Campus Partnership Seeks Support for Open Textbooks
The Student Caucus is pleased to report on its work with a network across campus to promote and support the use of open educational resources (OER). OER are free for Continue reading
Tag: Student Budget Consultation
TRU Parking: Fees Frozen but no Parkade
TRU Parking Changes and Plans: Fees Frozen but no Parkade Parking on campus has been an issue of common concern for students, staff, and faculty for some time. Since September Continue reading
TRU Library to Investigate “Textbooks-on-Reserve”
The TRU Library is looking into a recommendation from the Student Budget Consultation that may help students cope with the rising cost of textbooks. A “textbooks-on-reserve” system would ensure that Continue reading
Food Services Makes Changes and Campus Gets a Voice
The Student Caucus is pleased to present a report from TRU Food Services on its work to respond to your concerns and ideas to make eating on campus a better Continue reading
Share your priorities in the 2018 Student Budget Consultation Survey!
Tell TRU your budget priorities, earn a free coffee, and get a chance to win prizes! Fill out the Student Budget Consultation Survey! Prizes! All survey respondents will receive a Continue reading
TRU Financial Aid Asks Again for Resources to Better Serve Students
The Student Awards and Financial Support department continues its uphill struggle to get the necessary resources to make the service improvements that students need in the face of the increasing Continue reading
Academic Advising Sets Timelines for Degree Works Software
The Enrolment Services division is working with all Faculties and Schools across TRU to systematically improve the way students and their advisors can map paths to graduation. The implementation of Continue reading
TRU Preparing for Financial Aid Improvements
The Student Caucus is encouraged to report that, while only one of four financial aid recommendations from the Student Budget Consultation Report 2017/18 will be addressed this year, foundations for Continue reading
TRU Bookstore Silent on Student Recommendations
As the TRU budget for 2017/18 is days from final approval, the Student Caucus is disappointed to have to report that recommendations from the Student Budget Consultation Report 2017/18 to Continue reading
Better Late than Never – Parking Changes Released
The long-standing and often daily challenge of parking on campus will be somewhat different, and hopefully better, in the next academic year and over the next decade according to a Continue reading
2017 Student Budget Consultation Survey
Tell TRU your budget priorities and be entered to win prizes! Fill out the 2017 Student Budget Consultation Survey! The TRU Student Budget Consultation Survey is part of a Continue reading
Better Late than Never – Student Services Report Released
Students who have struggled with academic advising or navigating the patchwork of student services that developed over more than a decade since TRU became a university finally have some answers. Continue reading
TRU Plans for Classroom Maintenance and Upgrades Lacking
The Student Caucus regrets to report that a recommendation from the Student Budget Consultation Report 2017/18 for a classroom maintenance plan has so far been dismissed. Students identified classrooms as Continue reading
Big Class, Small Room? Better Classroom Selection in the Works
Chances are that at some point at TRU you have had a large class stuffed in a small room or joined a handful of classmates spread out in a large Continue reading
Library Budget “Cannot Sustain” Textbooks on Reserve
As a new semester starts, students are preparing for (or desperately avoiding) another enormous textbook bill. The Student Caucus regrets to report that a recommendation from the Student Budget Consultation Continue reading