quesnel Cariboo Observer | Quesnel native Stewart Cawood is the new operator of Barkerville’s Theatre Royal December 20, 2019
A Wells local who first fell in love with theatre as a young student at Correlieu Secondary School has been named the new operator for…
A gift with a view: health-care students give back with a bench December 9, 2019
Taking care of people isn’t for the faint of heart, and a group of recently graduated health-care assistants are showing their gratitude to their program…
CBC Kamloops | Third annual Ugly Sweater Run attracts more than 400 runners December 5, 2019
CBC interviewed TRU alumna Payton Comazzetto, who spearheaded an annual run in memory of her brother, Brennan. Brennan's Ugly Sweater Run has been held three…
TRU's Day of Giving exceeds goal November 20, 2019
TRU’s Day of Giving 2019 raised $61,700 for scholarships and bursaries on Nov. 7 and 8. That total includes $25,000 from long-time TRU donors Roland…
TRU’S Day of Giving exceeds goal November 18, 2019
KAMLOOPS–TRU’s Day of Giving raised $61,700 for scholarships and bursaries on Nov. 7 and 8. That total includes $25,000 from long-time TRU donors Roland and…
Path to poetry a winding one November 14, 2019
[caption id="attachment_2955229" align="alignright" width="302"] Conrad Scott, author of Waterline Immersion, and TRU alumni.[/caption] When Conrad Scott started university, fresh from what was then Kamloops Secondary…
CFJC Today | Donations from scholarship breakfast adding to Limitless Future of TRU campaign November 8, 2019
TRU's annual Foundation Breakfast and launch for its Day of Giving drew a great crowd of supporters Thursday morning. Read more
Finding sustainable business solutions through graduate studies October 23, 2019
Alumnus Jahanzeb Waqar enrolled in TRU’s Master in Environmental Economics and Management program to learn about greener and more sustainable ways to do business. While…
