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Campus News, Research and Graduate Studies
Vote for your favourite 3MT presenter May 19, 2015

Update, June 6, 2015: Elizabeth Watt from the University of Calgary wins the 2015 national Three Minute Thesis competition. Now is your chance to vote for Canada’s…

Campus News, Faculty of Science, Research and Graduate Studies
And the Western Canadian 3MT winner is... April 30, 2015

It was stiff competition, but Elizabeth Watt from the University of Calgary took top spot at the Western Canadian Three Minute Thesis (3MT) for her presentation, “Permanent Breast…

Campus News, Faculty and staff, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Science, Sustainability
Geography class campaigns for sustainability April 22, 2015

By Pam Erikson Instead of just talking about environmental concerns, TRU geography students took action through six crowdfunded projects to raise awareness, purchase needed equipment…

Campus News, Faculty and staff, School of Nursing
An ounce of prevention April 1, 2015

Nursing students raise awareness of kidney health By Pam Erikson The World Kidney Day health fair was a success, thanks in part to TRU Nursing…

Campus News, Faculty and staff, Research and Graduate Studies
TRU launches Undergraduate Research Journal March 30, 2015

Undergraduate students can now share their outstanding research in a meaningful and productive way. The new TRU Undergraduate Research Journal (TRU-URJ) is an academic for-student…

Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Faculty and staff
Feeding success March 30, 2015

Business students apply skills to aid Kamloops Food Bank [youtube]https://youtu.be/KmAjDK3DY4c[/youtube] By Lissa Millar The real challenge in learning comes when theory and methodology are applied…

Campus News, Faculty and staff, Faculty of Arts
Psyched up for New York March 24, 2015

[caption id="attachment_30310" align="alignright" width="251"] Third-year psychology major Alex Wilson, one of 14 students heading to New York for the Association of Psychological Science conference.[/caption] By…

Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Faculty and staff
Enactus Competes at Regional Exposition March 23, 2015

TRU’s Enactus club represented the university well, earning a trio of top-three finishes at the Enactus regional competition in Calgary on March 13. At the 2015…

Campus News, Faculty of Arts, TRU World
Family ties on a global campus February 12, 2015

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="721"] Three of Idah Msiska's nine siblings came to TRU as international students ahead of her, and two more have joined them.…

Faculty and staff, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Science
Philosophy gets practical February 2, 2015

By Pam Erikson, fourth-year English major Current popular rhetoric questions the importance of a philosophy course as part of a job-ready education, but Dr. Jeff…