KAMLOOPS, BC–Thompson Rivers University (TRU) researcher Dr. Lisa Bourque Bearskin is one of six researchers nationally awarded an Indigenous Research Chair in Nursing from the…
What does it take to build a world-class business? Students can learn a lot from Mike Wiegele’s 50-year adventure in the mountains—and he's making sure…
Lawyer and long-time Thompson Rivers University (TRU) supporter Frank Quinn has provided TRU with $250,000 for new bursaries benefiting single parents studying law. The Norma…
TRU student Nikki Fraser was the first Canadian and first Indigenous person to be chosen for the United Nations Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development…
Lucas Warner was one of 655 students to receive a financial boost at the annual TRU Foundation Awards ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 28. Awards have…
KAMLOOPS– TRU students received $775,000—the most ever awarded—in donor-funded scholarships, bursaries and awards at the annual TRU Foundation Awards ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 28. The…
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…
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…
Education empowers students on their way to greater futures, opens new worlds through research and builds better communities. These are the reasons driving Limitless, the…
Four exceptional students have been recognized for their outstanding academic achievement, receiving the 2019 Dr. Sherman Jen Graduate Awards. The awards are available to graduate…
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,…
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…
Peter Poeschek started his career at what was then Cariboo College in 1989 as an electrical instructor. He’s been an integral component in the institution’s…
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.…
The award-winning Knowledge Makers and the Coyote Project are moving TRU's indigenization efforts forward by leaps and bounds. Read more
This year’s winner of the Law Society of BC Gold Medal is heading to the BC Court of Appeal to be a clerk before moving…
The legacy of Chinese-Canadian soldier Frederick Lee will be memorialized through a scholarship at TRU in recognition of his life and character. The Jack and…
Thompson Rivers University has won two of three prestigious national teaching awards from the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STHLE). On Wednesday,…
For Donald Lawrence, the true reward for mentoring undergraduate students is in watching their careers take off, and seeing them reach their full potential. This…
Thompson Rivers University's TRU Generator was awarded the Entrepreneur Support Award at the 2019 Startup Canada Awards for the BC region. Read more
