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Doctoral Student Profile: Dawn Martin

Written by Dr. Joel Domingo Dawn Martin has always known a life of volunteering and helping others. In high school, she volunteered to work in a Special Day classroom a few hours a month. After that, she worked at a group home for adults with developmental disabilities and then volunteered with Habitat for Humanity where…
CityU Newsletter September 2015

Shane Decker: Dad, Boeing Employee, CityU Student We had the pleasure of talking to Shane Decker, a student in CityU’s Bachelor of Management (BAM) program. With several years of professional experience under his belt and a full-time job at home and at Boeing, CityU’s performance-based method was a great choice for Shane. This option allowed…
Student Profile: Fay Andersson, Business Owner and MBA Graduate

We had the opportunity to catch up with Fay Andersson, founder and owner of Louie de Coton and graduate of CityU. Here is what she had to say about how her degree at CityU helped her as a business owner… When did you graduate from CityU? I graduated in 2003 from City University of Seattle with…
Dr. Wanda Billingsly: Influencer, Educator, Doctoral Graduate

The School of Applied Leadership is honored to announce the graduation of Dr. Wanda Billingsly. Dr. Billingsly successfully defended her dissertation over the summer. Her study, Preparing Teachers to Close the Achievement Gap Through use of Culturally Responsive Practice: Changes in Pedagogical Practice, examined teachers’ perceptions of the type of culturally responsive training and professional…
CityU Recognized for Student Mobility Program

City University of Seattle was recently invited to participate in a panel discussion on student mobility. The panel, “Higher Education in the Global Context,” was sponsored by CityU’s partner, CETYS Universidad, in Baja California and was a part of the 54th founding anniversary celebration of CETYS. City University of Seattle’s President Richard Carter joined an…
Using Technology for Practicing Language Outside of Class: Faculty Suggestions

By WAL Faculty and Staff Practicing outside of class is extremely important for language learners. Sometimes it can be hard for them to stay motivated because they haven’t found the best online resources for their learning styles. We asked our World Language instructors what they suggest in class to help students practice independently what they…
Presentation Software for the Modern Age Classroom

By Susan Hussey, Sr. TESOL Faculty/ ELP Faculty Connecting with others these days seems to be both easier and more difficult than ever in a world full of smartphones and social media. We can reach people near and far almost instantaneously with any number of technological devices. We can also tune them out. In education, this tuning…
CityU Library Reviews “How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery”

Review by Tammy Salman, Associate Director of Instruction “Creation is destination, the consequence of acts that appear inconsequential by themselves but that, when accumulated, change the world” (p. 23). How does something get invented or created? Is it like a light bulb going on? A random thought that turns into something phenomenal overnight? While it…
The Force that can Shape Strategy: Being Consistent

By Dr. Arron Grow, Associate Program Director – Organizational Leadership Concentration Shaping Mountains On my way into Seattle this morning I took the opportunity to glance over at our local mountain of fame, Mount Rainer. As the light from the sun rising in the East was hitting the mountain in a certain way; a way…