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Celebrating 40 Years of Innovative Learning
We’re celebrating CityU’s 40th Birthday! CityU was established in 1973 as a nonprofit focused on offering an education to anyone with the desire to learn. As we grew and strengthened our programs we earned regional accreditation from the NWCCU in 1978, and by 1982 CityU awarded its 1000th degree. We started going global in 1984, when we…
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Doctoral Program Librarian – Support Every Step of the Way
Tammy Salman is the doctoral program librarian, offering doctoral students around the world support every step of the way. Recently, she went as far as getting the only copy of a dissertation sent from a university in South Africa, to assist a doctoral student. Wow! Salman has been a librarian at CityU for five years, and loves it.…
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Welcoming 135 Students to Seattle
This month 135 students from Mexicali, Tijuana, Ensenada, Monterrey, San Luis Potosi, and Puebla Mexico will participate in CityU’s “Summer in Seattle” program! This is part of students’ degree program in Mexico and lasts three weeks. The academic programs represented include, the English Language Program; Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Bachelor of Arts in…
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CityU’s Division of Doctoral Studies Hosted Second Leadership Forum
CityU’s Division of Doctoral Studies hosted its second leadership forum on June 24th and 25th, and invited award-winning author, executive coach, and avid story-teller, Stephen Josephs, to facilitate the sessions. 26 executive-level leaders from around the Seattle area attended the Monday evening event, and 13 students, faculty, and alumni attended the Tuesday evening event. All actively participated in a…
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One of CityU’s Doctoral Faculty – Featured on The Today Show!
One of CityU’s doctoral faculty members, Dr. Dani Babb, was featured on The Today Show on the 4th of July! Check out a video of her here. Dr. Babb is an author, professor and television commentator for major news networks. Her small business, The Babb Group, Inc., focuses on two areas – real estate and…
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Student Profile: Trisa Dixon, Doctor of Education in Leadership

Trisa Dixon is a life-long learner who puts her community first—she is also a doctoral student at City University of Seattle! Dixon lives in her childhood home of Yelm, Washington, where she is part of a large extended family. She is raising her kids in the way she was raised; Dixon’s daughter helps her mom…
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CityU Presents at Association for Institutional Research (AIR) Conference
Sabrina Crawford, the (former) VP of Institutional Effectiveness and Dr. Laura Williamson, the Director of the MBA program presented at the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) annual conference May 20, 2013. The AIR Forum is the world’s largest gathering of higher-education professionals working in institutional research, assessment, planning and related post-secondary education fields. The conference…
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Sometimes the Best Trips are the Small Ones with Big Memories

by Debbie Chan, Washington Academy of Languages (WAL), Student Activities Coordinator Yes. It’s true that a picture says a thousand words. And what do these pictures here say to you? These photos were taken from our recent WAL student trip to Poulsbo, Washington, on the KitsapPeninsula. We took a Washington State Ferry and rode a…
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Reflections on the Dave Jackson Executive Leadership module
It was delightful to have Dr. David Jackson, founder and President of Jackson Leadership Systems, address the issues of professional development and succession as a part of the Executive Leadership program. In typical Jackson fashion Dave immediately engaged the participants with some impactful observations about becoming a better leader from his over 40 years as…







