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Congrats Maryam!
Our graduate assistant Maryam Jaddoo was among the many students who celebrated commencement at Seattle‘s Key Arena on June 19. Maryam, who worked in the Albright School of Education, shares her pictures from the alumni reception with us.
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Wellington: part 2

From Master’s in Teaching candidate Lisa Cabias. It is now time to expand on my adventure from last weekend. If you are able to get to Wellington (just don’t get off the bus on the way) I highly recommend a visit. The fact that the skies opened and poured water upon every inch of the city…
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Misadventures in Bus Travel

From Master’s in Teaching candidate Lisa Cabias. I set off this weekend with lofty expectations. I had finished my full control teaching and not only were all of the children alive on Friday afternoon, SO WAS I! I believe we were also smiling, another positive sign. It was reward time! I had planned a trip to…
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Waving Not Drowning (Yet)

From Master’s in Teaching candidate Lisa Cabias. It’s here. Yes, my full control teaching time has arrived. Being a global educator sounds awfully snazzy, I understand, however this is no vacation. New Zealand is beautiful but primarily I’m here to work hard and learn to be an outstanding teacher. Tours, trips, and wanderings come after tuition…
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Dare to Make a Difference
City University of Seattle’s Alumni and Development Director shared this great news with the CityU of Seattle community this morning, and we just couldn’t keep quiet about it. The “Dare to Make a Difference” fundraising campaign is more than half way to its goal of $25,000 thanks in part by a $10,000 donation by CityU…
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Surf’s Up!

From Master’s in Teaching candidate Lisa Cabias. I experienced weekend adventuring at its finest, emphasis on “adventure”, upon taking a weekend trip up north to Gisborne. Gisborne is located on the east coast of the north island of New Zealand and is known for having some of the safest surf in the world (reasonably free…
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The Chaos of Weekend Traveling

From Master’s in Teaching candidate Kate Peterson. The Little Red Hen was a success! My students put on a great assembly and I recorded the whole skit on video but I’m sad to report that I was asked not to post it online due to school policy. Allow me to recap some of the highlights:…
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A special visitor and other adventures

From Master’s in Teaching candidate Lisa Cabias. How does one know that, for them, a career as an educator is more than just a job? Internal cartwheels, a.k.a. thrill over the day’s events is one sign. Onekawa School children pursued some fascinating learning adventures last week. Among them, a beach trip, a tour of the local landfill and a…
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Lisa: What in the World?!

From Master’s in Teaching candidate Lisa Cabias. Subtle differences in the everyday things of life are a reality at the moment here in Napier, New Zealand. I consider myself quite fortunate to have already been student of kiwi culture during a six day excursion down under on a previous journey. This puts me in a…







