Education News Canada | Open Learning awards fuel student success February 20, 2024
Calgary's Amanda Speers and Mark Garlough of Tsawwassen arrived at TRU from different places for different reasons, but their stories share a common element: TRU…
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Alumni, Featured, Giving, Open Learning
Open Learning awards fuel student success February 14, 2024
Calgary’s Amanda Speers and Mark Garlough of Tsawwassen arrived at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) from different places for different reasons, but their stories share a…
University Affairs | TRU’s revamped veterinary technology program receives national accreditation January 12, 2024
Students graduating from the Veterinary Technology Diploma program can now say they meet Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) standards. The program received national accreditation after…
Radio NL | TRU collaborates with Ukrainian partner in online webinar series December 19, 2023
Ukrainian secondary and post-secondary teachers and faculty members met their teaching requirements due to a TRU-hosted webinar series. Vice-President International Baihua Chadwick provides insight. Listen to…
CFJC Today | Up to $5,000 in student grants for select health-care programs at TRU December 13, 2023
TRU students in Kamloops, Williams Lake or through Open Learning, who pursue select health-care programs are eligible for Priority Health grants of up to $5,000…
Faculty of Science, Featured, News releases, Open Learning, School of Nursing, Williams Lake
Health-care grants benefit TRU students December 13, 2023
KAMLOOPS – Students in certain health-care programs at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) can get $2,000 to $5,000 per program year in Priority Health grants toward…
Sun Peaks Independent News | Top Canadian snowboarder Katie Brayer invited to World Cup events November 16, 2023
Ranked fourth in Canada for Women’s Slopestyle and forty-first in the world for Slopestyle after just three years in competition, Katie Brayer’s life is devoted…
CFJC Today | The good, the bad and the unknown: how Kamloops schools are approaching AI in classrooms October 18, 2023
Dr. Brenna Clarke Gray, co-ordinator of educational technologies on the Learning Technology and Innovation team at TRU, says faculty are teaching students to recognize the benefits and…
Academica | USask BSN, TRU veterinary programs receive accreditation October 6, 2023
The Veterinary Technology Diploma program is now accredited by the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association. “We’re thrilled,” says Heather Shannon, program chair and associate teaching professor, adding this…
Faculty of Science, Featured
Veterinary Technology program receives national accreditation September 29, 2023
By Kim Van Haren Faculty, staff and students of the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) Veterinary Technology Diploma program are letting some big news sink in.…
Featured, Open Learning
She got this! Brenna Clarke Gray is one to follow August 9, 2023
By Kim Van Haren Thompson Rivers University (TRU) faculty member Brenna Clarke Gray is a positive voice for technology, especially in higher education. A proactive…
My Cariboo Now | StrongerBC future skills grant available now for TRU Open Learning programs August 2, 2023
The StrongerBC future skills grant program is now available to students 19 and older pursuing eligible Open Learning programs. "We are excited about this amazing…
Featured, News releases, Open Learning
TRU students benefit from future skills grant July 26, 2023
KAMLOOPS – A new grant from the BC government will give Thompson Rivers University (TRU) students the skills and opportunities they need for in-demand careers…
Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Law, Featured, Indigenous Education
Indigenous graduates honoured at ceremony June 16, 2023
Surrounded by friends, family and the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) Kamloops community, 30 Indigenous graduates entered the Brown Family House of Learning, HL 190, on…
Faculty and staff, Featured, Indigenous Education, Open Learning, PLAR
Indigenizing PLAR June 7, 2023
Re Skú7pecen re Stseptékwlls. The story of Porcupine. Re Skú7pecen re Stseptékwlls tells a tale of two groups who had different ways of doing things…
The Williams Lake Tribune | OUR HOMETOWN: Working with youth is what keeps Derek Godin young May 25, 2023
Alum Derek Godin, who pursued the Human Service Diploma through Open Learning, finds working with youth a rewarding career. Read more
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National think tank selects TRU alum September 2, 2022
Trevor Tessier (RT ’15, MBA ’18) has joined Action Canada, a non-partisan public policy leadership program that brings outstanding young Canadians together to tackle national…
Alumni
Alumni Q&A: From OL to entrepreneurship November 25, 2021
By TRU Alumni TRU alum Ryan Dennis (Cert. Mgmt Studies ’13) is the founder of organic grocery retailer Larry’s Market in Vancouver. Dennis caught up…
Alumni, Featured,
TRU alum hones his craft in Hong Kong August 31, 2021
If you want to know what Patrick Blennerhassett is up to these days, just look him up in the South China Morning Post. The 2017…
Castanet Kamloops | Climate change for everyone August 23, 2021
A new book that condenses the history of climate change and makes it easy for everyone to understand has just come out. Written by TRU…
