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Prato della Valle: My pop-a-wheely fail

From Master’s in Teaching candidate Kate Peterson. While cruising around town recently on my bicycle, which I’ve lovingly named Stella, something silly happened. Here’s the story: The local park Prato della Valle has a stream running around the perimeter. Four bridges lead to a central fountain in a plus-shaped fashion. Vendors sell fruits and veggies…
Commencement Preparations Have Begun!

From CityU President Lee Gorsuch. My favorite time of year is just around the corner. I’m planning my commencement journey, which this year will begin in Seattle on June 19 and will take me around the globe to Slovakia on June 26, Bulgaria on June 27, and Greece on June 29 to confer degrees upon City University…
Hello, Napier.

From Master’s in Teaching candidate Lisa Cabias. After three flights, two 4-hour layovers and very little sleep I arrived in Napier, New Zealand right on schedule! I was greeted in the small airport by my host Judie and my placement supervisor Leigh. What a sunny place! I know that, south of the equator, we are…
Lisa: “Goodbye Braxton!”

From Master’s in Teaching candidate Lisa Cabias. Saying farewell to my canine companion recently before I leave to New Zealand was not easy. Braxton and I have been through some times together, and as my friend Brad mentioned, “he looks like he would be an excellent source of heat in times of chilliness.” I am…
In the classroom with Miss Kate (cake)

From Master’s in Teaching candidate Kate Peterson. Salutations from Padova! I’ve been at the school for a couple weeks now and I’m finally starting to feel like a real teacher instead of a nervous and confused visitor. The children are very bright and well behaved, and although I am teaching year one, the material seems…
Philadelphia to Puebla and Back to Seattle!

From Antonio Esqueda: I’m writing to you from 30,000-feet in the air. If you read my last post, you know this is my month of non-stop travel. Right now I’m on a flight home to Seattle after a quick trip to the East Coast and Southern Mexico. There were a few bumps along the way but…
Congrats to Vysoká škola manažmentu (VSM) — CityU’s Slovakia Site for Placing Third in the Top WebLib 2009!

The VŠM/CityU Library recently placed third in Top WebLib 2009 — a competition for the best library Web sites. The competition is organized by the Slovak Librarians Alliance. Its main purpose is to improve the quality and development of Slovak library Web sites. Criteria evaluated during the competition include Web page navigation, functionality and graphic layout.…
CITYU APPOINTS THREE LONGTIME STAFF MEMBERS TO LEADERSHIP POSITIONS WITHIN ITS SCHOOLS OF MANAGEMENT AND EDUCATION

City University of Seattle has appointed longtime staff members Tom Cary, Craig Schieber and Sue Seiber to key leadership positions. Cary and Schieber now serve as associate deans for the School of Management and Albright School of Education, respectively. Seiber assumes the role of academic location leader at the CityU of Seattle site in Bellevue…
STUDENTS IN FREE ENTERPRISE (SIFE) TEAM WINS REGIONAL COMPETITION, HEADS TO NATIONALS

Bellevue, Wash. – The student SIFE team from City University of Seattle was named league champion at the 2010 Regional Competition in San Francisco on Tuesday. The team now moves on to the national competition in Minneapolis, MN on May 11. Twenty-three colleges and universities from around the country competed, and CityU of Seattle’s team…