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U.S. News & World Report names CityU among Best Online Bachelor’s Programs

U.S. News & World Report announced its annual rankings of the Best Online Bachelor’s Programs and City University of Seattle was ranked among the best in the nation for the seventh consecutive year, placing at 33. In addition, CityU was the only private university in Washington State ranked in the top 50 this year. The list of…
Global Leadership at the World Affairs Council: Lessons Learned

By Dr. Jan Lüdert As CityU’s representative to the World Affairs Council (WAC) I connect the School of Applied Leadership’s academic work on global leadership through engaging leaders on pressing international issues. From my involvement with WAC, I have had discussions on the status of US foreign policy with Dr. James M. Lindsay from the…
CityU among Best Online Bachelor’s Programs for Seventh Year

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Bill Hayes [email protected] | 206-239-4572 January 15, 2019 – SEATTLE – U.S. News & World Report announced its annual rankings of the Best Online Bachelor’s Programs and City University of Seattle was ranked among the best in the nation for the seventh consecutive year, placing at 33. In addition, CityU…
Connecting the Dots: Leadership as Advocacy

Written by Dr. Nicole Ferry “nurture and develop leadership rather than simply leaders, and advocacy rather than simply advocates” Twenty-first century notions of leadership emphasize collaboration, community-based action, and generating a shared vision. In response, there has been much attention paid lately to strengthening leader advocacy—to ensure leaders understand the power they wield and the…
Resilience: A Key Component of Leadership

By Dr. Kelly Flores We’ve all been in challenging situations that shake our resolve: Health or financial issues, disappointing news, working with difficult people, unexpected feedback. The list goes on… The question is not whether we will experience some or all of these things. The question is when will we experience these things? And how…
Conversation Partners: A Friendship from Across the Pond

by Matt Raudsep, WAL Student Nearly ten years ago, I signed up at WAL (Washington Academy of Languages) for a Japanese conversation partner. I was 40 years old, and my conversation partner was to soon be 20! I thought, “Ok, I’ll give it a try.” Debbie Chan, an administrator for WAL, had put this program…
Using technology to help learners develop listening skills on their own

by Richard West, TESOL Instructor Listening can be one of the hardest skills to help your students develop, especially as many materials and curricula focus on a fairly narrow set of tasks and methods. Luckily, there are a wide number of new technological tools that can help any language learners you work with develop listening…
Teaching English through Music, A Practical Guide for Teachers

by Christie Cassel, ELP Instructor Do you love music? Most people do, at least to some degree. We connect with music on an emotional level and the lyrics can become imprinted our brain (for better or worse). Can you think of catchy lyrics in a foreign language that you’ll never forget? Feliz Navidad? Thanks to…
Let’s Talk (Again): Leadership and International Relations

By Dr. Jan Lüdert To understand pressing global issues it is necessary to bring the study of leadership with theories of International Relations (IR) into renewed conversations. Especially realist IR scholars tend to neglect questions of leadership because their emphasis on structures – focusing on the state system – brackets the impact of individual agency. Yet,…