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Graduate students receive $17,500-scholarships
Thursday, September 19 2019
Jesse Biddlecomb, Brandon Turner and Adam Zelmer are the recipients of $17,500 Canada Graduate Scholarships -Masters.
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Meet our donors: The TB Vets Charitable Foundation
Friday, June 7 2019
The TB Vets Charitable Foundation and its donors have provided funding for the respiratory therapy program for 30 years.
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Rattlesnake researcher receives gold medal
Wednesday, June 5 2019
Stephanie Winton is the recipient of the 2019 Governor General's Academic Gold Medal for her work in rattlesnake conservation.
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A life-long love of (machine) learning
Tuesday, June 4 2019
Marco Lussetti is the 2019 TRU Faculty of Science valedictorian, graduating with his newly minted Bachelor of Computing Science degree.
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Student research—from beer and birds, to fish guts
Tuesday, May 28 2019
Ten TRU students have received federal funding allowing them to work on an array of research projects this summer.
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TRU researchers share $579,000 in federal awards
Thursday, May 23 2019
Five TRU researchers have been awarded federal NSERC Discovery Grants, allowing them to focus on fundamental research questions.
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What you need to know about ticks
Thursday, May 2 2019
Tick season is in full swing in BC's Southern Interior, and TRU's Dr. Rob Higgins sheds a light on this interesting parasitic mite.
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Schwarzenegger, a pig’s heart and John Cena
Friday, April 26 2019
UPrep science faculty member Christine Miller lightens up the classroom with jokes and humourous references.
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Ten projects awarded research funding
Monday, April 1 2019
Ten TRU researchers have been awarded grants of up to $5,000 each from the Internal Research Fund.
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The science of including Indigenous knowledge to solve problems
Friday, March 29 2019
Steps are in place and others in the works as the Faculty of Science includes more Indigenous perspectives in its courses and programs.
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Envision TRU World Café Sept. 19
Date: September 19, 12:00pm - 3:30pm
Location: Campus Activity Centre
What TRU should focus on over the next 10 years? Stop by for five minutes or an hour—whatever works for you.
TRUSU Outdoor Movie Night and Food Truck Festival
Date: September 19, 4:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: Campus Commons
Grab a blanket, chair, your family or friends for a screening of Avengers: Endgame. Bring cash and your appetite for the food trucks.
Techfest 2019
Date: September 19, 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: ITTC—Industrial Trades and Technology Centre
Join TRU Trades and Technology and a host of other partners in celebrating technology and innovation in Kamloops and the region.
Trades & Tech Thursdays: 7pm tour
Date: August 15, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Repeated Dates: Aug 15, Sep 19, Oct 17, Nov 21, Dec 19
Location: No location specified
Take a free tour to learn why a career in trades may be rightfor you.
In conversation with 6 authors
Date: September 20, 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Location: No location specified
Get tips, suggestions and insights from six Canadian authorswho are in town as part of a weekend authors conference.
Kamloops Broncos TRU Student Night @ Hillside Stadium
Date: September 21, 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Hillside Stadium
Show your TRU student card and pay only $5 on Sept. 21 when the Kamloops Broncos football team hosts Vancouver Island Raiders.
Moodle Drop-ins and Workshops
Date: September 23 - All Day
Location: No location specified
Moodle and learning technology drop-ins and workshops are available daily throughout the Fall. For more information and to register, please visit: https://trubox.ca/workshops/
Staff and faculty lunch & learn: benefits 101
Date: September 24, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Location: BC Centre for Open Learning (BCCOL)
Review the Manulife benefit packages for support staff, administration, faculty, and Open Learning faculty members.
Merritt: Envision TRU community consultation
Date: September 24, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus
What do you want to see happen at TRU through the next 10 years? Share your thoughts, ideas and suggestions.
Kamloops: Envision TRU Community Consultation
Date: September 25, 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus
During the next decade, what do you want to see happen at Thompson Rivers University? Because TRU does not exist for itself, we’re inviting stakeholder groups and citizens to provide their ideas and share their thoughts toward the Envision TRU project. The 10-year vision will become a map for TRU’s priorities. Already, on-campus consultations have...
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