CFJC Today | TRU job fair connects best and brightest to red-hot employment market January 31, 2025
The annual job fair was held Thursday (Jan. 30), where employers from all over B.C. and even as far away as Quebec came to recruit…
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Co-op Student of the Year, Faculty of Student Development
Co-op award winner transforms from aspiration to inspiration January 16, 2025
After an eight-month work term at British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC), Bachelor of Computing Science student Bhavika Jain nominated herself for the 2024 Co-op Student…
Faculty of Student Development
Embracing process over perfectionism January 2, 2025
As a fourth-year student, Kayla Oerlemans knows that chasing As, obsessing over details, and waiting for the “perfect” words to come to mind can stall…
Faculty of Student Development
Co-op not just career shaping, it's life changing November 19, 2024
Mackenzie Warner, a third-year student in the Bachelor of Arts program, was working as a part-time tutor at the Writing Centre when a co-op job…
Faculty of Student Development
OSA practicum students now anti-violence ambassadors November 18, 2024
After spending over 280 practicum hours with the Office of Student Affairs (OSA), Bachelor of Social Work students Jayden Scherbarth and Karlie Clarke engaged in…
Faculty of Student Development
Academic centre fosters sense of community for students September 9, 2024
When Mercedes Settle joined the Writing Centre in 2022, she had no idea just how transformative her experience as a tutor would be. “Not only…
Faculty of Student Development
Finding your future in higher education September 6, 2024
Tourism student Puneet Malik supported planning for orientation and transition events and programming as a learning strategist (co-op) with the Office of Student Life. Starting…
Faculty of Student Development
Enhancing the game-day experience September 3, 2024
Tourism co-op student Reesha Aspinall Brown spent a four-month term as the TRU WolfPack ticketing, promotions, and in-game experience co-ordinator. From January to April 2024,…
Faculty of Student Development
Behind the scenes of the hospitality experience August 26, 2024
As a room attendant at the South Thompson Inn, tourism student Akhil Sreekumar spent his summer co-op preparing suites and maintaining the public areas to…
CBC Daybreak Kamloops | TRU summer plans May 1, 2024
The winter semester at TRU is officially over. So, before students scattered away, CBC Daybreak Kamloops asked them about their summer plans. Story begins at…
Faculty of Student Development
Paying wisdom forward through co-op March 26, 2024
Gurjit Kaur is a fourth-year Bachelor of Science in Data Science student from Uganda who started her TRU journey in 2020. She recently completed a…
CFJC Today | ESTR’s Market at Thompson Rivers University celebrates a decade of building skills March 8, 2024
TRU's Education and Skill Training Program (ESTR) provides skills training and knowledge to folks in the community who face barriers to employment. "We started in…
Faculty of Student Development, Pack Academic Edge (PACE)
Program helps student-athletes keep PACE February 27, 2024
Learning strategist Erin Pincott received her Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies from TRU in 2018. As a student, she competed on the TRU curling team and…
Education News Canada | BC's largest post-secondary Job Fair hits capacity February 7, 2024
Year after year, TRU's annual Job Fair creates opportunities and advances job security for employers and students. "There's high satisfaction because students are getting hired into…
Faculty of Student Development
Top tips for successful networking at Job Fair January 24, 2024
Several years ago, when Jordyn Gronskei, then a second-year communications student, enrolled in Co-op 1000, she hoped the course would prepare her for the future.…
Featured, Williams Lake
Cook training fires up students for tasteful careers November 10, 2023
[caption id="attachment_2981455" align="alignright" width="373"] Cook training students provide food for TRU's on-campus cafeteria in Williams Lake.[/caption] By Kim Van Haren Food brings people together, builds…
Faculty of Student Development
How to survive your first day at work (and beyond) September 22, 2023
Taylor Patton completed three marketing co-ops, one with TRU World and two with Career and Experiential Learning (CEL). As she wrapped up her third and…
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…
Clearwater Times | New edition of Exploring Wells Gray will subsidize initiatives in the park June 21, 2023
Student Sydney Nelson is part of a naturalist program at Wells Gray Park that will provide afternoon walks and evening talks throughout the summer. Read…
