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Campus Life - Kamloops News

Sweater Days aim to triple impact

Sweater Days aim to triple impact

Feb 1, 2016 / 2:26 pm

National Sweater Day has become a fun annual event on campus, where the heat gets turned down 2?C and the sweater swagger gets turned up. With impressive...

Put a name on it

Put a name on it

Feb 1, 2016 / 12:01 pm

TRU has four unnamed streets on campus and we need YOUR help. Monday, Feb. 1, until Monday, Feb. 8, you will have a chance to name a street and win a prize....

What’s on at TRU: Feb.1- Feb.6

What’s on at TRU: Feb.1- Feb.6

Feb 1, 2016 / 10:45 am

Want to know what’s happening at TRU this week? 3MT orientation, Business Kickstart speaker series: Hootsuite and Learn to Curl to name a few, check out...

Partnership supports Aboriginal education and skills training

Partnership supports Aboriginal education and skills training

Feb 1, 2016 / 10:41 am

The following BC government news announcement outlines a partnership TRU has with UNBC to deliver four education and skills training to Aboriginal learners. TRU...

Funding supports training for Aboriginal learners

Jan 29, 2016 / 4:20 pm

The BC Ministry of Advanced Education (AVED) announced today that TRU and community partners Alexis Creek First Nation and Northern Shuswap Tribal Council will...

Law School building design wins award

Law School building design wins award

Jan 29, 2016 / 9:57 am

The Old Main building expansion—which houses TRU Law— received international recognition this week at the 2015 Wood Design Awards. Facilitated by the...

Financial Post op-ed explores dangers of Trudeau’s cabinet rule

Financial Post op-ed explores dangers of Trudeau’s cabinet rule

Jan 28, 2016 / 1:59 pm

Dr. Lorne Neudorf, Faculty of Law Dr. Lorne Neudorf, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law, had an op-ed published in The Financial Post this week,...

Finance programs get nod from accrediting organization

Finance programs get nod from accrediting organization

Jan 27, 2016 / 4:09 pm

TRU has become the latest university welcomed into the CFA Institute University Recognition Program. The Bachelor of Business Administration finance major and...

Mining and minerals diploma opportunity announced

Mining and minerals diploma opportunity announced

Jan 27, 2016 / 2:43 pm

Students looking to complete a diploma in mineral exploration and mining technology from the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) will be able to do...

Drones draw crowd at BC Tech Summit

Drones draw crowd at BC Tech Summit

Jan 26, 2016 / 3:00 pm

Want to know what the future holds for sustainable agriculture? Look up. Dr. John Church, BC Innovation Chair in Cattle Industry Sustainability was featured in...

New name for faculty representing education and social work

Jan 26, 2016 / 2:55 pm

The Faculty of Human, Social, and Educational Development now has the new name of Faculty of Education and Social Work. The new name was approved by Senate at...

What’s on at TRU: Jan.25 – Jan.31

Jan 26, 2016 / 11:58 am

Want to know what’s happening at TRU this week? ePortfolios, climate change and information technology are on the agenda, check out events.tru.ca ...

Culinary partners with local business to offer apprentice pilot

Culinary partners with local business to offer apprentice pilot

Jan 26, 2016 / 8:55 am

A new Cook Workplace Apprenticeship program enables students to work toward their Apprenticeship Level I certification while remaining employed in Kamloops....

Bridal Fair a catalyst for student success

Bridal Fair a catalyst for student success

Jan 25, 2016 / 3:14 pm

The Kamloops Luxury Bridal Fair has become the premier bridal event in the city while providing an ongoing platform for student success. Among success stories...

Wood panels to replace living wall

Wood panels to replace living wall

Jan 23, 2016 / 7:27 am

The feature living wall inside the House of Learning is in the process of being taken down and by next month, replaced with textured wood paneling. The...

Four off to western Canada HR competition

Four off to western Canada HR competition

Jan 22, 2016 / 2:45 pm

Four Bachelor of Business Administration students are off to the western Canada Human Resources Case Competition in Edmonton in March after winning the TRU...

Report links intergenerational trauma to suicide rates

Report links intergenerational trauma to suicide rates

Jan 22, 2016 / 12:45 pm

A study released from Statistics Canada this week shows that one in five Aboriginal people have suicidal thoughts at some point in their lives. Read: Full...

Trades helping inmates get job ready

Trades helping inmates get job ready

Jan 21, 2016 / 12:02 pm

They’ve completed a six-week pilot program and now six inmates at Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre are one step closer to meaningful employment upon...

Determining Access: Research conference addresses Indigenous governance

Determining Access: Research conference addresses Indigenous governance

Jan 21, 2016 / 9:53 am

Nearly two years after the Supreme Court of Canada issued the first declaration of Aboriginal title in Canadian history in Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British...

Research being filmed on campus

Research being filmed on campus

Jan 20, 2016 / 9:39 am

A film crew from Bloomberg TV spent time with Dr. Ann Cheeptham this week, first filming her on site where she gathers her samples from a cave in Chilliwack,...

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