Castanet | TRU exchange program returns to pre-pandemic numbers September 5, 2023
Summer students in TRU exchange program return to pre-pandemic numbers, soaking in Kamloops and region while learning language and culture. Read more
Tag: international students, Page 3
Featured, News releases, TRU World
International students spend summer learning about culture August 31, 2023
KAMLOOPS — Almost 500 students from around the globe learned about culture and language at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) this summer. This is the 16th…
Radio NL | 40 years of international education at TRU July 5, 2023
This year marks 40 years of international excellence and innovation at TRU. Baihua Chadwick, vice-president international, speaks with Radio NL host Brett Mineer about international education…
Castanet | TRU renews international partnership with Chinese university for nine more years July 4, 2023
TRU has renewed its partnership agreement with Tianjin University of Technology, ensuring the continuation of an impactful collaboration and the graduation of future students. "Our…
Featured, News releases, TRU World
Thompson Rivers University celebrates 40 years of international education July 4, 2023
KAMLOOPS – This year, Thompson Rivers University (TRU) proudly celebrates 40 years of international excellence and innovation. Since the inception of Cariboo College's international department…
Alumni, Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Featured
Club founder bridges campus and community May 31, 2023
Starting a new chapter in life inevitably causes stress. When that new chapter involves relocating, potential stressors increase. Now imagine that journey involves travelling to…
Featured, News releases
TRU seeks local host families for international students April 25, 2023
KAMLOOPS – Thompson Rivers University (TRU) is looking for 60 families to host students for two to four weeks this July and August. These students…
News releases
IDays returns in-person to TRU campus March 3, 2023
KAMLOOPS – The three-day celebration of culture that is International Days (IDays) returns with in-person events at Thompson Rivers University (TRU), March 8 – 10.…
Alumni, Featured, WolfPack
Into the unknown: A coach’s journey from Istanbul to Kamloops February 28, 2023
Nearly 18 years ago, a young man sat outside of McGill Residence on a predawn September morning — exhausted and bewildered, but unafraid. He’d learned…
Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Featured, Giving, TRU World
Donors empower students to succeed February 2, 2023
If she hadn’t received any student awards, Bianca Aguinaldo’s university experience might have been much different. “The financial support and bursaries I received have allowed…
Alumni, Faculty of Science, TRU World
Scholarship helps Ukrainian student focus on studies, family September 28, 2022
When 21-year-old Kateryna (Kate) Tretiakova left her home in Kyiv, Ukraine, to attend TRU four years ago, she thought she’d never look back. She said…
CFJC Today | TRU hoping to build $2.5 million modular homes for students as soon as possible September 14, 2021
TRU is working with the City of Kamloops to fast-track a building permit that will allow them to build a small modular home student village…
Radio NL | Brett Mineer interviews Laurie Robinson about TRU's new medical school connection May 4, 2021
Thompson Rivers University has signed an agreement with the American University of Caribbean (AUC) School of Medicine to give TRU students direct entry into AUC’s…
News releases, TRU World
TRU signs agreement with Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica April 6, 2021
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) has signed a partnership with the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ) so associate-degree students can transfer credits to TRU…
CBC Kamloops | Mother and daughter offer support as they navigate studying at TRU from India March 18, 2021
CBC Kamloops's Shelley Joyce talks to Gunjan Sanghavi and her daughter Khushi Desai, who are both studying with TRU from India until they can get…
Campus News, TRU World
How international students are using virtual learning to get ahead February 11, 2021
While travel restrictions continue to keep many TRU international students from entering Canada and beginning programs, the university’s international division—TRU World—has taken the opportunity to…
Faculty of Student Development
Ask, adapt and accept: Nazli’s Co-oped Up experience February 8, 2021
Nazli Bostandoust, a post-baccalaureate student majoring in international business, had the opportunity to do a remote co-op position as a learning strategist for TRU's Orientation…
Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Campus News
International student finally united with his prize January 29, 2021
A TRU School of Business and Economics (SoBE) golf ball may be putting its way across a Kuwait green after a prize package narrowly missed…
Radio NL | Four TRU students present to the Bank of Canada December 3, 2020
NL's Jeff Andreas talks with a group of TRU students who had a unique opportunity to make some policy recommendations to the Bank of Canada…
Faculty of Student Development
Managing stress and anxiety November 20, 2020
Student Storyteller Shannon Cooper admits that student life can be a source of anxiety, but with the help of TRU resources and supports, she managed…
