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Michael Mehta – Dean and Professor of the Faculty of Arts

Michael’s

interests include: Scuba Diving, Parrots and Community

Activities!

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Christine Adam- Dean of Students

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Christine needs Hot Yoga to keep her life in balance!

Sarah Graham- Assistant Dean of Students

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Sarah’s hobbies include:

Skating - women's hockey!

Skating the full length of the Rideau Canal a few years ago (almost 15 kms) was a 'life highlight'.

Christina Nilsen - Borrower and Data Services Librarian

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Christina loves:

Trail Running,Hiking,Backpacking andBlueberry Pie!

Christina spent her summer backpacking in the Rockies; hiking and running in Finland and soaking up as much of the summer sun as possible!

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Elizabeth Rennie - Instruction and Outreach Librarian

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Elizabeth’s summer pastimes include:

Canning produce from the Farmers Market,

Wine tasting in the Okanagan and

Reading the A Song of Ice and Fire series!

Rev. George Feenstra- TRU Interfaith Chaplain United Church of Canada

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"As Chaplains on campus, we Live between silly and serious - no doubt something we havein common with all of you! So, if you need a dose of silly, relief for serious or just about anything between, come byand see us sometime."

Brenda Smith- Distance and Document Delivery Librarian

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Brenda’s hobbies include:

Shopping, Pilates,Interior design andTravel.

Her favourite adventures have been:

Backpacking through Europe and Trips to Washington, DC, New York, and Quebec City.

Mitesh Patel – President, SIFE Thompson Rivers BBA, 4th Year Marketing Major

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Mitesh’s favourite hobbies include:

Meeting new people on campus, Photography,Social media,Sports and

Cheering for the Canucks!

Mike Lukow- Vice President of Internal Relations at SIFE Thompson Rivers

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A little about Mike:

Loves sports, especially Baseball and Football,

In the Education Program,

Traveled to England and South Africa on Rugby tours and

His celeb crush is Taylor Swift.

Mike is Team Edward and Team Peeta!

Kathy Gaynor - University Library Director (Interim)

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Kathy loves Travelling !

Her family spent a month drivingfrom Kamloops to San Diego and back!

She went through Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Oregon, and Washington.

She put 10,000 km on her car!

Dustin McIntyre- President of Thompson Rivers University Students’ Union

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A little about Dustin:

He enjoys playing Basketball andspending time with his 6 siblings.

His siblings include his 6 year old triplet sisters and brother!

Duane Seibel- Manager of Student and Judicial Affairs

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Duane’s interests include:

Volunteering as Assistant Coach of TRU Cross Country Running Team,

Kayaking,

Running and

Assisting students whenever he can!

Dr. Charles Webber – Dean, Faculty of Human, Social

and Educational Development

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Charles’ favourite hobbies include:

Skiing at Sun Peaks,

Golfing at any of the Kamloops golf courses and

Kayaking the lakes in the BC interior!

Donna Fleury – Academic Advising (International)

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Donna’s hobbies include:

Sailing,Hiking and Cross Country Skiing!

“ In October my husband and I are going on a 2 week tour of China. TRU has many students from China, so I am thrilled to experience their culture and learn as much as I can! “

Lauren, Rheannon, Todd and Pina- TRU Athletics and Recreation, Recreation Coordinators

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They encourage everyone to soak in the sun while attending Thompson Rivers University!!!!!

Jan Petrar - Manager Study Abroad

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Jan loves Travelling and Music!

Heather Wisla – Academic Advising

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Heather’s favourite hobbies are:

Travelling,Hiking,Skating,Skiing and Writing!

Craig Engleson- Manager, Activities, Events and Housing TRU World

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Craig lived in China for 9 yearsand is fluent in Chinese!

Susan Forseille – Chair, Career Education Department

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Susan’s favourite hobby is meeting new people!

Which tends to end up in way toooo much talking!

Barbara Paterson- Dean, School of Nursing

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Barbara is a great knitter andmakes an awesome chocolate cheesecake!

She is holding her great nephew Aldrin.

Sandy Devick- Divisional 1 Secretary for Faculty of Student Development

Martha White- Student and Judicial Affairs Support and Recording Secretary for the Academic Integrity Committee

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Sandy loves all sports and enjoysriding her bike.

She attends TRU’s free fitness classesoffered by the Wellness Centreand the recreation department.

Martha is a 3rd year student majoring in Philosophy!

“There is no better place to be than TRU – as both an employee and as a student!“

Kyri Coulombe, Mairin Lougheed, Zak Cox, Christine Anderson. – The Welcome Centre

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Coby Fulton – Business Co-op Coordinator Career Education Department

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“Zach Galifianakis ( The Hangover, The Campaign) attended my brother’s wedding! Prior to the wedding I raninto Zach on the street in NewYork andmade a complete idiot of myself!”

Marion Hannaford- Associate Registrar

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Marion’s two favourite hobbies are:

Travel and Photography!

Bart Cummins- Advertising Coordinator, Marketing and Communications

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In Bart’s spare time he likes going onepic hikes and capturing thosemoments in photos!

He also enjoys discovering and sharing interesting music because of his radio show on CFBX.

Sara Wolfe- Assistant Coordinator of the TRU Writing Centre

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Sara loves to:

Travel,Knit,Read andHelp with her kids Hockey,Volleyball and Fastball teams!

“My husband and I moved to China in 1998, started our family there and stayed for 12 years. I taught Social Studies and English atMaple Leaf International School.”

Matthew Tarzwell – Web Strategist

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Matthew’s new and only hobby is being a NEW DAD!

(awwwwwwww)

Stacey Jyrkkanen- Manager of Health, Safety and Medical Services

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Stacey’s favourite hobbies include:

Hiking/ Climbing in the RockyMountains with her family and

Martial Arts!

Jeff, Karen, and Ken – Computer Lab Support

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Sheila, Adam, Pat, Dave and Lee- IT Service Desk

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James, Malcolm, Cameron, Rosie, and Rick - Facilities

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Tawni Ormrod- Orientation Coordinator

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A little about Tawni:

She went on a Field School to Cuernavaca, Mexico for 4 weeks, anddid Study Abroad for a semester in Chile.

She lived with a Chilean family and traveled South America!

Brianna McIlquham-Orientation Coordinator

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A little about Brianna:

She travelled around Fiji, Australia and New Zealand by herself andis going to sail from Florida to the British Virgin Islands this winter with her parents!

Alexa Manuel– Aboriginal Student Coordinator for Engagement and Retention

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Alexa is a hand drummer, and knows songs from the St'at'imc, Secwepemcand Sqilxw (Okanagan) Nations.

She has been drumming and singing forabout fifteen years, and she hand-painted her drum herself.

Katherine Sutherland - Interim Associate Vice- President Academic, Student Relations

Sukh Heer Matonovich- Manager of Student Engagement and Retention

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This is a great example of howstudent- faculty engagement can evolve!

Katherine was Sukh's English professor when she attended TRU and they have now been running together every day after work for the past 11 years.

Welcome to 2012 Fall Orientation!

Have a Great Year at Thompson Rivers University!

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