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Celebrating the Launch of the Washington Educators Innovation Network

City University of Seattle’s Albright School of Education has launched the Washington Educators Innovation Network (WEIN). The mission of this group is to develop relevant and responsive education through elevating and amplifying the work of local Washington educators. Through working with local institutions, CityU is supporting efforts to transform the education system to better meet the needs…
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Nancy Pfaff: Teaching with Gaming

On Thursday, April 17th, CityU faculty Nancy Pfaff presented her unique approach to teaching mathematics through gaming at the Lake Washington School District Resource Center. Nancy, a winner of the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics, has had her approach to education covered by the Seattle Times and has seen outstanding returns on student engagement with this methodology. In addition to her…
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Student Profile: Darrick Hartman

Darrick Hartman graduated in 2003 from City University of Seattle with an M.Ed. in Educational Leadership, as well as a Principal Certificate. He’s been a teacher at Meeker Middle School in the Tacoma Public Schools for the last four years, and has had his teaching methodologies covered by places like The Seattle Times: We had…
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Student Profile: Brian Lowe, Master’s in Leadership

City University Master of Arts in Leadership student Brian Lowe was recently selected as the College of Arts and Humanities Department of English Alumni of the Year at Central Washington University (CWU). The ceremony will be held on Monday, May 12 at CWU. Brian graduated from CWU in 1995 with a B.A. in English and…
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International Conference on Leadership in Education

City University of Seattle hosted the second annual International Conference on Leadership in Education on March 29th, which was attended by over 50 educators. The conference hosted 21 presentations over the course of the day. Speakers presented work that addressed various perspectives on leadership and development, both in industry and in higher education. The conference…
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Educational Leadership Alumni Recognized by State of Washington

Debra Gary graduated from City University of Seattle in 1999 with an M.Ed. in Educational Leadership, and is now the Principal of Pioneer Elementary in the Auburn School District. Debra’s school was recently recognized by Washington’s Innovative School program as one of four schools in the state consistently promoting innovative, creative and collaborative approaches to…
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Project Management and Passover: A lesson in letting go

Written By Dr. Rebecca Cory Project management can be one of the greater challenges we encounter as leaders. Keeping multiple aspects of a project going at once, coordinating their completion and integration and pulling it all together into one comprehensive deliverable can be a challenge and exhausting. One of the challenges for leaders is to…
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Enactus Team Takes Third at National Exposition

After months of practice and hard work, City University of Seattle’s Enactus team took third place at the National Exposition in Cincinnati last weekend! With 35 members from 15 different countries, the team send a smaller contingent to Ohio, and blended talent and insight on their way to the third place trophy. They were one of…
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A Chess Board, a Pawn, a Transformation

by Grace Jackson The Pawn: Weak or Strong? In the game of chess, the pawn is often considered to be the weakest piece on the board. Smallest in size and stature, and lowest in value materially, the pawn is worth only one point. The Arabic word for pawn is baidaq, meaning foot soldier, and, like…







