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International Student Spotlight

Congratulations, Cynthia Mancilla! Congratulations to Cynthia Mancilla! Cynthia is one of our international students from Mexico. She graduated this summer with her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. CityU strives to provide our international students with an opportunity to earn U.S. degrees in America and to provide them with an accessible and high-quality education. We…
Christopher Bryan Named Interim President of City University of Seattle

City University of Seattle, one of the largest private non-profit universities in the Pacific Northwest, is pleased to announce that Vice President of Finance and CFO Christopher Bryan has been named interim president of City University of Seattle, effective immediately. Bryan, who joined CityU in 2017, currently oversees the University’s business and financial strategy, accounting…
September Wellness

Transitioning Between Different Life Roles September is Self-Improvement Month, which makes it a perfect time for some introspection on how we can be the best version of ourselves. September also correlates with back-to-school season, which makes sense as learning something new is a great step towards self-improvement. The challenge with this is that many adults,…
Faculty Feature: Dr. Pressley Rankin, IV

Like many adult learners, Professor Pressley Rankin followed a nontraditional route to higher education. Initially going to college right after high school, Pressley decided after two years that this was not the path for him. After a fifteen-year hiatus in which he worked a number of jobs, including business, tech support, and nonprofit, Pressley decided…
City University of Seattle Receives NSA Award to Develop High School Cybersecurity Teachers

City University of Seattle (CityU) received a $700,000 grant to fund the NCAE-C Cybersecurity Highschool Innovation (CHI), which is a collaborative multi-state initiative. Together with a consortium of twelve National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) from seven northwest states, CityU‘s Center for Cybersecurity Innovation will build a sustainable network to educate, train, and prepare high school teachers to instruct complete cybersecurity courses in their school districts. The goal…
Innovation in Education

CityU Alumni Spotlight: Heather Leslie Innovation drives the educational experience at CityU. When Heather Leslie, class of 2019, was looking to advance her career in higher education, she was referred to CityU’s Master of Education in Adult Learning and Instructional Design by Pressley Rankin, an Associate Professor and Program Director at CityU. Despite already having…
CityU Student Balances Education and Amazon Career

Marvin Gold lives to learn and grow. After serving six years in the Army, Marvin earned his Undergraduate Certificate in Web Systems Development at City University of Seattle (CityU), and is now studying for his Doctor of Information of Technology (DIT) at CityU. He also works full-time at Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a systems…
Switching Careers: How a Data Analytics Degree Can Help

Switching careers can be daunting, but there sometimes comes a time during a person’s career where they hit a fork in the road. In one direction, there is a previously unforeseen opportunity, and in the other direction is the path that was planned out. For CityU student Scott Frayo, he had a plan in place…
Black History Month: CityU’s Social Justice Coalition

SOCIAL JUSTICE 101: LEARNING TOGETHER – CREATING COMMUNITY As we begin the journey toward understanding Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI)there may be words and phrases that are unfamiliar or not well understood. We want to take this opportunity to provide definitions of some commonly used phrases within the field of EDI work. Each issue will highlight a…