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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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
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…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2020 KAMLOOPS – One survived the BC residential school system, the other survived a Nazi concentration camp. Both are…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Students from all walks of life were recognized and celebrated for their journey coming to at Thompson Rivers University during the fall convocation ceremony. Smaller…
After filling in as the supervisor for Indigenous Student Development, Melody Markle will now continue in the position permanently. Though former supervisor Joanne Brown's presence…
