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Maria Bezymyannaya: Practical Industry Application of Research
Maria Bezymyannaya, a SoBE a fourth-year Economics major, received positive feedback from the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association (CADA) on her paper entitled “Forecasting of New Car Sales in Canada.” This summer, Maria received a letter from the Michael Hatch, the Chief Economist of CADA, congratulating and thanking her for “the invaluable service you have done Canada’s auto industry with your recent paper.” ... More

Amy Berard: The Next 36 Update
Amy Berard, a fourth-year TRU business student, returned to campus this fall from Toronto as alum of the first cohort of The Next 36 – Canada’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Initiative. Amy had been selected from over 1,300 candidates during The Next 36’s search last December for Canada’s most promising and innovative undergraduate students to be part of an experience worth $25,000 per student. ... More

Tom Culham: Reflections on Teaching at the Shanghai Institute of Technology
I taught operations management in the Thompson Rivers University – Shanghai Institute of Technology international program in Shanghai June of 2011. I found the students at SIT to be very enthusiastic and hard working. They have a heavy work load and they responded admirably. ...More

Welcome to Dr. Russell Currie -- New Dean of TRU's School of Business and Economics
An academic administrator with a proven track record of scholarship, leadership, fundraising and strategic plan development, Dr. Russell Currie’s term as the new Dean commenced on 1 August 2011. ... More

Shannon Deacon, BBA 2011: Laddering Her Way to Success
For BBA 2011 graduate Shannon Deacon, her family’s support was essential for her success. As a mature student, Shannon expected challenges, but life, being life, added unexpected challenges, too. A little timorous about returning to school after years away, Shannon started with the Administrative Assistant Certificate program and then the Executive Assistant Diploma. ...More

Joanna McKamey, BBA Alumni: Sharing Career Success
A chance encounter with Kamloops girls at a hostel in Australia introduced Joanna McKamey to the Interior city. Ever since, she has been captivated by the city and its people. And her affection extends whole heartedly to Thompson Rivers University, for McKamey believes she learnt invaluable lessons at TRU that prepared her well for the work world. ...More

Georgia Field Trip, March 5-19, 2011
TRU and Selkirk College have been working on with Georgian Technical University (GTU) on a 3-year project funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). From March 5 to 19, two SoBE faculty and two TRU business students, along with two College students, worked with students from GTU to research and develop resources for entrepreneurs. ...More

TRU BBA student in Next 36
Amy Berard, a third-year BBA student at TRU, has been selected as one of the final competitors in first-ever Next 36 entrepreneurship program. Amy entered the competition in Fall 2010 with an online application and was chosen out of over 300 undergrad students from across Canada. 

The goal of The Next 36 is to help launch the careers of 36 of Canada’s most promising and innovative undergraduates. The program runs from December 5, 2010, to August 18, 2011, at the University of Toronto and is comprised of two major components. The Entrepreneurship Institute consists of roughly 144 hours of in-class instruction taught by internationally acclaimed faculty and Canadian business leaders. The New Venture Challenge gathers students into cross-disciplinary teams and provides them with capital, resources and mentorship, helping them to invent, launch and sell a product or service focused on the mobile environment. The Next 36 gives students the academic foundation,practical skills, role models and networks to become Canada’s next generation of entrepreneurial leaders. For more information, please visit http://www.thenext36.ca/