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Faculty and staff, Featured, Indigenous Education
Indigenization keeps moving forward June 21, 2016

June 21 is National Aboriginal Day and this year marks the 20th anniversary. During that time, TRU has taken numerous steps towards indigenizing campus with…

Campus News, Faculty of Student Development, Featured, Indigenous Education
Gap year, schmap year? June 21, 2016

There is a growing trend for students to take a year off between high school and university, electing instead for a gap year—but is there…

Faculty and staff, Featured, TRU World
ISAP LEAPing forward with new name June 21, 2016

[caption id="attachment_1483032" align="alignright" width="150"] LEAP replaces ISAP (International Student Activity Program).[/caption] The International Student Activity Program is LEAPing to a new name, logo, colour scheme…

Faculty and staff, Featured
Blazing trails abroad June 16, 2016

Michelle Davies has always loved to travel, but during her study abroad in Switzerland she discovered a new found passion for travelling on two wheels.…

Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Faculty and staff, Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Education and Social Work, Faculty of Science, Featured, School of Nursing, School of Trades and Technology
Sage advice from 3 honorary doctors June 16, 2016

Weave your passion into your work day, treat people with respect and work hard at what interests you were some of the words of wisdom…

Campus News, Faculty and staff, Faculty of Arts,
Making #vanlife work June 13, 2016

From interviewing A-list celebs like Christian Slater, Gigi Hadid and Brian Cranston, to TV appearances on The Social— journalism alumnus Coleman Molnar ('10) and girlfriend Lisa Felepchuk…

Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Faculty of Student Development
Meet a Post-Bacc Student: Suvadeep Haldar June 10, 2016

Suvadeep Haldar’s fascination with business began with an introductory grade 8 course in economics. Since then, his studies in business have taken him around the…

Faculty and staff, Faculty of Education and Social Work, Faculty of Law, Featured, School of Nursing
Mental health front and centre at conference June 2, 2016

The topic of mental health will be front and centre at an interdisciplinary conference kicking off at TRU today. Dr. Paul Dagg, a Kamloops psychiatrist…

Campus News, Faculty and staff, Featured, Office of the President
Maple Leaf School to open first Canadian campus May 27, 2016

Kamloops, BC—Maple Leaf Education North America (MLENA), the Canadian subsidiary of China Maple Leaf Educational Systems (CMLES), announced plans to open its first Canadian high…

Faculty and staff, Faculty of Science
Chemistry contest turns 20 May 27, 2016

[caption id="attachment_1377064" align="alignright" width="375"] Grade 11 students review their findings to the question of how much aspartame is in a standard-sized packet of sweetener.[/caption] [caption…