Thompson Rivers University

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**Thompson Rivers University**

Motto	Quansem Ilep (To strive ahead)
Established	2005
Type	Public
Chancellor	Nancy Greene Raine
President	Roger H. Barnsley
Faculty	over 500
Students	over 26,000
Location	Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
Campus	Urban
Nickname	TRU WolfPack
Website	http://www.tru.ca/

Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada was formally inaugurated April 1st, 2005 and is the result of the merger of the University College of the Cariboo and British Columbia Open University. TRU is British Columbia's newest university. As of 2004, total enrollment at UCC is 10,081 students, while total enrollment at BCOU is over 16,000 students, for a total of over 26,000 students at the new university.

Nancy Greene Raine is the Chancellor of Thompson Rivers University.

1 British Columbia Open University
2 The University College of the Cariboo
3 Athletics and student government
4 External links

[edit] British Columbia Open University

Prime Minister Paul Martin at the official opening

British Columbia Open University (BCOU) was created in 1978 to offer students flexible access to post-secondary distance education. It was a division of the Open Learning Agency.

BCOU was a public institution and a member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. BCOU was also partners with other educational institutions, professional bodies, industry, and business, and was a founding member of the Canadian Virtual University.

When BCOU became a part of Thompson Rivers University, it was renamed to TRU Open Learning (TRU-OL). BCOU's staff will move to the Kamloops campus in 2006.

[edit] The University College of the Cariboo

The University College of the Cariboo was a university college in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. UCC first began offering programs under the name Cariboo College in 1970 with government funding and support. In 1998 they began offering their first undergraduate degrees.

[edit] Athletics and student government

The university will be represented in Canadian Interuniversity Sport by the TRU WolfPack.

Students at the former The University College of the Cariboo are represented by the Thompson Rivers University Student Union (TRUSU), formerly the Cariboo Student Society. BCOU students did not previously have a students' union and may not be members of TRUSU.

[edit] External links

	B.C. universities
Public universities
UBC \| UNBC \| Royal Roads \| Simon Fraser \| Thompson Rivers \| Victoria
Private universities
Canada West \| Fairleigh Dickinson \| Quest \| Trinity Western