Campus Life - Kamloops News
Carpentry students gain industry experience
A day at the City Gardens construction site provided an eye-opening opportunity for TRU’s carpentry students recently. Connor Simmons “It was a good...
Explore Riverside Park with the Eco Day Scavenger Hunt
KAMLOOPS – Thompson Rivers University (TRU) is hosting a free digital scavenger hunt to encourage the public to learn about environmental sustainability while...
Philanthropy report receives national award
TRU’s 2021-22 Report on Philanthropy has earned a silver medal from the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education (CCAE), an organization that...
TRU honours outstanding individuals at Spring Convocation
KAMLOOPS – Four people who have made the world a better place are being honoured at this year’s Spring Convocation at Thompson Rivers University (TRU)....
King Charles’s 21st century coronation: Repatriating the Crown Jewels is long overdue
King Charles will be directed by the Archbishop of Canterbury to “punish and reform what is amiss, confirm what is in good order” at his upcoming...
Graduate student’s global wildfire journey
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) Master of Science in Environmental Science student Andrea Robinson is passionate about the planet. An aspiring wildfire...
Engineering and business education leads to dynamic career
Diony Duraes Santos (MBA ’19) is an accomplished engineer who has worked in seven countries, is fluent in four languages and holds two master’s degrees, but...
Cyndi McLeod: Building an international legacy
With drive, gratitude and compassion, Cyndi McLeod brought to life the founding vision of TRU World in infrastructure, partnerships and an inspiring team...
3MT is short on time, long on knowledge
There’s an art to summing up extensive research and boiling down to a three-minute-long presentation. Three Master of Science graduate students demonstrated...
A future with more Indigenous lawyers
Barry Wilson spent his youth fighting for Indigenous rights through protests and activism. Thanks to those efforts, his daughter Tara-Lynn Wilson can continue...
TRU recognized nationally and internationally for sustainability
Thompson Rivers University’s (TRU) commitment to sustainability has earned the university recognition as a global leader among post-secondary institutions....
It’s not the end of privacy yet in Canada, but the threat remains
The Conversation Canada article by TRU Law faculty member Robert Diab Despite early predictions that the internet would spell the end of privacy, it continues...
Funding helps welders showcase skills
High expectations lead to successful students. That’s the not-so-secret strategy of Larry Franzen, welding instructor at TRU, and one reason he says so many...
A path for personal growth leads to unplanned opportunities
What should you seek in a university education? Vernie Clement, BBA ’13, has approached it as a way to gather tools and abilities to add to his own...
Atoms and earthquakes: TRU alum shares her love of science
Do words like quantum optics and ions make your head spin? Did you shy away from studying sciences in school because you didn’t think you were smart enough?...
Online or in class? TRU Gaglardi’s hybrid learning classroom offers the best of both
Periodically, Alexandria Vagar sets aside her work in her Vancouver KPMG office and opens Zoom to attend classes for her Master in Environmental Economics and...
Crane work begins for new East Village modular student housing
The on-site delivery and craning-in of the first modulars for new student housing at East Village starts this week. The modular housing was fabricated off-site...
A well-planned life that keeps moving
Certified Financial Planner Fred Zhou, BBA ’09 and MBA ’11, has built a career on what he values most: people, community and saying yes to new...
TRU Williams Lake invites all to powerful Indigenous exhibits
WILLIAMS LAKE — Thompson Rivers University (TRU) Williams Lake proudly welcomes two Indigenous exhibitions to campus. Created by the First Peoples’ Cultural...
Business research taps power of people with disabilities
In 2004, Selali Tettevi left her home country of Ghana to further her education and start a nursing career in Canada. Four years later, her life changed in an...