City University Celebrates Graduation on Two Continents; President Lee Gorsuch To Travel 23,000 Miles This Month To Award Diplomas in Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Seattle.BELLEVUE, Wash. -- This month, City University President Lee Gorsuch will fly over 23,000 miles to hand diplomas to more than 2,000 students in Bulgaria, Slovakia and Seattle, with a fourth graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. trip to China planned this fall. President Gorsuch will chronicle his journeys abroad on the university's Web site, www.cityu.edu. The first of the three June graduations will be in Bulgaria on June 10th, followed by the U.S./Canadian graduation June 17th in Seattle, and the Slovakian graduation June 24th. Graduates from around the globe are expected to participate in the graduation ceremony in Seattle at Seattle Center Seattle Center is a fairground, park and arts and entertainment center in Seattle, Washington. The 74-acre campus is the site used in 1962 by the Century 21 Exposition. It is located just north of Belltown in Lower Queen Anne. Attractions
"I consider it a great honor and privilege to personally hand our graduates their diplomas in Bulgaria, Slovakia and Seattle," comments City University president Lee Gorsuch. "These students have worked tirelessly tire·less adj. Not yielding to fatigue; untiring or indefatigable. tire  less·ly adv. to achieve their academic goals, and some have triumphed over tremendous challenges to stand with pride in front of their family and friends at graduation. In many cases, these students have overcome economic hardship, and are the first in their family to go to school. It's a true testament to the lifelong rewards they will receive with a degree." City University began offering programs in the former Czechoslovakia in 1991. After the Velvet Revolution The "Velvet Revolution" (Czech: sametová revoluce, Slovak: nežná revolúcia) (November 16 – December 29 1989) refers to a non-violent revolution in Czechoslovakia that saw the in 1993, the university founded the first private college in Slovakia, Vysoka Skola Manazmentu. This month, more than 200 students will graduate from City University in Slovakia. Similarly, the partnership in Bulgaria began in 1999, with nearly 70 students participating in graduation. This year marks the 31st graduation ceremony in Seattle. About City University City University is a private not-for-profit institution accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) is an independent, non-profit membership organization recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) as the regional authority on educational quality and . The university is comprised of three schools: The School of Management, The Gordon Albright School of Education, and The School of Arts and Sciences. With over 10,000 students annually and 41,000 alumni worldwide, City University is headquartered in the Pacific Northwest with classes offered at locations throughout Washington, Hawaii, Canada, Mexico, Slovakia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, the Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. , and China. |
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