City University of Seattle Announces North American Commencement Activities

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--City University of Seattle will hold its 35th annual commencement ceremony at Seattle’s Key Arena on Saturday, June 19, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. Pacific. CityU of Seattle President Lee Gorsuch will confer degrees upon more than 1800 students from around the globe who are expected to attend the North American commencement ceremony, including students traveling from Canada, Mexico, and Beijing, China.

This year’s keynote speaker is Thomas Clevinger, president/general manager – Global Parts for Navistar, a Fortune 250 multi-national company. Clevinger, a CityU graduate and a former member of CityU’s Board of Governors and current Governor Emeritus, has more than 30 years of operations, sales, marketing and leadership experience in heavy truck manufacturing, dealership, after-market parts and service support industry. Student speaker Reid Stell who is graduating with a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology will join Clevinger. Stell sits on the American Mental Health Counselors Association Graduate Student Committee, and has served as Cascade Bicycle Club’s SprocketHero, teaching bike safety at elementary school assemblies, bicycle expos, and other public appearances, since 1988. He served his psychotherapy internship at the CityU Counseling Center in Bellevue and is currently pursuing counseling opportunities as a trauma specialist.

CityU expects that more than 630 family members and guests will attend commencement.

About City University of Seattle

Founded in 1973 in Seattle, Washington, City University of Seattle is a private, not-for-profit university that has awarded more than 45,000 degrees and certificates worldwide. City University of Seattle’s goal is to change lives for good by offering high quality and relevant online and in-class education options to any person in the world with a desire to learn. The university is comprised of The School of Management, The Gordon Albright School of Education, and The Division of Arts and Sciences. Headquartered in the Pacific Northwest, City University of Seattle offers classes at locations throughout Washington, Hawaii, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Slovakia, Greece, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Romania, the Czech Republic, and China.