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Distinguished Faculty Award Winner: Jennifer J. Wright

The 2014 President’s Award for Teaching Excellence for the Albright School of Education goes to Jennifer Wright. Jennifer helped develop and continues to teach the course titled, Technology for School Leaders. As she went from developing the course to teaching it, she kept in mind what she needed to do to impact the lives of…
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Distinguished Faculty Award Winner: Maureen “Tee” Nearman

Maureen “Tee” Nearman is the recipient of the 2014 President’s Award for Teaching Excellence for the School of Management. She has taught at City University of Seattle since 1999 and has taught courses such as Professional Communication; Principles of Marketing; Effective Organizational Communications; Global Marketing; Strategic Brand Creation; and Management. One of Tee’s outstanding qualities…
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Student Profile: Alisa Zemke, Master’s in Guidance and Counseling

Alisa Zemke is a student in the Master of Education in Guidance and Counseling program. Like so many students in the program, she values the ability to continue working while she earns her degree, and is planning on using her degree as a stepping stone into the world of counseling. Alisa was among the few…
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Doctoral Associate Professor Paul L. Gerhardt at Large!

Dr. Paul L. Gerhardt, associate professor in CityU’s Division of Doctoral Studies, was invited to be the keynote speaker at two major events in Washington State . First, on June 14, Dr. Gerhardt addressed the graduating class of 2014 at The Evergreen State College Tacoma Campus. He talked about his experiences since graduating from college…
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Student Profile: Dennis Esmeralda, Master’s in Guidance and Counseling

Dennis Esmeralda, a student in the Master of Education in Guidance and Counseling Program, is a soon-to-be graduate out of City University of Seattle’s Tacoma campus. He sat down and talked with us about his background, and the effort that goes into managing his time while working towards his degree at CityU. City University of Seattle (CU):…
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Career Corner: Why Networking Sucks (Most of the Time)

By Paul Anderson of ProLango Consulting Two years ago, I made the mistake of taking my wife to a networking event. She was hesitant to attend, but I told her everything would go really well. We were going to meet small-business owners and entrepreneurs — how bad could it be? As soon as we grabbed our name tags,…
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Faculty Profile: Jenny Belding

This spring, CityU launched a Master of Science in Integrated Supply Chain Management (MSISCM). Online courses begin fall quarter and applications are being accepted now. This program is ideal for students wanting to master leadership skills in project identification, change management, and team building. Its relevant curriculum is taught by professionals in the field and…
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Student Profile: Natalie McFarland, Professional Certificate for Administrators

Natalie McFarland, a student in City University of Seattle’s Principal and Program Administrator ProCert program, set some time aside to do a student profile with us. The flexibility of the program brought her to CityU, and the quality of instruction has kept her here! City University of Seattle (CU): Tell us a little bit more…
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Building a High-Performance Culture

Written by City University of Seattle’s Director of Human Resources, Timothy Sprake – I recently read an article in the Gallup Business Journal on The Keys to Building a High-Performance Culture, which indicated that there are six crucial components to developing a high performance culture. In general their results showed that high-performance cultures are created…







