Kamloops This Week | Guest view: Arriving in a pandemic January 4, 2021
TRU's new vice-president of university relations recounts his relocation from Winnipeg to Kamloops as the pandemic put cities in lockdown and the university shifted to…
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CFJC Today | TRU receives $750k donation to support Indigenous students December 10, 2020
BMO Financial Group is donating $750,000 to Thompson Rivers University in support of Indigenous students. Read more
Featured, Indigenous Education
BMO donates $750K for Indigenous students at TRU December 10, 2020
Briana Tetlichi wanted to be a nurse. In her remote community of Old Crow, home to the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in Yukon, nurses are…
Campus News, Featured
Day of Giving raised $50K for students, programs November 27, 2020
72 donors. $50,390 raised. 140 percent of goal reached! All in, TRU’s Day of Giving raised $50,390 in November, surpassing the goal to raise $36,000…
Academica | TRU announces opening of Wells Gray Education and Research Centre November 17, 2020
Academica shares the news about the new Wells Gray Education and Research Centre that was made possible by numerous donations. Read more
News releases
TRU Day of Giving keeps going to fill needs October 28, 2020
KAMLOOPS–It takes more than COVID-19 to cancel Thompson Rivers University’s annual Day of Giving that raises funds to support students to achieve their dreams. This…
Williams Lake Tribune | Brian Garland recognized for community efforts with national automobile dealer award October 13, 2020
Brian Garland, owner of Cariboo Chevrolet Buick GMC Ltd in Williams Lake, was named the recipient in the ambassadorship category of the 2020 Canadian Automobile…
Faculty of Science, Featured
Lillooet man leaves TRU $350K for women in science September 30, 2020
Education was his last wish. James Bain of Lillooet passed away in 2019 and quietly left a profound gift upon his departure: his entire estate…
News releases
TRU receives unexpected $350K donation September 29, 2020
KAMLOOPS– Thompson Rivers University (TRU) has received a donation of $350,000 after a Lillooet man left his estate to the university foundation. James Bain of…
Radio NL | Lillooet man leaves TRU $350,000 to fund bursaries for women in science September 29, 2020
The TRU Foundation received a surprise donation from James Bain of Lillooet, who bequeathed his entire estate worth $350,000 that is going toward the creation…
News releases
New nursing and population health building opens in Kamloops September 15, 2020
(From Government of BC news release) Nursing and health-care assistant students at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) will have access to state-of-the-art health-care facilities for high-demand…
CFJC | Take a tour of TRU’s new Nursing and Population Health Building September 15, 2020
Take a video tour of the new Chappell Family Building for Nursing and Population Health, a new $37-million, three-storey building dedicated to giving students in…
Faculty of Law, Featured
Firm supports next generation of lawyers September 3, 2020
Curiosity led Paige Mueller to law school. Even before becoming a juris doctor (JD) candidate, she was fascinated with the art of the court case,…
Alumni, Campus News, Featured
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…
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
News releases
Alumni & Friends gives $10,000 to First-Year Student Resiliency Fund August 20, 2020
KAMLOOPS—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…
Alumni, Faculty and staff, Featured,
TRU introduces First-Year Student Resiliency Fund July 28, 2020
Dean donates $10K to help during difficult times Students beginning university this fall will have an experience unlike any incoming class. Post-secondary school looks different…
