While Maple Leaf Educational Systems celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, it is also acknowledging its innovative international partnership with Thompson Rivers University (TRU) that…

By Brandi Thring Through TRU’s Global Skills Opportunity (GSO) initiative, Cassidy Jean (BA ’22) travelled from Kamloops to Spain in 2022 for a short-term language…

By Brandi Thring Polar microbiologist and researcher Madison Ellis (BSc ’18) is one of TRU’s seriously amazing alumni. She recently shared a snippet of her…

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…

KAMLOOPS, BC — Nearly 150 Thompson Rivers University students will gain global skills through the newly launched guided short-term outbound mobility project. This international study…

Megan Graham had never been on a plane before she travelled across the world for a semester abroad. Equipped with her camera, a semester of…

A group of Thompson Rivers University students had the rare opportunity of speaking with a federal government minister about the value of their international education…

Nursing students interested in the care of refugees now have an opportunity to receive financial aid through a new award established by two faculty members.…

Despite the world being more accessible than ever before with TRU’s Study Abroad program, many students are missing out on potential life- and career-altering opportunities.…

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…

Sometimes you have to go far from your comfort zone to find where you belong. Sylvie Lloyd, TRU Study Abroad student and competitive speed skater,…

[embed]https://youtu.be/0HTm1IpLS4M[/embed] Leaving home to attend university was always an option for Evan Choy, but strong family values and a desire to be a present and…

Supplemental Learning (SL) leader Kennedy Aberdeen is majoring in accounting, but it’s her theatre minor that has blossomed into a passion. “I originally took theatre…

Recently announced as the recipient of the 2017 TRU Co-op Student of the Year Award, Bachelor of Tourism Management student Michelle Davies paused to take…

After having completed a semester in Manchester, England, Martin McFarlane, a fourth year Bachelor of Journalism, Public Relations Major says that dropping yourself into a…

Emily Dundas Oke has turned the document holder that the TRU study abroad office gave her into a mini studio—it holds drawing pencils, watercolours, scissors, glue…

When Ken Taylor first found out he could go on an international exchange as part of his law TRU Law degree, he jumped at the…

As an on-campus and community-based volunteer, fourth-year chemical biology major Braedon Paul has an action-packed schedule.  Much of Braedon’s connectedness with the community is through…

[caption id="attachment_2046440" align="alignleft" width="320"] Katariina Määttä at Riverside Park in Kamloops, BC[/caption] Katariina Määttä is a fourth-year Study Abroad student from Rovaniemi, Finland. She's currently…