City University of Seattle

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City University of Seattle
Motto: In Die Hodierno Incedit Crastinus. Change Your Life for Good.
Established: 1973
Type: Private, Not-For-Profit
President: Dr. Lee Gorsuch
Staff: 1,241
Students: 12,000+
Location: Bellevue, Washington, USA
Website: [1], [2]

City University of Seattle, also known as CityU, is a private not-for-profit institution of higher learning based in Bellevue, Washington, a suburban edge city across Lake Washington from Seattle. After 35 years, the school is one of the Pacific Northwest's largest, private, not-for-profit U.S. universities with over 45 000 graduates; consisting of a School of Management, a School of Education, and a School of Arts and Sciences. CityU of Seattle offers both campus education and online education.

City University of Seattle's School of Education is the third largest provider of teacher certificates, the second largest provider of principals and the largest provider of counsellors in the state of Washington.

The university is currently in partnership with the National Football League's Seattle Seahawks to award an undergraduate scholarship to an individual who exemplifies a strong commitment to advancing their career goals, advancing their career and improving their life and their community.

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[edit] History

[edit] Origins

The university was founded in 1973 as City College in the U.S. state of Washington, but was later changed in 1982 to City University. The university's origins were influenced by the U.S. National Commission on Non-Traditional Study, and thus began the university's pioneering mission to meet the higher learning needs of the working adult in America. Today, its mission is to offer high quality education and relevant education to all those who desire to learn and a vision to be a provider of education access worldwide. The school's name was changed from City University to City University of Seattle in 2007 to differentiate the school from the many other City University institutions around the world.

[edit] School of Education

The university's School of Education is named after Dr. Gordon Albright, a distinguished educator, with a well-recognized career in education in Washington. He was a long serving teacher and principal in the Seattle School District. He then spent several years on the faculty at Seattle University and was instrumental in starting the Ed.D. program at Seattle University. He advised City University of Seattle's during the founding years in 1973. He laid the groundwork for the School of Education in 1989 and guided the approval of School of Education's teacher preparation through the State of Washington's Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. He is also credited with the initial design of the Master of Education programs. Dr. Albright retired in 2000 and the School of Education was named in his honor to recognize his service to City University of Seattle and education in the State of Washington.

[edit] School of Management

Although the school is based in the Pacific Northwest, the university has currently established a far reaching presence around the globe, making City University one of the world's true international universities.[citation needed] Since the 90s, The School of Management has been strategically aggressive in this effort since the launching of one of the first MBA programs in Eastern Europe in 1991 and one of the earliest government approved foreign MBA programs in China in 1996. Today, this initiative has led to partnership with local colleges and universities in nine foreign countries. In 1999, the university's business school extended its reach with a partnership with Institutul Bancar Roman and the Romanian National Bank to offer business education and training to commercial banks and financial institutions. A partnership was also formed with CETYS Universidad of Mexico to offer business education. As a result of this worldwide expansion, global student and faculty perspectives are a mainstay in the classroom.

[edit] Campus

City University of Seattle's campus is surrounded by a commercial hub of corporate headquarters such as T-Mobile, Microsoft, Starbucks, Expedia, and Eddie Bauer. The university's main campus location is statistically ranked as one of the wealthiest in the state of Washington, and incidentally, revealed in a Bizjournal study is that the city boasts the largest concentration of brainpower in the United States, with 47% of the population holding college degrees, nearly doubling the national average of 24.4%. It is also noted that according to a Central Connecticut State University study, Seattle is surveyed as one of the most literate and wired cities in the country.

[edit] Facilities and Partnerships

Through a local and international network of educational partners, City University of Seattle offers higher education in North America, Europe and Asia. In 2008, the university formed an International Division and the Office of the Provost to broaden its global reach.

There are over 25 CityU campuses found in Bellevue, Bellingham, Centralia, Everett, North Seattle, Port Angeles, Port Hadlock, Renton, Tacoma, and Vancouver, Washington, as well as in Canada, specifically, Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia; Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta.

Partnerships with Washington state colleges include:

International locations include:

[edit] Programs

The university offers certificate, associate, bachelor, and master programs in a variety of subjects, including:

[edit] Corporate Educator

City University of Seattle offers training, undergraduate and graduate education to representatives from Fortune 500 and multinational companies such as Royal Dutch Shell, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours, Microsoft Corp., The Boeing Co., Motorola Co, IBM, ABB, Nokia, Unisys, Xerox, Ford Motor Co, Apple Computer, General Electric Corp., General Motors Corp., Mobil Oil, Monsanto, Texaco, Johnson & Johnson and The World Bank.

[edit] Accreditation

City University of Seattle holds regional institutional accreditation from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU).

The University's undergraduate and graduate business degree programs are accredited by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE).

[edit] Views of City University of Seattle

[edit] US

[edit] e-Education

Forbes Magazine listed City University of Seattle as one of the "Top Twenty Universities" offering distance learning programs in the United States. Harvard University has ranked City University of Seattle among the most prestigious universities offering online education in the United States. Fast Company performed an editorial review of five U.S. universities offering online degee programs, gave CityU a grade of A-. In 2008, OEDb, a for profit organization, ranked CityU's online program as 28th in the nation.

[edit] Students in Free Enterprise Competitions

City University of Seattle's Student SIFE Team was the overall league champion of 2006 and 2007. CityU’s U.S. team is the only SIFE team in North America that is comprised entirely of international students and the only Western Washington team to advance to the national competition.

[edit] International

[edit] Business School

City University of Seattle's Business School joint partnership with the Beijing University of Technology was recognized by World Executive Weekly, a leading Chinese management periodical established by Nobel Prize winner in economics, Robert A. Mundell, as "The Top Ten Most Influential Sino-Foreign Joint MBA Programs" in China[1]. After establishing programs in Bulgaria, City University of Seattle's MBA program is considered top ranking business education in the Balkan region.[citation needed]

[edit] Notable Alumni & Faculty

  • Dr. Gordon Albright, Former professor and co-founder of doctoral program at Seattle University, career educator in the state of Washington
  • Brice Alvord, Author and president of Alera Group Inc.
  • Calvin Ayre, Canadian billionaire and founder of Bodog Entertainment Group and the Calvin Ayre Foundation
  • Robert Cain, Senior VP of Avure Technologies Inc.
  • Larry W. Campbell, Former Mayor of Vancouver, Canadian Senator and Chief Coroner.
  • Dr. Thomas Dukes, Former Business School Dean at Merrimack College, current Dean of School of Business and Management at CityU.
  • Dr. Michael Easton, Former President of American University in Bulgaria, former CityU President
  • Frederick Feller, Washington State Judge
  • Dr. Lee Gorsuch, Chancellor Emeritus of University of Alaska Anchorage, current CityU President
  • Mireala Iovu, Legal Director of OTP Bank Romania
  • Yan Ma, Former CEO Beijing Masterpiece Technology Co Ltd. and Beijing Henotech Co. Ltd.
  • Dr. Michael Pastore, Founder and former President of City University of Seattle
  • David Schreiber, President of Uncle Skunkle Toys Inc.
  • Connie Thompson, News anchor for KOMO-TV Seattle, an ABC Affiliate
  • Jesse Tam, President and CEO of Regal Financial Bank
  • John Torres, Judge Pro Tempere for City of Tacoma
  • Michael Rice, President and CEO of BioLife Solutions Inc.
  • Russell Warnick, Chief Scientific Officer of Pacific Biometrics Inc.
  • Steven Weidner, Former VP of CH2M Hill
  • Hui Wu, VP and CFO of HC International, former CFO of Lenovo Mobile,

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:hhkKnAaOZ9AJ:www.eastsidebusiness.com/0107/ebJanuary2007web.pdf+%22world+executive+weekly%22+city+university+of+seattle&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=ca

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