Radio NL | Kamloops builder Norm Daley to receive honorary degree from TRU June 1, 2021
Well-known community builder Norm Daley is one of this spring's honorary doctorate recipients at TRU's virtual convocation ceremony on June 17. Read more
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TRU celebrates outstanding leaders at Spring Virtual Convocation May 31, 2021
KAMLOOPS–Four outstanding leaders — a journalist, a computer scientist, a lawyer and a community-minded chartered accountant — are being honoured by Thompson Rivers University at…
CBC As It Happens | Wednesday edition, Oct. 14 — TRU honorary doctorate to Temple Grandin October 15, 2020
As It Happens aired a portion of an interview by CBC Kelowna's Brady Strachan with Dr. Temple Grandin, who is TRU's Fall Convocation 2020 honorary…
Temple Grandin receives TRU honorary doctorate October 9, 2020
KAMLOOPS–Author, animal behaviour consultant, university professor, trailblazer. Temple Grandin has changed the world’s perception of what people with autism can achieve. For her far-reaching and…
Dawson Creek Mirror | Kamloops Valedictorian has Dawson Creek and area roots June 25, 2020
Jaden Stefanyk from Dawson Creek spoke at TRU's Virtual Spring Convocation as valedictorian of the 2020 Faculty of Education and Social Work class and graduated…
Learning their lives to the fullest June 24, 2020
After more than five combined decades of successful careers, two mature learners who hit the books again made their mark and were honoured at spring…
CFJC Today | Kamloops senior receives award upon graduation from TRU June 23, 2020
After a long career as a clinical psychologist, Lyn Richards returned to university to follow her passion: visual arts. She received a medal at TRU's…
Surrey Now-Leader | South Surrey law student delivers virtual valedictory address at TRU June 23, 2020
Arjun Singh Hair graduated with a Juris Doctorate degree and was among a handful of TRU valedictorians to deliver a speech online for the university's…
Nelson Star | Kaslo native named Thompson Rivers valedictorian June 22, 2020
Kaslo native Savanah Margaret Cockrell was valedictorian for the Faculty of Arts at Thompson Rivers University’s Virtual Spring Convocation 2020 celebration today. Read more
Inspiring generations June 12, 2020
Two survivors share insights and wisdom with students This spring, as the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way students learned and the way their accomplishments and…
TRU honours two women who overcame dire childhoods May 19, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2020 KAMLOOPS – One survived the BC residential school system, the other survived a Nazi concentration camp. Both are…
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,…
Brett Fairbairn installed as fourth TRU president June 6, 2019
TRU proudly celebrated the installation of Dr. Brett Fairbairn as TRU’s fourth president and vice-chancellor on Wednesday morning at the first of six spring convocation…
2019 Convocation welcome from the chancellor; president and vice-chancellor June 5, 2019
Congratulations graduates! You did it! More than 1,800 of you from more than 50 countries just completed requirements toward a certificate, diploma or degree; and…
Embracing big data and big ideas from abroad June 5, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijTzDMKhwog Vimaljeet Singh is TRU’s 2019 School of Business and Economics valedictorian, graduating with his Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in International Business. Before coming to TRU and…
A life-long love of (machine) learning June 4, 2019
https://youtu.be/hwC1rLAed8s Marco Lussetti is the 2019 TRU Faculty of Science valedictorian, graduating with his newly minted Bachelor of Computing Science degree. Originally hailing from Italy,…
Tourism grad sets sights on industry sustainability May 30, 2019
https://youtu.be/c6E2XdW87uc Fauve Garson is TRU’s 2019 valedictorian for the Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism Management. Garson grew up in BC’s Lower Mainland before…
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…
TRU celebrates five outstanding leaders with honorary degrees May 21, 2019
KAMLOOPS – Thompson Rivers University is pleased to announce this year’s honorary doctorate recipients, each of whom will receive their degrees during convocation ceremonies occurring…
Following her passion led to TRU May 13, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEUnlx1kO9A There was only one career path for Makenzie Vandertoolen: nursing. For the Utah-born young woman whose family moved to Canada when she was in…
