Two-year-old Taylor Neustaeter volunteers as a garden tour guide for her dad (CSOM student Nolan Neustaeter off-camera). Tours of Thompson Rivers University’s campus or gardens are available all summer long.
Summer on the Thompson Rivers University campus: lawns, the brilliance of flower-blooms, panoramic views of the rivers and valleys, and the sound of laughter; it certainly isn’t all about classes in the summer.
Campus Tours
High school students and graduates wanting to get acquainted with the campus before classes start in the fall may take a campus tour any weekday. No prior registration is required: just show up House 9, across from the Campus Activity Centre, at 10:00 am or 2 pm Monday to Friday. Groups may book a tour at another time, or anyone wishing to find out more about the campus or campus tours may call 250-828-5006 or email tours@tru.ca.
Garden Tours
Next door, in House 10, TRU Friends of the Gardens offer tours of the BC Interior’s largest botanical collection. Tours are each Wednesday evening at 6 pm from through to the end of August. For more information, call the FOG line at 250-377-6057 and leave a message.
Julia Kaczkowski gets ready for September and the start of her Bachelor of Science program with a TRU campus tour from Reta Langlands, Student Recruitment Officer.
Summer Camps
The university campus has become the ideal spot for a dozens of day camps appealing to fledgling athletes, novice detectives and Rebel Writers.
There are still sessions available for the popular EUReKA! camps. The non-profit, student-run organization based out of TRU strives to increase elementary student’s interest in and excitement towards science and engineering, and to help teachers brings science into the regular classroom. To fulfill our objective, EUReKA! summer camps emphasizing fun, challenging, hands-on, problem solving activities. Children ages 7-14 may come and join EUReKA! for a week-long fun-filled science camp.
Gardens offer tours of the BC Interior’s largest botanical collection
To find out more about EUReKA! Science camps, call (250) 371-5534 Email: eureka@tru.ca or check the web at www.tru.ca/eureka.
Young athletes get a chance to hone their skills at WolfPack Summer Camps. The WolfPack is offering many new programs this summer, among them chaperoned Resident Camps and High-Performance Day Camps. There are 12 different sports and a French Language Sport Camp. For fun or development there is a variety of sports camps offered all summer.
Children aged 5 to 13 may also engage in a variety of camps and activities that span an entire day in the All Day Menu. If a child wishes to participate in one sport then they can do that, and if they want to try a few sports they also can do that. Mix up the camps: the options are endless!
The TRU WolfPack offer many different summer camp programs for children and young athletes
Anyone interested in finding out more about the camps, or wishing to register, may check out this website or email sportcamp@tru.ca. Camp coordinator Duncan Olthius is also available to answer questions by phone at 250-377-6116.
Whatever the age, and whatever the interest, there’s something to suit at TRU this summer.
