Often the best way to learn is by jumping into real-life situations. For 28 students in the Education and Skills Training (ESTR) Program, they had…

  This story first appeared in the spring 2019 edition of Bridges Magazine: The Sustainability Issue. Bridges is the official publication of TRU alumni and…

Getting transfer credits is one thing, but earning credits for your employment, volunteering, independent studies, professional development, hobbies and even travel—well, that’s a game changer…

For Donald Lawrence, the true reward for mentoring undergraduate students is in watching their careers take off, and seeing them reach their full potential. This…

Nautical deejays, crashing waves, vinyl records and several iterations of boomboxes splashed from sketchbooks of first-year visual arts students onto the merchandise of a local…

Stories have been around for a long time—so long, in fact, that our brains have evolved to understand them—and thus, they are still the most…

There’s something to be said about face-to-face interaction and connection when searching for the right career. In today’s employment landscape, it’s hard for students to…

Updated April 4, 2019 Teaching is a great career choice for a few reasons. The overall enrolment of K-12 students, which was in decline from…

As she approaches completion of her Interdisciplinary Studies degree, Payton Comazzetto has a collection of academic experiences that are so rich and diverse that future…

Through Career & Experiential Learning (CEL), TRU offers a wide variety of opportunities to learn through experience in classrooms, on-campus and in the community. Beyond…

Undergraduate students brought coding robots, internet knowledge and safety, photo editing, algorithms and more to classrooms in Kamloops—all in an effort to boost digital literacy…

We've all leaned on amateur web tutorials to pull us out of a jam. Now, anyone with a TRU email address can tap into a…

Arguments about Anne Frank’s happiness, morality in virtual spaces, political homophobia in Russia and if Donald Trump is actually a fascist took the spotlight for…

Clay Ganton goes to bed each night dreaming of his own peaceful paradise and not having to worry about his hydro bill. For the 45-year-old,…

When the Student Life team met Rajeev Kapoor, they were filming a segment for a Student Services video. He approached the shoot with a big…

Twenty-four years ago, Sharon Brewer swore to herself that if she ever stopped refreshing course content and dreaming up new, exciting labs, it was time…

Gwen Freeze is a second-year Biology-major and plays on the TRU Wolfpack Women’s Soccer team.  After two years of student-athlete life, Gwen has learned a lot about…

When Supplemental Learning (SL) co-ordinator Elizabeth Templeman first met Ndumiso Makunura, he was a regular attendee in biology and chemistry sessions. "He was such a…

Respiratory therapy students working to diagnose sleep disorders and connect community members with proper treatment just got busier. The TRU Centre for Respiratory Health and…

Bears will grab spawning salmon from the shallow Adams River waters and pull them up to shore. The bones and bits of flesh they leave…